Written answers

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the impact of the inclusion of all post-school options in the CAO system; the number of additional applicants there were in 2022...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoin togra atá molta i mBéal Feirste chun foras breisoideachais agus ardoideachais lán-Ghaelach a...
    • Technological Universities
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guarantees that can be provided to a college (details supplied) in regard to essential capital funding; if the funding committed by his...
    • Further and Higher Education
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to plans to develop a college campus on the northside of Cork city. [12727/22]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals there are to have further engagement with the Department in Northern Ireland in relation to further co-operation in further...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of current and planned apprenticeships; the take-up in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12771/22]
    • Research and Development
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement of Irish third-level institutions on joint research projects with their Ukrainian-based counterparts; the impact that the Russian...
    • Technological Universities
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism that is in place to deal with human resources legacy issues arising from the amalgamation of the institutes of technology to the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made in public and private higher education as a proportion of national income, GDP and GNI; the way that this compares to other...
    • Third Level Education
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support third-level institutions to develop courses to support the quickly growing offshore wind sector and to support the...
    • Technological Universities
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and timeline for the appointment of the remaining members of the governing authority of the South East Technological University; the...
    • Student Accommodation
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the proposed use of the cost rental model for student accommodation. [12711/22]
    • Third Level Fees
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his plans in relation to third-level and post-graduate fees; if these fees will be abolished; and if he will make a statement...
    • Further and Higher Education
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's, into the higher education system; and if he will make...
    • Third Level Costs
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in third-level institutions by institution and reason applying for support under the student assistance fund, in tabular...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the measures that have been taken to support students of DEIS schools to access further and higher education; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made under apprenticeship commitments in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12768/22]
    • Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé na leasuithe atá beartaithe aige ar Bhille an Údaráis um Ard-Oideachas chun a chinntiú go ndéanfar soláthar...
    • Third Level Fees
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work to reduce the student contribution charge; his views on the current level of the charge; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Education
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to end sexual violence and harassment in third-level education; the funding allocated by institution for this issue in tabular form;...
    • Further and Higher Education
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it makes sense to maintain financial or other barriers to accessing all levels of further and higher education and that all...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned apprenticeship training to meet the targets of the new national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Further and Higher Education
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made by his Department and SOLAS regarding a new capital development for a college (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship courses available both nationally and in Limerick city and county in 2022; and the work ongoing to support older...
    • Third Level Costs
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made under the SUSI grant review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12766/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that sufficient spaces are available in SOLAS training centres to progress current electrical apprenticeships waitlisted for...
    • Further and Higher Education
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's plans to increase higher and further education capacity to train students in facets of ecosystem restoration as a key...
    • Third Level Education
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss workers' rights for PHD students studying in Ireland to bring them in line with...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he and his Department have identified particular requirements in terms of apprenticeships or higher qualifications in...
    • Research and Development
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a science and technology policy fellowship within the civil service to provide opportunities to scientists and engineers to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way supports for students with disabilities in further and higher education aligns with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being taken to educate and inform students across the third-level sector on the damage domestic violence and harassment can...
    • Museum Projects
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of his discussions to date to secure the continued operation of the Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with third-level education institutions regarding Ukrainian students enrolled in Ireland given the crisis in Ukraine;...
    • Third Level Costs
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the independent review of the student grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/22]
    • Technological Universities
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of delivery of technical university status; the details of same in relation to Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who are heading one-parent families are a priority group for supports into further and higher education at all levels of education; if...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on new plans for training and apprenticeship places in all trades that are needed to ramp up the supply of housing across the...
    • Third Level Admissions
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the factors that influence the availability of college places; the weight that he is giving to the needs of industry, for example, the hospitality...
    • Special Educational Needs
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and progress that has been made under the fund for students with disabilities for the delivery of key services and supports for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increase in the number of apprentices and the number of apprenticeships since 2020; the progress of the national apprenticeship scheme...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has been carried out on an all-Ireland basis in relation to skills shortages throughout the island of Ireland; the proposals to...
    • Research and Development
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Irish universities are involved in research projects or alliances with Ukrainian universities; if these have been impacted by the Russian...
    • Irish Language
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he proposes to promote the use of the Irish language in further and higher education institutions. [12710/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the take-up of the new employer grant for apprenticeships introduced in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his plans to support and subsidise further education students to ensure that poverty does not deter them from continuing their...
    • Third Level Staff
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of revised principles for a new higher education staffing agreement to update the current employment control framework; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update will be provided on which local authorities offer apprenticeship programmes; if there are plans to support the expansion of the...
    • Student Accommodation
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the current plans for student accommodation are providing affordable accommodation for third-level students; and if he will...
    • Further and Higher Education
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned capital allocation for Cavan Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12760/22]
    • Third Level Costs
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SUSI review will be published; when he plans to implement the recommendations from the review; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Staff
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work by his Department on reducing the issue of precarity of employment in the higher education sector. [12851/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of postgraduates with a higher than average qualification currently available throughout the country; the extent to which such...
    • Third Level Education
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that he has taken to implement the key recommendations of the surveys of experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher...
    • Further and Higher Education
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 8 February 2022, if the review by the expert panel on the further education and training model has...
