Written answers

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to extending the Covid recognition payment to other workers who continued to attend work during the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department is taking to facilitate remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/22]
    • Pension Provisions
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a previous Parliamentary Question on the pension scheme of retired RTÉ employees that a decision on such schemes was not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative additional expenditure undertaken due to the Covid pandemic since February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the Office of Public Works to ensure that buildings it has responsibility for are fully accessible for persons...
    • Departmental Data
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the increase or decrease in public expenditure in each of the past 20 years including the estimate for 2022; the steps being taken to...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to revise upward the Programme for Government commitment to move to 20% remote and or home working in light of the high demand...
    • Coastal Protection
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 20 January 2022, the timeline for the expected completion of the report of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisors to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken...
    • An Garda Síochána
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that gardaí have been told the new uniform is unsuitable for court appearances; his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact on public expenditure of the recently announced measures to help address cost of living issues; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the public finances of renting and leasing buildings from private property owners in total and broken down by Department or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of funding allocated for salaries and pensions by year and Department; and the percentage that this represented of...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that outstanding increases to pensions for semi-State workers are being authorised and paid over to pensioners by all...
    • Public Sector Pay
      80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay agreement before the expiration at the end of 2022 considering the real...
    • Service Level Agreements
      81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role that he plays in the negotiation of the service level agreements at HSE level. [11473/22]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in transforming the various public procurement protocols to embrace circular economy principles. [11136/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of and position regarding the proposed timeline for enactment of the regulation of lobbying (amendment) Bill 2022; and if he...
    • Judicial Reviews
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public infrastructure projects that have been delayed by the legal action take over the River Bride project; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that his Department chose to discontinue funding which led to the winding-up of an organisation (details supplied); the reason...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the recently announced package on the cost of living will require any revised estimates to be introduced; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Priorities
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he proposes to take, if any, to combat inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/22]
    • Heritage Projects
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress made with respect to the development and restoration of a house and gardens (details supplied); and if...
    • Flood Risk Management
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to alleviate constrictions to the flow of water in the Shannon Callows between Athlone and Meelick; and if he will...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding switching to green procurement in the Office of Government Procurement and the progress to date; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has to improve access and facilities including safe parking for buses, bicycles, ponies, traps and...
    • Land Issues
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department in the course of consultation with landowners on its primary function of flood defence infrastructure in future...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the planned changes regarding Standards in Public Office rules and regulations; the expected timeframe for the finalisation...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken to improve financial accountability and transparency in the funding provided by Government to the...
    • Office of Public Works
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of the OPW’s engagement to date with other State Agencies regarding advancing the tender for the new Garda Station for...
    • Departmental Priorities
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department is taking to mitigate pressures on the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11506/22]
    • Heritage Centres
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the position of the Céide Fields visitor centre incorporating a new exhibition and interpretation...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider increased investment in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to ensure the high quality audit of public...
    • Heritage Projects
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has an action plan or ideas for increasing the number of tourists or visitors to the Loughcrew megalithic tombs; and...
    • Flood Risk Management
      109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood defence projects the OPW has planned for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11026/22]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the impact on public finances of the of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the likelihood that that impact will grow...
    • Heritage Sites
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has an action plan or ideas for increasing the number of tourists or visitors to the Hill of Tara; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the support provided by the Office of Public Works for the maintenance and development of Fota Wildlife Park, County Cork during the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the implementation of well-being budgets and their use in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Spending Code
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department gathers and collates data from sponsoring agencies and Departments concerning quality assurance compliance with the...
    • National Development Plan
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key priorities in 2022 under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11369/22]
    • Flood Risk Management
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position on advancing flood defence at Baile Mhuirne and Baile Mhic Íre, County Cork; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Equality Issues
      123. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11082/22]
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office. [11607/22]
    • Cabinet Committees
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality met from February 2016 to date inclusive. [11632/22]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      126. To ask the Taoiseach the issues raised in his recent meeting with the German Chancellor. [11663/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Weather Events
      127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to open a humanitarian relief fund for premises damaged in storm winds the weekend of 19, 20 and 21 February 2022 [10896/22]
    • Trade Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 10 February 2022, if he will detail the 246 IDA investments that were won in 2020 by each...
    • Human Rights
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the progress made to date with regard to the decision of the IDA to appoint a business development consultant in...
    • Trade Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the overall value of goods imported into Ireland from Israel for the past five years; the value of imports from the...
    • Horticulture Sector
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to introduce the proposed short stay seasonal horticulture workers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs created by local enterprise office supported companies in each year in Cork from 2011 to 2021 and to date in...
    • Departmental Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investment by year from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022 in local enterprise office supported companies in tabular form; and if...
    • Gender Equality
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11071/22]
    • Health and Safety
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections that have been carried out historically by the Health and Safety Authority at a factory (details supplied)....
    • Tourism Industry
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the shortage of workers in the tourism and hospitality sector; if he has plans to work with the sector regarding the...
    • Departmental Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of the number of site visits hosted by the IDA in counties Galway, Clare and Limerick in 2019, 2020 and 2021, by...
    • Employment Rights
      140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending the full rate rather than a pro rata rate for the once-off public holiday to be held on 18 March 2022...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office...
    • Departmental Schemes
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a case (details supplied); if he will provide clarity on the matter in relation to the scheme; and if he will make...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Priorities
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing mandatory identification checking and recording in the scrap industry in view of the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he raised the potential role that Ireland’s offshore renewable energy plans can play in the formation of a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for not including standalone grants to homeowners to replace doors and windows in which a significant...
    • State Bodies
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the EXEED scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is consistent with EU state aid rules;...
    • Environmental Schemes
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the latest launch of retrofitting funding as it primarily relates to houses, the available energy...
    • Waste Management
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reconsider the removal of the exemption for burning green waste and open a consultation with farmers and...
    • Environmental Schemes
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the operation of the SEAI warmer homes scheme...
