Written answers
Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Department of Health
- National Maternity Hospital
11. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately implement a fast thorough review of the existing National Maternity Hospital given that it will be some time before the new national...
- Special Educational Needs
15. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary and special schools that avail of HSE wrap-around services in speech and language and occupational therapy for children with disabilities...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the elective hospital in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25968/22]
- Health Services Staff
17. To ask the Minister for Health if he has held discussions or plans to hold discussions with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the way that time, administrative and financial...
- International Agreements
18. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will carry out an information campaign regarding the ongoing widespread misinformation in relation to a World Health Organisation Pandemic...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed date for the start of construction on the new community hospital in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/22]
- Health Services Staff
23. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulty that is being experienced in securing a locum doctor who will provide full-time cover at the minor injuries' unit in Cashel; if the...
- Health Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 30 March 2022, his plans to restore respite provision in Galway city and county to pre-Covid levels; the number of...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
25. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has informed him of its strategy for 2022 in terms of planned procedures and planned outpatient visits for persons who...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
26. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made to provide a nationwide network of multidisciplinary long-Covid clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/22]
- Medical Cards
28. To ask the Minister for Health if analyses on the usage of medical cards in dental practices in Ireland have been completed recently; if so, if the number of dentists not accepting medical...
- Hospital Services
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the categorisation of Letterkenny University Hospital in order that it reflects the number of inpatients at the hospital each year;...
- Health Services
30. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to deploy new technologies such as telehealth that support the wellbeing and health of vulnerable and isolated groups;...
- General Practitioner Services
31. To ask the Minister for Health the incentives that he has provided to encourage more general practitioners to take-up practise in County Clare and other rural areas; and if he will make a...
- Care Services
32. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the re-opening of the three-day care centres in County Laois; and the timelines for Mountmellick and Abbeyleix day care centre re-openings. [26713/22]
- Health Services
33. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to lift the ban on waterbirth with immediate effect. [26282/22]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital investment plans for the community hospitals in Belmullet, and the district hospitals in Swinford and Ballina in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
35. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work that is underway to establish appropriate care practices for persons particularly children with long-Covid across the country; and...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date with the provision of the new accident and emergency facility in Galway University Hospital; the average number of...
- Hospital Staff
37. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that staffing levels at West Kerry Community Hospital have not improved; the measures that can be taken to address this problem in order that more...
- Health Services
38. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish and resource dedicated clinical pathways which address the healthcare needs of intersex persons, including the specific physical and...
- Health Service Executive
39. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were waiting for a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, as of 1 May 2022 or the latest date available; and if...
- Medical Cards
40. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a HSE report which outlines that by the end of June 2022 there will only be seven dental practices in County Wicklow that...
- General Practitioner Services
41. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle general practitioner waiting lists and expanding general practitioner services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26884/22]
- Industrial Disputes
42. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to resolve the current dispute with staff who are members of a union (details supplied); the steps that he has taken to ensure that...
- Health Services Staff
44. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers that have now received the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26551/22]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26627/22]
- Medical Cards
47. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the negotiations between his Department and a union (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of negotiations; his views on the...
- Medicinal Products
48. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme will take place; if he will provide the details of those who will sit on the review panel; and...
- Hospital Overcrowding
50. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the expert team deployed to tackle crisis-levels of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick. [26980/22]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
51. To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to the delivery of a primary healthcare centre in Youghal, County Cork; the estimated timeline for the project; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Policies
52. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's policy for persons who are deaf or who suffer hearing loss; the schemes that are aimed at reducing the cost of hearing aids; and if he will...
- Official Engagements
53. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that he has met with the CEO of the HSE since he took office. [26207/22]
- Health Services Staff
54. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education to identify the number of places that are required to adequately meet the workforce needs...
- Industrial Disputes
55. To ask the Minister for Health the impacts that a strike by an organisation (details supplied) will have on waiting lists and the number of patients on trolleys; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
56. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the extremely high numbers of persons leaving University Hospital Limerick emergency department without being discharged...
