Written answers

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Strategies
      69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of measures concluded in the Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 document since it was launched in March...
    • Rural Schemes
      77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered allocating additional funding to the local improvement scheme for private roads and laneways given the backlog of...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the use of community centres to accommodate Ukrainian refugees and the impact that this will have on service users and on...
    • Offshore Islands
      84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 17 February 2022, the status of the new policy for the islands; if the draft policy has been...
    • Regeneration Projects
      85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Government measures to address dereliction in rural towns and the creation of work hubs; and if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work that has been carried out to date by the mobile phone and broadband task force, which was reconvened in December 2021; if the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations in Cork that will benefit from the town centre first plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17889/22]
    • Community Development Projects
      88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has engaged with Dublin City Council on the reconstruction of a community centre (details supplied); and if her...
    • Departmental Budgets
      90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocated budget for her Department in each of the years since 2017; and the actual expenditure of her Department in each of the...
    • Community Development Projects
      91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that have been taken by her Department to ensure there is cross-departmental collaboration, so that new community-led...
    • Foreshore Issues
      92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the plans her Department has to address problems with the sandblocks at Céibh an Chóra, Inis...
    • Rural Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her discussions regarding a proposal put forward by this Deputy for a reformed and revamped local improvement...
    • Harbours and Piers
      95. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 17 February 2022, the status of the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the forthcoming timelines for the funding streams under her remit, specifically the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme,...
    • Rural Schemes
      97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next Leader programme will become operational; the total funding in place for the programme; the funding that will be...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to ensure Ukrainian citizens fleeing conflict who are accommodated in rural areas have access to vital...
    • Local Development Companies
      99. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to a statement by An Taoiseach in November 2021 (details supplied), if she will provide an update on the proposed actions...
    • Parking Provision
      100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that is currently available for carpark facilities at amenities in rural areas such as a facility (details supplied) in...
    • Digital Hubs
      101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is exploring the possibility of establishing longer-term agreements between businesses and remote working hubs to...
    • Land Issues
      103. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she intends to bring forward proposals regarding the indemnification of farmers with land that is accessible by the public for...
    • Digital Hubs
      104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the funding for hubs under the connected hubs funding stream to facilitate remote working; and if she will make...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her Department’s engagements regarding the report by the European Parliament in relation to regional connectivity and smart...
    • Community Development Projects
      106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her Department’s plans to expand the community centres investment fund to include a strand specifically dedicated to the...
    • Parking Provision
      107. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for a carpark at the Woodenbridge, Ballacolla, County Laois to facilitate better usage of the amenities...
    • Regeneration Projects
      108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to reintroduce town councils to assist with the town centre first policy. [17865/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      109. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the progress she has made in delivering the Our Rural Future policy. [18044/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      112. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial support that has been made available to local authorities in order to bring vacant properties in town centres back into...
    • Rural Schemes
      113. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional transitional funding will be allocated for the Leader programme pending the commencement of the new programme; and if...
    • Offshore Islands
      114. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the forthcoming island development strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17894/22]
    • Regeneration Projects
      115. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a town regeneration officer can be assigned to Macroom, County Cork under the town centre first programme; and if she will make a...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      117. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the pathways that have been developed in relation to community services programmes throughout the country to activate new and existing...
    • Regeneration Projects
      118. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a town and village renewal scheme application by a centre (details supplied). [17843/22]
    • Offshore Islands
      120. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made in addressing action 136 of the Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 (details supplied). [18053/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      121. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff employed by her Department in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form. [17984/22]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      122. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions she is taking to ensure that the large volumes of Ukrainian refugees being accommodated in small communities are supported...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      123. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to further increase the number of broadband connection points available across the country; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Schemes
      124. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can outline a pathway forward for a proposed marine training facility in west County Clare, which was unsuccessful in an...
    • Community Development Projects
      126. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide further information on the pub as community hubs pilot programme; the way the pubs in the four counties involved...
    • Departmental Funding
      127. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the north-east inner city initiative. [9691/22]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      129. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to supporting island communities such as...
    • Community Development Projects
      130. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the place-based leadership development programme to include Cherry Orchard. [17874/22]
    • Ferry Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding for the cable car to Dursey Island in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17864/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      132. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received the report on rural-proofing; and when she intends to bring forward proposals to enable same, as committed to in...
    • Rural Schemes
      133. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the design and delivery of the next Leader programme will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18049/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      134. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the anticipated Our Rural Future strategy work programme for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Development Projects
      135. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way the new community centre fund can be utilised to improve and maintain community centres, which are vital to local communities;...
    • Vacant Properties
      136. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the programme for Government commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and...
    • Regeneration Projects
      137. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to have dialogue with urban and rural communities in the context of strengthening and supporting...
    • Departmental Schemes
      140. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the provisions that are in place within the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme to ensure that funding is allocated to groups...
    • Rural Schemes
      141. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that will be rolled out under the CLÁR programme in 2022; the total amount of funding allocated to the programme in...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Expenditure Reviews
      142. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated impact of voted expenditure for Vote 34, subhead A32 Affordable Housing Fund which amounts to €60,000,000 for 2022 in respect of the General...
    • Gender Equality
      143. To ask the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to identify and address gender pay disparity in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit. [17369/22]
    • Transport Policy
      144. To ask the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to encourage active travel modes to and from work in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit. [17388/22]
    • Departmental Appointments
      145. To ask the Taoiseach if a selection board will be convened by the Public Appointments Service and a shortlisting process carried out by an independent chairperson when filling the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies and public bodies within his...
    • Departmental Contracts
      147. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [17831/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      148. To ask the Taoiseach the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department. [18174/22]
    • Census of Population
      149. To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied there are sufficient census enumerators appointed to ensure there is an accurate statistical record for census 2022. [18260/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Visa Applications
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the current visa backlog for overseas workers; when the timelines are expected to reduce; if...
    • EU Directives
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the transposition of EU Directive 2020/1828; the presumptive timetable his Department is working towards for the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in...
    • National Planning Framework
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next national plan on business and human rights will be published given the last one expired in 2020. [18100/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Economic Sanctions
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investigations that are being undertaken by his Department or any agency under his authority into the potential circumvention of...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that small and medium enterprises in areas of the country will benefit from higher aid intensity (details supplied);; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each....
