Written answers
Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to extend the timeframe for the reduction in excise duties on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Data
10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the tax receipts for the first quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21166/22]
- Insurance Industry
13. To ask the Minister for Finance if motor insurance premiums are decreasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/22]
- Vacant Properties
17. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is committed to introducing a vacant property tax following the collection of data on vacancy levels under objective 19.12 of Housing for All; and if he...
- Tax Reliefs
21. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider a new tax incentive for start-up businesses in rural towns that are hosting refugees in order to increase employment and job...
- Fiscal Policy
24. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently announced temporary reduction in VAT, excise duty and lump-sum payments are to be paid from a surplus in the public finances or by adding to...
- Tax Code
25. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the tourism and hospitality sector regarding the inflationary impact of increasing the VAT rate from 9% to...
- Tax Exemptions
27. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing a tax exemption for apprenticeship allowances during participants' off-site training; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Data
28. To ask the Minister for Finance the quantum of taxes, by category, that have been warehoused arising from the provisions in the emergency legislation dealing with Covid-19; and if he will...
- Insurance Coverage
32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his work to address the issue of uninsured drivers on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20550/22]
- Cost of Living Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is proposing a mini-budget to address the cost of living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
35. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will end for all recipients on 30 April 2022; the supports that will be available for any sector that continues to be...
- Tax Code
36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with his counterparts in the European Union in order that the VAT treatment of home heating oil in Ireland can be revised, similar to be...
- Housing Schemes
37. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 22 February 2022, the status of the promised review of the help-to-buy scheme; the terms of reference of the...
- Cost of Living Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce further targeted measures to support lower and middle-income families in response to the level of inflation projected for 2022; and if he...
- Inflation Rate
39. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the impact on inflation of the reduction in VAT on gas and electricity to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20564/22]
- Banking Sector
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the support to consumers in rearranging their affairs as banks exit the Irish market; and if he has discussed the matter with the Central...
- Fiscal Policy
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of ongoing discussions on the European Union fiscal rules; the position adopted by the Government on any changes to the fiscal rules; his views on...
- Tax Reliefs
44. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will conclude the review into providing agricultural contractors with a similar status to farmers regarding the carbon tax on green diesel; and if he...
- Financial Services
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which his Department monitors activities in the banking and financial services sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure that...
- Tax Code
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning any new tax measures to address growing income inequality in view of the recent reports of increases in senior executive pay; and if he will...
- Vacant Properties
47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the high residential vacancy rates in parts of Ireland; and if he is considering a new vacant property tax to help tackle the issue of...
- Tax Code
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider, as part of budget 2023, a reduction in VAT on electric vehicles given the European Union's decision to offer member states greater...
- EU Meetings
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recent meeting of the Eurogroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21167/22]
- Insurance Industry
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the burden of insurance costs for the hospitality sector. [21421/22]
- Small and Medium Enterprises
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the creation of new, or repurposing of existing, financial instruments under the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, with regard to...
- Economic Data
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be updating economic forecasts for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/22]
- Tax Data
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenues raised by excise duties to date in 2022; the comparison with the same period in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20529/22]
- Tax Code
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for different criteria under social protection entitlements and taxation in which a cohabiting couple have to be jointly assessed under social...
- Inflation Rate
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which steps can be taken to curb inflation in the short to medium term; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Reliefs
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the eligibility criteria for access to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme were inequitable and needed to be changed; the...
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a 0% VAT rate applied to bikes and e-bikes, including supply, rental and repair, in view of the agreement reached on 7 December 2021 by the...
- Insurance Industry
62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement reforms in view of the increasing cost of insurance premiums; the latest discussions his Department has had on this issue; the bodies or...
- Tax Code
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider closing down tax loopholes such as section 110 that could be utilised by oligarchs and other financially dubious entities; and if he will...
- Tax Reliefs
66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the expansion of the bike to work scheme in order to include businesses set up as sole trader or partnership arrangements, as the scheme currently...
- Tax Code
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the respective European Union and OECD negotiations on a proposed new global minimum corporation tax rate; the estimated cost to the...
- Fiscal Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the most up-to-date projected Exchequer deficit for 2022; the way this compares with the forecasts on budget day; the main reason for the change in forecast;...
- Tax Code
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if a new 30% rate of income tax is being considered by the Government, as announced by the Tánaiste in March 2022; his views on whether the programme for...
- Tax Data
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the VAT reduction to 9% in gas and electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/22]
- Banking Sector
72. To ask the Minister for Finance his interactions with banks (details supplied) since the announcement of their withdrawal from the banking market and with the remaining and receiving banks to...
