Written answers
Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Schemes
9. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the promised payment scheme to make once-off payments of €3,000 to persons affected by...
- Maternity Leave
17. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the ongoing work to introduce special leave for a person who has had a miscarriage; and if...
- International Protection
18. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 3 February 2022, if his Department has liaised with the Department...
- EU Directives
20. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to fully transpose the Work Life Balance Directive EU 2019/1158; and if he will make a statement...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
21. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy to support people with disabilities who...
- Departmental Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that non-sporting youth organisations, such as scouting, have adequate grant funding options...
- Childcare Services
23. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if county childcare committees can play a more active role in promoting action which meets gaps in early...
- Child Protection
25. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children at risk including refugees are being identified as being in particular need of...
- Adoption Services
26. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the establishment of a State inquiry, including a truth commission model into illegal adoptions as...
- Ukraine War
27. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that he and his Department are taking to help meet the increased demand for childcare arising from...
- Legislative Measures
29. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021; when the first data will become available;...
- Direct Provision System
31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that a woman (details supplied) lay dead for days in the direct...
- Childcare Services
34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the closure of childcare providers which is creating a situation in which some...
- Disabilities Assessments
35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Department of Health to address the difficulties children are experiencing in...
- Youth Services
37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he will put in place to support a fair and equitable recovery for children and young persons...
- Parental Leave
38. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parental leave will be expanded in 2022; if the leave will be granted retrospectively; the full entitlement...
- Child and Family Agency
39. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who received a family support service in the Tusla Louth Meath area in 2021; the Tusla...
- Direct Provision System
40. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated hotel-style...
- Disability Services
41. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Health and the Minister for Education to improve the level of support...
- Family Support Services
42. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for early intervention and family supports in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
43. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to follow the model utilised in New Zealand to outlaw conversion therapy; when he expects to be in...
- Homeless Accommodation
44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on measures undertaken by his Department to tackle child and youth homelessness; and if he will make a...
- Childcare Services
45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to reduce the costs of childcare for ordinary families. [14666/22]
- Departmental Funding
46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the recently opened communities integration fund 2022; the work that is being carried out to...
- Domestic Violence
47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a timeline for the introduction of paid domestic violence leave; and if he will make a...
- Ukraine War
48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees, adults and children who have been taken in by county; and if he will make a...
- Childcare Services
49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [15454/22]
- Departmental Schemes
51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the key supports his Department provides to the Traveller and Roma community in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is supporting persons with disabilities to access training and employment; and if he will...
- Survivors Memorial
53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and archive for...
- Departmental Strategies
54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to update or replace the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
55. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will review the refusal of ECCE for a child (details supplied) considering the circumstances;...
- Equality Issues
56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the report of the Anti-Racism Committee will be published, including the way he intends to implement its...
- International Protection
57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the total admissions to the Irish Refugee Protection Programme since its...
- Ukraine War
58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that Ukrainian refugees can avail of childcare in an affordable and timely...
- Domestic Violence
59. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the plans by Tusla to provide a women’s refuge in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown area...
- Childcare Services
60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector and to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
63. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the new core funding for early years providers will be effective; the interim measures that he will...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress to date in meeting the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former...
- Adoption Services
66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home, Carlow Maternity Hospital and a home (details supplied)...
- Disadvantaged Status
67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has examined the replication of the DEIS programme for early language and care and school...
- Parental Leave
68. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the inequality facing one parent families in relation to parent's leave; if...
- Departmental Expenditure
69. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consultations will take place with representative groups in relation to the roll-out of his...
- Departmental Funding
70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a fast-track funding mechanism for communities seeking to provide preschool and or...
- Departmental Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that he has made in his discussions with the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland regarding...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of outstanding passport applications that were submitted more than one, two, three, four, five and six months ago; and the...
- Ukraine War
85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Ukraine; if there is a role for regional airports such as Ireland West Airport Knock to provide support via...
- Human Rights
88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has concluded its examination of a report (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15466/22]
- Ukraine War
89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government is taking at EU level to assist the people of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14668/22]
- EU Membership
91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania are likely to join the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Meetings
92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15151/22]
- Ukraine War
93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking in relation to retaliatory sanctions imposed by the Russian Federation on Irish interests in the country; and if he...
