Written answers

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Commissions of Investigation
      14. To ask the Taoiseach the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs...
    • EU Meetings
      17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [12776/22]
    • Ukraine War
      33. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. [12777/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      40. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Shared Island Dialogue on Sport. [12778/22]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to receive the final report of a scoping exercise in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Court Orders
      83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to pursue changes to bail conditions for those who have previously committed an offence while out on bail; and if...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the Local Community Safety Partnership pilot in County Longford; and if she will make a...
    • Courts Staff
      85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recruitment of a county registrar in County Mayo in view of the retirement of the outgoing registrar; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that the new policy approach for areas of severe disadvantage, which are suffering the ravages of drug dealing, has been...
    • Electronic Tagging
      87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the further rolling out of electronic tagging of criminals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16211/22]
    • Domestic Violence
      88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the provision of domestic violence refuges in counties in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if a funding stream is...
    • An Garda Síochána
      89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits who have attested to date in 2022; and the number estimated to attest for the remainder of 2022....
    • Ukraine War
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she agreed on behalf of Ireland with the decision that non-Ukrainian citizens affected by the Russian invasion cannot avail...
    • Victim Support Services
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department provides funding for victim organisations; if so, the purpose of this funding; and if she will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to target the problem of repeat criminal offenders with multiple convictions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taken to address the number of naturalisation applications that are being processed for more than...
    • An Garda Síochána
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests and seizures related to Operation Copóg in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the evaluation process of the three local community safety partnerships pilots which are currently run in...
    • Departmental Policies
      97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status and engagements of the Drogheda Implementation Board; the recommendations contained...
    • Prison Service
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cells in the prison estate that do not have in cell sanitation; the prisons in which these cells are situated; the...
    • Departmental Projects
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that is being made on the green town project; the number of vulnerable families that the programme is assisting;...
    • Domestic Violence
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she is taking to combat domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16191/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to recent allegations from organisations representing sex workers of Garda intimidation and abusive...
    • Ukraine War
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the work her Department is undertaking to formalise the status of persons arriving in Ireland...
    • An Garda Síochána
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Cork City; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16199/22]
    • Family Law Cases
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing recommendations of the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on...
    • Court Judgments
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action her Department will take to address the issue of non-engagement by undersheriff's offices in regard to Circuit Court...
    • Immigration Policy
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to include everyone in need of regularisation in...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the GSOC investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); when the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; the way that communities can access funding under the scheme; and if she...
    • Prison Service
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the provision of an open step down prison for women in Ireland recognising the positive rehabilitative and...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to roll-out a community safety partnership in every county; and the role the community safety innovation fund...
    • An Garda Síochána
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of the Garda Reserve; the number of female and male members respectively; and if she will make a statement...
    • Victim Support Services
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made in implementing supporting a victim’s journey; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sentencing Policy
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to introduce legislation to increase the penalty of conspiracy to murder to life in prison; the reason that...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to review the current plans for joint policing committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16202/22]
    • Crime Data
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the recent incidents of car thefts in areas of Cork city in recent weeks; if she has numbers...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the way the pilot community safety partnerships are progressing; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are open to gain permanent residence for a Columbian national currently resident on a study and work visa; and...
    • Crime Prevention
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address assaults on frontline workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16245/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Ballymun a Brighter Future Report, in the context of her youth justice strategy; and if she will make a...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if staff at the Russian embassy are monitored for possible subversive activities. [16016/22]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the regulations and funding for Garda and community CCTV; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that An Garda Síochána is strengthening the resources it deploys to tackle violence against women; and if she...
    • Courts Staff
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to appoint additional judges with a view to clearing the current backlog of cases before the Courts Service. [16217/22]
    • Deportation Orders
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the deportation notice against a person (details supplied); if she will revoke this notice;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to date since 25 February 2022 of providing an additional Garda presence in the environs of the Russian...
    • National Security
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be reviewing security policy in view of the current international situation. [16093/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Carrigaline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16200/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the third national strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; when the strategy will be...
    • Prison Service
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will order the full rolling out of the Traveller in Prison Initiative by a charitable trust (details supplied) across...
    • Departmental Schemes
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the discussions that have taken place within her Department and with other key Departments...
    • Crime Prevention
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which drug-related crime and increase in the use of drugs is being noted with a view to a serious crackdown on...
    • Prison Service
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the disciplinary action that Irish Prison Services staff may potentially face at work as a result of being subject to a barring...
    • Jury Service
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the practice of not paying travel expenses for those called for jury duty considering the current cost of...
    • Domestic Violence
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to provide domestic violence refuge space in County Roscommon given that it is one of the nine counties...
    • Ukraine War
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the efforts of her Department to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing war; and if she will make...
    • Crime Prevention
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken to tackle drug crime, especially in view of recent seizures in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the development of a citizen reporting portal for road traffic offences to enable persons to upload photographic...
    • Ukraine War
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that Ukrainian refugees are able to enter Ireland and regularise their position; and if she...
    • An Garda Síochána
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to the drugs unit in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the immigration system to protect the victims and survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence...
    • Prison Service
      149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when full family visits will recommence in the prisons across the country in view of the general lifting of restrictions in...
    • Domestic Violence
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 17 February 2022, the status of the promised implementation plan in which the...
    • Ukraine War
      151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work of her Department in assisting persons from Ukraine who have arrived in Ireland through Shannon...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in preparing legislation relevant to community based CCTV; the likely timeline for the enactment of this...
    • Court Procedures
      153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to improve the operation of the criminal trial process for victims; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Investigations
      154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1453 of 21 April 2021, if she has since discussed the new information that was brought to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full public inquiry, or in the alternative, an investigation conducted by an outside policing agency will be carried out...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      156. To ask the Taoiseach the number of retail businesses in Ireland by region in each of the years 2011 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [16409/22]
    • Census of Population
      157. To ask the Taoiseach the plans that are being put in place to allow those that are homeless, including rough sleepers and those living in cars to complete the 2022 census. [16426/22]
    • Official Apology
      158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [16206/22]
    • Cabinet Committees
      159. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality will next meet. [16020/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Shared Island Dialogue on sport. [16210/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      161. To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged a company (details supplied) in respect of the services it provides from 2011 to date in 2022; the number of times he has engaged this company; the...