- Ukraine War
73. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the economic impact of the war on Ukraine on the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20570/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report by the Revenue Commissioners indicating that 641 companies that claimed the €267.8 million in employment wage subsidy scheme...
- Insurance Industry
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on his engagement with the insurance industry to address the difficulties of access to affordable insurance faced by some...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Kerry County Council has approached his Department regarding the possibility of incorporating further walkways and cycleways along the...
- Public Sector Pay
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an assurance to trade unions that public sector pay increases will be at least in line with inflation; and if he will...
- Flood Risk Management
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding interim findings from the slow water project, funded by the OPW and the Environmental Protection Agency, which is...
- Fiscal Data
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of Covid-19 contingency funding that was drawn down in the first three months of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ukraine War
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that public funds are made available for the additional public services posts and resources needed to meet the needs of...
- Public Services Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department is improving citizen support innovation in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Sector Pay
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.90 per hour for all workers in the Civil Service; the estimated cost of...
- Civil Service
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the processes that are in place for the recruitment of persons to positions of Secretary General in Departments: if...
- Fiscal Data
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public expenditure was within profile during the first quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20350/22]
- Flood Risk Management
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there have been any new developments in the implementation of flood defence construction works in the upper Lee and Sullane area in...
- Fiscal Data
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on public expenditure in the first quarter of 2022; the way that it compares with the first quarter of 2021; and if he...
- Ukraine War
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected funding allocation needed to support Ukrainian refugees coming to Ireland in 2022; and the amount of money allocated for...
- Cost of Living Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount he has allocated in expenditure measures to ease cost of living pressures since and including budget 2022; and if he will...
- Public Sector Staff
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to change the recruitment processes for senior public service posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20519/22]
- National Development Plan
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding funding certainty for capital projects in the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Expenditure Policy
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department expect strategically to increase areas of public expenditure that may be suffering in the...
- Flood Risk Management
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works funded by the Office of Public Works on the Womanagh river near Ballymacoda, County Cork within the past 20 years; the amount...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital expenditure to date in 2022 is within profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20515/22]
- Cost of Living Issues
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional measures he will take to reduce the cost of living for workers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ethics in Public Office
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of ethics in public office legislation; when he expects to receive the final review report; the details of any...
- National Development Plan
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of national strategic outcome 2 of the National Development Plan 2021-30; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Sector Pay
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options that are available to Government to address public sector pay claims triggered by a review clause in the current public...
- Flexible Work Practices
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the Civil Service blended working policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21192/22]
- Ukraine War
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Exchequer funding provided by the Government directly or indirectly to Ukraine since the beginning of the recent war; the purposes...
- Departmental Properties
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received and considered an application from a club (details supplied) to purchase State-owned lands adjacent to...
- Public Procurement Contracts
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department measures the penetration of green procurement within total procurement; the estimated penetration levels achieved; and...
- Ukraine War
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding he is allocating to support Government initiatives that are helping Ukraine and the Ukrainian people; and if he...
- National Development Plan
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of any review being undertaken by his Department on the national development plan in view of the marked increase in...
- Cost of Living Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the recently announced measures to tackle the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Development Plan
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department is undertaking to deal with construction inflation and the impact that this is having on State projects...
- Protected Disclosures
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the inclusion of a stepped procedure for public whistleblowers in the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022...
- Lobbying Reform
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he proposes to change the laws around lobbying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/22]
- Public Sector Staff
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the independent review panel into recruitment processes for senior public service posts; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Procurement Contracts
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on recent reports that he is considering increasing payments to building contractors on fixed-price public works contracts; if...
- Information and Communications Technology
132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department is supporting digital transformation in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20329/22]
- Heritage Sites
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the visitor centre at the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge, County Meath has not been reopened to the public; the number...
- Departmental Funding
135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received and considered an application from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or the...
- National Lottery
137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the allocation and utilisation of national lottery funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20328/22]
- Information and Communications Technology
138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on Connecting Government 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20335/22]
- Flood Risk Management
139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the OPW is taking in collaboration with the EPA to identify nature-based solutions to develop catchment management measures to...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Environmental Policy
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to the impact of fast fashion on human...
- Wind Energy Generation
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which investment in wind turbines that are capable of producing electricity in the short term can be...
- Electricity Supply Board
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has spoken with the chairperson of the ESB (details supplied) to date in 2022. [21494/22]
- Environmental Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the SEAI grant will be extended to include assistance for those installing wood pellet stoves; the reason wood...
- Departmental Schemes
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an anomaly will be corrected in which two tenants (details supplied) who have separate pre-pay power metres and who...
- Environmental Schemes
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the operation of SEAI retrofitting...
- Air Quality
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the agency that has the responsibility for the ban on burning smoky fuel in designated towns; the number of any...