- Passport Services
94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Mayo that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15155/22]
- Ukraine War
95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Ukrainian Government and Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland. [15376/22]
- Human Rights
96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of Ireland's relationship with Saudi Arabia; if he has raised concerns about the recent execution of 81 persons...
- Military Neutrality
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current position of his Department on neutrality; and the definition of same by his Department. [13306/22]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken by the Government to help deal with the many thousands of undocumented in the United States of America; and if he...
- Human Rights
99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which human right abuses across the globe in war zones or elsewhere continue to be an issue at United Nations level; if the top...
- International Protection
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support and advocate for an EU programme to grant refugee status to Tibetan people currently displaced from their homeland;...
- Overseas Development Aid
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Irish Aid to Yemen; if Irish Aid to Yemen is due to be increased given the worsening situation in the country; and if...
- Passport Services
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Passport Office continues to be upgraded and streamlined to deal with the higher volume of applications in a shorter...
- Ukraine War
105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the humanitarian assistance being provided by Ireland to alleviate the distress of refugees fleeing Ukraine to border...
- Middle East
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates on which he raised the Palestinian issue with his European counterparts since his appointment to this office as he stated in...
- Passport Services
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances in which Russian businesspersons have been granted Irish passports; the number of such passports granted and in existence;...
- Diplomatic Representation
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s plans to expand the Irish diplomatic presence in the Middle East given the current circumstances surrounding energy...
- Passport Services
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Tipperary that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Membership
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the application by Moldova to join the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15156/22]
- Humanitarian Access
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that Ireland is undertaking at the United Nations and within the European Union to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in...
- Middle East
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any or all discussions with his counterparts across Europe given the recent report by an organisation (details...
- Ukraine War
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland’s action at the United Nations in relation to the situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a...
- Northern Ireland
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the need to implement the...
- Brexit Issues
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work in relation to the Irish protocol. [15375/22]
- Ukraine War
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has offered or been approached to offer additional resources to the Council of Europe as a consequence of the likely exclusion of...
- Departmental Funding
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Global Ireland Media Challenge Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15369/22]
- Ukraine War
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and the detail of Ireland’s non-lethal aid to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13666/22]
- Departmental Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s support for a programme (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15368/22]
- Middle East
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will use its position on the United Nations Security Council to raise the situation of Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem...
- Military Neutrality
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland in relation to calls by a number of European Union member states for increased defence cooperation and a common...
- Ukraine War
150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action being taken to assist Moldova cope with the Ukrainian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15335/22]
- Official Engagements
151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the United Nations in New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15328/22]
- Council of Europe
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland’s preparations for chairing the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Services
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the widespread difficulties parents are experiencing with consent forms for children’s first-time...
- Climate Change Policy
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a strategy to increase climate finance for developing countries under growing pressure from both climate crisis and...
- Overseas Development Aid
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial and logistical supports that are available from his Department for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Northern Ireland
164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought clarification from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the terms that would trigger a Border poll on Irish...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take steps to accelerate the slow and uncertain process of issuing permits to skilled European Union nationals and...
- State Bodies
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the work that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is undertaking to interrogate and...
- Workplace Relations Commission
168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the median time from receipt of complaint to issuing of decision presently applicable to the Workplace Relations Commission; and if...
- Debt Collection
169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation that exists and the way that the State protects sub-contractors and sub-suppliers in payment disputes and debt...
- Intellectual Property
170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that Covid-19 vaccine trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver is addressed...
- Regional Development
171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of the South-West Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024; when the plan will be completed and published; and...
- Postal Services
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 3 March 2022, if he will bring the matter to the attention of An Post again...
- Environmental Schemes
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of one-stop shops as part of the Government’s new national retrofitting scheme; when...
- Renewable Energy Generation
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a micro-generation scheme to incentivise persons generating their own energy. [15738/22]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aviation Industry
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that applications to operate in Ireland under the fifth freedom are considered in aviation; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Driver Licences
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence will re-issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible for the funding for the independent expert on the MetroLink project to be managed by his Department directly and not by...