    • Medical Research and Training
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in determining the longer-term skills needs of the healthcare services; the role which the further and higher...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the establishment of a campus in Kilkenny to provide a national centre for apprenticeships as part of the new South East...
    • Research and Development
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the development of the next national research and innovation strategy; the timeline for same; and if he...
    • Further and Higher Education
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to broaden access to further and higher education to traditionally less well represented groups; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • European Council
      126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [12183/22]
    • Census of Population
      127. To ask the Taoiseach the criteria used for employing the census enumerators; the way that the enumerators were picked; and the way that a decision made in circumstances in which a person...
    • Protected Disclosures
      128. To ask the Taoiseach the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been...
    • Cabinet Committees
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which each Cabinet Committee (details supplied) met from June 2020 to date inclusive [13114/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Commemorative Events
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if correspondence from a person (details supplied) has been received; if a response will issue in advance of the ceremony of...
    • Departmental Staff
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons...
    • Legislative Measures
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the process by which retired workers will be included in the proposed the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension...
    • Redundancy Payments
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter and the mechanism that may be available to expedite cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Protected Disclosures
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Conservation
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the retrofit work will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Grid
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request that Eirgrid submit updates regarding grid reinforcement projects to be laid before the Houses of...
    • EU Directives
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 2 November 2021, if he or his officials have had further engagements with...
    • Energy Conservation
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a SEAI grant assistance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Prices
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if service providers can be mandated to put the €200 against forthcoming direct debits and not withheld from a...
    • Departmental Staff
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered bringing forward a ring-fenced auction specifically for floating offshore wind energy; and if he...
    • Postal Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 3 March 2021, if he will inform An Post that the issue has not been...
    • Energy Conservation
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of grant aid available for installation of solar panels on the roofs of domestic residences; and if he will...
    • Energy Policy
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has not carried out a risk assessment or an...
    • Postal Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of recommendations from the 2016 Kerr Report that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Environmental Policy
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to address the rising use of plastic in supermarkets and in food packaging; and if he will make...
    • Energy Conservation
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the efficiency of the warmer homes scheme process considering that works have not been carried out on an...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that his Department is assisting communities to develop community-owned renewable energy projects; the number...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if deliveries of Russian coal to Moneypoint power station have been disrupted due to of European Union sanctions on...
    • Protected Disclosures
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022,...
    • Climate Action Plan
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of funding committed and drawn down under the Climate Action Fund for each successful project; the...
    • Energy Prices
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the ongoing delaying in the disbursement of the energy credit; the date that the credit will be paid to...
    • Energy Production
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the context in which he wrote to An Bord Pleanála regarding the liquefied natural gas proposals at Tarbert, County...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driver test in each centre nationwide; the average waiting time in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Bus Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has agreed to a request to meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the 20% reduction in passenger fares on public service obligation routes to all scheduled service operators; and if he...
    • Airport Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that Government funding to the City of Derry Airport is restored as soon as possible given the high percentage of...
    • Economic Sanctions
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish aircraft leasing companies are still permitted to lease aircraft to Russian companies and or persons; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to extend the Transport for Ireland 90-minute fare to Sallins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12400/22]
    • Road Projects
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Knockcroghery by-pass on the N61 has been shelved until at least 2026 given the dramatic impact it will have on improving...
    • National Transport Authority
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Cork office for the National Transport Authority has been established; the location in which staff employed to work in the office...
    • Driver Test
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time period to sit a driver test by county driving test centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12456/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the motor tax offices in Dublin will reopen for a walk-in service [12512/22]
    • Public Transport
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding the lack of rural transport in County Monaghan; his views on this matter;...
    • Driver Licences
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence renewal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/22]
    • Cycling Facilities
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific funding that is being made available by his Department to local authorities along the EuroVelo Atlantic coast cycling route;...
    • EU Agreements
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who is entitled to free transport in Ireland is eligible to avail of similar type schemes in the European Union (details...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his engagements with Transport Infrastructure Ireland on this...
    • Driver Licences
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bids received for the most recent driver licence service contract; the value of the contract; if the number of offices...
    • Transport Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the modelling used to develop the Connecting Ireland rural transport plan; the number of scenarios that were examined in preparation of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to accelerate the roll-out of electric vehicle charging points; the estimated number of EV public and on-street...
    • Greenways Provision
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce greenway and cycling wardens to greenways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12943/22]
    • Driver Test
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and length of time of persons are waiting for a driving test in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence renewal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13018/22]
    • Taxi Licences
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed the position on the transferability of taxi plates in view of the changed circumstances for many drivers as a result...
    • Protected Disclosures
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if...
    • Maritime Safety
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the German equivalent of the Marine Survey Office was in breach of European Union maritime safety regulations when it issued ongoing...
    • Driver Licences
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons aged 70 years of age or over are still entitled to renew their driving licence free of charge; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of antisocial incidents on Dublin Bus by individual bus routes and by month in each of the past two years that did not result...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual expenditure from the Revenue Commissioners towards additional healthcare expenses for a child from 2017-2021; the average annual relief claimed for...
    • Tax Code
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is illegal for energy providers to charge both carbon tax and VAT on energy bills given that this amounts to a double taxation; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to protect the assets of thousands of customers of a bank (details supplied) who are being forced by the bank to liquidate their...