    • Electricity Grid
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm the exact mechanism by which the €200 credit will be applied to those households with prepay...
    • Angling Sector
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of the salmon conservation limit that was achieved on the rivers Barrow, Nore and Suir in relation to...
    • Equality Issues
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11072/22]
    • Post Office Network
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when offline service for post offices will be rolled out; his plans for post offices beyond December 2022 when Covid...
    • North-South Interconnector
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the findings of the review into the North-South Interconnector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authorities
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when guidance on decarbonising zones will be issued to local authorities following them identifying suitable locations...
    • Electricity Grid
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will intervene to ensure that residents in multi-occupancy units and full-time residents in mobile home parks...
    • Environmental Schemes
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered funding deep retrofits for older persons with the recovery of their share of the costs from a...
    • Legislative Measures
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of names of relevant bodies under the Climate Act 2021. [11355/22]
    • Public Service Obligation
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the category of Public Service Obligation customers for public lighting that is charged a PSO levy broken down by...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the roll-out for national broadband will commence in Rockchapel, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fisheries Protection
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fisheries assessment of the River Liffey, County Kildare prepared by a company...
    • Fuel Poverty
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures put in place by his Department to alleviate fuel and energy poverty in County of Clare; and if he will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that no provider in east County Cork can provide 30mb of speed to a housing estate (details supplied); if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of schools that have applied to the Pathfinder programme; the number of schools that have been successful;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of primary and post-primary schools that have applied for a solar panel grant; the number that have...
    • Environmental Policy
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to respond to the OECD review of the Environmental Protection...
    • Environmental Schemes
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s role in the roll-out of decarbonisation zones in each local authority; the engagement that he...
    • Food Waste
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the possibility of a good Samaritan law, requiring retailers to donate food that would otherwise be disposed of to...
    • Natural Gas Imports
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update in respect of the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s natural gas...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Maritime Safety
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to publish the report on the Marine Casualty Investigation Board conducted by a company (details supplied); and if so, when...
    • State Bodies
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/22]
    • Traffic Management
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a ban on horsedrawn carriages in Irish cities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus users in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 on each individual bus route in Cork city and county in tabular form...
    • Driver Test
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motorcycle driving tests that were applied for in 2020 and 2021, respectively; the number of motorcycle driving tests that...
    • Electric Vehicles
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to extend the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland electric vehicle grant beyond 2022; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include an increase in the public service obligation for 2023 to allow for the introduction of further services to the...
    • Driver Test
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS centre in Clifden, County Galway will reopen following lifting of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licences
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his advice for residents in Connemara that are applying for or renewing driver licences and do not have any legal obligation to obtain a...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism that is available to a person (details supplied) to obtain a document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11007/22]
    • Gender Equality
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11084/22]
    • Driver Test
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for each NCT test centre in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11100/22]
    • Rail Network
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the monthly passenger numbers on the Limerick-Galway train line since 1 January 2019. [11120/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration that is given to safety in deciding on the location of public EV charging points; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Test
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the very long delays for persons applying to take driving tests; his plans to rectify the situation...
    • Coast Guard Service
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protocol in relation to the request by first responders for Coast Guard helicopters 112 and 115 to attend medical emergencies on land...
    • Driver Test
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that are in place to address the backlog in motorcycle tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation which were originally...
    • Aviation Industry
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of flights that have arrived and departed Dublin and Shannon airports in the past five years to date that had no passengers...
    • Rail Network
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that Iarnród Éireann or the National Transport Authority have to provide a Dublin - Kerry direct train service in...
    • Parking Provision
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to introduce autism-friendly parking and a supporting permit system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with a full driver's licence who do not have an insurance policy because they do...
    • Road Safety
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next speed limit review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11428/22]
    • Departmental Data
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport spend per capita per county for each of the years 2016 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an issue with a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11514/22]
    • Taxi Licences
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the ten-year rule for taxis, recognising that most taxis were used considerably less than normal over the past two...
    • Driver Licences
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties workers from outside the State in are experiencing in obtaining an appointment with...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11609/22]
    • Road Projects
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list the consultancy reports carried out on a road (details supplied); the cost of hiring consultants for each report; and if...
    • Rail Network
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the opening of Kishoge train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11615/22]
    • Driver Test
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants are currently unable to book any online theory tests for their driving...
    • Departmental Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider granting members of an organisation (details supplied) full access to both the 20% reduction in passenger fares...
    • Driver Test
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11690/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fit acoustic vehicle alert systems to electric bus vehicles given that the introduction of electric or hybrid vehicles will...
    • Driver Test
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an NDLS centre (details supplied). [11716/22]
    • Public Transport
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11718/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide echarge points in towns and villages across County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/22]
  • Department of Finance
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total cost of the temporary wage subsidy childcare scheme and employment wage subsidy scheme for the childcare sector up to 30 April 2022. [11671/22]
    • Tax Code
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the decision to increase the carbon tax in Budget 2022. [11767/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has for providing tax credits to purchasers of electric vehicles considering the significant carbon savings achieved by the switch from...
    • Tax Code
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to bridge the disparity between the EU emissions trading scheme carbon price and the Irish carbon tax of €41 set out in Budget 2023;...
    • Naval Service
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs patrols that were cancelled or rescheduled as a result of crewing problems in the Naval Service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022,...
    • Credit Unions
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10907/22]
    • Banking Sector
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the State's current shareholdings in each of the banks; and the current market value of these shareholdings in tabular form. [10916/22]
    • Trade Sanctions
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances and the value of goods that were refused entry to Ireland in the past five years because they originated in illegal Israeli...
    • Tax Code
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis has been undertaken by his Department on the impact of the reduced VAT rate on the tourism sector which is of great assistance due to the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance when the list of recipients of the Covid restrictions support scheme will be published. [10995/22]
    • Insurance Industry
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact of spiralling public liability insurance costs, together with increasing requirements placed on venues by...