    • Census of Population
      162. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide contact details for local co-ordinators for the upcoming Census in April 2022 for counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath to deal with local Census...
    • Departmental Contracts
      163. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts that his Department has with a company (details supplied); the location, nature, value and type of contract in each case. [15394/22]
    • Census of Population
      164. To ask the Taoiseach the reason that there is a question on the Census form asking for the number of bedrooms there are in a person’s house (details supplied). [15782/22]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      166. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America with the President of the United States; and if this matter was raised with other...
    • Departmental Data
      167. To ask the Taoiseach the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16159/22]
    • Departmental Consultations
      168. To ask the Taoiseach the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in...
    • Departmental Data
      169. To ask the Taoiseach the average hourly other labour costs of the category clerical, sales and service employees in the NACE Rev 2 category of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the State’s employment policy which permits non-EEA citizens to work as carers in hospitals and nursing...
    • Energy Prices
      178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the work that the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council is undertaking to interrogate the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation will be commenced and the expected completion date in respect of blended working; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government’s position on the recently proposed compromise text put forward by some European Union countries, the United...
    • Work Permits
      181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when employment permits will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16037/22]
    • Departmental Data
      183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16148/22]
    • Work Permits
      184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16325/22]
    • Departmental Functions
      185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff assigned to the digital economy policy unit of his Department; the work undertaken by the unit since it was...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are in place for a small business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16350/22]
    • Departmental Consultations
      187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take a public position supporting the necessity for the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment and Treatment of...
    • Employment Rights
      189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an update will be provided on a new employment regulation order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities that they...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Policy
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether Ireland’s indigenous off-shore hydrocarbon assets should be considered as a development...
    • Departmental Strategies
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Demand Side Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15917/22]
    • National Broadband Plan
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that all houses in the Burrow peninsula, Portrane, County Dublin have not been included in the National...
    • Post Office Network
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the work of the interdepartmental group, which was established to, inter alia, examine the feasibility of...
    • Energy Prices
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous situation which gives rise to significantly higher gas prices in...
    • Energy Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of proposals to regulate district heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15960/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the farm tyre waste recycling scheme will be reintroduced in order to allow farmers the opportunity to recycle their...
    • Energy Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the issue of fuel security in Europe has been discussed during exchanges with his European Union...
    • Departmental Schemes
      209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes completed in County Monaghan and County Cavan, respectively under the Better Energy Warmer Home...
    • Departmental Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form....
    • Departmental Schemes
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarification will be provided regarding the situation concerning the energy retrofit grant as it relates to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact of the omicron variant of Covid-19 in relation to the delivery of the National Broadband Plan, specifically,...
    • Post Office Network
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide certainty to postmasters regarding future support for the post office network before the end of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electricity Grid
      215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount EirGrid paid to demand side units to reduce consumption in order to alleviate pressure on the grid over the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his...
    • EU Directives
      217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive 2014/61/EU specifically in regard to article 8 and new buildings...
    • Official Engagements
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him and Ministers of State within his Department...
    • National Broadband Plan
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of houses passed under the national broadband plan to date per county; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if homeowners or businesses which use solar panels and provide surplus electricity to the grid will receive a payment...
    • Departmental Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Sector Pay
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 March 2022, the manner in which the remuneration of the CEO of the Port of Cork diverged...
    • Ukraine War
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Ukrainian drivers’ licences are transferable to Ireland; if not, if there are plans to make them transferable; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government will pay the €100 per week to milk trucks that are not registered with a haulage licence that are exempt given...
    • Road Network
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of roads (details supplied) as Galway County Council has advised that these three...
    • Aviation Industry
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on a fifth freedom permit application from an airline (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on progress with regard to the provision of a rail spur to Shannon Airport from the main Ennis-Limerick rail...
    • Departmental Schemes
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the new financial support scheme announced for hauliers of €100 per lorry per week in the wake of the fuel...
    • National Car Test
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking to reduce the backlogs in waiting lists for the national car test, NCT; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the incentives he will offer to any airline that is willing to reinstate the direct flights from Donegal Airport to Glasgow and also to...
    • Rail Network
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the provision of a rail stop at Crusheen, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with Irish Rail regarding the inability to book all train travel online given the increased costs associated...
    • Rail Network
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will request Irish Rail to begin the process of automating the 12 remaining manual level crossings on the Limerick to...
    • Road Network
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the current condition of tertiary roads in County Galway; if funding will be increased to address the issue; and...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the checks and balances that are in place to ensure the financial health of a company before Government road contracts are awarded by...
    • Departmental Data
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16161/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the electric vehicle home charger grant administered by SEAI (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Strategies
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made towards action 100 of the national disability and inclusion strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [16343/22]
    • Rail Network
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of train stations, including DART stations, which have lifts by county; his plans to upgrade the accessibility of train...
    • Departmental Consultations
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the...
    • Public Transport
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority, NTA, to ensure a minimum level of service of three trains per day is implemented for...
    • Ukraine War
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is planned to equip Ukrainian refugees with leap cards for travel while here, or to instruct the Department of Social Protection to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of including coaches and buses in the €100 emergency support scheme that has been introduced for licensed...
    • Electric Vehicles
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to introduce an income cap for electric vehicle grants to ensure funding is targeted at those who need financial help the...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 22 March 2022, the number of submissions received on this SI; the details of the persons or...
    • Cycling Facilities
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that future cycle lanes are segregated and protected from cars where possible; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ukraine War
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to provide Ukrainian refugees with access to driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities that they are...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) regarding health expenses associated with additional diet expenses for coeliacs; if he is...