- General Practitioner Services
58. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rural general practitioners in County Kildare; the way that this compares per head of population to other counties; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Investigations
59. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will undertake a full review of managerial practices at a hospital (details supplied), including but not limited to, hiring practices for...
- Hospital Services
60. To ask the Minister for Health the new or expanded services that are being provided in hospitals in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2022. [26766/22]
- Health Services
61. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which every effort is being made, similar to the coordinated efforts displayed in the fight against Covid-19, to ensure the recovery of the health...
- Medicinal Products
65. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are registered as patients under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26939/22]
- Hospital Services
66. To ask the Minister for Health the way that he proposes to build additional capacity in Ennis General Hospital and the other model 2 hospitals in the mid-west region, including Nenagh and St....
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Health if he will push for an elective hospital in the mid-west to alleviate pressure on University Hospital Limerick. [26519/22]
- Departmental Strategies
68. To ask the Minister for Health the role of genomic medicine in Ireland; and his plans for a national genomics strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25567/22]
- General Practitioner Services
69. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to six and seven-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26799/22]
- Air Quality
71. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined to ensure the safety of...
- Hospital Overcrowding
72. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address overcrowding in emergency departments in Cork. [26911/22]
- Hospital Services
73. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the minor injury unit at Monaghan Hospital secures additional opening hours. [26202/22]
- Health Services
74. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide chiropody services for public patients in CHO4. [26281/22]
- Hospital Services
75. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the full range of cardiac services to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will work with his counterparts in the North of Ireland to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
76. To ask the Minister for Health when all persons who are due to receive the pandemic bonus payment will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26812/22]
- Primary Care Centres
77. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 31 March 2022, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway west; if a planning application has been...
- Mental Health Services
79. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26569/22]
- Medicinal Products
80. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved medical products that are now prescribable under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; if he will provide the details of each; and if he...
- Health Services
81. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list, the...
- Hospital Facilities
82. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date with the provision of a new cancer care facility for the Saolta Group of Hospitals in Galway University Hospital; the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
84. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the Waiting List Action Plan will reduce waiting times for both in-patient and day case procedures and outpatient consultations at the Midland...
- Official Engagements
85. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that he and his Department have met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) since becoming Minister in 2020; and if he...
- Health Services
86. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of services available in the Cork University Hospital paediatric diabetic clinic (details supplied); if additional...
- Hospital Staff
87. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the non-consultant doctor shortage in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all positions within the children’s disability network teams are filled and there are no gaps in staffing. [26863/22]
- Medicinal Products
89. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to source oestrogel or a suitable alternative; when he expects the drug to be available to women who depend on it; and if he will...
- Hospital Facilities
90. To ask the Minister for Health the status of capital projects associated with Mayo University Hospital specifically the emergency department expansion; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
91. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that he and his Department have given to the requests by an organisation (details supplied) for a new contract to replace the existing...
- Nursing Homes
92. To ask the Minister for Health if the concession of a €14,000 disregard on rental income for social welfare purposes will be extended to a disregard of rental income for the fair deal...
- Departmental Reports
93. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the report by the review team into the disposal of perinatal organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital will be...
- Hospital Overcrowding
94. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the inpatient bed capacity shortages at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Care Services
95. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a facility (details supplied); if the building will be now upgraded to meet the needs of the residents; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
96. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of healthcare services and entitlements, medications, and surgical interventions for persons that contracted hepatitis C through the...