- Rail Network
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed upgrades for the rail-line from Athenry to Galway; the time-scale in which it is intended to deliver these; the sources of...
- National Transport Authority
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 16 bus stations that were audited by the National Transport Authority in 2020 which have been allocated funding regarding works...
- Aviation Industry
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with airlines operating routes from eastern Europe to Ireland in relation to the recent increase in air fares...
- Electric Vehicles
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department provides electric vehicle charging points for spaces owned by management companies; the number of electric vehicle...
- Traffic Management
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has issued guidelines with respect to the merging of traffic from slip-roads onto motorways or dual carriageways; and...
- Driver Licences
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in driving licence application fees in the past ten years to date; and the breakdown of the fees collected in...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Rebates
188. To ask the Minister for Finance if a diesel rebate scheme will be extended to school transport operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15529/22]
- Equality Issues
189. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure all ATMs are fully accessible for persons with disabilities. [15739/22]
- Departmental Schemes
190. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to expand the disabled drivers and disabled passengers' scheme to provide a range of tax reliefs linked to the purchase and use of specially...
- Departmental Data
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of allowing the cycle to work scheme to cover the purchasing of child seats or trailers annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Credits
192. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on providing a tax credit for parents and guardians for childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15742/22]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Issues
193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the period during which the impact of Brexit must be felt for use of the Brexit adjustment reserve, BAR, to mitigate impacts; the amount...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Funding
194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding provided by her Department to the National Museum of Ireland from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will...
- Film Industry
195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 8 February 2022, if she has conducted up-to-date research and analysis of the current...
- Cyberbullying Issues
196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department’s efforts to tackle cyber harassment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15594/22]
- National Aquatic Centre
197. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the National Aquatic Centre in Fingal does not provide any freely available drinking water for visitors and athletes...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Farm Inspections
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is proposed to have in place a State-wide local authority agricultural inspection programme in conjunction with the...
- Planning Issues
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning permission is disallowed on sites that are only accessible via a national secondary route; if his attention has...
- Wildlife Protection
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to bring forward regulations to protect the basking shark; the timeline for bringing such regulations;...
- Legislative Programme
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the Wildlife Act will take place; the elements that are being reviewed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Homeless Accommodation
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons availing of emergency homeless accommodation in Dublin who are not on a local authority housing list and...
- Housing Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to introduce a grant to assist persons restoring derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Supply
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent as of 31 December 2021 to date on the eastern and midlands water supply project from the time...
- Water Services
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the audit of water treatment plants across the country which he requested that Irish Water carry out has been finalised; if...
- Construction Industry
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when affordable housing schemes will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15668/22]
- Fire Service
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if investment will be made into a fire service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- North-South Ministerial Council
210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the schedule of upcoming meetings of the North-South Ministerial Council. [6424/22]
- Brexit Issues
211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation and impacts of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- British-Irish Co-operation
212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the schedule of upcoming meetings of the British-Irish Council. [6423/22]
- Brexit Issues
213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to meet with his UK counterpart to identify ongoing obstructions to the Northern Ireland Protocol as events emerge. [6351/22]
- Passport Services
215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure for a child’s passport application in cases in which the child has an intellectual disability and it is not possible to...
- Foreign Birth Registration
217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a replacement foreign birth registration certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Services
218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport renewal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15649/22]
- Northern Ireland
219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in establishing the civic advisory panel in Northern Ireland; if this is a devolved issue; and if he will make a...
- Acht na Gaeilge
220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to Acht na Gaeilge; the timescale for the...
- Visa Applications
221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if contact will be made with the Irish Embassy in Cairo to engage with a person (details supplied) who is attempting to secure a visa to...
- Departmental Functions
222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure necessary for an Irish national to repatriate a relative who is a non-EU national for burial in Ireland (details supplied);...
- Ukraine War
224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, alone or together, with other European Union member states, can prevail on the Russian authorities for an immediate...
- Foreign Policy
233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to monitor the activities of the Boko Haram and Al Shabaab or associate...
- Human Rights
234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which women and children continue to be victims at various locations throughout the globe in which war or famine or a...