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Turf Cutting
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons (details supplied) can continue to cut and sell turf after September 2022; and, if not, the deadline in this...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the submission by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18380/22]
    • Environmental Schemes
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person who is in receipt of an invalidity allowance is not automatically entitled to the warmer homes...
    • Public Sector Staff
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his...
    • Waste Management
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the Landfill Remediation Programme since its establishment in 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recommendation of the spending review Social Impact Assessment – SEAI Programmes Targeting Energy Poverty...
    • Environmental Schemes
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected output for each retrofit scheme for 2022, in tabular form. [17667/22]
    • Recycling Policy
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of, and the timeline for, the introduction of a deposit return scheme; if he plans to include glass in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that is currently in the environment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17852/22]
    • Waste Management
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of activities that will be funded from the new circular economy fund to be established under...
    • Environmental Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action that he is taking to end the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in biodegradable...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the production of offshore wind energy; if climate change and the war in Ukraine have given an...
    • National Broadband Plan
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that are being considered to address the issue of component shortages that may impact the delivery of the...
    • Public Service Obligation
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount collected through the public service obligation levy each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and...
    • Energy Prices
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role gas plays in setting the wholesale electricity price of other forms of generated electricity, particularly...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost of producing wind energy in the State; the average wholesale price of wind energy each month since...
    • Environmental Schemes
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the one-stop-shop under the national home energy upgrade scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electricity Generation
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that persons with solar panels on their homes and smart meters whose excess units are going into...
    • Pension Provisions
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 15 February 2022, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Traffic Management
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of the recommendation of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight Interim Pre-Budget Report 2022 for the...
    • National Car Test
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the long waiting times for persons requiring NCT tests will have consequences for persons waiting; the reason persons now have to pay...
    • Airport Security
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to significant delays for passengers on the ground side of Dublin Airport (details supplied); and his...
    • Electric Vehicles
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarity and guidance will be provided in relation to charging electric vehicles in multi-unit developments in which there is a pathway...
    • Driver Licences
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in relation to driving licences that will be put in place for Irish persons who were living in Russia and had to leave due...
    • Rail Network
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the manual level crossing upgrade project...
    • Public Sector Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in...
    • Air Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of operators which applied to his Department for multiple flight operation authorisations to operate in 2021. [17614/22]
    • Airport Policy
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the transportation of kerosene to or from Shannon via airplane (details supplied) on dates 21 or 22 March 2022. [17615/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts that are being made to achieve national targets regarding the use of electric vehicles; if he will consider a strategy or...
    • Departmental Consultations
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his Department's public consultation on the review of the sustainable mobility policy; the number of persons and...
    • Public Transport
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some Ukrainian families are walking along busy roads with children to get to town...
    • Haulage Industry
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the recently announced Government support for the haulage sector to address cost pressures arising from...
    • Road Network
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the allocation of community improvement scheme funding for 2022. [17665/22]
    • Rail Network
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the investments or service improvements made on the Dublin-Wexford train line since 1 January 2020. [17715/22]
    • Bus Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of bus stations in County Kildare that are included in the public transport accessibly programme; the type of works planned;...
    • Rail Network
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Kishogue rail station will open resulting in a local train service for commuters in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned upgrade of the N4 Roosky to Dromod and in particular the bypass of Carrick-on-Shannon. [17820/22]
    • Road Network
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the National Transport Authority in respect of plans for the roads network that link the areas between the M4 and...
    • Driver Licences
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons are being asked to submit a public services card when applying online for a driving licence (details supplied); and if...
    • Bus Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding has been sought by LocalLink services to allow them provide transport for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 road transport corridor upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17871/22]
    • Airport Security
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted the Minister for Justice about Garda vetting delays for new workers in Dublin Airport; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application for a driver licence transfer will be processed for a person (details supplied). [18078/22]
    • Offshore Islands
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding streams that are available to invest in infrastructure to improve access for persons with physical disabilities and mobility...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if an appointment for a driving test will be expedited; and if he will make...
    • Greenways Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be made available to provide loops to connect local towns to the national greenway route from Dublin to...
    • Transport Costs
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount it would cost to provide free public transport to all student Leap card holders; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Reliefs
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined introducing a scheme similar to the cycle-to-work scheme for college students; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 152 and 153 of 1 March 2022, when the information referred to in the replies will be received from...
    • Legislative Reviews
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to introduce new legislation to repeal the Merchant Shipping Act 1892 and replace it with a modern Act suitable to the...
    • Driver Licences
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the technical matters that are being discussed to reach agreement on compatibility between the Irish and Ukrainian driving licensing...
    • Driver Test
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources that will be provided to approved driving instructors to respond to the influx of Ukrainians applying for...
    • Driver Licences
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the matter will be referred to the RSA ; if advice will be in relation to...
    • Public Transport
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of moneys currently invested by his Department in night-time public transport services compared with investment in...
    • National Car Test
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to long waiting times for persons requiring NCT tests; if this will have consequences for persons...
    • Departmental Contracts
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18897/22]
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if the comprehensive review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme has begun; and if he will provide a timeline for the completion of same....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance when a new board will be appointed in view of the resignation of all members of the previous Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and when assessments...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 3 March 2022 (details supplied), if he will provide further schedules of the assets disposed of relating to each...
    • EU Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net contribution respectively of Ireland to the European Union per annum for 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [17508/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Housing for All plan for the collection of data on vacancy levels with a view to introducing a new vacant property tax to ensure...
    • Tax Reliefs
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow fresh start applicants including those who have judicial separations and divorces to avail of the help-to-buy incentive; and if he will make...
    • Public Sector Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies and public bodies...
    • Tax Code
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 2.5% transaction charge applicable to transactions handled by a company (details supplied) emanating from Northern Ireland versus the 1.4% fee...
    • State Claims Agency
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the State Claims Agency to provide a breakdown of claims by sector for the period 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts that are being made to achieve national targets regarding the use of electric vehicles; if he will consider a strategy or policy to encourage the...
    • Tax Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing VAT on household energy bills, that is, gas, electricity and home heating oil to 9% and 13.5% from beginning...
    • Tax Reliefs
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, his Department or the Government have requested a derogation with respect to VAT as it applies to domestic energy bills through energy, gas and home...
