Written answers
Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Support Services
8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in each of counties Offaly, Laois, Longford and Westmeath that have applied for funding under the Irish...
- Freight Sector
9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to decarbonise the freight sector as part of the Strategic Objective 2 of the recently published Mid-West...
- Industrial Development
12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant industrial buildings in Shannon, County Clare at this time; and the measures that his Department, in conjunction...
- Employment Rights
16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the progress made to date or planned in enacting legislation to protect workers in cases of mass redundancies...
- Industrial Development
17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the Mid-West region of the IDA Strategy - Driving...
- Enterprise Support Services
18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a county breakdown of the 125 start-ups that were supported by Enterprise Ireland in 2021; and if he will make a statement...
- Work Permits
19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that are being taken to clear the current backlog for work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25213/22]
- Job Creation
20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the measures the Government is taking regarding job creation in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make...
- Industrial Development
21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an overview of the composition and terms of reference for the new Shannon Estuary Taskforce. [25010/22]
- Employment Rights
22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice in which employers that pay top-up to maternity benefit can force an employee who...
- Industrial Development
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the number of jobs supported by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland in Dublin during 2021. [25245/22]
- Employment Rights
25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when we can expect to see his Department's legislation to provide hospitality workers with a legal right to their tips, service...
- Departmental Consultations
26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had in 2021 and to date in 2022 with the Department of Foreign Affairs with regard to the second...
- Energy Prices
27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to support businesses that have been impacted by the increasing energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to put the Digital Services Act on a legislative footing in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Living Wage
29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's plans for a living wage to be introduced. [25012/22]
- Universal Basic Income
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with the development of a comprehensive policy in relation to a basic income for all; and if he will make a...
- Regional Development
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress following the launch of the West Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024 with specific reference to County...
- Employment Rights
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of legislation to prevent, in the future, a situation similar to that of a company (details...
- Living Wage
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be a public consultation on the living wage; the approach to be taken for its introduction; and if he will make a...
- Job Losses
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to minimise redundancies resulting from the pandemic, war in the Ukraine and spiralling inflation;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the online retail scheme; the amount of funding that has been allocated to the scheme since its inception; and if he...
- Employment Rights
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the operation of the Right to Disconnect code of practice since its introduction in April 2021; and if he will...
- Departmental Policies
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policy solutions or mitigation measures that his Department is considering to ease the impact of current supply chain issues...
- Industrial Development
41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the South-West region of the IDA Strategy - Driving...
- Low Pay
42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the report received by the Low Wage Commission. [25371/22]
- Industrial Development
43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the mid-east region of the IDA Strategy - Driving...
- Exports Growth
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the main location for Irish trading destinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25202/22]
- Flexible Work Practices
45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to assist private sector employers to support employees working from home and digital co-working hubs in...
- Industrial Development
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the south-east region of the IDA Strategy - Driving...
- Consumer Protection
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress his Department has made in transposing EU legislation, such as Council Directive 2019/2161, in the area of consumer...
- Departmental Policies
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on Government support for sectors of the economy impacted by the war in the Ukraine. [25244/22]
- Foreign Direct Investment
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of existing strategies and plans in his Department or connected state and semi-state agencies to attract investment into...
- Industrial Development
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA offices worldwide; if the number and location are reviewed in order as to identify and fill gaps; and if he will...
- Work Permits
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request that his Department place speech and language therapists on the critical skills list; and if he will make a...
- Low Pay
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he had concluded his consideration of the report on the living wage from the Low Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on...
- Company Law
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the operation of the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process since its introduction. [24955/22]
- Low Pay
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 26 April 2022, the status of the consideration by his Department of the report and...
- heading
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline when the IDA intends to visit County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25292/22]
- Enterprise Support Services
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when improved financial supports will be introduced to assist in the development of enterprise centres in view of their importance in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the online retail scheme funding of €9.3 million to be allocated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Directives
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that due diligence obligations under the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive should be extended along the...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the top competitiveness challenges for small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25378/22]
- Joint Labour Committees
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that the decision to reduce the VAT rate for the hospitality sector to 9% until 2023 is conditional on obliging...
