Written answers
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who were awarded work permits in each of the past three years in tabular form; the number from each country; and...
- Industrial Relations
2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that can be taken to address cases in which recommendations by industrial relations bodies of the State are being ignored...
- Fishing Industry
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to identify and address illegal and unsafe excessive working hours in the fishing industry. [26928/22]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Prices
4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants that are available to schools to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Priorities
6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered issuing a directive to change water storage requirements in Dublin City Council which...
- Environmental Schemes
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been retrofitted in the first four months of 2022. [26741/22]
- Electricity Supply Board
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the completion of new house builds in an area (details supplied) are being delayed due to the...
- Environmental Schemes
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given or will be given to allowing pensioners to apply for the Sustainable Energy Authority of...
- Departmental Policies
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration can be given to the companies that produce the paper cups (details supplied) that he wants to impose...
- Departmental Strategies
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the review of the implementation of the Energy Poverty Strategy 2016-2019; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Air Quality
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the merit of requiring persons to switch-off the engines of their vehicles when queuing in areas in which...
- Public Transport
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of eliminating fares for under 18 years of age on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Electric Vehicles
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a map is available of publicly accessible electric car charging ports in Cork. [26642/22]
- Driver Licences
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options that are available to a person (details supplied) to convert their licences for use in Ireland; the way in which such licences...
- Irish Language
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that new signage in Pearse Station, Dublin 2 and Connolly Station, Dublin 1 is monolingual without any Irish language...
- Driver Test
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rate of all driving test centres in County Donegal in tabular form; and the way this compares to all other centres throughout the...
- Road Projects
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a detailed timeline and breakdown will be provided in respect of the drawdown of funding from his Department to the local authority in...
- National Car Test
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in retest fees by the National Car Test in the past five years to date. [26886/22]
- Public Transport
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the application process for the electric small public service vehicle (eSPSV2) grant scheme will be un-paused to allow for new...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
25. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the terms of the diesel rebate scheme to allow beneficiaries to receive deliveries that are smaller than 2,000 litres; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
26. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns that the current rate of stamp duty applicable to a single residential property is acting as a barrier to the building of a home;...
- Tax Data
27. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue generated from stamp duty in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/22]
- Tax Credits
29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the research and development tax credit rate from 25% to 35%, up to a reasonable threshold; the estimated cost of doing same up...
- Financial Services
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to reform mortgage protection practices to prevent financial institutions putting excessive and unreasonable stipulations on home...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Data
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average annual salary of a person at principal officer level grade. [26617/22]
- Office of Public Works
32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to buildings in County Clare in the ownership of the Office of Public Work in which pyrite has been...
- Public Sector Pensions
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of women who were affected by the marriage bar before it was abolished in 1973; the number of women who have a reduced or no...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the overdue updated wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26583/22]
- Vacant Sites
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on Kildare County Council’s return to his Department regarding the Progress Report on...
- Departmental Policies
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to incentivise right-sizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26603/22]
- Departmental Schemes
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority for home adaptation grants through the housing aid for older people scheme in each...
- Homeless Persons Supports
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding given to the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive in 2021 and 2022, respectively. [26613/22]
- Vacant Properties
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding given to each local authority in 2022 to tackle dereliction. [26616/22]
- Departmental Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available for persons seeking to remove and replace asbestos water tanks from former Cork City council homes....
- Rental Sector
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will expand the rent pressure zone to the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26659/22]
- Special Protection Areas
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review documentation and advise on the assistance that will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Housing Schemes
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress with regard to fixed track ceiling hoists being funded under local authority housing grants; and...
- State Bodies
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that all allegations of conflicts of interest, allegations of inappropriate decisions and behaviour and...
- Housing Schemes
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the details of funded housing programmes including social housing, affordable purchase housing, cost rental...
- Housing Provision
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who has recently gone through a legal separation can qualify for a local authority home loan in order to purchase a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were delayed due to the fact that consent forms could not be verified with the relevant Garda...
- Human Rights
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland has used its position on the United Nations Security Council to raise the situation of Palestinian residents in...
- Passport Services
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will complete an investigation into the way that first-time passport applications are screened for processing in view of the recent...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Policies
88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that his Department is taking to reduce this nation’s dependence on the UK to defend our sovereignty particularly now when we...
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of running a leaving certificate helpline for the entire duration of the school year in conjunction with the National...
- Education Costs
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current level of capitation per pupil at primary and at secondary level; the expected level of capitation that will be provided to schools per...
- School Staff
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs currently employed. [26571/22]
- Schools Building Projects
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made with the building of a new school at a location (details supplied); the projected date for opening; and if she...
- School Transport
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the revenue raised by charging school transport fees in 2021; the estimated revenue that will be raised in 2022; and if she will make a statement...