    • Tax Code
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider lowering the VAT rate to 0% on the sale and repair of bicycles and electric bicycles; if his Department will follow the lead...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18165/22]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of serving and former Air Corps whistle-blowers who have been placed under surveillance by the Revenue Commissioners or their agents. [18188/22]
    • Banking Sector
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the mandatory charge that the Government applies to customers closing accounts with a bank (details supplied); if a charge is in...
    • Economic Sanctions
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance the investigations that are being undertaken by his Department, the Central Bank or an agency under his authority into the potential circumvention of the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined expanding the cycle-to-work scheme to college students; the estimated cost of such an expansion; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Unions
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an enhanced and more ambitious policy framework being planned or in discussion in relation to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if the thousands of mortgage holders who are customers of a bank (details supplied) will be offered the best available rate, whether it be fixed or variable;...
    • Tax Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of, or the revenue that is foregone by, the capital gains tax exemption provided under section 604A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, which...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance the total gross amount of assets held by Irish real estate funds for 2016 to 2021, as reported to the Revenue Commissioners on form IREF - part 3 - schedule...
    • Departmental Contracts
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18887/22]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Expenditure
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid on rented accommodation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17487/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in...
    • Land Issues
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a tender will be issued for the agricultural use of lands (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Pay
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of negotiations around pay and conditions for staff employed on the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial...
    • Flood Risk Management
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the catchment flood risk assessment and management programme to date; and if all of the pinch points...
    • Legislative Reviews
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of ethics legislation by his Department will be completed; if there are plans to publish the review; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to publish and enact legislation similar to the public sector standards Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed walking and cycling bridge across the River Liffey from the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge; if funding...
    • National Parks
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed renovation of the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; if funding has been assigned to the project; if so, the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ports Policy
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional resources that are being provided to Rosslare Port in response to, and in order to support, the growing number of persons...
    • Departmental Contracts
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each....
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Plaques
      276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the inaugural 2008 national famine commemoration day plaque will be unveiled in the Custom House. [18205/22]
    • Heritage Promotion
      279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the granting by UNESCO of intangible heritage status to the game of hurling, the measures that are underway to animate...
    • Sports Funding
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date for the next round of sports capital funding. [17428/22]
    • Tourism Schemes
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the Housing for All new short-term lettings regulation through a Fáilte Ireland registration system....
    • Public Sector Staff
      283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in her Department and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the considerations that will be given in terms of support for those rejected from Strand II of the live performance support...
    • Departmental Meetings
      285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her officials have spoken with a person (details supplied) since her appointment as Minister. [17701/22]
    • Swimming Pools
      286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a dedicated fund for the building of new swimming pools; the amount that is allocated to that fund since 2016; the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the membership of the tourism recovery task force has changed; if this task force has made recommendations to her Department;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of raised bogs in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18337/22]
    • Invasive Species Policy
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the development of a new national invasive species management plan as outlined in the Programme for...
    • Building Regulations
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters raised in relation to building regulations in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and...
    • Local Authorities
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an issue (details supplied) from a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17482/22]
    • Housing Provision
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with regard to a development (details supplied) in south County Kildare; when it is expected to open;...
    • Rental Sector
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All extended rent pressure zones to 2024 and rents linked to the harmonised index of...
    • Building Energy Rating
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All for minimum building energy rating standards for private rental dwellings. [17534/22]
    • Rental Sector
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All upfront deposit and rent payments capped at two months value. [17535/22]
    • Housing Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All objective to provide over 90,000 social homes by 2030, including an average annual...
    • Vacant Sites
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All plan to introduce a new tax to activate vacant land for residential purposes. [17549/22]
    • Housing Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All for a new croí cónaithe fund to increase owner-occupier apartment...
    • Regeneration Projects
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All plan for targeted funding via the urban regeneration and development fund and rural...
    • Planning Issues
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All planning exemptions for above-shop conversions and guidance relating to protected...
    • Vacant Properties
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All nationwide and local-authority-led compulsory purchase order scheme to purchase...
    • Local Authorities
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current salary scale for each chief executive officer in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department...
    • Departmental Reports
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 10 March 2022, the reason the report for the provision of research and...
    • Rental Sector
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to change the differential rent scheme to align all local authorities in respect of the way rent is...
    • Housing Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed demolition of a number of houses at a location (details...
    • Defective Building Materials
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the general scheme of the legislation for the enhanced defective block remediation scheme for...
    • Grazing Rights
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the derogations that are proposed to farmers that have habitually used heather and gorse mountain burning as a means of...
    • Housing Schemes
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend housing assistance payments as outlined in correspondence (details supplied). [17832/22]
    • Heritage Sites
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to safeguard, protect and conserve ancient raths, also known as ringforts or fairy forts, particularly given the...
    • Local Authorities
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 22 March 2022, if his Department has clarified the matter regarding the refusal...
    • Legislative Measures
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commence section 212 of the Local Government Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17971/22]
    • Local Authorities
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to conduct a full audit of individual local authority finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social housing developments that have availed of the one stage approval process; the total number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new staff funded by his Department who have taken up their posts in local authority housing departments in...
    • Housing Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the resolution of the unsold affordable homes held by the Dublin local authorities; if as part of the use of the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in finalising the new wind energy guidelines; when the new guidelines will come into force; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to legislate through the Residential Tenancies Acts for default conciliation as part...
    • Housing Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the Housing Agency Acquisition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authorities
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the preparation of housing delivery plans to include social and affordable housing delivery by...
    • Housing Policy
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the range of housing grants available to assist with meeting specific housing...
    • Local Authorities
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if disability friendly housing technical advisers have been nominated in each local authority; the number of disability...
    • Housing Policy
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a quarterly report of the housing and disability steering group has been provided to each local authority; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the preferential caravan loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to liaise with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in relation to the feasibility...
    • Planning Issues
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review and consolidation of planning legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to commence section 9 of the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019; the guidance he is issuing to local...
    • Housing Schemes
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the introduction of a targeted energy efficiency retrofit scheme for approved housing bodies;...
    • Water Supply
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll-out of a national water supply capacity register; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had to date with Longford County Council and an approved housing body in relation to an area...
    • Regeneration Projects
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of funding allocated to Vote 34, subhead A15, estate regeneration and refurbishment, which will be used to...