    • Housing Schemes
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the help-to-buy scheme to the purchase of existing homes in certain circumstances. [15831/22]
    • Tax Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing excise duty on home heating oil to €0 per 1,000 litres to the end of August 2022 and the end of December 2022...
    • Tax Code
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of communications he or his Department have had with the European Commission with respect to the rate of VAT applied to fuels and household energy...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance if he receives regular reports on the speed of processing tax claims by the Revenue Commissioners and on the number of phone calls to their network which fail...
    • Tax Rebates
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to allow bus and coach operators reclaim VAT on fuel costs; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the competitive advantage that...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies by job title currently in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General; when it is planned to fill each of these vacancies in tabular...
    • Departmental Data
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16150/22]
    • Tax Reliefs
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 on 9 March 2022, if the Revenue Commissioners intend to update to section 5 of part 23-01-36 in order that the...
    • Tax Yield
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the carbon tax to date by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16172/22]
    • Departmental Consultations
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and...
    • Banking Sector
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if the senior executive accountability regime to deliver heightened accountability with the banking system as outlined in the Programme for Government has...
    • Housing Schemes
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance if circumstances or an exemption exists whereby a first-time buyer (details supplied) can be eligible for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Exemptions
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance if the circumstances in relation to a partnership (details supplied) meet the criteria for the taxation exemption on land leasing; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Rebates
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined expanding the diesel rebate scheme to include other fuels such as compressed natural gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of staff who are employed in the Central Bank; the number who are specifically employed in the Registry of Credit Unions; and if he will make...
    • Credit Unions
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts paid into the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund by credit unions; the amount paid out of the fund to support credit unions in each year since...
    • Departmental Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities that they are working for in each...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when purchasing a ticket for the National Lottery Euromillions online the National...
    • Departmental Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16156/22]
    • Office of Public Works
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when buildings (details supplied) were last occupied; his plans for their future use; the timeline for same; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities that they are...
    • Departmental Consultations
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding under the coastal erosion risk management measures to repair and protect the public walkway known as the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who are in receipt of a public and civil service pension who are over the ages of 66, 68 and 70 years. [16565/22]
    • Energy Conservation
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of offices his Department use by location and include the display energy certificate, DEC, rating for...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Strategies
      292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made towards action 75 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied)....
    • Sports Organisations
      294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider engaging with a club (details supplied) and Cork City Council to resolve the issues the club is having in...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the development being constructed, the planning permission authorising the works, the purpose of the construction...
    • Departmental Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of retainers her Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16160/22]
    • Tourism Schemes
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the extent of payments made under the strategic tourism transport business continuity scheme; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the most recent details of funding awarded to successful applicants of a programme (details supplied) in tabular form; the details...
    • Departmental Consultations
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department in each...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to an ongoing appeals process (details supplied); her views on this matter; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servants in her Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if she will list the entities that...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • International Agreements
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that Ireland is yet to ratify the Nagoya Protocol, a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biodiversity,...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population...
    • Ukraine War
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration can be given to providing emergency modular homes for Ukrainian families on donated private land; and if he...
    • Departmental Licences
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a foreshore licence will issue to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the licence will commence from date of...
    • Housing Schemes
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if those availing of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are required to take out mortgage protection with one company;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application was submitted by Cork City Council for full retrofitting of the entire Churchfield area; and if this was...
    • Vacant Properties
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered a compulsory sales order as part of measures to tackle vacancy as an issue; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the waiting times in each local authority for the processing of a housing application by a member...
    • Departmental Schemes
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects his Department to issue approval on outstanding applications for thermal upgrades for houses in Moyross,...
    • Departmental Regulations
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the updating of regulations to allow for plebiscites to change place names. [15988/22]
    • Property Registration
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm the registration of a judgement mortgage (details supplied) by the land registry office. [16074/22]
    • Water Services
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided in 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16154/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a record of the number of vacant residential properties currently in the possession of banking...
    • Water Quality
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes that are expected to be made to SI. 79/2008 to ensure compliance with the 2006 EU bathing water directive; and if...
    • Housing Provision
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of housing commencements broken down by apartments, houses and duplexes in each of the years from 2016 to...
    • Housing Schemes
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average capital and current expenditure costs for one, two and three bed social housing houses and apartments delivered by...
    • Departmental Reports
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2021 social housing output report will be published. [16312/22]
    • Commercial Rates
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the rates refund applying to vacant commercial property in respect of each local authority in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Consultations
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the future plans for the medically supervised shielding units created as part of the HSE and Dublin Region...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections carried out by the Dublin Region Housing Executive in 2021 as part of the National Quality Standards...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken and progress made since July 2019 following the report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation; and if...
    • Housing Schemes
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 28 July 2020, if he plans to amend the tenant purchase scheme to allow for...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to grant a derogation from the closed season for the hunting of wood pigeons in order to ensure that crops are...
    • Departmental Reports
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the external reports commissioned in 2021; the cost of each; the external reports that were...
    • Departmental Surveys
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 8 March 2022, the local authorities that have commissioned hedgerow surveys at...
    • Local Authorities
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional staff that have been provided to local authorities in the past 12 months to support the delivery of...
    • Official Engagements
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him and Ministers of State within his Department during the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the proposals contained in a recent report (details supplied); his views on whether the proposal that...
    • Passport Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the passport renewal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether there is an undue delay in processing foreign births; the length of the current processing time; the number of foreign...
    • Human Rights
      363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Ireland can genuinely be a credible and effective actor and have international influence by continuing to raise human...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign births registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15934/22]
    • Departmental Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16151/22]
    • Passport Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the processing times for applications for passports; the current number of applications that await...
    • Departmental Programmes
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ireland-Palestine scholarship programme runs on a yearly basis; and if so, when applications will open for the next round of awards;...
    • Passport Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16313/22]
    • British-Irish Co-operation
      377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 25 January 2022, if he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign births' registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a new court order proving dispense of guardian's consent is being requested when the original court order has been supplied in...
    • Departmental Consultations
      380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the...