    • Departmental Staff
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12518/22]
    • Economic Sanctions
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish director of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development will be seeking the imposition by the bank of sanctions against Russia; and if he...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12668/22]
    • Economic Sanctions
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if financial sanctions in respect of Russian interests make provision for the freezing and or interruption of cybercurrencies. [12922/22]
    • Fuel Prices
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if potential measures are being examined to protect and or reduce the financial burden of increasing petrol and diesel prices, in particular for those that...
    • Tax Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the various taxes and levies charged by the State on one litre of petrol and one litre diesel in tabular form by each fuel type; and if he...
    • Protected Disclosures
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external...
    • Tax Code
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 22 February 2022, if the home renovation incentive will be reinstated and extended to cover works carried out...
    • Credit Unions
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions which have closed and or amalgamated with other credit unions since 1 January 2010 annually; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider allowing private healthcare operators including pharmacies to make a tax-free payment to staff on a once-off basis...
    • Flood Risk Management
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a case of river erosion at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding land in the ownership of the OPW will be addressed; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average renumeration paid to an independent chairperson of an expert advisory group; and the factors influencing determination of an...
    • Voluntary Sector
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or another Department require that a voluntary or non-executive director of any charitable organisation or company...
    • Protected Disclosures
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form;...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons...
    • Sports Funding
      224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a club (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12590/22]
    • Tourism Promotion
      225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of online influencers and media personalities used by Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland in...
    • Sports Funding
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there is a delay in releasing funds under the 2018 Sports Capital Programme to a club (details supplied); and if she...
    • Tourism Promotion
      227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a funding stream available to run a tourist office independent to Failte Ireland (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé atá ag riar an athbhreithnithe ar struchtúr Údaráis na Gaeltachta; ar éirigh leis an Roinn...
    • Protected Disclosures
      229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Census of Population
      230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the early release of the 1926 census; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13116/22]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Harbours and Piers
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the restrictions forced on the fishers who use Magheraroarty Pier, Magheraroarty,...
    • Energy Conservation
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to updating the dwelling energy assessment procedure modelling software to reflect the...
    • Planning Issues
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules and procedures for Ministers making representations in regard to planning decisions in areas of policy for which...
    • Housing Schemes
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the carer’s allowance is being considered as part of the income of a...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to each approved housing body through the Housing Finance Agency in the past ten years to date; and the...
    • Housing Policy
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is monitoring the price of starter homes in Dublin city; if he is satisfied that the ceiling of house prices for local...
    • Planning Issues
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the cases in which imperative reasons of overriding public interest were invoked for...
    • Housing Schemes
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the funding that his Department makes available to local authorities for persons with disabilities and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the SAC designation for Lough Funshinagh Turlough in County Roscommon given the devastating environmental...
    • Hare Coursing
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the findings of the investigation by the National Parks and Wildlife Service into the Loughrea coursing meeting held in...
    • Animal Diseases
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new cases of RHDv2 in rabbits and hares notified to the National Parks and Wildlife Service since cases were...
    • Departmental Staff
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid...
    • Housing Schemes
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan scheme applications that were received from Westmeath County Council for 2020, 2021...
    • Vacant Properties
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 25 January 2022, when all vacant homes officers will be full-time officers; the...
    • Water Supply
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation in Ratoath, County Meath in which a large supply of houses cannot be released...
    • Water Quality
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of days in each of the past five years for which boil water notices were in place in Navan, Trim, Kells, Ratoath,...
    • Housing Schemes
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Croí Conaithe scheme will be open to applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12539/22]
    • Defective Building Materials
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the publication date of the report by the Independent Working Group on Defective Homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of preferences expressed by applicants for social housing in Fingal, County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Natural Resources
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to local authorities regarding hedgerow surveys to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing in Cork city and county; and the expected allocation date...
    • Architectural Heritage
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to a building (details supplied); if the building has been damaged; if the roof is damaged; if so,...
    • Rental Sector
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent pressure zone legislation will be retained for a definitive duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wildlife Protection
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will release the National Parks & Wildlife Service report into the works carried out in the basement of Emo Court in...
    • Ferry Services
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to sign a licence for a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12862/22]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on Traveller accommodation in 2021 by each local authority. [12928/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most up-to-date compulsory purchase order limits for local authorities to purchase vacant housing units; and if he will...
    • Property Registration
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if assistance will be provided in relation to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13041/22]
    • Protected Disclosures
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
    • Legislative Measures
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the legislation governing strategic policy committees, known as corporate policy groups, within local...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Peace Commissioners
      271. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that a peace commissioner can take to establish the reason that their signature was refused by a Government body (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      272. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of citizenship applications by persons (details supplied); the progress of same since they were lodged in 2020; and if he will...
    • Passport Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details enclosed) will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that can be taken to facilitate Ukrainians fleeing Ukraine and who are not in possession of an international passport; and if he...
    • Passport Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Passport Office to have a passport application cancelled (details supplied) and the documents and fee returned to the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice that his Department is providing to hauliers bringing aid to Ukraine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      283. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on processing times for applications for the foreign births register; the current number of applications that...
    • Departmental Staff
      284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons...