    • Housing Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of funding allocated to Vote 34, subhead A17, repair and leasing, which will be used to achieve the output...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated impact of voted expenditure for Vote 34, subhead A8, capital advance leasing facility, which amounts to...
    • Departmental Funding
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to the Land Development Agency in respect of its non-commercial activities, as included in schedule 12 of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated impact of voted expenditure for Vote 34, subhead A33, Croí Cónaithe, which amounts to...
    • Departmental Funding
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional funding required to increase the Vote 34 subhead A7, capital assistance scheme outputs target to 1,000 units....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of Vote 34, subhead A3, local authority housing, in terms of delivery models and funding...
    • Housing Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average subsidy per unit envisaged through the first home scheme as included in Vote 34, subhead A31. [18149/22]
    • Housing Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the 1,000 units to be delivered by the Land Development Agency in 2022 in terms of affordable purchase and...
    • Housing Schemes
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of active HAP tenancies in place at the end of each year from 2016 to 2021. [18180/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on any review of the HAP limits given spiralling rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18193/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections that will be put in place to safeguard the State’s investment in homes as part of the shared equity and...
    • Housing Provision
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build social housing homes that were delivered in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes that were brought back into use using the repair and lease scheme in 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances in which a section 183 vote is required by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rights of Way
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way a local authority can create a new public right of way; if there are any constraints on local authorities to do this;...
    • Housing Schemes
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of recipients of HAP and RAS support in County Mayo each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Housing Policy
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last time that income thresholds were increased; the effect in real terms on income thresholds due to inflation in that...
    • Water Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which group water schemes in receipt of public funds should be required to become companies limited by guarantee...
    • Ceadúnas Imill Trá agus Dobharshaothraithe
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén uair a aistreofar an fhreagracht maidir le hiarratais ar cheadúnais imeall trá a mheas, agus maidir leis na...
    • National Parks
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an education liaison officer has been appointed in each of the national parks to work with schools across the country...
    • Vacant Sites
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount levied under the vacant sites levy; the total amount collected by local authority area; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Citizenship Applications
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18339/22]
    • Passport Services
      399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the online portal that will allow queries for all application types to be submitted directly to the passport service by...
    • Consular Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to approve the establishment of a resident full-time Irish consulate in Western Australia; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Passport Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies...
    • Passport Services
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 23 March 2022, if the requested data on the outstanding passport applications will be provided....
    • Official Engagements
      407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Portuguese counterpart to Dublin later in 2022. [17712/22]
    • Passport Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a child (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this application was received on 7 January...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total value of expenditure from his Department’s annual accounts in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form, that related to...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has sought to be joined as a notice party in a court case in the United States against Russian Government employees in relation...
    • Passport Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine the reason that a person (details supplied) is being refused a passport in their chosen name despite having legally...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/22]
    • Ukraine War
      419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the call for the cancellation of Ukrainian national debt. [18233/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any engagement regrading a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18270/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full, part-time and casual staff processing applications for the foreign births register monthly from January 2020 to date in...
    • Passport Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18409/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18888/22]
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      435. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of serving and former Air Corps whistle-blowers who have been placed under surveillance by the State Claims Agency or its agents....
    • International Bodies
      436. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the projected initial cost and projected annual cost for the first five years of membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation for...
    • Naval Service
      437. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of patrol days scheduled from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of patrol days lost from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022;...
    • Public Sector Staff
      438. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies and...
    • Defence Forces
      439. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if construction works have commenced on a new cadet school headquarters in the Defence Forces Training Centre; when works will be completed; and...
    • Air Corps
      440. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant air traffic controller posts currently in the Air Corps; and if there are plans to increase the number of air traffic...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      441. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total value of expenditure from his Department’s annual accounts in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form, that related to financial...
    • Traffic Management
      442. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will liaise with officials in his Department regarding granting access to a location for a person (details supplied).; and if he will make...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      443. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18161/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      445. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18901/22]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be approved for transport for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18210/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grounds for an appeal by a person (details supplied) to be included in the redress scheme for persons who were sexually and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a policy issue raised by persons regarding the new proposed frontloading model for deployment of special needs assistant resources...
    • School Patronage
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the ownership of a school property (details supplied); if it is not in the ownership of her Department, if she will provide...
    • School Transport
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the issue of rising fuel costs for the providers of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17425/22]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to allow more schools to obtain DEIS status further to her recent announcement. [17427/22]
    • School Enrolments
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to provide a second level school in Duleek, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17444/22]
    • School Admissions
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a service or hotline operated by her Department for Ukrainian families or for those hosting Ukrainian families to assist with school...
    • School Equipment
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in the Dublin region that have had renewable energy equipment installed in the past ten years; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17579/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for the allocation of SNAs under the new front-loaded model. [17591/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in her Department and in agencies and...
    • School Admissions
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Cork with regard to assistance in respect of the school's response...
    • School Equipment
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will examine the installation of domestic type solar PV in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a request by an organisation (details supplied) that reasonable accommodations be made at State examinations...
    • School Facilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she intends to begin the development of sports halls in existing schools in cases in which such schools have no indoor sports facilities or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of demand for places in special classes at post-primary level in Dublin by children with a diagnosis on the autism spectrum; the number...
    • State Examinations
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the alternative set of leaving certificate examinations planned for 2022 will result in a delay of results for students who wish to take up a...
    • School Enrolments
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of capacity within schools around the country by county. [17681/22]
    • School Inspections
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidental inspections which have taken place in schools in January, February and to date in March 2022. [17682/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the current special needs assistant allocation by 10%. [17683/22]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have requested training on trauma-informed practices in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of schools that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount her Department has spent to date on the major refurbishment works being carried out at a school (details supplied). [17704/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to provide for specific levels of qualifications for special needs assistants; and her plans for continuous professional development...
    • State Examinations
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost incurred each year by her Department for the running of the leaving certificate helpline in 2020 and in 2021. [17749/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date for phase two of a school development (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17818/22]
    • State Examinations
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of State Examinations Commission externally moderated, school-based assessment entails in the context of senior cycle reform; if...
    • Educational Reform
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that schools will be chosen to act as network schools for the purposes of senior cycle reform; and if schools will be invited on a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the implementation of the new front-loaded special needs assistant, SNA, model detailing the delays; and if she will...