    • Tax Code
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances or regulations that allow other European Union member states (details supplied) to apply a reduced or super reduced VAT rate or VAT...
    • Gender Equality
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11073/22]
    • Tax Code
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the requirement of the Revenue Commissioners for psychotherapists to charge VAT for their services (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Credit Unions
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns raised by the Irish League of Credit Unions (detail supplied) in respect of their priorities going forward; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider prioritising defibrillators among the various other VAT reduction and removal measures that may be under consideration; and if...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will approve a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied). [11317/22]
    • Banking Sector
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal at EU level for an investigation into whether Switzerland should be considered a country with a high risk of money laundering in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11598/22]
    • Departmental Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the countries and companies that own Irish public debt; the amounts of debt owned by these companies and countries; and the repayment dates for each element...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review will be considered into the position of pre-1995 D1 retirees in relation to ensuring that their pensions can keep pace with...
    • Gender Equality
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11079/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way a person (details supplied) can apply to gain experience in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding front-line workers for homeless service charities (details supplied) who worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic;...
    • Legislative Reviews
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a review of the Arterial Drainage Act 1945; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost or saving to the Exchequer of increasing the Programme for Government commitment of 20% home and remote working for...
    • Protected Disclosures
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appropriate reporting channels for protected disclosures related to political parties; if no such provision exists, the steps he is...
    • Office of Public Works
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW’s investigation into the Ballincollig Weir. [11527/22]
    • Heritage Sites
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the future use planned for St. Laurence’s Gate, Drogheda in view of his recent visit to Drogheda and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11604/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects further reform to play a meaningful role in ensuring prudent expenditure and good value for money in the...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Policies
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any specific issues have been brought to his attention which indicate a lack of compliance with the criteria set down by his...
    • Departmental Communications
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has received communication from other Departments and bodies or agencies under their aegis seeking...
    • Brexit Issues
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the impact of Brexit on the public and private sectors with a view to addressing...
    • Departmental Policies
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ongoing progress in respect of FEMPI restoration; when the process is likely to be completed in full; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Priorities
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding evaluating and managing the environmental, economic and social impacts of procurement strategies within the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); when the next round of sports capital grant will be open for...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review of the organisational and governance structures of Údarás na Gaeltachta, including the...
    • Sports Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the sports capital appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10964/22]
    • Departmental Programmes
      294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the next phase of the Creative Ireland Programme; the steps that will be taken in the development of the new...
    • Departmental Funding
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the €50 million funding secured for the live entertainment sector for 2022; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for the music and entertainment business assistance scheme 2022 that have been received by her...
    • Arts Council
      299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total allocation for the Arts Council for 2022; the way this fits with the pledge to double investment in the arts sector by...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the support provided to Foras na Gaeilge to assist with the ongoing Focloir.ie project; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Language
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify if the concept of Irish language networks is being expanded to encompass new areas outside of Clondalkin,...
    • Tourism Industry
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has engaged with other Departments in view of the difficultly in recruitment in the tourism sector; and if she...
    • Departmental Reports
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Night-Time Economy Report; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work of her Department in helping national cultural institutions to extend opening hours one day each per month during Spring...
    • Arts Policy
      310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total spend of the €20 million allocated to the live performance support scheme 3 to support events planned for...
    • Gender Equality
      316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on the equality objectives of her Department specifically in relation to women. [11083/22]
    • Arts Policy
      319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the delays in the live performance support schemes live venue...
    • Official Travel
      320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total cost of her recent official visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai; the number of ministerial staff and departmental officials who...
    • Official Engagements
      322. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the meaning of more items at the end of the scheduled information for 3 November and 3 December 2021 in the diaries of the...
    • Official Travel
      323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of ministerial staff or Government officials who participated in the visit by the Minister of State in her Department...
    • Official Engagements
      325. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the meaning of the various items listed as meeting with a person (details supplied) that took place on 3 December 2021 according...
    • Tourism Schemes
      327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Cloghane and Brandon in County Kerry have not been included in the Kerry cycle route (details supplied); and if she...
    • Official Engagements
      328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates in 2021 and to date in 2022 on which she spoke formally with each CEO and or chairperson of each State agency under the...
    • Sports Organisations
      329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there was a merger of associations (details supplied); and if financial support will be provided to help bring about the merger...
    • Post Office Network
      330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that went to An Post from television licence fee receipts in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [11323/22]
    • Environmental Policy
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure that Failte Ireland and tourism projects which seek State funding are prioritising reductions in...
    • Arts Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts she is undertaking to ensure that artists who have been unable to make a living in the arts as a result of mental...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the policy instructions or documents that she has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming to office [11608/22]
    • National Cultural Institutions
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the demonstration (details supplied) to demand that the contract between The National Gallery...
    • Departmental Policies
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a policy on glamping; if so, if she will provide details of same and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children in the State who are homeless. [11548/22]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with Irish Water and the Environmental Protection Agency since he assumed office in respect of the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regeneration works at St. Patrick's Park Rathangan, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Parks
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the establishment of an offshore maritime area as Ireland's seventh national park as outlined in the programme for...
    • Water Pollution
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of instances in which Waterways Ireland has alerted the ESB to leaks of mineral oil and-or alkylbenzene from cables...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules that are around rents charged by approved housing bodies and upward rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the index that will be used by an organisation (details supplied) to calculate the square footage rate for County Clare in the...
    • Pension Provisions
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the changes that he made to the tenant incremental purchase scheme include allowing cash purchases, treating State pensions...
    • Constituency Commission
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of constituency boundaries for the local and general elections will commence following the conclusion of the...
    • Gender Equality
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11077/22]
    • Development Contributions
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rules on the spending of development contributions; if restrictions remain in the context of general Government...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the public authority, Minister or Minister of State, who was the responsible competent authority for the conduct of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the means test for disability grants, including in cases in which there are multiple owners of the house in...