    • Passport Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time passport applications still outstanding; and his plans to employ more staff to alleviate the backlog. [12514/22]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give guidance to persons wishing to donate privately for humanitarian relief in Ukraine; if a list of suitable aid organisations...
    • Passport Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in time for their travel plans considering that it is a renewal application received...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider sending a large delegation of experienced and trained election observers to observe the elections in Hungary in April...
    • Passport Services
      297. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can be returned to facilitate booked travel at the end of March 2022 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      300. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the avenues available for persons living in Ireland to donate medical supplies, namely insulin to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement...
    • Protected Disclosures
      305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      306. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of diplomatic and officials passports reported as lost and or stolen in the past 25 years to date in 2022; and the number of...
    • Passport Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued to persons under fraudulent means in the past 25 years to date; and the number of those passports that...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      308. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively,...
    • Emergency Services
      309. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the protocols, including weather, in relation to the request by first responders for Rescue 112 to attend a medical emergency on land by night....
    • Protected Disclosures
      310. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staff
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the sick leave taken in the current academic year can be restored to a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion has met with the parents of children attending a school (details supplied) regarding...
    • School Facilities
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite funding for the construction of a sports hall at a school (details supplied). [12380/22]
    • School Funding
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to both primary and secondary schools in County Cork in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form;...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to DEIS schools in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from primary schools and post-primary schools for special classes that have been refused in each of the years 2018 to...
    • School Textbooks
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review into the pilot for the free school books scheme will commence; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the diagnosed disabilities and or medical conditions which need to be confirmed in order for assistive technology to be provided to primary...
    • School Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the potential staff shortages created by requiring trainee teachers to withdraw from working as substitute teachers in order to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review by her Department of the policy on reading classes and schools; and when these findings along with relevant...
    • Departmental Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively,...
    • School Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a case (details supplied); the status of the talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12494/22]
    • School Accommodation
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if the application will be examined under the additional accommodation scheme; if...
    • School Curriculum
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of schools that offer computer science as a leaving certificate subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12540/22]
    • School Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of submissions that were received on the public consultation on school transport by county in tabular form. [12579/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an offer of acceptance has been received in her Department for a project (details supplied). [12580/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building project tenders that have changed in costings due to cost of material changes; and the average percentage change of...
    • State Examinations
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the alternate sitting of the leaving certificate examinations in 2022; if the categories of serious illness have been finalised; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have appealed their SNA allocation by county in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [12641/22]
    • School Transport
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if advice will be provided on a matter regarding school transport for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12647/22]
    • School Accommodation
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12654/22]
    • School Transport
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the steering group will be issuing its next interim report on the review of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application by a person (details supplied) under circular 0063/2021 will be dealt with to recognise the qualification obtained by the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the date in which her Department foresees the...
    • School Accommodation
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amounts paid to third parties for the rental of properties for school accommodation from 2010 to date broken down by county, year and...
    • Residential Institutions
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 15 February 2022, the members of the survivor-led consultative forum; the person that chairs this...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change in the post-qualification employment requirement to have 200 hours teaching experience for a teacher to be recognised;...
    • Residential Institutions
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were received by survivors of industrial and reformatory schools for redress under Caranua; the number of these...
    • School Enrolments
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance that is given to secondary schools with regard to the charging of non-refundable enrolment and entrance exam fees to secure a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the latest guidance supplied to her Department regarding the wearing of facemasks in primary and post-primary...
    • Special Educational Needs
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the review of a special needs assistant allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Protected Disclosures
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the issues outlined will be addressed; and if she will...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • State Pensions
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the contribution history of a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if their contributions will entitle them to...
    • EU Directives
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of employees whose pensions will be impacted by the European Union institutions for occupational...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the dental benefit scheme will be accepted. [12366/22]
    • Civil Registration Service
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to bring forward the bill overhauling civil registrations; and if there are plans to include provision for a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if hearing aids are covered for a person (details supplied) given they have a full medical card; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fuel allowance will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will issue in relation to an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons are still being referred to JobPath. [13014/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is on jobseeker’s benefit who is engaged in a Springboard course can be obliged to take up a job...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s benefit review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Protected Disclosures
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position for those covered by the free travel scheme when their free travel cards expire; if a grace period of three to...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants that have been referred to vulnerability assessment processes...
    • Asylum Seekers
      378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Department that will lead on engagement with Ukrainian refugees; and the way in which persons who are...
    • Direct Provision System
      379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons and families who have been resident in direct provision centres in County Wexford from...
    • Asylum Seekers
      380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of supports that his Department will provide to displaced Ukrainian refugees who travel to Ireland as...
    • Childcare Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their difficulties securing...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to implement the recommendations made by the Ombudsman for Children to review the Disability Act 2005;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      384. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering the inclusion of Ukrainian nationals in the community sponsorship scheme. [12416/22]
    • Direct Provision System
      385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the pledges that have yet to be implemented in the white paper on ending direct provision; if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the correspondence he has had with a project (details supplied). [12515/22]
    • Family Resource Centres
      388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a matter regarding resources for a family resource centre (details supplied) in County Monaghan;...
    • Youth Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that TUSLA provide to young adults leaving foster care to secure their own accommodation; and if he...