- School Accommodation
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) with Deis status; and if she will make a...
- Schools Administration
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the interim upgrade of the payroll system has been completed; the estimated timeframe for when employees and retired teachers will receive...
- School Staff
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to reinstating the fourth junior infant class-teaching post in a school (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Special Educational Needs
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue section 37 (A) of the Education Act 1998 in post-primary schools in Tallaght to increase the capacity of ASD classes (details...
- School Accommodation
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a ASA application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Scoileanna DEIS
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appeal for DEIS status of a school (details supplied) will be determined; if she will set out the criteria used in deciding the original...
- Schools Building Projects
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the estimated start date for the construction of the new...
- Special Educational Needs
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special schools have a high take-up of summer programmes; and if steps can be taken to encourage a higher take-up given that these children...
- Schools Building Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building application (details supplied). [26818/22]
- Question Heading for question(s) 115
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be offered to a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26823/22]
- School Curriculum
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Good Friday Agreement, the vote on same and the aftermath of the vote are covered on the junior certificate history syllabus. [26827/22]
- Special Educational Needs
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are 29 ASD classes at primary-level and 1.5 ASD classes at second level in schools in the Dublin mid-west area; and her plans to rectify...
- School Patronage
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has undertaken a review of the manner in which schools with religious patrons have delivered on the obligations to children for...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of indexing core social welfare rates to 35% of average weekly earnings; and if she will make a statement...
- Public Services Card
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the 18-week delay for appointments to get a Public Services Card in Newbridge; and if she...
- Pension Provisions
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reducing the pension age to 65 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26602/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the issue of the terms and conditions of applying for jobseeker's benefit online, which do not include...
- Public Transport
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to replacing the bus pass with a fuel voucher for elderly people that live rurally and cannot...
- Social Welfare Payments
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a social welfare payment matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who want to remain on the community employment schemes rather then...
- Departmental Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will raise the age for the home carers period scheme from the age of 12 years to a minimum of 23 years of age for all...
- Social Welfare Payments
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing core social welfare payments by €15, €20 and €30 per week in tabular...
- Departmental Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current ratio of her Department's employment services case officers to clients; the current proportion of case officer...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Residential Institutions
137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to carry out excavations at former mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2021 and 2022 on the UBU Your Place Your Space Programme; and the amount of this...
- Departmental Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in 2020, 2021 and 2022 on youth information centres; and the amount of this allocation was...
- Parental Leave
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the extension of parents leave from five to seven weeks announced in Budget 2022 will come into effect...
- Irish Sign Language
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 pursuant to section 10 of the Act;...
- Childcare Services
150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 4 May 2022, the anticipated breakdown of the €70 million...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of apprentices that are allocated a training place that is at an education institute that is not the closest training location to...
- Student Accommodation
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 19 May 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of beds that are being delivered and underway per...
- Further and Higher Education
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that monies earned by third-level students from the summer work is included in the means for the SUSI grant; if student earnings will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Work Permits
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will permit non-EEA persons to work on any size fishing vessel under the atypical work permit scheme. [26929/22]
- Postal Services
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on an issue (details supplied) in relation to a change in a postal address; and if she will make a statement...
- Prison Service
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the pay and conditions concerns of prison officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26578/22]
- Peace Commissioners
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the certificate confirming a person as a peace commissioner is a once-off document; the location in which a person can...
- Departmental Correspondence
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) which is preventing an employer from employing new...
- Prison Service
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been remanded to the Irish Prison Service while awaiting removal from the State by month since...
- Departmental Correspondence
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26821/22]
- Rights of the Child
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative requirements that are required in relation to the Second Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on...
- Departmental Reports
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the matter of unpublished reports by the inspector of prisons, if she will set out the specific processes that are...
- Departmental Reviews
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the terms of reference have been drafted for the proposed external review of the policies processes and procedures in...
- Department of Health
- Vaccination Programme
169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 18 May 2022, if he will ensure the case of person (details supplied) will be examined to ensure they and their...
- Departmental Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners awaiting transfer to the Central Mental Hospital from each prison in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26579/22]
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
171. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that he will offer to an organisation (details supplied) who is seeking a new premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/22]
- Hospital Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that calls to Naas Hospital from family members enquiring regarding patient welfare are going unanswered; and if he...
- Medical Cards
173. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of availability of dentists who treat medical card patients in counties Kildare and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes
175. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that older people who have equity release loans are ineligible for the fair deal scheme due to a contractual...
- Departmental Priorities
176. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Unscheduled Care Performance; and if he will make a statement...