- Enterprise Support Services
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the disbursement of the trading online voucher scheme for 2021; the amount of funding and number of recipients...
- EU Directives
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that human rights defenders should be named stakeholders in Irish national mandatory human rights and environmental due...
- Enterprise Support Services
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the number of companies in each of counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford that have applied for funding...
- Living Wage
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main challenges to be overcome in the development of a living wage; and if this concept includes terms of access to protection and...
- Work Permits
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a minimum time can be achieved for the processing of applications for work permits for non-European Union workers particularly in...
- Data Centres
69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to implement the Government statement on the role of data centres in Ireland’s enterprise policy;...
- Foreign Direct Investment
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which foreign direct investment continues to be a stable feature of our economy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Rights
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to address Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland being frozen out the the job market in the south with some...
- Human Rights
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he raised human rights with his Colombian counterparts, or any other stakeholders, during his March 2022 visit to Colombia; and if...
- Employment Rights
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that non-adherence to Employment Regulation Orders are a problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25345/22]
- Health and Safety
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that is being made in relation to legislation or regulation to give workers the right to clean air at the workplace....
- Enterprise Support Services
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his further plans to assist the self-employed and small business owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25236/22]
- Low Pay
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the second instalment of the Central Statistics Office’s Personal and Work-Life Balance Survey 2021 which found...
- Living Wage
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to publish the report on the introduction of a living wage submitted by the Low Pay Commission; and if he will make a...
- Employment Support Services
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s engagement with the Department of Social Protection in terms of assisting people with the transition from...
- Work Permits
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request his Department to place psychologists on the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Development
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding a new IDA advance technology building for Kerry Technology Park; and if he will make a statement on...
- Regional Development
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the West region of the IDA Strategy - Driving...
- Industrial Development
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will liaise with the IDA regarding further development of a site in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
- Regional Development
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the Midlands region of the IDA Strategy - Driving...
- Energy Prices
86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given for supports for businesses to assist with their rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement...
- Labour Market
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out research on the impact on the labour market if stamp two visa holders whose visas expire on 31 May...
- Regional Development
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on the new Regional Enterprise Plan for counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Industrial Development
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA commitment to deliver an Advanced Building Solution in Longford town; and if he will make a...
- Data Centres
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 7 April 2022, the status of the work to revise the Government Statement on the Role of Data...
- Job Creation
91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will discuss the engagements his Department has had with the offshore wind sector and the potential for job creation identified...
- Enterprise Policy
92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the mechanisms that exist to co-ordinate and support Irish businesses to help contribute to national climate...
- EU Directives
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that the scope of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive should be widened, given that under the current...
- Living Wage
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress of the Programme for Government commitment to progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the University of Limerick’s development plans for the portion of its campus which is located in County...
- Further and Higher Education
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to upskill and retrain women who are unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24951/22]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the rates of pay for turner fitter engineer apprentices, which are currently the lowest paid apprenticeships; and if he will...
- Further and Higher Education
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 8 March 2022, if the draft review by the expert panel on the further education and training funding...
- Research and Development
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail progress regarding the development of the next National Research and Innovation Strategy, including timeline and expected...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline progress in establishing the new national apprenticeship office and the national apprenticeship alliance; and if he will make...
- Further and Higher Education
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the threshold of incomes that apply to SUSI applications; his plans to reverse recent changes which may exclude more students...
- Technological Universities
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase research and development funding in the coming years following the establishment of the Atlantic Technological University...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to locate an apprenticeship centre of excellence in Drogheda, County Louth that would serve a satellite hub to DKIT; and if he will...
- Further and Higher Education
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work to increase SUSI eligibility for students that hold stamp 4 visas in view of the debate in Dáil Éireann on 8...
- Technological Universities
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when technological university funding status will be given equal standing to NUI universities. [25374/22]
- Further and Higher Education
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the new National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Education
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide updated details on his Department’s work to identify the prevalence and type of drug use among the third-level student...