    • Child and Family Agency
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies for social work positions that TUSLA currently has available; the steps that are being...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a matter raised in correspondence regarding the ECCE (details supplied);; and if he will make...
    • Domestic Violence
      392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the business case which his Department submitted to Tusla in 2021 to ensure...
    • Childcare Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently review the need of a centre (details supplied) to expand its childcare services to cater for...
    • Domestic Violence
      394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commitment will be made to a full national review of pay and conditions for staff in women and children's...
    • International Protection
      396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vulnerability assessment process for linking international protection applicants to healthcare services and...
    • Asylum Seekers
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken by his Department to support the reception and accommodation of persons from Ukraine...
    • Children in Care
      399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in care on their third placement or more by Tusla area office. [12921/22]
    • National Youth Assembly
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of delegates that will be nominated by each of the established Youth Organisations at the Youth...
    • Family Resource Centres
      401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to increase the core funding available to family resource centres to allow them to expand their...
    • Protected Disclosures
      403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in...
    • Residential Institutions
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the context in which he made representations against planning proposals in Bessborough, County Cork; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Technological Universities
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the delivery of technical university status; the details in relation to Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively,...
    • Further and Higher Education
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a pension review for a person (details supplied); if clarity will be provided on the matter given that the person has not received...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the recent increase in the number of apprentices; and the number of apprenticeships being offered and being taken up by...
    • Third Level Costs
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current maximum income allowed for a household for a new SUSI applicant; if the applicants income is taken into consideration; and if he will...
    • Further and Higher Education
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regular weekly supports that are available for a person (details supplied). [12662/22]
    • Third Level Education
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of Russian investment in the Irish University sector; the source of this investment; the steps if any he intends to take with respect...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new employer apprentice grant will be available to local authorities as employers further to correspondence (details supplied); and if he...
    • Third Level Costs
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 8 February 2022, when the SUSI review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Education
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the participation rates of students in recipient of SUSI on the Erasmus+ programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [12906/22]
    • Ministerial Staff
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisors to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by...
    • Third Level Costs
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the SUSI income thresholds for 2022-2023 were raised by €1,000 across all bands including for the special rate band which...
    • Technological Universities
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his nominees to the board of South East Technological University will participate and play an active role in the ongoing process to deliver a...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date;...
    • Protected Disclosures
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an...
    • Further and Higher Education
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which extra provision is being made to extend and expand third and fourth-level education with particular reference to the ongoing...
    • Third Level Education
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure continued access to third-level for all students seeking to avail of third-level education; and if he will make a statement...
    • Further and Higher Education
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he has put in place to specifically target the areas of key demand in the economy with particular reference to science, ICT and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to assist persons with disabilities to transition from second-level education to third-level education or employment; and...
    • Third Level Education
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding for the education at third-level of optometrists at a college other than the Technological University of Dublin if...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Schemes
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made to the immigrant investor programme by Russian citizens in each of the years from 2019 to 2022;...
    • Visa Agreements
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will waive visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals leaving Ukraine that seek to enter this State; and if she will make...
    • International Protection
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that persons who are in Ukraine who are not Ukrainian nationals regardless of their legal status in Ukraine...
    • An Garda Síochána
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rank and file positions that remain unfilled in County Louth within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid...
    • Peace Commissioners
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that a person (details supplied) should take in order to become a peace commissioner; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on works planned for a Garda station (details supplied); the stage the works are at; the works...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that she has taken regarding the implementation of action 15 equality and choice in the National Disability Inclusion...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a response will issue to this Deputy's letter dated 26 October 2021 on behalf of a person (details supplied); the reason...
    • Domestic Violence
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a program will be put in place to provide additional educational programmes to services that deal with the complexities of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for naturalisation lodged by a person (details supplied) in view of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose of the email address blueblindfold@garda.ie; and the date upon which the account was set up. [12691/22]
    • Alcohol Sales
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the results of the Open Consultation on the Review of Alcohol Licensing which closed at the end of...
    • Prison Service
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 595 and 596 of 1 March 2022, if she will instruct the Irish Prison Service to record...
    • Crime Prevention
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the actions contained in the Hamilton Review Group Report; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Covid-19 related immigration permissions will be treated as reckonable residency for the purposes of long-term residency...
    • Citizenship Applications
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Legislative Reviews
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the review of the Defamation Act 2009 and prepare new legislation based on its recommendations; and if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
    • Wards of Court
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children in State care who on turning 18 years of age were made wards of court since 2015. [13101/22]
    • Deportation Orders
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give a commitment to temporarily suspend all pending deportation orders to Ukrainian and Belarussian citizens in...
    • Travel Documents
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing time for travel documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13135/22]
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Facilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the fifth theatre at Children's Health Ireland, Temple Street Children's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Equipment
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Children's Health Ireland MRI and associated staffing, works and leasing arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline further details of a tender (details supplied) valued at €1.5 million which is part of his paediatric orthopaedics plan; and if he...
    • Hospital Facilities
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline further details of the radiology outsourcing valued at €0.64 million which is part of his paediatric orthopaedics plan; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      467. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 24 February 2022, if the waiting list fund funded measures in his paediatric orthopaedic plan were funded from...
    • Hospital Charges
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges on patients attending...