- Turf Cutting
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons (details supplied) can continue to cut and sell turf after September 2022. [21556/22]
- Hedge Cutting
153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a landowner who has cleaned their overgrown hedgeways can burn the old debris from the hedgeways; and if he will...
- Departmental Transport
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in his allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if he will...
- Fuel Poverty
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of the implementation of the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty 2016-2019; when the review will...
- Water Quality
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the water quality in lakes (details supplied) in County Cavan is being actively monitored; if so, if he will provide...
- Air Quality
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures that will be introduced to prevent the supply of a product in this State (details supplied) in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has consulted with his ministerial colleagues at the Department of Finance and the Department of the Environment, Climate and...
- Bus Services
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority can dictate the precise timings of a public service obligation-funded bus service to an operator; the...
- Driver Licences
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on allowing those born in Northern Ireland and who hold Irish citizenship to use Ireland as their place of birth on their...
- National Car Test
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report current waiting times for an NCT appointment in each of the NCT centres in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available from his Department for road safety measures and pedestrian crossings. [21568/22]
- Departmental Transport
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in his allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if he will provide the make and...
- Department of Finance
- Commissions of Investigation
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the...
- National Asset Management Agency
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of development land in hectares held by NAMA for which NAMA had an interest or by which NAMA loans were secured and which were sold by NAMA in each...
- Banking Sector
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the considerable difficulties being encountered by customers across the country who are seeking to change their bank...
- Customs and Excise
168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of posted parcels that originated outside the European Union that were rejected by customs and returned to the sender in 2021; the steps that are...
- Inflation Rate
169. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to examine the contributory factors to inflation; the extent to which each and any can be controlled; and...
- Economic Data
172. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland’s economy continues to compete with other European economies inside and outside the eurozone; and if he will make a...
- House Prices
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which efforts are in place to curtail the upward spiral of inflation affecting house prices; the extent of the measures anticipated to control...
- Cost of Living Issues
177. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can continue to take measures to control the cost of living without contributing to inflation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the OECD agreement on corporation profits tax remains; if attempts in some European countries to derail the proposal are ongoing; and if...
- Insurance Industry
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market has since its establishment considered the difficulty in accessing home and property insurance...
- Banking Sector
184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion of the Governor of the Central Bank that the retail banks are not ready to cope with the additional workload that will result from...
- Tax Credits
185. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria that are used in assessing the incapacitated child tax credit regarding the requirement in cases in which there is a reasonable expectation that...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
187. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which home borrowers in Ireland have to pay higher interest rates than many of their counterparts throughout the European Union; if these issues...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider making the Covid pandemic bonus available to all other sectors that were dealing directly with the public during...
- Public Expenditure Policy
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he proposes to continue to use reform as a means of controlling costs in this jurisdiction for the foreseeable...
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if reform will play a central role in the context of national wage agreements in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the progress of Government contracts, with particular reference to the need to...
- Public Expenditure Policy
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the concept of reform continues to be applied across all Departments with a view to ensuring best practice, value...
- National Development Plan
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects all Government projects to continue to be completed on time and within budget; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Transport
200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to convert the ministerial allocation of vehicles to electric vehicles. [21617/22]
- Flood Risk Management
201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to trial natural flood management as part of flood relief schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of fees or payments provided to social media influencers, media personalities and retired sportspersons, respectively,...
- Departmental Transport
204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in her allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if she will provide the make...
- Sports Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to a series of parliamentary questions in respect of a grant for a sports club (details supplied) in County Kildare, if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wildlife Protection
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of staff who have been recruited for the wildlife crime unit; when the staff will be in place; the roles...
- Renewable Energy Generation
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of the seafood offshore renewable energy working group; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Transport
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in his allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if he will provide the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21490/22]
- Ukraine War
216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if sexual and reproductive health and rights have been integrated into Ireland’s humanitarian response in Ukraine; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Transport
218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in his allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if he will provide the make and model of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Admissions
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of school places in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21498/22]
- School Transport
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that bus drivers over 70 years of age with the relevant full licences are not allowed to drive on contracted school bus services for...
- Schools Building Projects
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a successful contractor has been appointed to a school (details supplied); if so, when work will commence; the expected finishing date for...
- Departmental Transport
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in her allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if she will provide the make and model of...
- Road Safety
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council is refusing all new applications for traffic wardens. [21623/22]
- Public Sector Pay
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the need to provide pay parity between teachers who...
- School Transport
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided for a sector (details supplied) in view of increased costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21648/22]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options that are available to a person (details supplied) who does not meet the requirements for the free travel card;...