    • Ukraine War
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will offer its support to Ukraine by sending independent human rights monitors to monitor the rights compliance at the borders of...
    • Passport Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport applicant that cancels a passport application can avail of a refund. [16479/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon given that this application was...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      389. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the closed Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath has been considered as potential accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine....
    • Burial Grounds
      390. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider meeting with a person (details supplied) who has requested the rededication of a grave. [15978/22]
    • Defence Forces
      391. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the process for members of the Defence Forces returning from duty meeting their family at Dublin Airport has changed; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      392. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16146/22]
    • Departmental Consultations
      393. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years...
    • Ukraine War
      394. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any consideration has been given to sending military equipment to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16392/22]
    • Defence Forces
      395. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process and criteria for a non-commissioned officer to be retrospectively promoted; and the number of occasions that same has happened in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Schemes
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of including the school bus sector in the €100 emergency support scheme that has been introduced for licensed hauliers;...
    • School Transport
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to Bus Éireann school transport (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [16567/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied) following a grant of planning permission in 2020. [15821/22]
    • School Accommodation
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will reconsider a decision made for the location of prefabs in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works grant can be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Qualifications
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15882/22]
    • School Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the hardship being experienced by teachers who surrender full-time teaching posts for personal reasons such as...
    • Education Policy
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which children can opt out of religion classes in school; and if the process differs between school levels or settings. [15944/22]
    • Education Schemes
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) was not included as part of the 11 additional schools in County Mayo in the recent expansion of the...
    • Ukraine War
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that primary and secondary schools have adequate supports and resources to provide Ukrainian children...
    • Education Schemes
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the independent appeals process takes into consideration a school's (details supplied) circumstances as the only school...
    • Ukraine War
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be allocated to a school (details supplied) which has enrolled 30 Ukrainian children in the school in recent weeks;...
    • School Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the significant increase in demand for substitution in recent weeks given the high number of Covid cases and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the special education teaching allocation of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she is satisfied that the current special...
    • State Examinations
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third language is compulsory as part of the choice for students for the leaving certificate examination (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new classroom accommodation has been sanctioned for September 2022 for a school (details supplied). [16071/22]
    • School Transport
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a school transport system for the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16077/22]
    • State Examinations
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place with regard to a student contracting Covid-19 before or during State examinations; when she expects to publish...
    • Ukraine War
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be provided to primary schools to assist the staff to deal with the arrival of Ukrainian refugees; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retainers her Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer, in tabular form. [16147/22]
    • Education Policy
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an intradepartmental working group established in regard to planning for the development of a new policy for Irish-medium education...
    • Educational Reform
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the review of national and international literature; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16165/22]
    • School Accommodation
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all active school accommodation projects in County Mayo, in tabular form; the details of projects currently under...
    • Special Educational Needs
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proactive measurers that are currently being taken by her Department to ensure that all post-primary schools have special classes in view of...
    • School Patronage
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the decision that was made in 2021, to defer the patronage process for a new secondary school in the Drumcondra, Marino,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ongoing building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16362/22]
    • Grant Payments
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant for funding will be provided for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16367/22]
    • Departmental Consultations
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department in each of the years...
    • School Transport
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the recent meeting between her Department officials and members of a transport organisation (details supplied) regarding the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated under the large scale capital programme for each of the years 2022 to 2025, as per the agreed capital ceilings outlined in...
    • School Accommodation
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated under the additional school accommodation scheme for each of the years 2022 to 2025 as per the agreed capital ceilings...
    • Education Schemes
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not selected for inclusion in DEIS; if this decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the case of schools refusing enrolment access to student applicants, the correspondence should state clearly that they have been placed on...
    • Education Policy
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if her Department will intervene to ensure that provision is made for such...
    • School Transport
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when, given the dramatic rise in transport costs, the school transport scheme rates will be reviewed to ensure that the vital assistance it...
    • School Accommodation
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding an additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied) for renovation of an old...
    • School Facilities
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works or the summer works scheme has been made to erect a boundary fence between (details supplied); if this...
    • Special Educational Needs
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the parent of a child with special educational needs can self-refer to the National Council for Special Education or with a special...
    • Education Schemes
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appeals process will open up in respect of schools that were not included in the recent extension of the DEIS school programme; if there...
    • Special Educational Needs
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a request by a school (details supplied) for an exceptional review of its SNA hours with the National Council...
    • Education Policy
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeline for an exceptional review to be completed. [16722/22]
    • School Facilities
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pilot workshops on trauma informed approaches from the National Educational Psychological Service have been delivered; and if the national...
    • Departmental Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants in her Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if she will list the entities that they are working...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer if the living alone allowance was to be extended to retired single public and civil...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal against a decision to cease a carer's allowance payment in respect of their spouse in the case of a...
    • Social Insurance
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of each social insurance and social assistance payment in 2021, in tabular form; the total...
    • Disability Services
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the difference in the means test for the blind pension and the disability allowance; her plans to standardise...
    • Parental Leave
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing an additional two week parent’s leave and benefit; the cost of increasing the leave...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that an alleged overpayment has occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a late appeal will be accepted and an oral hearing will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a social welfare payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the child benefit until the end of the school year in cases in which a child reaches 18 years...
    • Pension Provisions
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of the invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) will be carried out. [15875/22]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if new recruitment is underway to provide support teams to work with incoming refugees from Ukraine; the categories being...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided with respect to the employment wage subsidy scheme for 2022; the level of funding that has been drawn...
    • Gender Recognition
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the progress on the recognition of non-binary persons in the collection and collation of personal data...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fuel Prices
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a work-around for people who qualify for fuel allowance who rely on district heating systems for their...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment to apply for a PPS card; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [16038/22]
    • Protected Disclosures
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a copy of documents; if these documents were provided to her internal...
    • Departmental Schemes
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if epilepsy will be considered as a qualifying condition in order to qualify for the free travel scheme; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite the payment; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of retainers her Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16158/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and advice issued; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department in...