- Care Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with the renovation of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26592/22]
- Health Services
179. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reinstatement of the water birth service in a homebirth setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26594/22]
- Hospital Staff
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for nurse specialists in neurology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26595/22]
- Hospital Overcrowding
181. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address hospital overcrowding and spiralling trolley numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26596/22]
- Hospital Facilities
182. To ask the Minister for Health if consultants have preferential arrangements for room rental in public hospitals in which they see private patients; if so, the nature of the arrangements;...
- Care Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place by Government to fill the gap in service provision as a result of the closure of the respite centre (details supplied); and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
184. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26660/22]
- Mental Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1839 of 19 January 2022, the cost of developing a liaison psychiatry model of care as per a Vision for Change; and if he...
- Eating Disorders
188. To ask the Minister for Health the current, capital and operating cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health the current, capital and operating cost of one fully staffed crisis resolution team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26666/22]
- Health Services Staff
193. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing cross sectoral training for dual diagnosis for all existing staff in each drug and alcohol services in tabular form; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing cross sectoral training for dual diagnosis for all existing staff in each mental health services in tabular form; and if he...
- Health Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of a dual diagnosis team by staff funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26675/22]
- Mental Health Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having a specialist children’s mental health bed within an adult acute psychiatric unit in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Self-Harm Prevention
203. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for Self-Harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26680/22]
- Mental Health Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the model of care for Mental Health Services for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26681/22]
- Traveller Community
207. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully implement the recommendations of the Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community for each recommendation in tabular...
- Departmental Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for recovery education by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26685/22]
- Mental Health Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing a rural mental health model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26686/22]
- Primary Care Centres
211. To ask the Minister for Health if Irishtown Primary Care Centre is carrying out blood tests for attending patients; and if not, the reason for same. [26706/22]
- Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that step-down and respite services in County Galway (details supplied) have ceased; the way that he intends to ensure provision of these services...
- Hospital Appointments Status
214. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with an appointment at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
215. To ask the Minister for Health the interdepartmental working groups established under his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26730/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
220. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment for admission to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [26740/22]
- Primary Care Centres
221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that patients are not been seen in-person in the primary care centre in, Thomastown, County Kilkenny. [26745/22]
- Health Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health if respite will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26746/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
223. To ask the Minister for Health if the age restriction that are in place for the Freestyle Libre glucose monitoring system will be removed to allow access based on clinical need; and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
224. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with the consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Midland Regional...
- Medicinal Products
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of paxlovid that are available for the high-risk population of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26781/22]
- Healthcare Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s work and progress towards implementing Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/22]
- Protected Disclosures
227. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 18 May 2022, if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Health and Safety
228. To ask the Minister for Health the risk posed by an asbestos water tank. [26788/22]
- Medicinal Products
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request his Department to make cariban available through the drugs payment scheme and the medical card as soon as possible, ensuring that the drug...
- Primary Care Centres
230. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 30 March 2022, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; if he will provide a progress...
- Vaccination Programme
231. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the indemnity provided to pharmaceutical companies in respect of the Covid-19 vaccines; the cost of same to date; and if he will make a...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 30 March 2022, the status of the construction of the two orthopaedic theatres with ancillary accommodation for the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a medical operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26814/22]
- Men's Sheds
234. To ask the Minister for Health if greater funding can be made for the day-to-day upkeep of societies (details supplied) given that many are struggling to keep these programmes going; and if...
- Health Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish a sickle cell and thalassaemia day centre; if he will meet with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Staff
236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with section 39 healthcare workers and ensure concerns with pay and conditions is speedily resolved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages
238. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1816 of 26 April 2022, the status of the proposed lots for the upcoming homecare tender which will be based on volume as...
- Mental Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to improve mental health services within the University Hospital Limerick Hospital Group for the large number of persons who are...
- Hospital Overcrowding
240. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is proposed to alleviate pressures on University Hospital Limerick; the role Ennis General Hospital can and will play in this; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the long waiting lists for occupational therapy for adults in County Cork. [26930/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Industry
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the concerns of the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26609/22]
- Farm Safety
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with an organisation (details supplied) and the Farm Safe School Programme concerning efforts to...
- Agriculture Industry
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals being considered from the VistaMilk research programme to reduce Ireland’s emissions of greenhouse gases while...
- Departmental Funding
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European Crisis Reserve. [26920/22]
- Fishing Industry
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to identify and address illegal and unsafe excessive working hours in the fishing industry. [26924/22]
- Brexit Supports
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that December was omitted from the Brexit temporary tie-up scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26925/22]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Harbours and Piers
249. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the next steps that are in the delivery of phase 3 of the Pier at An Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin, Contae na Gaillimhe. [26859/22]
- Departmental Funding
250. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will establish a fund to assist local authorities to purchase former bank branch buildings; and if she will make a statement on...
- Animal Breeding
251. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to reform the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26606/22]
- Legislative Measures
252. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current status of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022; and when this bill will move to the next stage. [26739/22]