- Scientific Research
97. To ask the Minister for Health the way that he plans to address the almost 400 medical laboratory scientist staff vacancies and to make these posts more attractive; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Facilities
98. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed new testing laboratory at the Coombe Hospital will be completed and operating; the number of medical laboratory scientists who are required to...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the procurement and tendering processes for the construction of major projects such as the new National Maternity Hospital. [26208/22]
- Care Services
101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the provision of homecare package providers in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/22]
- National Maternity Hospital
102. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated updated final cost for the National Maternity Hospital and National Children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Priorities
103. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand awareness, access and affordability of menopause supports and treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26381/22]
- Health Services
104. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing the backlog of audiology appointments in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [26201/22]
- Departmental Priorities
105. To ask the Minister for Health when the action plan for University Hospital Kerry will be completed and implemented; the reason for the delay in its completion; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
106. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Staff
107. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the efforts to fill the vacant speech and language therapist position in Cashel Hospital, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Strategies
109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of strategic implementation groups and a civil society forum to consult on the National Drugs Strategy. [26912/22]
- Health Services
110. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to fill vacancies in primary care in counties Cavan and Monaghan for children who are waiting for occupational therapy, speech...
- Vaccination Programme
111. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a vaccine compensation scheme, as recommended in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26795/22]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
112. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the Capital Building Programme is adequately provided for in the coming year with a view to ensuring the elimination of previously known...
- Care Services
113. To ask the Minister for Health if specific funding has been allocated for the community service and support needs of those affected by foetal valproate syndrome as recommended in 2019 by the...
- Departmental Strategies
114. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the establishment of strategic implementation groups regarding the national drugs strategy; if he will provide an update on the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Homecare Office in Tullamore will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26637/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
116. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has further considered setting up a commission of inquiry to seek the truth for families on the significant loss of life in a nursing home...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that his Department had with other Departments in relation to a cross-Departmental approach to funding a club (details...
- Brexit Supports
130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support primary producers via the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. [26963/22]
- Legislative Measures
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend the unfair trading practices legislation to make specific provision for farmers that supply retailers via...
- Agriculture Industry
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will quantify the expected greenhouse gas reduction in the dairy sector by 2030; if all of this reduction will be accounted for...
- Farm Costs
133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to address the matter of fertiliser costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26841/22]
- Fishing Industry
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to secure a share of the European Union’s quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet to reflect the...
- Nitrates Usage
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase compliance and enforcement of the Nitrates Directive; if increased inspections by his Department under the...
- Agriculture Industry
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to address the low prices that farmers are receiving for organic beef. [26972/22]
- Fishing Industry
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the current distribution of the mackerel allocation aligns with the State’s obligations under article 17 of the...
- Agriculture Industry
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to ensure that Irish beef farmers receive a price commensurate with that paid to their European Union...
- Departmental Priorities
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the progress that he has made in establishing the food ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26916/22]
- Food Industry
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the support that Ireland is providing to help the United States with the recent baby formula shortage that it is experiencing; and if...
- Farm Costs
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had at European Union level regarding the need to provide assistance to farmers to mitigate the substantial...
- Animal Welfare
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the horse project for Cork city. [26914/22]
- Departmental Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications from counties Cavan and Monaghan that have been received for the tillage incentive scheme; and if he will...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a comprehensive update on the work currently underway to assist farmers contribute to the effort to reduce...
- Animal Welfare
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sellers and suppliers of pets and animals who have registered with his Department in the years 2021 and to date in...
- Agriculture Industry
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure an adequate fodder supply in spring 2023 and in subsequent years; and if he will make a...
- Ukraine War
148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being taken or that are required to ensure food security in the context of the ongoing illegal Russian war...
- Departmental Policies
150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to bring his revised CAP strategic plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for scrutiny; and if he will make a...
- Farm Costs
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any study to determine the reason for the increase in the cost of fertiliser. [26210/22]
- Forestry Sector
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his efforts to minimise the processing times in relation to forestry projects; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Industry
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he proposes to take to help alleviate the challenging situation for pig farmers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Inshore Fisheries
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 31 March 2022, the status of the commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be...