    • Departmental Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of application claims for illness benefit nationally; the length of time for processing applications; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending social welfare eligibility to stamp 1 visa holders, particularly in cases of serious illness...
    • Departmental Policies
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing exemptions for specific types of savings within means testing for carer’s...
    • Employment Schemes
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 25, 28 and 86 of 22 March 2022, if she will clarify any meetings that she or her...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proactive actions that have been taken to inform recipients of payments made by bank transfer that due to the closure of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the eligibility for social welfare on the binary basis of days worked and consider a...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Strategies
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made towards action 104 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021...
    • Departmental Bodies
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the International Protection Accommodation Services have established a presence at Cork Airport. [16421/22]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention or that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to carry out a review of the foster care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children deemed at risk who have not been allocated a social worker in County Meath; and if he...
    • Children in Care
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that children who are under the care of Tusla and that are placed under private family...
    • Childcare Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 22 February 2022, when Pobal will publish data into establishing if...
    • Burial Grounds
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the former site of the St Patrick's refuge and laundry, Dún Laoghaire, which currently has a planning...
    • Child and Family Agency
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on services for families experiencing relationship and marital breakdown by Tusla between 2014...
    • Departmental Data
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular...
    • Legislative Programme
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 22 March 2022, if the heads of a bill to give effect to remaining...
    • Departmental Consultations
      508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his...
    • Child and Family Agency
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for Tusla fit for purpose inspections; the number of inspections that are being carried...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can investigate a case of a new private creche early childhood education facility (details supplied) due...
    • Departmental Policies
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered any steps to increase the amount of childcare support for children under 12 months of age...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the situation in respect of fee caps being linked to core funding in the early child...
    • Departmental Schemes
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the scheme to compensate those affected by illegal birth registrations is limited to one institution;...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 27 May 2021, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Schemes
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of trainees on further education and training courses provided in Education and Training Boards that have come off social welfare...
    • Departmental Policies
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow Irish students who have been accepted to begin studying medicine in Ukraine in the next academic year beginning September 2022...
    • Departmental Schemes
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports that are currently available for a student who has a primary degree but wants to return to education to secure a masters....
    • Third Level Costs
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the inequality which exists in the funding of PhDs with a large number having to self- fund while many others...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that third-level student attending the Technological University Dublin, Tallaght campus have concerns...
    • Further and Higher Education
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the chairpersons of Higher Education Authority funded higher education institutions; the terms of office of each; the number of terms served by...
    • Departmental Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16152/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 8 March 2022, the number of students enrolled in higher education institutions who would be eligible...
    • Departmental Consultations
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years...
    • Grant Payments
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the earnings threshold for the receipt of SUSI grant in view of the current inflation and the extraordinary increase in the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide detailed breakdown of the total cost of external professional legal advice provided to the office of a person (details...
    • Ukraine War
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure those arriving in the State from the conflict in Ukraine will have their professional qualifications recognised, particularly...
    • Departmental Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities that they are working...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current staffing levels of the section responsible for the processing of citizenship applications; and the plans there are...
    • An Garda Síochána
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug detection dogs trained to use their senses to detect illegal substances that are available in each Garda...
    • Residency Permits
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the best route to progress an application for long-term residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • An Garda Síochána
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who were assigned to stations in County Meath in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for citizenship applications broken down by European and non-European economic area applicants in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of naturalisation applications; the number that are waiting more than 18 months; and if she will make a...
    • Ukraine War
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new recruitment is underway in bodies which fall under the remit of her Department to provide support teams to work with...
    • Courts Service
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 47 assessment and reports that have been challenged to the regulatory body of the assessor. [15969/22]
    • Visa Applications
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have availed of the Ireland investor visa in the past three years; and the nationalities of each....
    • Ukraine War
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if Ireland is accepting the entry of people fleeing Ukraine who do not have Ukrainian or EU citizenship;...
    • Departmental Data
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021,...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of her Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each...
    • Family Reunification
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the family reunification unit has received all details to enable a decision to be made regarding the spouse of an Afghan...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase in-person citizenship ceremonies in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16075/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in reforming the youth justice system by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of competitions that were held for sworn Garda members to join divisional drugs units in 2021 and to date in 2022,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a recently naturalised Irish citizen is permitted to apply for citizenship elsewhere without jeopardising their Irish...
    • Departmental Data
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retainers her Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16155/22]
    • Prison Service
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the number of Irish Prison services staff who have been subject to safety orders, barring orders or...
    • Citizenship Applications
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16298/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a contract for works on Leighlinbridge Garda station has been awarded by the Office of Public Works; if a date for when the...
    • Direct Provision System
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider allowing all persons in direct provision to work given the new refugee programme for those fleeing war in...
    • Immigration Support Services
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the provision of a new immigration unit at Shannon Airport which is being developed in conjunction with...
    • International Protection
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the processes that are being put in place to allow partners of Ukrainian citizens who are non-Ukrainian citizens and non-EEA...
    • An Garda Síochána
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 22 February 2022, if she has received further information from An Garda...
    • International Protection
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to date that have applied for the current undocumented scheme; and the breakdown of those within the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department in...
    • Legislative Programme
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any law reform plans in relation to the rights of cohabiting couples, specifically the Civil Partnership and Certain...
    • International Protection
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues available to Afghan refugees who wish to have their family members join them from Afghanistan in Ireland in view...
    • An Garda Síochána
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford over the past five years; the number of Garda...
    • Ukraine War
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if arrangements have been made to provide a reception centre for Ukrainian refugees arriving at Rosslare Europort that allow...
    • Crime Prevention
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are being taken to tackle dog theft; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16556/22]
    • Legislative Reviews
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the review of the arms licensing laws to be completed; the purpose of the review; if consultation with...
    • Residency Permits
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the issues raised in correspondence by person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the revised updated bail laws are being utilised in the battle against criminal gangs involved in drug...
    • Prison Service
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners currently incarcerated throughout the country; if all or many occupy shared or unshared cells;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí available throughout the country on a full-time basis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which hate speeches, hate crime and racism continue to be addressed in all areas throughout the country without...