- Further and Higher Education
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for addressing the funding gap of €307 million in higher education outlined in the recently publish future funding proposal;...
- Technological Universities
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding to build a new student services building at Munster Technological University, Tralee to enhance the student experience...
- Further and Higher Education
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the high-level Higher Education Reform Implementation Review Group; the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the...
- Student Accommodation
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the supply of affordable on campus accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25247/22]
- Third Level Fees
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the fees for all post-graduate psychology courses and ensure that funding and supports are provided in order that more students...
- Further and Higher Education
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of students from DEIS areas entering further and or higher education. [24870/22]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the importance of apprenticeships in society moving forward; the steps that his Department is taking to address...
- Further and Higher Education
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that he will ensure that any increase in funding to the higher education sector is translated into better employment conditions for the...
- Technological Universities
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his plans to ensure Dundalk Institute of Technology becomes a technological university; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Accommodation
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of on-campus student accommodation or accommodation owned by institutes of higher education that have been added to the system in the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered an increase to apprenticeship rates given the rising cost of living. [25373/22]
- Further and Higher Education
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s strategy to support a change in the cultural norm in which bullying and sexual harassment are not tolerated in the...
- Third Level Education
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to improve access to third-level education across the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25204/22]
- Further and Higher Education
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that his Department is taking to increase diversity within the medical profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25285/22]
- Third Level Education
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that third-level educational institutions provide teaching and learning materials online, including lecture...
- Technological Universities
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the technological university status bid of Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25341/22]
- Further and Higher Education
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail any work his Department is undertaking to analyse the reason the numbers qualifying for SUSI grants has fallen over recent...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the roll-out of public sector apprenticeships and the sectors in which further progress will be made. [25377/22]
- Further and Higher Education
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure in Budget 2023 that there are enhanced mental health services across all further and higher education and apprenticeship...
- Research and Development
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand research grants or to develop new strategies and plans in relation to the energy generation in Ireland in line with his...
- Further and Higher Education
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of psychologists entering the workplace. [24869/22]
- Third Level Education
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering making more third-level education places available to accommodate the increasing numbers of Ukrainians entering Ireland; and...
- Further and Higher Education
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the development of an educational setting (details supplied) in Cavan town as a hub for further education and training. [25106/22]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to ensure a sufficient number of trained construction workers through apprenticeships; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Education
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future plans his Department has to improve the access to third level education for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail progress on Budget 2022 apprenticeship commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25274/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Labour Market
189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which his Department is taking to address labour shortages within sectors of the economy; and if he will make a statement...
- Employment Rights
190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress from his interactions with a company (details supplied) in relation to workers’ rights; if he...
- Regional Development
191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that central Government will deliver economic growth to ensure regional balanced development. [22006/22]
- Enterprise Support Services
192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered the provision of funding for chambers across Ireland to hire administrative staff to help local...
- Enterprise Policy
194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline Ireland's strategic plans to develop the fintech and agritech sectors respectively; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Properties
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date...
- Health and Safety
196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unannounced Health and Safety Authority inspections in approved meat processing plants in each of the past five years...
- Flexible Work Practices
198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which working from home and from the workplace arrangements have been sufficiently co-ordinated, in order to ensure the...
- Enterprise Policy
199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which plans are afoot to meet the challenges and needs of industry, with particular reference to ensuring that the...
- Job Creation
201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to reach the necessary targets in job creation to ensure full employment and...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the level of support for small and medium-sized enterprises continues; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continues to monitor foreign direct investment here, with particular reference to any...
- Labour Market
204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the number of potential employees in County Kildare and throughout the country continues to be sufficient to meet...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Prices
205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has reviewed the treatment of full-time residents in mobile homes who have been unable to access the...
- Energy Conservation
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the introduction of a scrappage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Properties
207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five...
- Energy Conservation
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an energy conservation grant to facilitate window replacement can be made in the case of a person (details...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions that are in place to address the delay in providing NCT appointments (details supplied); and if he plans to provide an...