    • Legislative Measures
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the emergency management and fire and public safety Bill; and when it will move to the next stage. [11247/22]
    • Water Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide funding to local authorities to enable them to contribute to the non-water infrastructure of housing...
    • Housing Schemes
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties approved for HAP tenancies in breach of the minimum standards and fire safety set by the Residential...
    • Departmental Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the deaths of homeless persons are reported on a per county basis; and, if so, the length of time the practice has been in...
    • Housing Schemes
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if recent changes have been made to the tenant purchase scheme; if so, if these changes need to be ratified by each council;...
    • Planning Issues
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the times when he or his predecessors have used their power under the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct An Bord...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes have occurred to the manner in which the National Parks and Wildlife Service provides notifications to the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the calculation of rebuild rates for homes in County Clare affected by pyrite will be included in his Department’s...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children living in emergency accommodation in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary in February 2022; the...
    • World Heritage Sites
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will confirm the successful applications for inclusion on the new tentative list of potential world...
    • Derelict Sites
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if each local authority is required to maintain a publicly accessible list of all derelict and abandoned properties within its...
    • Housing Schemes
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons and families who have been removed from housing lists across the country over the past two years as a...
    • Fire Service
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average response time for the fire brigade in Ballincollig, County Cork. [11526/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline grant schemes that are available to private homeowners on low incomes who need to extend their homes...
    • Housing Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a comprehensive list of the number of new social housing support units provided in 2021 by delivery method...
    • Regeneration Projects
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a plan (details supplied) to regenerate Westgate, Drogheda through the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund;...
    • Planning Issues
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into...
    • Housing Schemes
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering changes to the tenant purchase scheme which would allow very long-term tenants of local authority homes...
    • Presidential Elections
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to hold a referendum on extending the franchise in Presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the State...
    • Rental Sector
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental inspections undertaken in the past 12 months; the number of these that were virtual inspections; and if...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the mid-term review for local authority Traveller accommodation programmes to occur in view of the delay...
    • Fire Stations
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed new fire station for Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11796/22]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in relation to overseas election monitors and observers, there are currently vacancies on the current roster; the number of positions...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding prioritising the emigrant support programme to ensure that the most vulnerable members of the overseas communities...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that the administration in the United States of America is freeing $3.5 billion of more than $9 billion in frozen...
    • Foreign Policy
      394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10856/22]
    • Passport Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can issue in time of travel in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10861/22]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new embassies that have been opened around the world for the past five years; the locations of same in tabular form; and if he...
    • Passport Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10877/22]
    • Gender Equality
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically relating to women. [11074/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      406. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11142/22]
    • Passport Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if advice will be provided in respect of a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the legal guardianship...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he and-or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking through Ireland’s seat on the United Nations Security Council to bring about an end to the war in Yemen; and...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent activities of the Irish Consulate in Vancouver including staffing numbers. [11244/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the application for the foreign birth registration of a person (details supplied); and the expected timeframe in which this...
    • Consular Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish consulate in Alexandria, Egypt can release to an organisation (details supplied) copies of documents pertaining to a person;...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 22 February 2022, the naval exercises by foreign navies he was referring to and the dates and...
    • Passport Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will return a passport and certificate of naturalisation to a person (details supplied) who requires same to travel on 14 March 2022....
    • Foreign Policy
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that Ireland is taking in response to the Russian Federation's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics....
    • Passport Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay in documents submitted on 8 December 2021 being scanned, checked and attached to a passport application; when this...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11599/22]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will establish guidelines in relation to the use of diplomatic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/22]
    • Passport Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urgently review reopening the passport office to walk-ins and appointments; if his attention has been drawn to the numerous...
    • Visa Applications
      436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 22 February 2022, the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that persons can come to...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      439. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funds will be allocated to the United Nations Population Fund supplies as part of Ireland’s overseas development assistance budget...
  • Department of Defence
    • Gender Equality
      440. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11069/22]
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      441. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he and-or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian...
    • Official Engagements
      442. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if and the way it was made clear to attendees and representatives of an organisation (details supplied) and other persons that the Minister of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      444. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital works that were carried out at Casement Aerodrome in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the estimated cost of each capital works project,...
    • Naval Service
      446. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days that naval vessels were engaged in patrolling activities annually between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2021. [11458/22]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      448. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office. [11594/22]
    • Defence Forces
      449. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the transfer of lands at Rockbrae House in Bray to Wicklow County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11689/22]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for assisted technology for students in primary school in each of the years 2017 to 2021, inclusive; the...
    • Departmental Policies
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will respond to the recommendations outlined in the report by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in place to review the new junior certificate Irish language examination in schools to assess the impact of the cancellation...
    • School Equipment
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to replace the current HEA net broadband connection to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the school...
    • School Accommodation
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress and timelines for delivery of new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Admissions
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are sufficient second-level school places in the east Cork area to cater for demand ahead of the 2022/2023 school...
    • Teacher Training
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the allowance for student teachers to provide substitute services beyond the February 2022 mid-term break; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in transferring ownership of the old HSE house on the Old Road, Cashel to a school (details supplied). [11011/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the principles underpinning the allocation of SNAs will differ in 2022 from previous years; the way the presentation of new pupils with...
    • School Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of school secretary pay and conditions in view of current negotiations with unions and officials of her Department;...
    • School Transport
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address complaints regarding school bus runs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11035/22]
    • Departmental Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools built in County Cork in each of the years 2011 to 2021; the cost involved in building each school; and if she will make...
    • School Funding
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided to DEIS schools in County Cork by year from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Equality
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the equality objectives of her Department specifically in relation to women. [11070/22]
    • School Transport
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive their first payment under the school transport grant. [11091/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the shortage of ASD units in primary schools in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school (details supplied) has gone to tender; if she will provide the details on the development; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to the payment of an allowance will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm her commitment to immediately establish an expert review group to examine the minimum essential qualification for SNAs; if...