    • An Garda Síochána
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional appointments to be made within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants in her Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if she will list the entities...
  • Department of Health
    • Public Sector Pay
      602. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 March 2022, the manner in which the remuneration of the CEO of a company (details supplied) diverged from the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no on-site therapists for children with special needs at a school (details supplied); if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting cataract surgery at University Hospital Limerick for more than 18 months; and if he...
    • Ukraine War
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a system by which general practitioners are allocated to large accommodation centres in which Ukrainian refugees are currently residing; and...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the list of completed works and work in progress in relation to the €51.2 million spent on the enabling works for...
    • Pharmacy Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a separate business case or analysis to justify the public expenditure on an enhanced pharmacy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      612. To ask the Minister for Health when a public patient (details supplied) will be given an outpatient appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15788/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) had their entitlement under their medical card for a specific drug for chronic migraine withdrawn; if the matter...
    • Health Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by his Department and the HSE to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention or that of his predecessor and that of...
    • Dental Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when an orthodontic appointment will issue to a person (details supplied). [15794/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if the administrative staff in the acute adult mental health unit, Mayo University Hospital who have worked on site in a clinical environment throughout the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the postgraduate training post intake in general practice in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant doctor training posts allocated to central practice trainee in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO2 for each composite area within...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the €1,000 bonus for healthcare workers will be examined. [15820/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the commencement of the expansion of the free general practitioner care scheme for children under seven years of age that was announced as part of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 bonus payment for healthcare workers in a clinical environment throughout the pandemic will be extended to Covid-19 community swabbers; and if...
    • Ambulance Service
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of ambulance response times in County Wicklow in 2021 and to date in 2022, by municipal district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      636. To ask the Minister for Health when home healthcare workers will receive the €1,000 pandemic recognition payment that was promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make wegovy available to medical card users in the future if medically indicated by a doctor in the treatment of weight loss and obesity; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      640. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the pressure being put on members of An Garda Síochána to respond to calls for help from young persons with mental health issues or...
    • Hospital Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rooms at accident and emergency departments that are specifically for the use of patients presenting with mental health issues. [15895/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to queries in relation to Ennis General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15899/22]
    • Hospital Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15900/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      644. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 26 January 2022, if he has further considered including home help and home care workers in the pandemic bonus...
    • Health Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the public health nurse service at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the number of staff currently on the team at this location...
    • Departmental Properties
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a property (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15923/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that developmental services are continued for a family (details supplied) at Clonbrusk primary care centre, Athlone, County Westmeath. [15936/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria under which frontline staff are being selected for the Covid bonus payment; the reason that certain cohorts of frontline healthcare workers have...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an autism spectrum assessment for a person (details supplied). [15940/22]
    • Ukraine War
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health services that have been put in place to support Ukrainian refugees in County Kildare and specifically in Newbridge in terms of...
    • Disease Management
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a working group to investigate the needs of persons living with Huntington’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for orthopaedics in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway. [15971/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      654. To ask the Minister for Health when the €1,000 payment as announced on 19 January 2022 for healthcare workers will be paid. [15975/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the precise work done to date by the HSE and his Department to comply with the rules governing public spending on State capital projects in respect of the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to address the shortage of local general practitioners in east Galway with a number of former general practitioners retiring many residents...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the core and once-off budget allocated to and the expenditure of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2016 to 2021, inclusive; the amount...
    • Disability Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters (details supplied) will be examined regarding children's disability network team services in north County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that will be made available to treatment centres (details supplied); if he will review the attached breakdown of the cost and loss...
    • Gender Recognition
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on filling staffing vacancies in the provision of healthcare and mental healthcare for transgender adults and young people; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if work placements will be provided for physiotherapy students (details supplied) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15999/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      664. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be released under the nursing home support scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16003/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the €1,000 Covid bonus payment for healthcare workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16029/22]
    • Disability Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his efforts to reduce the waiting list for early intervention in speech and language therapy in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Abortion Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any risk assessment research into the operation of telemedicine abortion in Ireland, particularly in relation to the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish further cross-departmental strategic workforce advisory groups; if so, the number of groups and areas of focus that will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      671. To ask the Minister for Health when he will act on the commitment to give a recognition payment of €1,000 to eligible front-line health and ambulance workers; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting an assessment of needs in County Tipperary; the average length of time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment and therapies from CAMHS; the average length of time waiting; the number of therapists available; the number...
    • Nursing Homes
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the meetings which have taken place to date to design a scheme through which the properties of persons in nursing homes with support under...
    • Dental Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the recently announced waiting list plans for dental treatment to address the urgent needs for a person (details supplied); and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      678. To ask the Minister for Health when the Novavax vaccine will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16061/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      679. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the fair deal scheme to ensure that the scheme recognises the increasing cost pressures for the provision of nursing home care,...
    • Health Services Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce equivalent pay for staff providing equivalent care in the nursing home sector considering the current disparity in costs between the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the public waiting list in County Mayo for ophthalmology, cataracts, knee and hip replacements/orthopaedics and urology, respectively in...
    • Hospital Staff
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to put in place a working group on HSCP and physio recruitment and career progression similar to that which exists for nurses. [16109/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the HSE has completed the process of assessing children registered with Western Care who have been transferred over to the direction and...
    • Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy his Department has in place for the management of epilepsy in Ireland; the extra investment he has provided for in epilepsy care since taking...
    • Health Services Staff
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to appointing extra epilepsy nurse specialists to cater specifically for epilepsy and epilepsy management in the community; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16117/22]
    • Official Engagements
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if he visited any health facilities during his recent visit to Austin, Texas in the United States of America for St. Patrick’s Day events; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Monaghan and County Cavan that are on a waiting list for urology paediatric surgery; the average wait time; and if he will...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the income received by each hospital group from the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); if it will be ensured that an operation will be scheduled for the child; and when...