    • Departmental Consultations
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered a request by an organisation (details supplied) for six exceptional primary school closures per annum to facilitate...
    • School Inspections
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a whole-school evaluation of a school (details supplied), which took place in February 2022, will be made available to the school community;...
    • School Enrolments
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 90 of 23 March 2022, if she will provide a list of existing and growing post primary schools in...
    • School Management
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals made to her Department under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 in 2020 and 2021, respectively; the number of these...
    • Special Educational Needs
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and secondary special schools recognised by her Department in counties Cork and Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children of school going age that are awaiting access to the education system, three months after their international protection...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she intends to fast-track the recognition of Ukrainian teacher qualifications in an efficient and speedy manner; if she has identified...
    • School Transport
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review school transport contracts held by private contractors in view of the unprecedented rise in fuel costs; and if her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to concerns raised by the principal of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a policy matter raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the proposed scheduling changes to the leaving certificate practical...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18162/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a primary school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18201/22]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appeals process for DEIS status will commence; if the details of this process will be made available to schools; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the service of school secretaries will be acknowledged under the public sector pay scales when transferring to another State agency given that...
    • School Transport
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with contractors who provide school bus transport on behalf of her Department on the current challenges that they...
    • Schools Building Projects
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school extension and funding approval for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18276/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work she is undertaking to ensure that children with additional needs who attend a school (details supplied) have adequate supports for the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the DEIS application of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if an appeals mechanism is in place for the school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the proposed new special school to replace schools (details supplied); the projected timelines on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports and resources will be made available to assist school principals in the current wave of Covid-19 cases, in which a large...
    • State Examinations
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the scheduling of practical music examinations during the Easter holidays; the engagement she had with teachers' unions...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if information in relation to a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18349/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are no onsite therapists at the new special school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 given their importance to such a school and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 799 of 19 January 2021, if the building contractor for the construction of a school (details supplied) has...
    • State Examinations
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the leaving certificate 2022 music practical examinations. [18387/22]
    • School Funding
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be made available by her Department for schools that are facing a significant demand for translation services; if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of each. [18900/22]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Transport
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide free public transport for persons with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18288/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will undertake a review of public services workers hired prior to April 1995 who are eligible for class-D stamps with...
    • Community Welfare Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who met with the community welfare officer in person at locations (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services that are provided to Ukrainian refugees at INTREO offices. [17501/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in her Department...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that retired public servants in receipt of a widow or widowers pension on the basis of their class D PRSI...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for the domiciliary care allowance in the case...
    • Citizens Information Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of citizen information offices by county; the breakdown of the population serviced by these areas;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether participants in the back to work enterprise allowance (details supplied) should have to repay all of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an enhanced illness benefit and jobseeker’s allowance increase claim for a couple (details...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a PPS number for international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of men and women separately who were recipients of the benefit payment for 65-year-olds in 2021; the number of men...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Registration Certificate
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a report from the HSE in respect of the backlog in making appointments for marriage notification which...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 24 March 2022, if a definite undertaking can be given to ensure that the...
    • Gender Recognition
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of and position regarding providing the option to include non-binary as a gender option in the Gender Recognition...
    • Social Welfare Code
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the benefit payment for 65-year-olds is means tested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18246/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be approved for the back to work enterprise allowance scheme. [18290/22]
    • Social Welfare Code
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a scenario (details supplied) will be reviewed; if clarity will be provided in relation to same; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is differentiation between types of fuel allowance recipients, such as those receiving the fuel allowance payment as...
    • Social Welfare Code
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to assessing income from pensions for the fuel allowance based on net income rather than...
    • Employment Support Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 29 March 2022, the names and number of meetings held with the companies referred...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a scheme in place to help persons on social welfare who suffer from gluten-related dietary restrictions with the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and she will provide an outline of the role of...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of IPAS in Cork for those persons arriving from Ukraine; and if there is a point of contact for...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on establishing online supports (details supplied) or similar supports for those Ukrainian refugees...
    • Public Sector Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in...
    • Direct Provision System
      550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently residing in direct provision who have been granted asylum and refugee status;...
    • Child Protection
      551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the arrangements for childcare and play areas in congregated settings that are located outside town centres for...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can advise on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to rural...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the application forms for redress will be sent to survivors of Mother and Baby homes; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown including by gender and nationality of the number of single persons who have entered the...
    • Childcare Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the subsidy under the national childcare scheme in recognition of the increase in...
    • Youth Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams that are available for Foróige clubs to acquire their own premises to operate out of;...
    • Parental Leave
      558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person takes parental leave for one child in the form of two six-week blocks can they take the other 14...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to allocate or increase resources to community organisations in an area (details supplied)...
    • Child and Family Agency
      563. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and-or Tusla are in possession of the records of children born to parents in St. Ita’s Hospital,...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a home (details supplied) is included in the mother and baby homes redress scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Youth Work Projects
      565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons employed as youth workers under the Your Place Your Space scheme, by county and by...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      566. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a database or other such resource is available on a localised level to assist in the identification of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of training companies that have been engaged by the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board as a result of the new round of...
    • Further and Higher Education
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a SUSI grant issue. [18384/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies and...
    • Education and Training Provision
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he has considered actions to address this issue; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the occupations that are included under the definition of craft apprenticeship. [18026/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who is on a stamp 4 and is the dependant of a naturalised Irish citizen can avail of SUSI grant assistance. [18031/22]
    • Education and Training Boards
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when outstanding claims for incremental credits will be finalised for a person (details supplied) considering that this matter has been ongoing...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18167/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national access plan for higher education 2022-26 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18253/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each.; and if he...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 22 March 2022, the number of applications for the undocumented migrants scheme...
    • Online Safety
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation under which certain websites are required to have age gate verification. [17512/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progression of the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill 2014. [17571/22]
    • Legislative Reviews
      594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the planned review of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011 will take place. [17575/22]
    • Prison Service
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will carry out a review of single cell accommodation across the prison estate before the end of 2022. [17576/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in her Department...
    • Immigration Policy
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exemptions that are in place for parents with residency in Ireland in relation to re-entering the country with a minor; if...
    • International Protection
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons presenting with a date of birth which would make them under 18 years of age at the time their case was...
    • An Garda Síochána
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new contract for the provision of new Garda roads policing motorcycles will be put out to tender during quarter 2 of 2022....