- Bus Éireann
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding has been provided to Bus Éireann due to the rising cost of fuels; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional funding that has been provided to Local Link services to deal with the rising cost of fuel; the formula that was used to...
- Driver Licences
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Ukrainian persons who have moved to Ireland, due to the war there, can drive here on their Ukrainian licences; if not, if they will...
- National Car Test
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that car owners in Cork should take in cases in which their NCT has expired and they cannot make a booking for an NCT until...
- Electric Vehicles
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the support scheme for chauffeurs to bring fully-electric vehicles into their fleet has been reduced or suspended; if those now-buying...
- Departmental Properties
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in...
- Public Transport
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has been engaging in the dispute between Galway coach station and private coach operators that use the station; the...
- Department of Finance
- Job Creation
217. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of jobs expected to be created in the wake of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25621/22]
- Primary Medical Certificates
218. To ask the Minister for Finance the current situation of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of the refusal of a primary medical certificate. [25436/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
219. To ask the Minister for Finance if those who have already received the pandemic special recognition payment are not subject to income tax on the €1,000 payment even though the...
- Tax Code
220. To ask the Minister for Finance the benefit conferred on persons with respect to the expansion of the debt warehousing scheme for directors and employees with material interest, impacted by...
- Departmental Properties
222. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022. [25587/22]
- Tax Collection
223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households that did not complete the self-reporting local property tax survey on vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25608/22]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flexible Work Practices
225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 26 April 2022, the way that flexi-leave will be taken into account for those who work less...
- Flood Risk Management
226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department received additional documentation relating to a project (details supplied); and when a decision on same will be...
- Office of Public Works
227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the absence of electronic payment at some OPW sites nationwide; the number of such locations; when electronic payment...
- National Monuments
228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding the erection of a State monument in honour of a person (details supplied); if he will provide details...
- Departmental Properties
230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Quality
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific measures and metrics used to categorise surface waters as high, good, moderate, poor or bad for the European...
- Defective Building Materials
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the defective concrete blocks remediation Bill to come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a...
- Rental Sector
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a further roll-out of rent-pressure zones to large urban centres such as Ennis and Shannon, in view of the...
- Housing Schemes
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when guidelines will be given to the local authorities regarding the changes being made to the tenant purchase scheme; and if...
- Housing Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the public service benchmarking exercise used in bundles 1 and 2 of the social housing public private...
- Defective Building Materials
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of IS 465 is expected to be complete; and if the enhanced defective block remediation scheme can be open to...
- Planning Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all members of An Bord Pleanála and the name of each prescribed body they were nominated by...
- Construction Industry
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations that are in place for an industry (details supplied) in view of an issue which occurred; if self-regulation is...
- Environmental Policy
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to encourage local authorities to restrict their usage of glyphosate. [25577/22]
- Defective Building Materials
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been submitted in County Mayo under a scheme (details supplied); the number of...
- Departmental Properties
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to...
- Water Services
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make special arrangements to fund the early upgrade of a water scheme (details supplied) the which currently...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application by a person (details supplied) considering that although a status update was provided...
- International Relations
246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the difference between breaches of international law by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and those by Israel as part of its...
- Passport Services
248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a resubmission link will be forwarded to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25438/22]
- Foreign Birth Registration
249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of processing the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry; when an application will be processed for a person...
- Passport Services
254. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that are currently outstanding for persons residing in County Limerick in tabular form. [25502/22]
- International Relations
261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise concerns with the Chinese authorities following the recent arrest of a person (details supplied) in Hong Kong under...
- Departmental Properties
263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022....
- Passport Services
264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that the original passport book was sought from the parent (details supplied) of a minor for a passport application considering...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Properties
269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022....
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a late application for a post-primary-school-transport grant will be accepted from a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order that it can increase the number of places in specific learning...
- School Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order that it can roll-out the leaving certificate applied course for...
- School Site Acquisition
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that her Department is taking to work with the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage and Fingal County Council to resolve...
- School Staff
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be in place in summer 2022 for school secretaries and caretakers to be paid and that the practice of requiring these...