    • Vaccination Programme
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a HPV vaccine for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16139/22]
    • Disability Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the measures that can be put in place to assist them; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Reviews
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the precise steps he took in sourcing and inviting his eventual appointee to apply for the role of chair of the review of the abortion law....
    • Departmental Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16153/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to address the funding discrimination being applied in the resourcing of nursing home residential care under the fair deal scheme; and if he...
    • Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults currently waiting for respite services in County Mayo that include planned respite, overnight respite at home, regular...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if reports in the media (details supplied) of crack cocaine being freely available in a Limerick housing estate will influence his recommendations on the scope...
    • Health Strategies
      703. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the World Health Organization’s International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes in domestic law; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the way that public sector workers who were seconded from their contracted roles to front-facing roles in vaccination centres will be treated for the purpose...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      705. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16306/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with unions to finalise the process for the payment of the €1,000 Covid bonus in order that healthcare workers are rewarded...
    • Mental Health Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for selling rather than renovating Millfield House community mental health residence in Blackpool, Cork; the price paid for the property; the...
    • Health Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of its use of Garnish House to date; and the projected additional cost for the remainder of 2022. [16327/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHO4 mental health service management staff that were offered priority first dose Covid-19 vaccinations in January 2021 ahead of patients and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if the €1,000 payment to healthcare workers will be finalised without further delays in the process. [16329/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitians employed by the HSE in each CHO in tabular form. [16335/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an appointment with a psychologist in adult mental health services, Drogheda; if patients are awaiting an assessment or for...
    • Hospital Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the statement by the Taoiseach that there should be an elective-only hospital facility provided in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      716. To ask the Minister for Health when a new child psychiatrist will be appointed to the mid-west area; his plans to deal with the long child psychology waiting lists in the area; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health if initiatives are being taken to extend the hours of operation of diagnostic facilities in hospitals in order to cope with the post-Covid-19 surge in needs....
    • Departmental Consultations
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      719. 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. [16386/22]
    • Disease Management
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will support the request to establish a working party to investigate the needs of people living with Huntington’s disease and their...
    • Health Services Staff
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby section 38 funded staff working overnight only get paid the sleepover rate which is the minimum wage...
    • Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients suffering from sleep apnoea, by HSE CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16395/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who are waiting for a sleep disorder screening appointment; the way this has been affected by Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sleep medicine consultants who are currently employed by the HSE. [16398/22]
    • Health Strategies
      726. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy to create a national clinical sleep disorders strategy. [16399/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include other workers in the Covid recognition payment that have also had to attend work throughout the lockdown periods such as those within the...
    • Mental Health Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 655 of 15 February 2022, if the figures provided include the consultation liaison CAMHS and intellectual disability CAMHS...
    • Healthcare Policy
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Regulation of Psychotherapy and Counselling under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the full particulars, eligibility and terms and conditions regarding the Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline public sector healthcare...
    • Departmental Reports
      735. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the as yet unpublished follow up report on mortality in single homeless population that was to be funded by his Department and the HSE as a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the future plans for the medically supervised shielding units created as part of the HSE and Dublin Region Housing Executive Covid-19...
    • Disability Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the children's disability network teams in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that currently exist in County Wexford across psychiatry, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, counselling...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €1,000 pandemic frontline bonus; the engagements to date with unions; the expected timeframe in which healthcare workers will receive...
    • General Practitioner Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of his plans to provide locum cover for rural based general practitioners to cover for unavoidable absences; if he is developing a plan to establish...
    • Health Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on a form of health waiting list including in primary care, community care, acute care, disabilities, mental health and other...
    • Disability Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at grade level currently employed in each of the 91 children’s disability network teams; the number of posts assigned to each...
    • Hospital Staff
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions at Cavan General Hospital that are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary basis at staff grade level in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19-related antiviral medications purchased by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/22]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of separate court cases taken against the HSE in relation to the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16527/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in his Department and the HSE working in public relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16531/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of any outsourcing carried out by the HSE to engage in public relations and-or assist in the launch of publications, strategies or plans from...
    • Ambulance Service
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the National Ambulance Service, broken down by staff category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating systems, software programmes or databases used by the HSE where the company providing the service cannot provide technical changes,...
    • Hospital Equipment
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the range of hospital equipment that may need to be replaced or upgraded to protect the health system from a cyberattack; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants employed on Sláintecare contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16537/22]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals he has visited since becoming Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16539/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for hip replacements, by wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16540/22]
    • Departmental Offices
      794. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to create an office for health and social care professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/22]
    • Departmental Equipment
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE or computers used by his Department operating on outdated operating system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of court cases in which he or the HSE was cited in relation to the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16546/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      798. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a recent High Court judgment in respect of preliminary team assessments under the standard operating procedure for disability assessments; and...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal cost to the State of all court cases taken in relation to the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16549/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      802. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer a job guarantee to health graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16551/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the targets that have been set for each individual hospital group and each individual hospital in relation to reducing acute waiting lists; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the position of the person who is responsible for clinical governance in each CAMHS unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16554/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior HSE clinician and non-clinician officials responsible for clinical governance who have faced sanction following disciplinary procedures...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if in relation to the HSE website and the instructions for symptomatic persons in relation to ordering antigen tests, his views on whether the phrasing...
    • Health Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the opening date for a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and the way the application process for jobs at this facility will be advertised. [16562/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for CAMHS. [16563/22]
    • Eating Disorders
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the Mount Carmel eating disorder service will be open to the public in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment. [16573/22]
    • Health Services
      814. To ask the Minister for Health when a review will be completed in order that payment may issue to a person (details supplied). [16580/22]
    • Pharmacy Services
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not accepted the recommendation made by an organisation (details supplied) on rules to regulate the operation of pharmacies in respect of the...
    • Disability Services
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HSE will ensure clinical and operational governance in identifying relevant stakeholders with the required knowledge and skills who will represent...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      817. To ask the Minister for Health when the pre-legislative scrutiny report of the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill 2019 will be available for public release; and if...
