Written answers
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committees
28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [17875/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Relations
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to support the industrial relations provisions in respect of pension entitlements referral of the retired...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Inland Fisheries
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the commission on all moneys collected by fishing licence distributers will be reviewed; and if he will consider a...
- Renewable Energy Generation
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will undertake a study into all the renewable energy options available to Ireland to examine the infrastructure...
- Post Office Network
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that have been taken to tackle the staff shortages and delays experienced by An Post (details supplied); and...
- Departmental Consultations
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a response will issue to the concerns raised by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Turf Cutting
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarification will be provided regarding proposed regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the reopening of the restaurant and other facilities at Cavan bus station that have been closed to the public since the...
- National Car Test
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action proposed to be taken by his Department to reduce the waiting times for cars to be assessed for NCT tests; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21346/22]
- Driver Licences
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving licence records can be retrieved from the relevant local authority for information in relation to a licence, as in the case of...
- Electric Vehicles
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle charging points that have been installed by Cork County Council over the past five years; and if he will...
- Local Authorities
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the repayment of moneys owing to a county council (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
73. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the 2022 Research and Development Tax Credit Statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21353/22]
- Tax Reliefs
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the tuition tax relief for undergraduate courses in public higher institutes of education; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the current tax regime for exchange-traded funds in Ireland including the higher than previous tax rate applied to gains and the approach...
- Inflation Rate
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated level of inflation for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/22]
- Tax Reliefs
77. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 22 February 2022, the status of the review of the disabled drivers and passengers' scheme; and if he will make a...
- Rental Sector
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a scheme to counter the increase in rent to supplement those who are struggling due to the recent surge in the cost of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered cutting contributory public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21298/22]
- Legislative Measures
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for all the Financial Emergency Measures in Public Interests legislation restoration dates over the remainder of 2022; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Generation
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the persons and companies that have received licences for potential offshore wind development, specifically the relevant...
- Housing Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan applications that have been received by all local authorities since the scheme was...
- Homeless Accommodation
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a national policy on whether those staying in a hostel have a right to notice of eviction in relation to privately...
- Housing Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is envisaged that the required regulations setting out the detailed criteria of the local authority affordable purchase...
- Housing Policy
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish his review of the income limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21375/22]
- State Bodies
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the performance of all of the members of the Board of An Bord Pleanála; if he is satisfied that...
- Traveller Accommodation
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which moneys earmarked for housing expenditure for the Travelling community have been expended to date in 2022;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications currently with the Passport Office from persons from Cork. [21299/22]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or any organisations under his remit have purchased services from or otherwise sought to use technology developed and-or sold...
- Departmental Properties
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will sign over ownership of the military barracks in Nenagh, which is in a dilapidated state, to Tipperary County Council in order that it...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to address the lack of secondary school places in Dublin 12 for students with autism. [21296/22]
- Schools Building Projects
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21323/22]
- Special Educational Needs
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the visiting teacher availability from September 2022 for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21394/22]
- Schools Building Projects
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the new post-primary schools for Ballycullen and Citywest, Dublin; if a school (details supplied) will be vacating the site...
- Disadvantaged Status
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstance under which a school (details supplied) in County Offaly failed to be included on the recent list of schools receiving DEIS...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an invalidity pension application in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Citizens Information Services
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the citizens information centre in Rathmines, Dublin 6 is due to be closed; and, if so, the proposed future changes to the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient contributions to qualify for benefits while being unfit for work; and the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in regard to an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) who has...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the gross total spend to date by IPAS on privately owned accommodation (details supplied) as part of its...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to streamline the safepass renewal process to remove the requirement for renewal courses given that under the Further Education and...
- Further and Higher Education
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual cost of studying part-time at 'undergraduate and postgraduate level in public institutes of higher education; the total number...
- Third Level Fees
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing part-time undergraduate and below course fees by €500, €1000 and abolishing them completely in public...
- Departmental Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total current reserve of the National Training Fund at the end of 2021; the projected expenditure and income to the fund for 2022; and if he...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated total capital expenditure on further education, the technological sector and universities in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Third Level Costs
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 1% increase in the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21315/22]
- Departmental Contracts
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or any organisations under her remit have purchased services from, or otherwise sought to use, technology...
- Residency Permits
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21338/22]
- International Protection
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers awaiting entry into the international protection system; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of persons (details supplied); if an application...
- Control of Firearms
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has progressed plans to formulate a committee to review existing legislation relating to the control of firearms; and if...
- Naturalisation Applications
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Department of Health
- Medical Cards
131. To ask the Minister for Health the way that a person (details supplied) can access an S1 form for the purpose of applying for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
132. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in south Kerry CAMHS offered to return to CAMHS on a temporary basis until a full-time consultant psychiatrist was appointed; if...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21309/22]
- Disease Management
138. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the introduction of a national diabetes register considering that the lack of a register has made it difficult for policy...
- Dental Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of ensuring access for medical card holders to dental care; the steps that are being taken to ensure that dentists are providing services to medical...
- Nursing Homes
142. To ask the Minister for Health when arrears for nursing home care for 31 January to 29 March 2022 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disease Management
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being seen at Huntington’s disease weekly clinics; the way that multidisciplinary care is provided for these patients; the...
- Care of the Elderly
152. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal scheme to be applied to care in the home will be rolled out definitively, especially in the CHO 5 area in which persons with life-limiting...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a new publicly owned elective hospital being located in the mid-west. [21385/22]
- Birth Certificates
155. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to reduce delays in granting birth certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21387/22]
- Hospital Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the staffing allocation for the room at the emergency department at Tipperary University Hospital that is specifically for patients presenting...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he discussed the critically important need for an elective-only hospital for mid-west region with the executive management team of University Hospital...
- Departmental Policies
158. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 24 February 2022, the status of the feasibility study into remunerating service user family member carers. [21415/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
159. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time to see a respiratory consultant at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21428/22]
- Hospital Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant respiratory consultant posts at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21443/22]
- Gender Recognition
161. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements that his Department is making in the area of healthcare for transgender persons; his views on the current waiting time of over two and a half...
- Health Service Executive
162. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 29 March 2022, the total cost to the HSE of its use of Garnish House to date, including cleaning, insurance,...
- General Practitioner Services
164. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the lack of general practitioner surgeries in north-west Dublin taking on new private patients; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
165. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised given the extensive and comprehensive documentation provided. [21466/22]
- National Maternity Hospital
166. To ask the Minister for Health the way the clinical appropriateness of a service is to be determined and by whom, given the agreement reached in respect of the proposed constitution of the...