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that the Kildare Protective Services Unit has dealt with in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form....
    • An Garda Síochána
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time forensic speech analysts employed by An Garda Síochána. [17719/22]
    • Mental Health Policy
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1319 of 19 January 2022, if she will provide an update specifically on the establishment...
    • An Garda Síochána
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra resources have been provided to the Garda vetting unit of An Garda Síochána in 2022; and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for permission to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) will be processed given that the...
    • Prison Service
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the Inspector of Prisons' Report into the Dóchas Centre. [17962/22]
    • International Protection
      612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants awaiting the issuance of a temporary residence certificate in card form and...
    • Immigration Status
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [18111/22]
    • Visa Applications
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on visa applications by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is provision to allow persons (details supplied) to travel to Ireland; and if not, if advice will be provided in...
    • Family Reunification
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can reunite with their family who live in Dublin 15; and if not, if advice will be provided in...
    • Court Procedures
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to compiling and making publicly available online victim impact statements delivered by victims...
    • Visa Applications
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for...
    • Asylum Applications
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the request for asylum for Belarussian citizens (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been informed by the Garda Commissioner in accordance with section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005...
    • Overseas Study Placements
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of overseas students who are on a stamp 2 visa currently in Ireland; if consideration has been given to making these...
    • Residency Permits
      627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) to secure long-term residency who has been in Ireland for...
    • Visa Applications
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork;; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Traffic Fines
      630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of fines issued for cars parking illegally on footpaths in Mullingar and Athlone, County Westmeath in each of...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of funding awarded to local authorities, communities and groups under the CCTV community grant...
    • Youth Services
      633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons employed as youth justice workers in Garda youth diversion projects in Ireland in tabular form by...
    • Departmental Contracts
      634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) who was assessed as autistic in January 2020 has still not been accepted into a HSE-funded foundation after two years;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that a fair and transparent public procurement process was put in place for the appointment of design teams to construct a new emergency...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid recognition payment will be paid to persons working in private nursing homes throughout the pandemic. [17415/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times an assessment officer has requested an expert nominated by the National Council For Special Education to assist in the carrying out of an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17422/22]
    • Civil Registration Service
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the resources available to the HSE Civil Registration Service in order that the backlog of marriage registrations can be addressed; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      641. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment be paid to section 39 workers in private nursing homes and private hospices; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Departments
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way in which patients are categorised for emergency department admissions; the way these are prioritised; the effect of this...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tenders that were delayed or withdrawn and reissued due to a significant change in expected costs in the past two years, in tabular form; the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the exact date in 2021 that CHO 4 mental health service management staff were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccinations as part of the HSE...
    • Health Services Staff
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the current training supports for clinical psychologists that are or which he intends to make available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the office or unit in the HSE and in his Department that is ultimately responsible for ensuring reports as required under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding provided to each level 4 hospital between 2015 to 2021, by hospital and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17448/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over 12 months on an outpatient waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over six months on a community waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds funded by the HSE across acute and community care by category (details supplied) and bed type in tabular form; if they are public or...
    • Healthcare Policy
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the full establishment and operation of regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17454/22]
    • Dental Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing difficulties with the dental treatment services scheme; the changes to the scheme that will be put in place; if...
    • Emergency Departments
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 plus and under 75 who were waiting greater than 24 hours at an emergency department for each year from 2010 to date by month; the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe envisaged for removing private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17458/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if he has set waiting list reduction targets specifically for each hospital group and each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17460/22]
    • Hospital Charges
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of all income received or generated by each hospital from 2015 to date by hospital and income stream in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of his plans to put Sláintecare maximum wait times on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/22]
    • Public Sector Pay
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by his Department and-or the HSE whose earned income exceeds €100,000; the number who earned income in excess of amounts...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the persons in the grade of the individual within the HSE who is responsible for submitting reports to him under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the HSE whose basic pay was in excess of amounts (details supplied) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and...
    • Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults accessing speech and language therapy services in CHO 7; the number of adults awaiting assessment for the services; the number of adults...
    • Mental Health Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if a list of CAMHS staff employed for the Clondalkin area will be provided; the roles of each; the number of vacancies that exist in each role; and if he will...
    • Health Strategies
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been conducted of the 2015-2020 Sexual Health Strategy; and, if so, when this review will be published. [17507/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) will be included as eligible to receive counselling from the HSE following the 2016 report from the United Nations on safe and...
    • Health Services Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff, by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and...
    • Hospital Staff
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the RCSI Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade,...
    • Nursing Homes
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Housing for All plan for an amended fair deal scheme to remove disincentives for sale and rental of vacant properties. [17551/22]
    • National Children's Hospital
      689. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will be in a position to publish the final and total cost of expenditure for the National Children’s Hospital. [17567/22]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the list of completed works and work in progress on the enabling works for the National Maternity Hospital to date, in...
    • Dental Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if additional extractions will be offered through the PRSI scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Staff
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies and public bodies...
    • Medical Cards
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the income thresholds for persons over 70 years of age to access the GMS medical card scheme given increases in the cost of...
    • Health Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient drug and alcohol treatment detox beds that were available by CHO in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Hospital Staff
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase basic specialist training posts by 1%; the number of posts this would result in; the additional workforce requirements incurred...
    • General Practitioner Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase general practice specialist training posts by 1%; the number of posts this would result in; the additional workforce...
    • Hospital Staff
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registrars in situ who are undergoing higher specialist training; the number who are not, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Qualifications
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility requirements to become a registrar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose and composition of the staff category, other medical; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/22]
    • Disability Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy through the child disability network team in County Wexford; and if he...
    • Health Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17661/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17662/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help with the lack of general practitioner facilities in Ballyduff, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the site for the health centre in Leap, County Cork was purchased; the value of HSE investment in the site, including construction costs,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention been drawn to the lack of mention of hyperemesis gravidarum or a commitment to tackling the prohibitive cost of treatment in the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      712. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in the Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [17686/22]
    • Disability Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 8 March 2022, if the information and statistics requested will be provided, that is, the number of children under...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value of the leasehold; the cost to the HSE; the cost of legal or site works...
    • Hospice Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health when the €3 million of funding for the development of hospices in Drogheda, County Cavan and the midlands for palliative and end of life care will be...