- Food Industry
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the destinations for Irish agri-food exports post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25998/22]
- Forestry Sector
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of tree felling licences; and the number of applications awaiting a decision, by county in tabular form. [26839/22]
- Animal Welfare
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding streams that are available through his Department for urban horse facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Organic Farming
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives that he is undertaking to promote organic farming as a pathway for farmers in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Industry
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to diversify agriculture in view of the war in Ukraine and the impact that this will have on food supplies; and if he will...
- Coillte Teoranta
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his plans to develop Killegar forest as an amenity and biodiversity forest after the decision in 2021 not to...
- Farm Costs
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the best way to assist dairy farmers on fixed milk prices at present in the context of spiralling production costs; and...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that carbon reduction measures are not allowed to impact negatively on the agri-food sector; if he will ensure that...
- Departmental Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explore further funding for an European Innovation Partnership scheme project (details supplied); when the current funding...
- Departmental Schemes
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to address the incompatibility of CAP agri-environmental schemes with farmers planting forestry; and if...
- Inshore Fisheries
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he made a case as part of the negotiation on the reformed Common Fisheries Policy for the extension of the exclusive coastal zone...
- Fishing Industry
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met with fisher and processor representative organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26840/22]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the value of greenhouse gas savings over a twenty-year timeframe, calculated at the carbon price used in capital...
- Forestry Sector
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average number of afforestation licences targeted for issuance per week in 2022; and the average issued per week to date. [26964/22]
- Environmental Policy
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to facilitate farmers trading carbon credits; if he intends to establish a verifiable framework to record and manage net...
- Energy Prices
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he can take to alleviate the massive rise in fuels costs affecting the agri-food sector which in turn will later in...
- Agriculture Industry
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans if appropriate support will be provided to Irish pig farmers who are struggling to maintain their operations as costs rise...
- Departmental Funding
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that agricultural shows which are not a member of an association (details supplied) are treated equally in terms of...
- Official Engagements
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had engagements with the Minister for Finance in relation to the ongoing issue with agricultural relief and the limit on...
- Fishing Industry
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to prevent the closure of the line caught mackerel fishery in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
- Legislative Programme
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to legislate for an office of transparency and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26946/22]
- Agriculture Industry
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to encourage more farmers to produce organic beef. [26973/22]
- Departmental Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to broaden access to the new silage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26845/22]
- Fishing Industry
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of Ireland’s efforts to return 12,000 tonnes of mackerel from Denmark; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Industry
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the potential impact of current proposed legislation from the UK government on Irish agriculture; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of the new Forestry Strategy; the timeline for the publication of the strategy; the status of the...
- Agriculture Industry
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to take to support young farmers under pillar one payments in the next Common Agricultural Policy and the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to assist farmers install renewable energy generation capacities on farms. [26971/22]
- Animal Welfare
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest figures for the licensed slaughter of young dairy calves which show that 30,000 animals were killed in 2021;...
- Agriculture Industry
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way and the locations in which his Department intends to meet the target contained in the draft CAP Strategic Plan for water...
- Departmental Schemes
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the installation of a slatted shed on a farm for greater efficiency will be considered in the beef exceptional aid measure scheme...
- Animal Welfare
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that have been taken to enforce laws regarding animal welfare; the number of prosecutions relating to the abuse of...
- Brexit Issues
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that his Department has in place to mitigate the potential impact of new European Union-UK trade tariffs on the Irish...
- Brexit Supports
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Brexit supports provided by his Department for the agri-foods industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/22]
- Organic Farming
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme applications that have been received from County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Harbours and Piers
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of central Exchequer funding that he proposes to invest in piers and harbours across the State over the next number of...
- Agriculture Industry
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agri-shows that his Department will fund in 2022. [26843/22]
- Departmental Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European Crisis Reserve. [26961/22]
- Fishing Industry
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date in the discussions on the reformed Common Fisheries Policy; the case being made by him on...
- Climate Change Policy
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made by the carbon farming working group on developing a system for calculating the amount of carbon...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the measures by which his Department will meet an emissions reduction target of 22% by...