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply to correspondence will issue to this Deputy in relation to Gaeltacht placements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Management
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can continue to operate staggered breaktimes if a board of management agrees that such a decision is in the best interests of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish an expert review group to examine the minimum essential qualification for special needs assistants; if so, if she will...
    • School Staff
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full-time staff refers to both SNAs and teachers in relation to the criteria for pay grades for school secretaries paid by her Department; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of a permanent location and building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered regrading school secretaries paid by her Department to take account of the fact that the staff ratio including SNAs has...
    • Special Educational Needs
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11537/22]
    • National Council for Special Education
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current staffing composition of the National Council for Special Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11550/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve SNA supports for a student (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [11561/22]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy instructions or policy documents that she has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11595/22]
    • School Textbooks
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review into the pilot for the free school books scheme for the academic year 2020-2021 has commenced; the timeline for the completion of...
    • School Staff
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a report on the progress in relation to school secretaries and caretaker terms and conditions; and when it is expected that a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional schools by primary and post primary which will be provided DEIS status under the proposed planned extension of DEIS; and...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of the blind pension are regularly reassessed for eligibility, when their medical condition is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will urgently issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the statutory basis for requiring an applicant for the free travel scheme to have a Public Services Card in order to apply;...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the difficulty people are experiencing getting in touch with local INTREO offices and the inability to leave a...
    • Pension Provisions
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the anomaly for those making contributory pension applications that have no credited contributions whilst...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of an alarm system or a phonewatch will be added to the household benefit package in view of the rise in...
    • Pension Provisions
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if confirmation will be provided that PRSI will not be imposed upon pensioners over the age of 66 years; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Code
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the criteria for fuel allowance in order that persons that are living with another...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic at age 70 years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic upon receipt of the State pension (contributory);...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount spent in social protection benefits and allowances, by programme and by year in County Cork from 2011 to...
    • Gender Equality
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the equality objectives of her Department specifically in relation to women. [11081/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, whose illness benefit claim was awarded some weeks ago will receive payment...
    • Employment Schemes
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the part-time job incentive scheme for the self-employed; if it will continue beyond the end...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding the professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance; if consideration has been...
    • Pension Provisions
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when ex-gratia pension payments will be made to community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money spent on the heating supplement; the total number of recipients of the heating supplement; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that her Department is refunding only four years of employee S class PRSI payments in circumstances in which scope...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a situation in which a person (details supplied) has been denied maternity benefit and has received less...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for maternity benefit in 2021; the number who were granted maternity benefit and who were...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11521/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a living alone increase claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [11522/22]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy instructions or policy documents that she has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11642/22]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11647/22]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11648/22]
    • Pension Provisions
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will implement recommendation No. 27 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection pre-budget submission to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals submitted by applicants analysed per county, scheme, by paper appeal and by oral appeal in each year...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delays experienced by workers from outside the State in a sector (details supplied) in...
    • Direct Provision System
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made in addressing the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • United Nations
      537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the next periodic report on Ireland's implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the...
    • Gender Equality
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11068/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with Tusla concerning the birth information and tracing Bill 2022 since taking...
    • Asylum Seekers
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that a hotel (details supplied) is to be utilised for use as accommodation centre for those...
    • Childcare Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare services are able to increase their fees up to the end April 2022; if they do increase their fees...
    • Child Protection
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in the State currently residing under a private family care arrangement; his views on the...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      546. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in implementing the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 until June 2022; and...
    • Childcare Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can offer assistance to a person (details supplied) for whom a planned school expansion has...
    • Departmental Meetings
      549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the Birth Information and...
    • Direct Provision System
      551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons living in direct provision who were previously in foster care in this State [11543/22]
    • Asylum Seekers
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers in the State who are unaccompanied minors; the number which are in State care or...
    • Direct Provision System
      553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the direct provision centres currently operating in the State; the number of persons residing in...
    • Departmental Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care are suspected to be homeless; and the number of persons who are currently...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprentice registrations by construction apprenticeships in bricklaying, carpentry, joinery, construction plant fitting,...
    • Disability Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements his Department is having with the Department of Health on its health workforce planning needs specifically in relation to...
    • Further and Higher Education
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for older persons that wish to retrain in information technology in order to return to the workplace; and if he...
    • Technological Universities
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the Munster Technological University since its inception; the level of funding provided to same in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Gender Equality
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11075/22]
    • Third Level Education
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of physiotherapists that graduated from respective third-level colleges in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [11231/22]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11600/22]
    • Third Level Education
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review and update of the International Education Strategy for Ireland recognising the importance of overseas students and academics to the...
    • Third Level Reform
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timetable for the development and implementation of a standardised system of accreditation of prior learning taking account of previous...
    • Third Level Admissions
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in addressing the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • An Garda Síochána
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next batch of applicants for An Garda Síochána will be accepted to Templemore College. [10852/22]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for the female ex-prisoner Outlook Programme since it opened in July 2020; the number of admissions...
    • Departmental Funding
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will resume funding for an organisation (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been charged in each county or policing authority area in each crime sector in each of the past...
    • Work Permits
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Galway-based company that has secured a major contract for specialised work and requires materials and workers from the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that serving members of An Garda Síochána presently suspended from duty will also receive a 100...
    • Immigration Status
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by her Department for regularisation of undocumented status since the scheme opened to the...
    • Gender Equality
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the equality objectives of her Department specifically in relation to women. [11078/22]
    • Residency Permits
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Immigration Policy
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of new immigration laws (details supplied). [11103/22]
    • Gambling Sector
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recruitment search for a new Chief Executive Officer for the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland will be launched...
    • Policing Authority
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that successful completed the HGV course in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [11242/22]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given on humanitarian grounds to allowing the appeal against the decision not to grant naturalisation...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy instructions or policy documents that she has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into...
    • Prison Service
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy for early release of prisoners from prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11636/22]
    • Legal Aid
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has addressed the matter of free legal aid being granted to repeat offenders in view of her Justice Plan 2021; if this...