    • Health Services Staff
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been additional funding provided for the appointment of an additional two epilepsy nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had correspondence with an organisation (details supplied) on its proposal for the increase of physiotherapy services; if he plans to act on the...
    • Hospital Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the public hospitals that carry out neuropsychological assessment, in tabular form; and the number of persons on the waiting list for such assessment, by...
    • Hospital Staff
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the extra staffing, by job title, that will be required for the national intellectual disability memory service in Tallaght University Hospital. [17707/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior psychologist posts allocated to CHO area 7 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [17710/22]
    • Medical Cards
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will waive the requirement to have a general practitioner sign a medical card form for Ukrainian refugees in view of the fact that many general...
    • Mental Health Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for mental health and addiction services linked to homeless service provision provided by his Department, by year and project, from 2016...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a licence agreement on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any...
    • State Properties
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition; the latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied). [17796/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in RCSI Hospital Group; the location...
    • Health Service Executive
      792. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that in a case in which a Parliamentary Question is asked which seeks information across the public health service and which is then...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      793. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be paid to frontline healthcare workers; the eligibility and other details and terms and conditions of the payment;...
    • Health Services Staff
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post which was recruited via the Public Appointments...
    • Nursing Homes
      796. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been informed of the planned closure of a nursing home (details supplied); if he has made an intervention to prevent the closure; if he is satisfied...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which the panel announced in January 2022 related to the pandemic recognition payment have met; the dates on which they met; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was employed as a Covid-19 vaccinator did not have their employment contract extended; when they...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      800. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied). [17850/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the delivery of paxlovid in view of its availability in other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he communicates with the Chief Medical Officer on matters related to Covid-19 since the disbandment of NPHET; the form of communication for...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not implementing a recommendation to remove oral sex as a reason for differing gay men, bisexual men, transgender men and men who have sex...
    • Disability Services
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if he has further information for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17995/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      808. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Baggot Street Hospital; if the HSE still intends to sell the site and lease it back for a primary care centre; if he will commit to retaining the...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if, at any point prior to the commencement of the assessment of need standard operating procedure in 2020, he, the Secretary General or any assistant or deputy...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for their hip operation in Galway University Hospital taking into account the exceptional circumstances in...
    • Health Services Staff
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider additional remuneration packages for consultants in order to entice them to move to more peripheral regions in the country; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment proposals at Letterkenny University Hospital in order to enlarge the footprint to support new and increased services; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      813. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 29 March 2022, if he will publish the review the HSE conducted of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of...
    • Health Services
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to develop a care pathway for persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; his plans to recruit specialists or specialist...
    • Health Services Staff
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the types of contracts offered and taken up to consultants in public health medicine in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/22]
    • Departmental Reports
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the expert review bodies established by his Department since 2016; the name of the reports published by each body; the expert review bodies...
    • Health Strategies
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the date of each of the initial meetings of the strategic implementation groups developed for the next phase of the National Drugs Strategy. [18076/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the postgraduate training post intake in general practice in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Care Services
      826. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 3 March 2022, the way identifying relocation arrangements for unnamed residents of a centre (details supplied)...
    • Health Service Executive
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the names of any HSE managers that declared a conflict of interest in respect of procurement or rent of property by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021;...
    • Care Services
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the residents of a centre (details supplied) were chosen to move to another centre for infection and control purposes during the pandemic while...
    • Mental Health Services
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is renting any community mental health residences aside from a centre (details supplied); if so, the details of the costs of rent and any associated...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details as to when a new cardiovascular health strategy will be published for Ireland; if he acknowledges that there is an urgent need for a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists across the State for a hysterectomy; the number of persons that have been waiting for the surgery for more than two years; and the...
    • Dental Services
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the waiting list in County Galway for dental care; the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Care Services
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents currently living in a centre (details supplied) that were originally residents in another centre. [18108/22]
    • Disability Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the action plan following the publication of the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 1 March 2022, the reason a local interview was used as the method of recruitment to a senior psychologist adult...
    • Health Strategies
      843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021; the number and dates of all meetings of the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure with regard to check-ups on newborn babies when they return home; if this is a matter for the general practitioner or the public health nurse;...
    • Disability Services
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath that are currently waiting on speech and language therapy; and the length of...
    • Health Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to develop care pathway for persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; his plans to recruit specialists or specialist...
    • Mental Health Services
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the format of the nationwide compliance and proscribing audit of CAMHS teams; the timeframe for completion of the audit; if this audit will include the...
    • Home Care Packages
      852. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE homecare staff and staff working for companies providing homecare that are contracted by the HSE are fully equipped with personal protective equipment...
    • Medicinal Products
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for which atropine 0.01% eye drops prescribed for myopia to limit the risk of damage to eyes and potentially detached retinas is not on licence...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18168/22]
    • Abortion Services
      855. To ask the Minister for Health when the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered restricting the over-the-counter sale of codeine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18195/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists to access CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim, respectively in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; the waiting times...
    • Health Services Staff
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo and Leitrim in respect of speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy...
    • Dental Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthodontic appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18209/22]
    • Health Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will next advertise a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north County Tipperary area of the HSE Mid-West...
    • Health Service Executive
      864. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18216/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      865. To ask the Minister for Health when arrears for nursing home care from 31 January to 29 March will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18221/22]
    • General Register Office
      866. To ask the Minister for Health when a registration of birth will be complete in the case of a person (details supplied) whose parents have made a number of attempts to do same with no...
    • Mental Health Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a serious incident that occurred on the evening of 29 March 2022, when a person under psychiatric care residing in a HSE...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that sotrovimab is less effective against the BA.2 subvariant of Covid-19; the engagements he has had with the...
    • Health Strategies
      869. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to include a patient representative on the new national public health emergency team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18232/22]
    • Health Services
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on a waiting list for a long-term stay bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18251/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reporting radiographer positions currently operating in each CHO region; the plans for further recruitment for this position; and if he will make...
    • Ambulance Service
      872. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times for ambulance services for Tallaght University Hospital (details supplied); and if an outline of the plan...
    • Health Services Staff
      873. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the senior clinical psychologist with the HSE in County Donegal will be retiring in April 2022; the steps that...