- Agriculture Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 31 March 2022, if he will provide details of the European Union regulation governing the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add fishers to the critical skills occupations list to enable them to be eligible for employment under the critical skills...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Renewable Energy Generation
205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects that all homeowners with solar photovoltaic panels will start receiving payments or credits for excess...
- Post Office Network
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of post-office contracts cancelled by postmasters since June 2020. [27089/22]
- Departmental Investigations
209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that he has initiated an investigation under a section of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 that is focused on...
- Energy Policy
210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish a new energy poverty strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27191/22]
- Air Quality
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of air quality monitoring stations that are being monitored by his Department in County Cork; the locations...
- Energy Prices
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking in response to rising electricity costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Waste Management
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to ensure that all commercial waste companies offer customers compost bins; and if he will...
- Broadband Infrastructure
215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband in the south-west of County Cork. [27198/22]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a new bus shelter and stand to show the bus timetables will be reinstated in Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fines Administration
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to amend the road traffic acts to ensure that speed vans acting for the authorities on contract are clearly visible to...
- Public Transport
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the multi-year budget allocated for the Connecting Ireland rural transport plan both current and capital; and if he...
- Rail Network
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to reinstating Buttevant train station as part of active travel plans in the M20 project; and if so, the...
- Departmental Funding
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department provided funding for a footpath project in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans in the near future to upgrade the bus shelter in Tralee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to abolishing the extra administrative charges applied to motorists who renew their motor tax every three...
- Department of Finance
- Housing Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27018/22]
- Financial Services
226. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to require mortgage protection practices to accept medical evidence provided by general practitioners or consultants. [27200/22]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service
227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the civil service blended working policy framework; if his Department, in collaboration with civil service...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an t-uasmhéid is féidir le Campaí Samhraidh, atá á reachtáil le...
- Sports Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process for appealing a refusal on the Sport Capital Grant; when the approved appellants will be announced; and if she will...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Hare Coursing
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of hares that have been recorded as killed during hare coursing activities annually between 1 January 2017 and 31...
- Animal Welfare
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has commissioned or funded a survey of the population of wild hares in Ireland since 1 January 2015. [27189/22]
- Local Authorities
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if each tenant of a local-authority house has to individually inform the relevant local authority of annual increases in...
- Housing Schemes
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that an application to the local authority home loan scheme by persons (details supplied) was refused; if this...
- Housing Policy
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details regarding any research carried out on behalf of his Department into the level of requirement for...
- Building Regulations
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the assessments that have been carried out by his Department in relation to building regulations and...
- Local Authorities
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each of the years...
- Housing Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the persons or bodies that were the 31 industry experts that attended a workshop held with the Housing Agency in December 2021...
- Financial Services
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an applicant for a local authority mortgage for a self-build property can avail of the opt-out option for certification;...
- Electoral Process
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn by An Garda Síochána to the significant irregularities in the postal voting system...
- Housing Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the provision of utilities such as electricity and water to new houses is currently limiting progress in...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine and expedite a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26984/22]
- Department of Defence
- Prison Service
262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost of providing Army security at Portlaoise Prison; the cost of escorting prisoners to medical appointments and court hearings...
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that have been received for the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations for the junior...
- School Accommodation
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to grant funding for an ASD extension at a school (details supplied) but not for accommodation for staffroom...
- State Examinations
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with English teachers to discuss their concerns about the potential impact of moving the Leaving Certificate paper one to...
- Education Schemes
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the reconfiguration pilot scheme for primary schools has commenced; if an area (details supplied) was included in the pilot scheme; if it is...
- Schools Building Projects
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeline that is in place in relation to the tender process in the case of a school (details supplied); if all milestones are on...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in each month ; the total and...
- Citizens Information Services
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current Citizens Information Board strategy; the recent changes that have been included in its strategy that relate to...