    • Ukraine War
      820. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to treat the trauma experienced by children arriving from Ukraine who are displaced because of war; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Eating Disorders
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase inpatient adult beds capacity in St. Vincent's University Hospital for eating disorders; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/22]
    • Care Services
      825. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a national statutory support scheme for the licensing and regulation of home care providers. [16668/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16700/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities that they are working for in each...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Carcase Disposal
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the current regulations in place for the operation of domestic animal cremation services; if he plans to...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the hectarage of farmland designated as protected and subject to actions requiring consent; the average holding size by county; and...
    • Farm Costs
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with fertiliser producers in Ireland in relation to a way to alleviate the crisis facing farmers regarding...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered adjusting the requirement in TAMS resulting in farmers being unable to participate in the micro-generation...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pig farmers who are Bord Bia quality assured and send more than 200 pigs to slaughter per annum, by county, broken down...
    • Forestry Sector
      836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agroforestry plots planted per year since 2012, by county; his proposals to increase same; the targets associated with...
    • Agriculture Industry
      842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional abatement impact expected through replacing 65% of straight CAN with protected urea or other protected nitrogen...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended to assist with the provision of slurry storage on tillage farms, proposed allocation under the CAP Strategic...
    • Organic Farming
      845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target for organic conversion by year until 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15905/22]
    • Bord Bia
      847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of ring-fenced funding provided to Bord Bia for the marketing of organic produce; the amount expended by Bord Bia on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount of direct savings in megaton CO2 equivalent that will be achieved by 2030 through afforestation in 2021; and if...
    • Organic Farming
      850. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current hectarage of land under, or in conversion to, organic farming; the associated reduction in fertiliser use expected as a...
    • Teagasc Activities
      851. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost associated with the proposed review of the Teagasc marginal abatement cost curve per action 303 of the climate...
    • Agriculture Industry
      852. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to consult with an organisation (details supplied) on action 306 of the climate action plan to scope out policy on a...
    • Organic Farming
      854. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a strategy to increase the procurement of organic produce by Departments, State agencies or public bodies; if...
    • Agriculture Industry
      855. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targets for increasing the percentage of the suckler beef herd recording cow and calf weight in each of the years 2022 to 2030;...
    • Organic Farming
      856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and private farm advisers providing advice in relation to organic farming; the number who are being upskilled in...
    • Assisted Animal Reproduction
      857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds between 2019 and 2021; and the number of those...
    • Greyhound Industry
      858. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce regulation and a database of stud dogs. [15920/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of afforestation licences issued by his Department in 2021 that exceeded the agreed timeframes set out in the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      861. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a full grant (details supplied) that was approved by a State body will be paid; when his Department will sanction this grant...
    • Animal Welfare
      862. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations that are in place to prevent (details supplied); if additional regulations are needed in this area; and if he will...
    • Food Industry
      863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the issue of food security in Europe has been discussed during exchanges with his European Union colleagues in...
    • Departmental Staff
      864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time archaeologists directly employed by his Department on 21 March 2020 and 21 March 2022, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Data
      865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer, in tabular form. [16144/22]
    • Fishing Industry
      867. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate a full and comprehensive review of the current allocation methodology for the Irish hook and line mackerel...
    • Brexit Supports
      881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any allocations made from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund to capital improvement works at State-owned and local authority-owned...
    • United Nations
      882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on Ireland's support, including financial, to the United Nations Committee on World Food Security; and if he envisages a...
    • Food Industry
      886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the rising costs of raw materials such as wheat for the bakery sector on top of already rising...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that a person (details supplied) can apply for a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/22]
    • Animal Diseases
      888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation regarding the vaccinations of dogs coming into the country; and if his Department has put measures in place to...
    • Departmental Consultations
      889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the external consultancy organisation or provider that delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures implemented to alleviate the financial burden placed on farmers due to rising fertiliser costs. [16390/22]
    • Timber Supply
      892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that his Department will take to protect the Irish market from an increase in market prices for timber (details supplied),...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that livestock units which were matriculated regarding the basic income support for sustainability scheme differ from the...
    • Departmental Data
      894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time it takes from when an appeal is lodged to the date of hearing; the average time from the date of a hearing until a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 750 of 8 March 2022, if it is intended that farmers will be able to identify which stream of...
    • Agriculture Industry
      896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2027 of 19 January 2022, when he expects to report on value for cultivation and use trials for...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission a socioeconomic impact assessment on the results of re-wetting 105,000 ha of farmed drained peat; and if he...
    • Veterinary Services
      899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers are allowed to hold some veterinary medicine products such as mastitis tubes on-farm under new veterinary regulations and...
    • Forestry Sector
      900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted number of afforestation licences for 2022; the number issued to date; the number his Department expects to issue on...
    • Animal Diseases
      902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position regarding the extension of the 16-week derogation for housing free-range layers in response to annual outbreaks of avian...
    • Forestry Sector
      905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 8 March 2022, the year that Irish forestry would have become projected be a net emitter...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 8 March 2022, the number of blood, urine and hair samples tested for doping by the Irish...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the BPS and organic farming scheme operate on separate mapping systems; the reason for such; if it is intended in the future to...
    • Departmental Data
      909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of horticultural peat imported to the State in tonnes, by year, in each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his departmental officials have held any meetings specifically to address the decline in afforestation applications; if so, the...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed a jointly developed pig stability fund proposal (details supplied) which was commissioned by organisations; if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities they are...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Tourism Funding
      915. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants that are available to expand a business providing holiday pods in Kilcar, County Donegal; the full details for the grants...
    • Departmental Bodies
      916. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional full-time senior case managers at higher executive officer level for the...
    • Departmental Data
      917. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of retainers her Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer, in tabular form. [16157/22]
    • Ferry Services
      918. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that a ferry service is provided for Dursey Island as a replacement for the cable car service, which is due to stop...
    • Departmental Consultations
      919. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the external consultancy organisation or provider that delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department in each of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      920. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of civil servants in her Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if she will list the entities they are...

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