    • Patient Files
      874. To ask the Minister for Health if patient records were retained from persons that were in St. Ita’s Hospital, Dublin; and if so, the current storage location of these records. [18291/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      877. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to and the affordability of oestrogel; if supplies will be secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18311/22]
    • Medical Cards
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/22]
    • Disability Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which successive Ministers in his Department have complied with the requirements of sections 31 and 32 of the Disability Act 2005 in each of the...
    • Medical Cards
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the consultative structures that exist within the HSE or his Department in relation to policy on medical cards and operation of the scheme; if recipients or...
    • Health Services
      882. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish details of the business case for the redesign of the logo of the CHO1 area of the HSE; the reason this was deemed necessary; the company...
    • Social Welfare Code
      884. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a scheme in place to help persons on social welfare who suffer from gluten-related dietary restrictions with the cost of coeliac friendly foods;...
    • Disability Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the action plan on the Disability Capacity Review which was due in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      886. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the existing level of respite in County Cavan; if it is intended to provide separate centres for children and adults; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      888. To ask the Minister for Health his views on physician associates; his engagements with other Departments and stakeholders regarding training physician associates; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      889. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to complete its evaluation on the clinical effectiveness of providing the HPV vaccine to girls and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18890/22]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fishing Industry
      892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of Irish fishing vessels in Irish territorial waters under the Common Fisheries Policy. [17502/22]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy; the number of recipients of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy...
    • Forestry Sector
      896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ash dieback RUS applications received by his Department; the number which have been approved; the number of such files...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer qualifies for support under the targeted intervention package for the tillage sector recently announced (details...
    • Public Sector Staff
      904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff who are presently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the pig stability fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17610/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of monitoring measures (details supplied) from the Forestry Programmes Natura...
    • Archaeological Sites
      913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that ancient raths also known as ringforts or fairy forts will not be considered as areas for nature under the new...
    • Horticulture Sector
      914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure the survival of growers such as in the case of a company (details supplied) given the impact of increases in fuel...
    • Rural Schemes
      915. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Leader Programme 2023 to 2027; the amount of investment that will be available to provide funding in rural...
    • Official Engagements
      916. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken with his counterpart in the United States of America in the past 12 months. [17705/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      917. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average length of time it took to process the Coillte felling licences issued by his Department since 1 January 2022; and if he...
    • Horticulture Sector
      921. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are being considered for fertiliser supply over the summer season considering the finite quantities that are...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      922. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes that are being proposed to solar panel application grants for farm building roofs; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      923. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers now signed to the new organics scheme; the amount of funding on average that is receivable by participating...
    • Agriculture Industry
      924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his understanding of the present activities being undertaken at Waterford Institute of Technology farm research into multi-seed...
    • Forestry Sector
      925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of private sector forest road licences with an attached single consent application that remain to be processed by...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      934. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a person (details supplied) is having difficulty with their current Beef Data and Genomics Programme payment; and...
    • Forestry Sector
      935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the reason for tree felling of mature trees in Barnaslingan Wood; the percentage of trees that are being...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the package of supports recently announced for the pig sector is insufficient; if he will increase the support...
    • Forestry Sector
      937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) has submitted its final report on the review of the legislation and the full examination of the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected timeline and milestones for the development of the deep-water quay at Ros a Mhíl; and if he will make a statement...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that raths, fairy forts or ringforts are not being included in CAP 2023. [18113/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TB eradication scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ANC payments for 2020 and 2021 in respect of a commonage will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Agriculture Industry
      943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been ensured that all beef processors have the facilities in place to honour the commitment in the 2019 Beef Sector...
    • Animal Welfare
      944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that the European Union rules on the protection of animals during transport are adhered to on all live exports...
    • Agriculture Industry
      945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a request by an association (details supplied) for a national register of farm and forestry contractors by his...
    • Food Industry
      946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he and his Department are taking to ensure food supply in Ireland in winter 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that are contained in the new CAP programme for Irish rare breeds (details supplied); and if apart from GLAS, which is...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in areas in which there are a lot of rock outcrops and limestone pavement, such as the Aran Islands, the Burren and Connemara and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each....
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      951. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the resources that are available to improve or maintain community centres for use in providing accommodation to Ukrainian refugees....
    • Community Training Centres
      953. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position with regard to a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff
      954. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff who are presently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in her Department and in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      955. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the allocation of local improvement scheme funding for 2022. [17665/22]
    • Harbours and Piers
      956. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 17 February 2022, the status of the development of Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      957. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are indications of the performance of the recently launched connected hubs app further to the report on the funding for...
    • Departmental Funding
      959. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the first funding allocations will be made from the new Community Centres Investment Fund; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rural Schemes
      961. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way that her Department is supporting research into rural development priorities to ensure effective Government policies,...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      965. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of free Wifi4EU hotspots around the country by county in tabular form; if more of these are planned; and if she will make a...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      967. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement her Department has had with other Departments regarding the retrofitting of older homes and buildings in line with the...
    • Public Participation Networks
      968. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review is planned of the public participation network system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18083/22]
    • Ministerial Staff
      969. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021, broken...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      970. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of her Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      971. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the funding for the connected hubs programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18097/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      972. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to expand the walks scheme including into the Dublin mountains; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      973. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams that are available to invest in infrastructure to improve access for persons with physical disabilities and...
    • Freedom of Information
      974. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      975. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      976. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available to a social enterprise (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [18220/22]
    • Community Development Projects
      977. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Community Centres Investment Fund will be launched; the type of projects that will be eligible; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      979. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of funding allocated to various groups throughout the country under the schemes available through her Department; and...
    • Community Development Projects
      981. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to be in a position to further advance the cause of community development; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Schemes
      985. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which Leader funding continues to be made available through her Department and or local authorities with a view to...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      986. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if in the pursuit of relocated working conditions, it has been found possible to provide the necessary level of IT including broadband...
    • Community Development Projects
      987. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which first funding allocations are anticipated from the new community centres investment fund; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      988. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she can encourage the use of the local improvement scheme by various local authorities in which suitable schemes...
    • Departmental Data
      989. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for local improvement schemes from each local authority received by the appropriate Department in the past...
    • Departmental Schemes
      990. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which various recreational walk schemes throughout the country continue to be expanded by county; and if she will make a...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      992. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to strive for an even spread of development, job locations and digital hubs...
    • Departmental Contracts
      993. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of each....

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