    • Prison Service
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on protection in the Irish Prison Service since 2015 to date broken down, by prison and by ethnicity...
    • Court Procedures
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis of the trial currently under way on the grove in Castlerea (details supplied). [11691/22]
    • Immigration Support Services
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 17 February 2022, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average waiting times for naturalisation certificates, in tabular form. [11738/22]
    • Citizenship Applications
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will review issues concerning the new scorecard approach introduced for citizenship applications such as in...
    • International Protection
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in addressing the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including...
  • Department of Health
    • Commissions of Investigation
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the commission on care; the terms of reference, expected membership and expected timelines; and if the commission will not...
    • Disability Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health when the respite services will be restored in the greater Listowel, County Kerry area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10845/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and wait time for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the optimal time for the most effective treatment results is prior to...
    • Disability Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the reason visually impaired persons who have been granted additional PA hours have not received their allocation; the steps that are being taken to address...
    • Medical Cards
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      613. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding endoscopic waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10857/22]
    • Health Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of (details supplied) nationwide and in particular an area that accept medical cards patients; the location of same in tabular...
    • Dental Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists (details supplied) signed up nationwide to accept medical cards patients in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when the construction of two new orthopaedic operating theatres at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway will be completed; when they will be brought into use; the...
    • Medicinal Products
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an indication of when voretigene neparvovec, Luxturna, will be added in line with the Health Act 2013 and the national framework agreed with...
    • Dental Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the medical card scheme in County Kildare in each of the past five years; the number who have left the scheme in each of those years;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rebuild and refurbishment of the lakeview unit at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10871/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if home help staff employed by services (details supplied) who worked throughout the pandemic will received the Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline...
    • Dental Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that are available to persons on HSE orthodontic wait lists for longer than 36 months in cases in which the prolonged wait time gravely...
    • Disability Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels and waiting lists for the Finglas children’s disability network team; the number of speech and language therapists, occupational...
    • Vaccination Programme
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when those in the 12 to 15 years of age cohort who received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine over three months ago will be given access to booster...
    • Primary Care Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the backlog in developmental checks on children in primary healthcare centres; if nurses are still being redeployed...
    • Health Services Staff
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of time that must pass before a healthcare professional is eligible to reapply for inclusion on the National Recruitment Service panel in cases in...
    • Health Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance and treatment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10897/22]
    • Medical Cards
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a discretionary medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the result of an assessment that was due to be carried out by the public health nurse for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10903/22]
    • Pharmacy Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Cariban; if it can be made available on the GMS and drugs payment schemes; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the severe shortages of general practitioners in north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10911/22]
    • Care of the Elderly
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends introducing personalised budgets for older people; the timeframe for this to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10913/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff who were employed in the community for the Echo Programme; and whether it is the case that the same staff that do this work in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the vaccine coverage rate for the HPV national immunisation programme for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic year; his plans...
    • Health Strategies
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the partnership led by the National Screening Service that will allow Ireland to set a target date for the elimination of...
    • Medicinal Products
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if drugs (details supplied) are certified for prescription at pharmacies in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10927/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding a service (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/22]
    • Medical Register
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to register with the Medical Council Ireland; and if the application will be expedited urgently in...
    • Mental Health Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a nationwide audit of child and adolescent mental health services; if independent oversight arrangements have been agreed; the current...
    • Disability Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if the service situation of a person (details supplied) can be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10948/22]
    • Health Strategies
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the Food Reformulation Task Force; if there will be NGO representation on the taskforce; the exact membership of the Oversight...
    • Disability Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing concerns with the clinical services for pupils with ASD and intellectual disabilities in a school (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise the plan going forward for a Covid vaccinations centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10987/22]
    • Disability Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a workforce plan in place for children’s disability network teams that identifies future staffing needs within children’s disability...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the large backlog of needs assessments for children in the CH06 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/22]
    • School Facilities
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in transferring ownership of the old HSE house on the Old Road, Cashel to a school (details supplied). [11010/22]
    • Health Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children waiting for assessments of need, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology support in Dublin...
    • Mental Health Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the case of mental health in communities in a post-pandemic era and the funding requirements which will be required for future services to...
    • Medical Cards
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the income threshold for the medical card for those aged under 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Equality
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically relating to women. [11076/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the dexcom continuous glucose monitoring sensors by the long-term Illness scheme or the primary care...
    • Hospital Admissions
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the UL Hospitals Group accident and emergency departments or the acute medical assessment unit due to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes as of 31 January 2022 who are awaiting a first appointment to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the UL...
    • Hospital Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when University Hospital Limerick will become a dose adjustment for normal eating, DAFNE, accredited diabetes centre; the current total number...
    • Health Services Staff
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHO 4 mental health service management staff who were offered priority first-dose Covid-19 vaccinations in January 2021 ahead of patients and...
    • Mental Health Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists in the CHO 4 HSE mental health services who were informed of opportunities to transfer into posts for each of the years 2014 to...
    • Health Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of STI testing kits in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11115/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [11124/22]
    • Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the medical protocols that are in place to deal with a suspected victim of drink spiking and date rape drugs (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently a hormone replacement therapy shortage; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that women are reporting not being able to fill...
    • Disability Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on assessment of needs waiting lists, by children's disability network team, including length of wait; the number of persons on...
    • Departmental Data
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on ASD diagnosis waiting lists, by age and length of wait time. [11130/22]
    • Health Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to continue the practice of remote telemedicine consultations in respect of abortions; if so, the steps he is taking to reach an agreement with...
    • Dental Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1793 of 19 January 2022, the way a person in Galway can contact the HSE public dental service emergency cover team in...
    • Hospital Staff
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent occupational therapists, dieticians and speech and language therapists working in Tullamore Regional Hospital in each of...
    • Dental Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent dental hygienist and dental nurses working in the public health services in County Laois in each of the past four years, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric ENT surgeons attached to Tullamore Regional Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Mental Health Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recommendation in A Vision For Change to increase the nine liaison mental health service teams to 13 given Sharing the Vison...