- Foreign Conflicts
235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts are made to ensure the cessation of the export or provision of arms to protagonists in various war zones in...
- Disaster Response
237. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is alert to the difficulties of the victims of natural disasters on a worldwide scale; and...
- EU Enlargement
239. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which negotiations are ongoing to facilitate the enlargement of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Conflicts
240. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community continues to monitor the events in the various countries worldwide which are currently deemed to be victims...
- Passport Services
241. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/22]
- Department of Defence
- Historical Conflicts
244. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 18 November 2021, the status of the implementation of the report by the independent review group on...
- Defence Forces
245. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the consideration by his Department of the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; the timeline for the completion and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the local authority has completed its share of the responsibility in preparation of the three-school project on the campus at...
- School Transport
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport contracts will be reviewed given the significant increase in diesel costs for school transport contractors; and if she will...
- Gaeltacht Policy
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 1 February 2022, if the Gaeltacht education policy advisory committee will continue its work beyond...
- Ukraine War
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that her Department is taking to ensure that schools across the country are adequately equipped with teachers, accommodation,...
- School Accommodation
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that is given to adequate space in classrooms when seeking to reduce the pupil to teacher ratio to ensure that children are not...
- School Curriculum
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken within her Department to address gender-based violence as part of the education curriculum in schools since the formation of...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of engagement her Department has had with primary and secondary schools, respectively with regard to gender identity bullying; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on student teachers; the way that she proposes to assist student teachers to cope with requests...
- Ukraine War
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including a school (details supplied) to offer English classes for the refugees or provide assistance to enable same. [15602/22]
- Disadvantaged Status
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) was not included in the recent DEIS announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to ensure that students attending SEN schools can sit the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disadvantaged Status
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) should be considered urban rather than rural for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Stádas Scoile
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad ainmneacha na scoileanna iar-bhunoideachais a bhfuil stádas, scoil bheag, acu agus an líon scoláirí i ngach scoil;...
- Disadvantaged Status
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the disadvantage faced by schools on offshore islands was not a criterion in considering schools under the DEIS programme; and if...
- School Accommodation
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) that was granted a second additional accommodation devolved grant can continue with the building project with same...
- Special Educational Needs
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the need to provide a post-primary special educational needs unit for children from Newcastle, Rathcoole and...
- School Staff
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assign a representative to meet with a teacher (details supplied) in relation to their application for ill health retirement. [15663/22]
- School Transport
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the transport review undertaken by her Department will be reflected in the 2022 school transport system (details supplied); and if she will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the PRSI changes being considered relative to occupational pensions; the timeline for implementing any such change; and if...
- Departmental Communications
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to carry out a review of the way that her Department communicates with persons to ensure this is done so in a...
- Social Welfare Payments
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension now under appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and...
- Departmental Offices
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can clarify the situation in relation to reports circulating of the possible closure of the Castlepollard, County...
- Citizens Information Services
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a citizens information office (details supplied) is closed to the public; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Investigations
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of investigations launched in a region (details supplied); the number of these investigations that relate to one...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount allocated to the wage subsidy scheme financial support to employers who employ persons with a disability...
- Social Welfare Benefits
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the transport services and or the financial assistance available to persons on social welfare or a low income with a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process to date in the determination of an appeal of a carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address delayed processing of carer’s allowance applications. [15747/22]
- Agriculture Industry
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist received by quarter; the number declined; the reason for such by quarter in each...
- Social Welfare Payments
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist received by month in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number declined; the reasons...
- Social Welfare Code
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any additional flexibility is being shown to applicants of farm assist with regard to the period for which income is...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Human Trafficking
294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the considerations his Department is giving to providing for gender-specific accommodation for trafficked women;...
- International Protection
295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide assistance in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ukraine War
296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when provision will be made for resettlement workers within each local authority area; if it is proposed to...
- Commissions of Investigation
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the...
- Family Support Services
300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects that baby boxes will be rolled out to new parents across the country; if there will be a pilot;...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that Tusla will help with the arrival of unaccompanied minor refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make...
- Youth Services
302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress he has made in establishing a national youth assembly; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of subject access requests, SARs, received by his Department seeking personal information contained...