- Fuel Poverty
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will consider the criteria for the fuel allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will raise the income threshold for carers (details supplied). [27044/22]
- Citizens Information Services
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when volunteers will return to citizens information offices. [27100/22]
- Pension Provisions
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct number of contributions that have been made by a person (details supplied); if they will qualify for the State...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that carer's allowance has been stopped in respect of the daughter of a person (details supplied); when same will...
- Social Welfare Code
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the current twenty-year cap in the home carers period scheme for foster carers. [27206/22]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Social Welfare Benefits
282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the subsidy under the affordable childcare scheme from €20 to...
- Childcare Qualifications
286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated additional cost of increasing the learner fund to allow all childcare workers currently holding...
- Disadvantaged Status
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated additional cost of the roll-out of the DEIS model across the early years sector. [27077/22]
- Departmental Data
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of employing an extra 26 aftercare workers. [27078/22]
- Direct Provision System
293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rationale that was used by his Department in 2000 when the decision was taken to commence the direct...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education-only childcare providers, that is, providers that do not offer...
- Departmental Data
295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocation in 2020, 2021 and 2022 for county childcare committees by county; and the amount of this...
- Childcare Services
296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to the childcare services re-opening grants; and the amount of this...
- Departmental Funding
297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to early years sector; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to early childhood care and education service providers at the 100%...
- Departmental Funding
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated in 2021 and 2022 to national childcare schemes; and the amount of this...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that was allocated to the Covid-19 support payment in 2021 and 2022; and the amount of...
- Departmental Funding
303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total percentage of State spending and parental spending in 2020, 2021 and 2022 on early learning and care...
- Childcare Services
312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if staff salaries represent 70% of the cost of the childcare sector; his views on whether this is 70% of...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the €316.6 million provided for early childhood care and education...
- Departmental Funding
315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if grant aid will be made available in respect of the retention of a childcare facility (details supplied); and...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability of a motor mechanical apprenticeship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27151/22]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Programme
319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2021; if she intends to re-engage with the representatives of organisations (details...
- Citizenship Applications
320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1292 of 26 April 2022, if her Department’s review of the new scorecard system for...
- Peace Commissioners
321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the Departmental guidance, information manuals and training for peace commissioners; and if she will make a...
- Ukraine War
322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the special steps, if any, that need to be taken by Ukrainians who have come here in recent months due to the war there, and...
- Residency Permits
323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be supported in obtaining their Irish residence permit card renewal given their current...
- Citizenship Applications
324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a citizenship application of a person (details supplied) will be expedited due the significant delays in processing; and if...
- Department of Health
- Official Engagements
326. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the meetings he has held on progressing disability services in the past month; the persons that attended those meetings; and if minutes of the...
- Health Services Staff
327. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent actions that his Department is taking to address the critical issue of retention of healthcare professionals in Ireland; if his Department is...
- Health Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is seeking to secure direct Exchequer funding for the nurses of an association (details supplied) to support motor neurone disease patients...
- Disability Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the specific action plan that his Department has put in place to address the poor service provision across the child disability network teams; and if he will...
- Dental Services
330. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department intends to implement real reform to the dental treatment services scheme; when the scheme will be replaced with a fit for purpose scheme...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to establish a dedicated clinic for persons with long-Covid on a permanent basis in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Reviews
333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the review into homeless deaths in Dublin (details supplied); the date upon which the review will be completed; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
334. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration was given to expanding the pandemic bonus to section 39 workers. [21481/22]
- Health Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the screening age limit for bowel and breast screening from 69 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
336. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resolve the nationwide issue medical card holders are facing when trying to obtain a dentist appointment; and if the HSE will reimburse medical...
- Substance Misuse
337. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he and his Department remain alert to the evidence of serious drug abuse in towns, villages and cities throughout the country including...
- Pharmacy Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an adequate number of pharmacists remain available to meet requirements; the extent to which provision is being made for same; and if he...