- School Site Acquisition
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the site acquisition process for a school (details supplied) since it was initiated; if she will provide all of the reports and...
- Special Educational Needs
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the controversy over the refusal of an early intervention centre for autism in a school (details supplied);...
- School Site Acquisition
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that her Department is taking to work with the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage and Fingal County Council to resolve...
- Schools Building Projects
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a site acquisition for a new school building for a school (details supplied); the stage that matters are at with purchasing...
- State Examinations
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process in obtaining an exemption from Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25519/22]
- Departmental Properties
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under her Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022....
- Special Educational Needs
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional financial resources, both current and capital, are being provided in 2022 to enable the provision of additional special classes at...
- School Site Acquisition
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the full purchase of the land relating to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport might be provided or restored in the case of a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Facilities
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 966 of 26 April 2022, if there are requirements for existing as opposed to new-build schools to have space...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance reviews that have been commenced in 2022; the number completed and the number in cases...
- Social Welfare Schemes
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing each weekly social welfare scheme by €1 per week in tabular form. [25465/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of including carer's allowance as a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance. [25467/22]
- Social Welfare Schemes
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reintroducing the State pension transition scheme for 65 year olds. [25471/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the current weekly means testing amount of €120 qualifying to qualify for...
- Departmental Consultations
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is working with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the relevant agencies to provide opportunities...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the issuing a new PPSN for a person (details supplied); when their Public Services Card will issue; and if she...
- Social Welfare Payments
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Ukrainian persons who have moved to Ireland because of the war there and who are applying for the jobseeker’s...
- Employment Schemes
306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering waiving the condition of being on jobseeker’s allowance for at least one year in relation to...
- Social Welfare Payments
307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for the domiciliary care allowance annually between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2021,...
- Departmental Properties
308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under her Department’s control for the past five years...
- Social Welfare Benefits
309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Payments
310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the supplementary welfare allowance of a person (details supplied) of no fixed abode will be restored; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of payment available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25645/22]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Early Childhood Care and Education
312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the early childhood education and care sector will have its funding increased in line with the inflation...
- Departmental Properties
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is taking to address the backlog in craft apprenticeships, such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, joinery...
- Third Level Education
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that his Department is making to provide increased capacity in third-level education for the core specialist professions...
- Further and Higher Education
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the student involvement that he envisages in testing the value of spending in higher and further education as he plans to increase investment in...
- Departmental Properties
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which extra apprenticeship places are being created and available throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further and Higher Education
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which higher-education grants or registration fees are being monitored with a view to ensuring smooth and ready access to third and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- United Nations
332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has yet to ratify the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; and if she will make a...
- Crime Prevention
333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government plans to introduce tighter legislation to curb dog theft; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Travel Documents
334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding travel documents for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
- Residency Permits
335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25488/22]
- Citizenship Applications
336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [25499/22]
- Direct Provision System
337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that was used by her Department in 2000 when the decision was taken to commence the direct provision system; the...
- Ukraine War
338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons who have moved to Ireland recently from Ukraine, due to the war there, can leave the State and return at-will...
- Departmental Properties
339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under her Department’s control for the past five years to...
- Residency Permits
340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the adjudication of the case for residency status and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) can be...
- Immigration Status
341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and potential for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
342. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1328 of 26 April 2022, the exact details of completed-building works and costs or other works of a premises (details...
- Hospital Appointments Status
344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25417/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25424/22]
- Health Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1374 of 26 April 2022, the progress of the development of thirty integrated care specialist ambulatory care hubs in the...
- Hospital Staff
347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1374 of 26 April 2022, if the 17 whole-time equivalent acute CVD clinical nurse specialists and the 16 consultant...
- Obesity Levels
349. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 11 May 2022, if the specific action discussed at the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group meeting of 24...
- Health Services Staff
350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 11 May 2022, the status of the recruitment of the additional 24 lactation consultants as announced by his...