- Equality Issues
304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he intends to proceed with regard to the next national LGBTI+ inclusion strategy; and if he will make a...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are in place for early years providers that face an unexpected loss of premises; if his...
- Childcare Services
307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of families who are eligible for the after-school childcare scheme; the number of families who are...
- Mental Health Services
308. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a group (details supplied) will be included as eligible to receive counselling from the HSE following the...
- Assisted Decision-Making
309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria that will be applied by the decision support service in establishing a panel of decision-making...
- Disability Services
310. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has held on the matter of children's disability network teams in the past six months. [15561/22]
- Departmental Data
311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees admitted into Ireland to date by country in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his Department’s report on the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment...
- Departmental Policies
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his Department’s efforts to support the transgender community in Ireland; and if he...
- Childcare Services
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently enrolled in school-age children, SAC, services only; the current spend per...
- Adoption Services
315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the concerns of all concerned in the adoption history...
- Child Protection
318. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which efforts are being made to identify and accommodate children deemed to be at risk, whether...
- Ukraine War
319. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department can offer assistance to children and families fleeing from the war in...
- Equality Issues
322. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he proposes to use equality as a means of ensuring proper and adequate services to those...
- Disability Services
323. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he proposes to address issues affecting persons with disabilities, whether in relation to...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
324. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the manner in which he proposes to address issues of the need for suitable jobs for persons with disabilities;...
- Children in Care
325. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in the various forms of care, institutional or otherwise; the degree to which...
- Youth Services
326. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with youth representatives in County Kildare and...
- Immigration Policy
329. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to promote integration in all circumstances throughout Ireland; and if he will...
- Childcare Services
330. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts currently in hand to ensure that Ireland can have a national childcare scheme in which the prices...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the inclusion of mandatory consent classes in third-level institutions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount it would cost to provide each student with a disability with assistive technology to complete their studies. [15651/22]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached on a short stay visa application by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
- An Garda Síochána
335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that graduated from Templemore five years ago and one year ago that are still employed by An Garda...
- Departmental Functions
338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the central authority for child abduction in her Department gives advice to Irish parents that have been the victim of child...
- Prison Service
339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the current procedures will be reviewed for injuries incurred on duty for prison officers (details supplied). [15554/22]
- International Protection
340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees admitted into Ireland in each year since 2011, by country under the Irish Humanitarian Admission...
- Residency Permits
343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic violence calls to an Garda Síochána in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a...
- Human Trafficking
345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department’s efforts to tackle sex trafficking in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Victim Support Services
346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports for women seeking to leave sex work; and the plans her Department is considering to implement further supports;...
- Cyberbullying Issues
347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women and girls in Ireland subjected to cyber-harassment; her Department’s efforts to tackle this issue;...
- An Garda Síochána
348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if exit interviews are conducted with gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15646/22]
- Prison Service
349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline to publish the report of an independent review of the voluntary mess committees in prisons; and if she...
- Residency Permits
350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
- Residency Permits
352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when visa applications in the case of persons (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
354. 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 it...
- Naturalisation Applications
355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
- Citizenship Applications
357. 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);; and if...
- Residency Permits
359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied);; and if...
- Citizenship Applications
360. 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...
- Residency Permits
361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals she has to extend the present provision whereby a minister of religion can obtain a further extension beyond six...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
362. To ask the Minister for Health if cancer care facility employees (details supplied) will receive the €1,000 bonus agreed by Government to be paid to healthcare workers. [15551/22]
- Disability Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which children with disabilities can expect to receive adequate care and attention and access to services now and in the future; the degree to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
364. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of work his Department and the HSE are undertaking in developing a cohesive plan dealing with long Covid patients; the level of investment that has...
- Disability Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a children’s disability network team waiting lists, by age, by team and by discipline, specialty and assessment type; the...
- Health Services
369. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the State of delivering cancer treatment in the public system from 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive an appointment from Galway University Hospital; if the person will be considered for any...
- Vaccination Programme
373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the roll-out of a specific vaccine campaign in the Ukrainian language aimed at offering Covid-19 vaccines to new residents that are being...