    • Undefined
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene and expedite an application (details supplied). [11154/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a liaison psychiatrist post. [11157/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HSE mental health café that is being piloted in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11159/22]
    • Disability Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of family forums established under each Children’s Disability Network or under each Children’s Disability Services Governance Group;...
    • Insurance Coverage
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if he and-or his officials have reviewed the health insurance levy with a view to reforming the way in which it is applied; and the amount paid to insurance...
    • Abortion Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are currently in place to verify an accurate gestational age of a woman seeking an abortion under current temporary telemedicine provisions...
    • Care of the Elderly
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to expand services at Monasterevin daycare centre; the status of physical infrastructure expansion plans in the capital planning process;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      699. To ask the Minister for Health when an updated Covid certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of numerous requests to the HSE. [11189/22]
    • Health Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €19 million package announced for paediatric orthopaedic services; if he will provide the specific new measures and relevant cost...
    • Health Service Executive
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the total patient throughput across HSE acute services for outpatient, diagnostics, and inpatient appointments in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular...
    • Hospital Admissions
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients who were treated privately outside a public hospital for outpatient, diagnostics and inpatient appointments in each of the years...
    • Mental Health Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an urgent CAMHS assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11194/22]
    • Disability Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health when intervention and support services will commence for a child (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11195/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      705. To ask the Minister for Health when children in the 12 to 15 age category who are considered high risk but not immunocompromised will become eligible for the Covid booster vaccination. [11204/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if the new plan to clear the children’s waiting list for orthopaedic surgery will be fulfilled by the end of 2022 in view of the €19 million...
    • Mental Health Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he proposes to overhaul CAMHS with a view to ensuring high quality early diagnosis, elimination of confusion which might suggest an...
    • Health and Safety
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention and that of the Chief Medical Officer has been drawn to proposals to expand a refinery in Limerick (details supplied). [11209/22]
    • Hospital Transfers
      710. To ask the Minister for Health when a transfer to an alternative health care facility will be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of health workers on the front line who will receive the €1,000 bonus beyond those within the public service; and if those working during...
    • Health and Safety
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of site visits that have been made by his public health officials to the Askeaton area in the context of a factory (details supplied); and if his...
    • Birth Certificates
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if additional staff in the HSE will be made available to meet demand and deal with the current backlog of birth registrations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if the age restriction will be removed for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes; when he expects that the health...
    • General Practitioner Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government still plan to extend free general practitioner care to children under the age of eight, and if so, when this will be implemented. [11229/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by job title working in the primary care eye teams in CHO7; the number of vacancies by job title; and when each of...
    • Hospital Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants posts by speciality that were filled in each hospital that is part of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Group in 2021 and to date...
    • General Practitioner Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 80 additional general practitioner training places. [11238/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has the ability to include a clause in its contracts with private companies to require a portion of the profits made as a direct result of HSE...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards under construction or planned to commence within the next six months. [11240/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11249/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [11251/22]
    • Official Travel
      725. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 16 February 2022, if he will provide the benefits realised by his Department in respect of travel episodes...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for any assistance or contribution towards the purchase of necessary equipment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Health when the required intervention in respect of speech and language therapy will be provided in the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Promotion
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE funding has been withdrawn from an exercise class (details supplied); the reason those attending the class have been asked to move from the free...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements that have taken place between his Department and the HSE in relation to an additional package of measures that will recognise the risks faced...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the overall national radiology waiting lists by hospital and scan type, that is, ultrasounds, CT scans and MRIs; the breakdown to the level of waiting lists...
    • Hospital Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients triaged as urgent who are offered an appointment within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the...
    • Health Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of maintaining the drugs payment scheme cap at €80 on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11332/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      735. To ask the Minister for Health if the position regarding the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 which is due to expire in March 2022 if he intends to propose an...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      736. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied). [11338/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the vaccine injury compensation scheme for the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE staff (details supplied) in CHO1 have completed the HSE online safeguarding training; and the date of completion of the course for each person....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the new build ward extension at Raheen Community Hospital, County Clare; when the facility will be operational; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of new staff and the expansion of the medical assessment unit at Ennis hospital; the details of any expansion of services; if...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider reviewing the treatment benefit scheme to allow for enhanced hearing devices such as a cross in cases in which standard hearing...
    • Hospital Facilities
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to progress the endoscopy unit in Bantry General Hospital. [11461/22]
    • Legislative Reviews
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the groups with whom he has engaged with regard to the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the rationale...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      749. To ask the Minister for Health if all investigative procedures can be undertaken with a view to early diagnosis in the case of a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      751. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 601 of 9 November 2021, if he has given further consideration to the need for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists...
    • Health Strategies
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sexual Health Strategy; and the timeline for publication [11515/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the approval of reimbursement of CAR-T. [11516/22]
    • Disease Management
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time services by CHO addressing hepatitis-C. [11517/22]
    • Dental Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the engagement and discussions between his Department and an association (details supplied) on matters relating to the provision of...
    • Ambulance Service
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for ambulances in Ballincollig, County Cork. [11523/22]
    • Disease Management
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that persons with Huntington’s disease with the exception of a small number of persons in the late stages of the condition have no specialist...
    • Hospital Staff
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the lack of diabetic nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11546/22]
    • Dental Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford who are accepting medical card patients; if he is satisfied with the provision of dental care in County Wexford for...
    • Disability Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review service statements compiled following assessments of need conducted pre-2021 following the Court of Appeal decision in C.M. v HSE [2021]...
    • Health Services
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and a response issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11559/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      766. To ask the Minister for Health if the Keltoi rehabilitation centre in St. Marys, Phoenix Park will still be used as a Covid isolation facility given the current easing of Covid restrictions;...
    • Disability Services
      768. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to act on the decision and findings of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11584/22]
    • Home Help Service
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the way the 2023 HSE home support tender will impact the statutory home support scheme; and if the 2023 HSE home support tender will include a provision to...