- Social Welfare Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the domiciliary care allowance increased to €330 per month; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for assistance with the payment of funeral expenses in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Children in Care
233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost per week for children between 12 and 17 years of age who are in Tusla children's residential care; and...
- International Protection
234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the issue of payments by the State to families who are hosting refugees from Ukraine...
- Departmental Transport
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in his allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if he will...
- Childcare Services
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of childcare costs for each provider (details supplied), in tabular form. [21632/22]
- Equal Opportunities Employment
237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target set for public service employment for persons with a disability; the date by which same is to be...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of facilities (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21515/22]
- Further and Higher Education
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in carrying out of a cost-benefit analysis in relation to the expansion of the footprint of Waterford Institute of...
- Third Level Costs
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will consider additional financial support for postgraduate students; the minimal level of support individual universities can...
- Departmental Transport
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in his allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if he will provide the make and model of...
- Further and Higher Education
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explore options to allow students in Northern Ireland to receive full access to the Erasmus programme; and if he will make a statement...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an apprentice employer grant application by a person (details supplied); if assistance will be provided in relation to same; and if...
- Education and Training Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the shortage of safe pass courses. [21652/22]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Limerick Garda division as of 30 April 2020 and 19 April 2022, in tabular...
- Naturalisation Applications
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21501/22]
- Family Reunification
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if requested documentation from a person (details supplied) has been received given that they have yet to receive a response or...
- Residency Permits
251. 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 a residency permit card renewal in the case...
- Citizenship Applications
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of applications for citizenship in the case of persons (details...
- Legislative Measures
254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that current legislation is sufficient to deal with the growing use of nitrous oxide as a psychotropic; if...
- Data Protection
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or officials have had any discussion with the Data Protection Commission on the implication of new technology...
- Visa Agreements
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immigrant investor programme visas her Department has cancelled and revoked since the scheme was introduced to...
- An Garda Síochána
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that it is necessary to get separate Garda clearance certificates for multiple activities within a calendar year...
- Departmental Transport
258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of electric vehicles andor hybrid vehicles in the allocation of ministerial vehicles that are vehicles from the...
- Alcohol Sales
259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to concerns raised by local publicans and vintners' representatives in respect of the Sale of Alcohol Bill...
- Department of Health
- Health Service Executive
260. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will advertise a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north Tipperary area of the HSE mid-west region; and if...
- Emergency Departments
261. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a self-harm protocol for patients presenting with self-harm injuries at each emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time epidermolysis bullosa outreach nurses working in the public health service as of 1 April 2020, 1 April 2021 and 1 April 2022; and the...
- Abortion Services
263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring an immediate end to permitting remote-consultation home abortions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21500/22]
- Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a critical health service (details supplied) is no longer available in County Leitrim; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty this...
- Mental Health Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times to be seen by CAMHS in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the current number of young persons on waiting lists in both counties....
- Health Services Staff
266. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies across the HSE in County Roscommon; the area each vacancy relates to; and the length of time each position has been vacant, in...
- Medicinal Products
267. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of HRT medication for women in this country at the present time. [21510/22]
- Health Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per adult between 18 and 23 years of age on the step down programme. [21512/22]
- Medical Cards
270. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered on compassionate grounds; and the options that are available to them. [21516/22]
- Disease Management
271. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to an urgent matter in relation to the case of a child (details supplied) with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to transfer a patient (details supplied) with significant additional needs to a nursing home given that a nursing home environment...
- Suicide Prevention
273. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for suicide prevention services in CHO 8 and in County Louth, respectively, from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [21545/22]
- Emergency Departments
276. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated direct and indirect impact on mortality rate of patient experience times for emergency department admissions in excess of 12, 24 and 36 hours, in...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
277. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to provide access to the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on...
- Hospital Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of Parkinson's disease nurse specialist in University Hospital Galway will be advertised; the interim measures that will be put in place prior to...
- Research Funding
279. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding and grants that have been provided to third level institutions in the past ten years to date in 2022 for research and development...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for Freestyle Libre device with immediate effect following the recent survey by an organisation (details...
- Alcohol Pricing
284. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21642/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an obligation will be placed on collectors through the subvention scheme for them to pay knackeries and the licensing system to...
- Forestry Sector
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry application (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21535/22]
- Departmental Transport
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in his allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if he will provide the make and...
- Animal Welfare
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider putting an obligation on collectors through the subvention scheme that they pay knackeries and the...
- Farm Costs
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been discussions at European Union level in relation to the need to provide assistance to farmers to mitigate the very...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht
290. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development an bhfuil sí sásta an deontas fostaíochta faoin gClár Seirbhísí Pobail (CSP) a ardú go 100% de na...
- Rural Schemes
291. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Leader programme administrators in County Kildare who are concerned...