    • Residential Institutions
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if Carlow County Council handed over its records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home and Carlow Maternity Hospital also known as Sacred Heart Home to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      470. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12330/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the indicative timeline for the commencement of the plan to exempt rental income from the fair deal nursing home scheme which will increase the supply of...
    • Eating Disorders
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all supports and services will be in place and will be made available to assist persons who are suffering from eating disorders (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12333/22]
    • Patient Files
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details regarding the timeline surrounding in relation to an informed consent model of care (details supplied) given it is currently...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12340/22]
    • Substance Misuse
      476. To ask the Minister for Health further to the advice from NPHET on the removal of mandatory Covid-19 restrictions from 28 February 2022, if the Keltoi residential addiction unit, St....
    • Disease Management
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme;...
    • Primary Care Centres
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in a location (details supplied) for the residents of Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and Brittas to...
    • Mental Health Services
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand counselling in primary care to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12360/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a chronic disease service within primary care in mid-west areas of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12361/22]
    • Health Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a family (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12364/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) for 100 extra neurology nurse specialists across Ireland which includes 10 extra nurses for St....
    • Medicinal Products
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available at home treatments for the immunocompromised such as molnupiravir and pazlovid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12367/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bonus payment to front-line health workers; and the progress made with regard to determining eligibility. [12372/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if the community paediatric ophthalmology waiting list initiative at the Grangegorman primary care centre (details supplied) will be expanded to other CHO...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Covid-19 travel regulations will be applied with flexibility for those coming from Ukraine to avoid them being a barrier to travel to...
    • Health Services Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Health when a vacancy will be filled for a service (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12402/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the CHO areas of Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2021; the average waiting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan in place to allow unvaccinated HSE paramedics to return to work. [12413/22]
    • Health Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the ophthalmology paediatric eye pathway for children requiring further assessment after childhood health screening; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding children in south County Louth having to travel to Northern...
    • Legislative Reviews
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the way that interested applicants could be expected to have the opportunity to apply for the position of chair of the three-year review of the 2018 abortion...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the latest information regarding the governance and the location of the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagements in relation to funding the appointment of clinical psychologists for each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a diabetes psychology resource to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the integrated model of care for the prevention and...
    • Hospital Staff
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; the reason...
    • Medical Cards
      504. To ask the Minister for Health when the national medical card email address for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to make direct queries will become operational again; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 4 November 2021, if he will detail his engagements regarding the decision by a body (details supplied) to invite...
    • Dental Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for orthodontic appointments for children in County Kerry given the waiting list is presently between 3.5 to 5.5 years; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      508. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for surgery in the Mater Hospital. [12466/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by...
    • Disability Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for access to services following initial assessment by speech and language services in County Roscommon; if children are placed on a further...
    • Disease Management
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme to...
    • Clinical Trials
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to building further links with an association (details supplied) in order to integrate Ireland’s participation in...
    • Disease Management
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a review of the way that Huntington’s disease is included in national strategies in view of the disease being a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the direction that has been given to maternity hospitals in relation to the admittance of fathers and birthing partners to labour wards for the full length of...
    • Eating Disorders
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each eating disorder mini hub team by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12519/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed out-of-hours crisis café for mental health will have the option of self-referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12525/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if hearing aids are covered for a person (details supplied) given they have a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the current usage of Birr nursing home; and plans that are in place for optimal capacity to be utilised. [12547/22]
    • Eating Disorders
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if provision has been made for an increased dietetic service for Wexford child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent cataract appointment at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include all north Kerry child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, families in the upcoming audit of north Kerry CAMHS cases, as opposed to...
    • Medicinal Products
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the way capacity challenges at the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics can be addressed to avoid significant delays in the evaluation process of oncology...
    • Health Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health his position with regard to the business case submission by an organisation (details supplied) seeking investment for additional staff and capital investment...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatient diabetes clinic in Cork University...
    • Hospital Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who were admitted through the emergency or medical assessment units of any South/Southwest Hospital...
    • Health Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health when an updated green folder incorporating the relevant documentation for the wedding on 16 July 2022 of persons will be furnished in the case of a person...
    • Abortion Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if the latest announcement from the British Government that it will soon end telemedicine abortion will inform Irish public policy on this issue given the HSE...
    • Healthcare Policy
      556. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent report (details supplied) published by the World Health Organisation; if there are plans to implement the recommendations of the report;...
    • Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if additional care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/22]
    • Disability Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of occupational therapy and physiotherapy appointments for them; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to a full national review of pay and conditions for staff in women and children's refuges across the country given refuge staff...
    • Ambulance Service
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, that there was more than one ambulance backed up at the emergency department of Letterkenny...
    • Medicinal Products
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medicine (details supplied) is not covered on the drugs payment scheme; when this application will be covered by the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health when in-person psychiatric outpatient appointments will resume with HSE psychiatrists in counties Meath, Westmeath and Louth in view of the fact that only...
    • Medicinal Products
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if the Therapeutics Advisory Group is reviewing a product (details supplied); if he expects this monoclonal antibody treatment to be added to the agreed list...