    • Departmental Policies
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the policy instructions or policy documents that he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office. [11601/22]
    • Disease Management
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if a high level taskforce will be set up through the combined auspices of the National Dementia Office and the HSE Integrated Care Programme to scope out the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if he has arranged for the Department to establish a high-level working group as proposed by a group (details supplied) which would include all of the relevant...
    • Health Service Executive
      776. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will commence the tender process in respect to the procurement of both operational and strategic legal services; and if he...
    • White Papers
      777. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 16 December 2021, the status of the White Paper on human genomics and the appointment of a Director of the...
    • Dental Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form. [11665/22]
    • Primary Care Centres
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide a primary care centre for an area (details supplied); the timescale involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of free contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      787. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the staff shortage in the delivery of enhanced homecare packages and home help support; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • First Aid Training
      791. To ask the Minister for Health when a pre-hospital emergency care council first aid responder updated certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address these concerns; his plans to change this testing regime; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recent changes to regulations in relation to the frequency of the collection of medical prescriptions; the reason for these changes; and if...
    • Health Services
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received a CervicalCheck exam by month in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of girls who received the HPV vaccine in schools in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Education
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the engagements he, advisers or officials in his Department have had with the Minister for Further and Higher Education or his officials in...
    • Emergency Departments
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the admission and discharge rates for emergency departments for all hospitals from 1 January to 23 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the number of sexual assault treatment units across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11714/22]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he and or his advisers have had with each hospital group in relation to overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11715/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on the location for a new elective hospital in the South South West Hospital Group. [11717/22]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his recent visit to University of Limerick Hospital, Dooradoyle and Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; the persons and groups he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [11749/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons transferred from CHO4 mental health services to nursing homes in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will...
    • Abortion Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if telemedicine which has been integral to abortion care since March 2020 and is endorsed by organisations (details supplied) as an option for women who need...
    • Health Strategies
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Contraception Implementation Group has met; if the group will consult with experts on the provision of contraception; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the metrics used to calculate that 850 road licences, as detailed in his Department's plan will be sufficient to...
    • Departmental Staff
      820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff of his Department, given the pandemic, who will have to take more than a week's holidays before 31 March 2022; if...
    • EU Directives
      821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of measures other EU member states have put in place in the transposition of the European Directive on Unfair Trading...
    • Live Exports
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a live export certificate or trade agreement pending for exports to Iraq, Iran and Jordan in which substantial work has...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 932 of 15 February 2022, if he will provide specific details regarding each of the racing...
    • Forestry Sector
      825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is assistance or support that can be afforded in a scenario (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority capability review has been implemented to date [10890/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of files (details supplied) which are with the ecology section of the Forest Service; when the files in question are...
    • Food Prices
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure better price transparency for farmers from processors and retailers; when this will occur; and if he will make a...
    • Gender Equality
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the equality objectives of his Department specifically in relation to women. [11067/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the co-operation projects as part of the new CAP national agri-environment scheme to include high nature value...
    • Land Issues
      833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of the completed sale agreement for a parcel of land (details supplied); if he will provide proof of the...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he and or the relevant Minister of State and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the...
    • Hen Harriers
      835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if designated hen harrier ground is in or out of the AECM scheme; if he will provide detailed information in relation to the breeding...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify a matter in relation to Irish horse sectors and TAMs (details supplied). [11216/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licenses and afforestation permits granted in total in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively in County Wexford; the...
    • Animal Welfare
      838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding made available to Tipperary County Council for equine related matters including control of horses and training...
    • Forestry Sector
      843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 850 road licences in his Department’s plan that are for the private sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if GLAS participants received two extra years payment whereas AOS participants did not receive extra payments on their scheme; and if...
    • Animal Welfare
      847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the plans to bring a proposal to the Houses of the Oireachtas to achieve the effect of Seanad...
    • Departmental Reports
      848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of external reports commissioned in 2021; the cost of each; the external reports that were received by his...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      849. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for delays in TAMS applications for Natura and hill farmers; the steps he has taken to alleviate the matter; and if he...
    • Animal Diseases
      850. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 30 November 2021, the financial support that has been provided to the voluntary national...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2024 of 19 January 2022, the reason that an organic farming scheme payment has not issued to a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      855. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to restrict the use of supertrawlers and factory ships in Irish territorial waters. [11454/22]
    • Harbours and Piers
      856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the amount assigned to each local authority to rejuvenate public piers and harbours under the EU Brexit Adjustment...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); if he will respond to same; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      858. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in relation to an outstanding ANC claim by a person (details supplied). [11567/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy instructions or policy documents he has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office [11592/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      860. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if her Department is on target in its promise to issue a 107% increase of afforestation licences for 2022 in view of the percentage...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      862. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commercial abattoirs are registered and licensed with his Department; the maximum kill capacity if all of these...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11649/22]
    • Greyhound Industry
      865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      866. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the compensation package that he committed to when he met with farmers whose lands had been damaged and or destroyed by...
    • Forestry Sector
      867. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes that are available for farmers to plant forestry on one hectare; the terms and conditions of these schemes; when they...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      869. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on community hubs for residential areas that are losing a post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11536/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      870. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide details of such hubs (details supplied) in counties Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath areas in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      871. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of CLÁR funding will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10918/22]
    • Urban Development
      872. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations in Limerick which will benefit from the town centre first plan scheme; what these benefits will be; and if she will make...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      873. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations in Limerick in which remote working hubs/ehubs are being developed, those which are developed and operational, the...
    • Gender Equality
      874. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made on the equality objectives of her Department specifically in relation to women. [11080/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      875. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the seniors' alert scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [11245/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      876. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a contingency fund within the overall allocation for CLÁR funding given the rise in constructioncosts, quotations...
    • Departmental Policies
      877. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the policy instructions or policy documents that she has brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála since coming into office...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      878. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise the funding streams that are available for organisations which have been awarded charitable status; if she will...

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