- Hospital Appointments Status
351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [25437/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
352. To ask the Minister for Health when an person (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus payment [25439/22]
- Health Services Staff
353. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of occupational therapist vacancies within the primary care services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25440/22]
- Hospital Equipment
357. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the replacement of the CT scanner at Mayo University Hospital under the Equipment Replacement Programme 2022; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
358. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a new modified wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25498/22]
- Health Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the HSE funding for a service (details supplied) was reallocated after its closure in 2021 to other services locally; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
360. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date of a person’s appointment (details supplied) in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [25509/22]
- Dental Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices that are signed up to the dental treatment services scheme for the past five years in tabular form, broken down by...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
365. To ask the Minister for Health the status of diagnostic waiting lists by hospital for the latest available date, in tabular form; the comparison with figures at the end of 2021; and if he...
- Departmental Funding
367. To ask the Minister for Health the extent and sub-heads of funding which will be transferred from the Department of Health to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged over 75 years of age who are on acute hospital waiting lists by speciality by hospital in April 2022, in tabular form; and if he...
- Hospital Staff
369. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit additional neurology nurses in the future, as sought by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services
370. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care services will be permitted to continue in respect of a person (details supplied) who is currently incapacitated having undergone surgery, who...
- Health Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to recoup money spent by the family of a person (details supplied); and if he intends to remedy this situation for other families in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
372. To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff who worked in a HSE environment (details supplied) during the pandemic are also entitled to the special recognition payment. [25551/22]
- Health Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that are being made to address the waiting lists to get an appointment to sign a marriage notification and complete all necessary documents with...
- Health Services Staff
374. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department engaged in a meaningful way with representatives of medical laboratory scientists; and the efforts that are being made to revert an...
- Hospital Staff
375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nurses in Tallaght Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25561/22]
- Health Services Staff
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider recognising and permitting non-European Economic Area persons that are qualified to work here, in view of the shortage of fully-qualified...
- Departmental Properties
377. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022. [25590/22]
- Health Services
378. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25599/22]
- Mental Health Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to CAMHS in counties Cork and Kerry in 2021; the amount drawn-down; and the amount spent. [25600/22]
- Health Services
380. To ask the Minister for Health the funding of returns, by CHO of community healthcare in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [25601/22]
- International Agreements
384. To ask the Minister for Health the updated position in relation to a matter (details supplied); if this comes to pass, if will have to come before Cabinet; if it will come before the Houses...
- Departmental Expenditure
385. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding which has been provided by his Department and the HSE to each private voluntary hospital in each of the past 20 years in tabular form....
- Eating Disorders
386. To ask the Minister for Health the overall funding that is provided and the planned investment for the provision of services for eating disorders in each CHO in each of the years 2018 to...
- Medical Cards
387. To ask the Minister for Health when medical card renewal will take place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25643/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
390. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25649/22]
- Disability Services
391. To ask the Minister for Health when additional healthcare professionals (details supplied) will be recruited, in view of long delays in children receiving appropriate...
- Abortion Services
392. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to an issue (details supplied). [25653/22]
- Mental Health Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 of 25 March and 1128 of 2 November 2021, the current projected timeline for the opening of the new national...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Industry
394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25481/22]
- Public Procurement Contracts
398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that he has had with the Office of Public Procurement with regard to the supply of organic milk to public institutions...
- Agriculture Schemes
399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for his Department’s plans to address the forgotten farm issue; if the forgotten farmers will have access to the...
- Tourism Funding
400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are available to local authorities from his Department for the development of marine leisure; the improvements that...
- Animal Diseases
401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials will be carrying out investigations to determine if the wild goat herd in the Burren, County Clare is carrying...
- Agriculture Industry
402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop an agri-tech strategy as part of a farm diversification programme to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will...
- Departmental Properties
403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Flexible Work Practices
404. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure the availability of sufficient applicants for the now readily-available...
- Rural Schemes
406. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether it is fair that for the purposes of the local improvement scheme that all of Dublin is treated as a city and...
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
407. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cé mhéad lá i mbliana nár seoladh an tseirbhís lasta go hInis Meáin de bharr fadhbanna le taoidí...
- Departmental Properties
408. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under her Department’s control for the past five years to date in...