    • Dental Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring dental screening services for children in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12689/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include families (details supplied) in the north Kerry CAMHS audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12697/22]
    • Health Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to improve the provision of chiropody services for older medical card holders in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on plans to expand respite services for adults in daycare in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12699/22]
    • Emergency Departments
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over and under 75 years of age who presented at an emergency department who spent more than 24 hours waiting for a hospital bed in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age on acute hospital inpatient and outpatient waiting lists by wait time band in February 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12717/22]
    • Health Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for CHO services by speciality and service that is, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy...
    • Ambulance Service
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the National Ambulance response times for DELTA and ECHO callouts relative to relevant HIQA standards for January and February 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts and the basis on which they are filled by speciality and tenure as per the doctors' integrated management E-system; the...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost in January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12722/22]
    • Dental Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the status of school dental screening by service area; the extent to which services are behind schedule; the number of service areas which are operating a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that applied for the special measures for safe visiting, temporary assistance payment scheme announced by him in December 2021; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on health waiting lists for assessment, treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the available and funded theatre capacity and theatre time and beds at Crumlin, Temple Street and Cappagh Hospitals up to year end 2021, broken down by...
    • Hospital Equipment
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the funded and available MRI capacity for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2021 [12736/22]
    • Hospital Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to expand and reconfigure outpatient cases and additional active clinical triage for paediatric orthopaedics; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of paediatric orthopaedic theatre time and beds will be protected for children with scoliosis and spina bifida for 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all additional revenue funding made available for paediatric orthopaedic care for 2022, in tabular form by permanent or baseline funding or...
    • Hospital Facilities
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all funded and available intensive care unit beds for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of overtime in hours and amounts claimed in the health services across health and social care provided and funded by the HSE for the years...
    • Health Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all services outsourced by the HSE to non-HSE hospitals or service providers across primary, community and acute care to provide healthcare...
    • Health Service Executive
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the capacity reviews commissioned or put in place by the HSE since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the workforce planning strategies commissioned or put in place by the HSE since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the full cost of travel and attendance at international conferences abroad attended by either the Minister, Department officials and staff or...
    • Hospital Facilities
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of fully funded acute hospital in-patient beds at the end of year 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists for grommet insertions by wait times 0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12 months over a year and two years by CHO...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the additional measures put in place or planned measures to be put in place by his Department and the HSE in relation to cyber security; and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of surgical theatres in public hospitals by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12815/22]
    • Hospital Services
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of diagnostic tests and examinations carried out by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of dentists working in the public system in each of the years 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of whole-time equivalent surgeons employed in public hospitals by hospital group, hospital and speciality; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the total revenue and capital funding provided for each level 4 hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by revenue and by capital...
    • Emergency Departments
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 12 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital;...
    • Hospital Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of elective and non-elective procedures cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group...
    • Hospital Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed at each level 4 hospital by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12833/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of acute inpatient beds occupied in public hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and by hospital;...
    • Hospital Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of purchasing care for public patients in private hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by private hospital; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons in 2021 eligible for free general practitioner care paid for by the State; the total cost; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology, occupational therapy and dietician appointments that have taken place in the past year from the early intervention service in...
    • Alcohol Sales
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for the completion of the relevant draft regulations with regard to section 12 and 13 of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 including...
    • Hospital Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery is available through the HSE to treat adhesive capsulitis in the case of a person (details supplied); and if so, the average wait time for receiving...
    • Mental Health Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 9 February 2022, the amount of the lower bid placed on a property (details supplied) that the HSE surpassed to...
    • Health Services
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide estimates of the cost of cancer care, including screening and treatment to the HSE each year since 2016; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Hospital Staff
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recruitment and provision of neurology nurse specialists in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new service users engaged with the Cork PrEP service every month between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021. [12880/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an association (details supplied) which is seeking an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting a neurology outpatient appointment in the Mater Misericordiae University. [12903/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      655. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether investing in neurology nurses is a cost-efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and...
    • Eating Disorders
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the workforce plan for specialist eating disorder teams including recruitment and retention of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12914/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the 30% pay cut that was imposed on consultant psychiatrics in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12915/22]
    • Eating Disorders
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed plan for increasing adult eating disorder beds; the locations they will be based; when they will be expected to be in place; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the Cross Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/22]
    • Dental Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary school dental services for each service area; the waiting times and availability of dentists visiting primary schools in...
    • Health Services Staff
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff are excluded from eligibility for application to temporary HSE roles; if it is national policy that agency staff are not eligible for temporary...
    • Dental Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken in the context of the 2022 HSE service plan to support medical card holders to access dental care; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Health Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of free contraception for 17 to 25-year-olds; when it will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12939/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      667. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [12940/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the increased dosage of 40mg to 80mg of humira per week for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12946/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the homecare needs of persons with dementia to allow them to remain in their home considering the impact transition to care...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      670. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 16 February 2022, the current position in relation to the tender process (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the purposes of the nursing home support scheme; if the assessment for farms is based on the asset value of the farm, income from the farm or both; the way...
    • Home Care Packages
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the report on the HSE internal review of home support services in Wexford that was completed in November 2021. [12965/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an ASD assessment in County Wexford; the average waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12967/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts or whole-time equivalent posts that are allocated in County Wexford; the number of these posts that are vacant; the length of...