- Hospital Appointments Status
374. To ask the Minister for Health if a speech therapy appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [15545/22]
- Health Services
375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that staff working in the HSE medical cards service were unable to access or reply to enquiries submitted to dedicated Oireachtas email...
- Vaccination Programme
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a certificate of vaccination for the booster vaccine will be issued to a person (details supplied) via email which was requested of his...
- Health Services Staff
377. To ask the Minister for Health if home care workers are being hired by the HSE in CHO2; if so, the number that are being hired; and the timeline for same. [15603/22]
- Home Care Packages
378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway that are approved for home care hours and are not yet receiving them. [15604/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address in counties Roscommon and Galway that are on outpatient waiting lists for procedures. [15605/22]
- Health Services Staff
380. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies that remain at the new E-mental health hub in Castlerea, County Roscommon. [15606/22]
- Home Care Packages
381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans to regulate the home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15607/22]
- Health Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health the transport services and or the financial assistance available to persons on social welfare or a low income with a requirement to travel to hospitals for...
- Disabilities Assessments
385. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment will take place for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15625/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
386. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for treatment will be arranged at Waterford University Hospital for a person (details supplied). [15627/22]
- Abortion Services
387. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to carry out an independent research project on the possible negative effects of the use of telemedicine to prescribe abortion pills before a...
- Departmental Bodies
388. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the task force and task force leader appointed for the implementation of the 30 proposed HSE diagnostic hubs; the timeframes that are expected for...
- Hospital Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people 0 to 18 years of age with cancer who were treated in each public hospital in Ireland from 2016 to 2021, including inpatient and...
- Tobacco Control Measures
390. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends to legislate for nicotine pouches and equivalent products in a similar manner as traditional tobacco products were legislated for...
- Medicinal Products
392. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the St. Vincent's University Hospital pharmacy with regard to the dispensation of contraceptives (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
393. To ask the Minister for Health if a renewed emphasis will be placed through messaging and advertising on the need to implement adequate sanitation measures in all public premises and the...
- Mental Health Services
394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users currently residing in a mental health facility (details supplied); and the number of service users residing at the facility on 1...
- Health Services
395. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that blood samples are transferred from general practitioner surgeries in County Carlow via train to Waterford...
- Hospital Facilities
396. To ask the Minister for Health the completion date for the renovation works of the audiology facility in a service (details supplied); and the date for the resumption of services. [15726/22]
- Substance Misuse
397. To ask the Minister for Health his views on codeine addiction; the steps he is taking to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/22]
- Disability Services
398. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the policy of requiring parents of children with disabilities to attend training courses in order that they can carry out therapies on their own...
- Health Services
399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home births facilitated by HSE midwives in each CHO since 1 January 2015, in tabular form. [15744/22]
- Proposed Legislation
401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill that is due to be published. [15746/22]
- Mental Health Services
402. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his Ministers of State were first informed by the HSE of concerns investigated in the Maskey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fishing Industry
403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a full and comprehensive review of the current quota allocation methodology for the Irish Hook and Line Mackerel...
- Agriculture Schemes
404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be made under GLAS to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15600/22]
- Common Agricultural Policy
405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum stocking density or the number of stock or other agricultural activity that will be required under the CAP 2023-2027 to...
- Agriculture Schemes
406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the full value of donkeys is counted for livestock density reasons for the ANC in cases in which a farmer has donkeys for four...
- Agriculture Industry
407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that farmers have access to affordable fertiliser. [15735/22]
- Fishing Industry
408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of mackerel from Irish waters given to France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; and if he...
- Agriculture Industry
409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of responses received to a survey of primary producers related to the unfair trading practices; the number of telephone...
- Agriculture Schemes
410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 17 November 2021, the reason for the upper age limit associated with enhanced TAMS for...
- Fuel Prices
411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged the Minister for Finance in response to rising fuel prices regarding the provision of a fuel subsidy akin to that...
- Departmental Records
412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 2 June 2021, the progress made with digitising key search aids with regard to the Land...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
414. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad iad na céimeanna a bheidh i gceist le forbairt na Céibhe ag an gCaladh Mór in Inis Meáin; cad é an t-am...