    • Disability Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12972/22]
    • Health Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12973/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12977/22]
    • Health Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12978/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12981/22]
    • Health Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12984/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of allocated posts for each therapy by CHO in tabular form; the number that are currently vacant by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to set up a support group (details supplied); if grant funding is available in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if the measures that have been requested by an organisation (details supplied) for persons with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia will be implemented. [12995/22]
    • Health Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if a legislative framework to support the rolling out of free contraception for persons aged 17 to 25 years is on track to be before the Houses of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (detail supplied) will be reviewed; the status of an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccinations will be included in the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis yellow book (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the latest guidance supplied to his Department regarding the wearing of facemasks in primary and post-primary school settings;...
    • Birth Certificates
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing the request for a birth certificate for a person (details supplied); when it will be sent; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the mobility allowance in each year since the scheme ended in 2013, in tabular form; the cost each year to the...
    • Ambulance Service
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of ambulances that have encountered flat tyres being forced out of commission for significant blocks of time due to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the date the bonus payment of €1,000 will be paid; and the way that it will be paid. [13043/22]
    • Protected Disclosures
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if shipping and postage costs for hearing aids and related items will be free for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13063/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an inquiry into the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in south County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Departments
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 18 with mental health and psychiatric illnesses assessed in general paediatric hospital emergency departments since...
    • Mental Health Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services nationally; the average length of time on the wait...
    • Disability Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child disability and autism services in County Wexford; the length of time each...
    • Mental Health Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the current system that the HSE operates for data collection of mental health and psychiatric illness patients; if a dedicated information technology system is...
    • Vaccination Programme
      719. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 23 February 2022 and in view of the fact that the HSE has responded to say that, the question does not fall under...
    • Mental Health Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline by which the framework governing the review of medication practices across all CAMHS teams will be established; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of all Covid-19 expenditure by the National Ambulance Service in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      725. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women awaiting gynaecology appointments by hospital, in tabular form. [13123/22]
    • Health Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2021 and to date in 2022. [13125/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if catering staff in hospitals and healthcare settings qualify for the pandemic bonus payment. [13126/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      730. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a cataract operation. [13128/22]
    • Medical Research and Training
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he or his Department have had with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to ensure that enough...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Industry
      732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the reasons for the rising price of fertiliser; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on rented accommodation in Portlaoise in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Forestry Sector
      734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the reconstitution and underplanting scheme that have been received to date by county; the approvals...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an oral hearing in relation to an appeal will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Land Issues
      736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when documents will issue to the Land Registry on foot of a query for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12407/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has allocated additional resources to processing applications on his proposal for afforestation on less than one hectare; and...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Union asked his Department questions on the CAP strategic plan submitted in December 2021; if questions were asked in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the results of his engagements to date with maize growers and producers of plastic film arising from SI No. 326 of 2021; and if he...
    • Greyhound Industry
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured and killed at Irish greyhound tracks from 1 January to 31 December 2021; if he will include all...
    • Forestry Sector
      744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the levels of resourcing and staffing for the purposes of carrying out environmental impact assessments and appropriate assessments...
    • Departmental Staff
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons...
    • Forestry Sector
      746. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year that Irish forestry will become a net emitter of carbon due to the current afforestation rates; and if he will make a...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated by Horse Racing Ireland to anti-doping measures in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which farmers can identify if the holding is within the boundaries for the cooperative projects of the agri-environment...
    • Agriculture Industry
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost associated with producing an online survey tool in relation to unfair trading practices; and if he will make a...
    • Organic Farming
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted number of participants in the organic farm scheme for the years 2022 to 2030; the expected allocation to achieve such;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to meet the target contained within the Climate Action Plan to provide 1.6 TWh biomethane injected into the gas grid;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has a 2030 or intermediary target for the adoption of multi-species swards; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to publish a report in relation to the recent correspondence of his Department to persons who have received afforestation...
    • Climate Change Policy
      759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government target by year for the adoption of low emissions slurry spreading technology; the intended allocation under TAMS to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers supported via TAMS in the purchase of low emissions slurry spreading technology to date; the total expenditure;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional abatement impact expected through reducing chemical nitrogen use to 350,000 by 2025 and by a further 25,000 tonnes by...
    • Food Industry
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to putting in place a mechanism to allow for greater transparency along the entirety of the Irish food...
    • Forestry Sector
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension to the planting licence on lands (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12650/22]
    • Land Issues
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in respect of releasing the Land Commission records; if he intends to open the archive on a phased...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to a scheme involving the Departments of Rural and Community Development and Housing, Heritage and...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that on page 235 of the draft CAP report his Department has opted not to extend the permanent grassland definition to...
    • Forestry Sector
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if calves born after the cut-off date for the beef dairy calf programme in 2022 will be eligible for inclusion in the 2023 dairy beef...
    • Protected Disclosures
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      778. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the community service programme contract between POBAL and community and voluntary groups given that there have...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      779. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of remote working hubs; the progress of the development of a national hubs network; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Schemes
      780. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by a city and county council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12438/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      781. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      782. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the identity of the awardee of a contract to design and implement a baseline study and data collection exercise into the social...
    • Departmental Schemes
      783. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the stringent rules involved in allocating panic alarms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Island Communities
      784. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the restrictions in service on the Tory Island ferry departing from Magheraroarty Pier,...
    • Protected Disclosures
      785. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form;...

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