- General Practitioner Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provision is being made for an adequate supply of qualified doctors is being made to compensate for general practitioner doctors who are...
- Infectious Diseases
341. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by the HSE and its medical team to identify the strain of meningitis which has recently resulted in a number of admissions to...
- General Practitioner Services
342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE to provide a more extensive out-of-hours general practitioner service for Shannon, County Clare given the health needs of the...
- Hospital Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a greater role for Ennis General Hospital, to meet the health needs of persons in the mid-west given the overcrowding and high trolley...
- Hospital Procedures
344. To ask the Minister for Health if gluteoplasty is available on the public health system following bariatric surgery and weight loss. [26986/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) [26990/22]
- Hospital Equipment
347. To ask the Minister for Health when an x-ray facility was first provided in Clifden Hospital, Connemara, County Galway; the number of images taken per year since it was installed; and if he...
- Hospital Services
349. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision to suspend the minor accident service at Clifden Hospital was taken; the reason for same; if the service be reinstated; and if he will make a...
- Disabilities Assessments
350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27006/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
351. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for knee surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27008/22]
- Health Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27009/22]
- Hospital Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the closure of 11 of the 23 beds in a unit (details supplied); when this occurred; and the reason for same. [27034/22]
- Health Services
355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27037/22]
- Hospital Services
356. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred to Galway University Hospital from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make...
- Health Strategies
357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the publication of a follow-up strategy to the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020; the reason that a current strategy is not in place; and...
- Medicinal Products
359. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug reimbursement process will be streamlined to ensure that potentially life-saving drugs can be accessed sooner by patients in need of them; and if...
- Vaccination Programme
360. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for the introduction of a free HPV-vaccination programme for women and a catch-up programme for girls and boys in secondary schools; if...
- Mental Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of under-18 admissions to psychiatric inpatient facilities in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [27087/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
363. To ask the Minister for Health when the public health advice to end the mask-wearing mandate will cease to exist. [27094/22]
- Nursing Homes
364. To ask the Minister for Health if zero-hour contracts are being implemented for employees in the nursing home sector and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27095/22]
- Departmental Schemes
365. To ask the Minister for Health if vertex for the treatment of cystic fibrosis will be made available under the general medical scheme; the reason that it is not available; and if he will...
- Health Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was paid by the HSE to recruitment companies in each month in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the specific areas for which...
- Departmental Investigations
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the progress on any investigation or report into the practice of the misuse and incineration of the organs of deceased babies; the steps...
- Mental Health Services
368. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is envisaged that deficiencies in CAMHS can be identified; the extent to which it is intended to address these issues in the short-term;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
369. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to make serious inroads on hospital waiting lists throughout the country by whatever means; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
370. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients currently seeking orthopaedic interventionism; the extent of any such waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Departments
371. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has identified the ten most-regularly overcrowded accident and emergency departments throughout the country; the measures that are being...
- Health Services
372. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have identified the most serious deficiencies in the delivery of the health services; the plans that are in place to...
- Mental Health Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the concerns of parents of children with mental health problems are regularly monitored with a view to ensuring the availability of...
- Health Services Staff
374. To ask the Minister for Health the issues that he and his Department have identified as being the most crucial in ensuring the availability and retention of staff at various levels; and if...
- Hospital Facilities
375. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the future development plans for Naas General Hospital; the position in relation to planning permission and any other factors...
- General Practitioner Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which out-of-hours general practitioner services are sufficient in all areas throughout the country; the areas of most concern; the proposals for...
- Home Help Service
378. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which homecare continues to be adequately staffed and supported in order to reduce pressure on hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dental Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic services are being made available evenly throughout the country; the areas of greatest need in this regard at present; and if...
- Disease Management
380. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate provision is being made to ensure the availability of early intervention for patients with scoliosis or spina bifida; and if he...
- Medicinal Products
381. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which rare and orphan medicines continue to be tested and make available here; the extent to which progress is slow on any particular medicine;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
382. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the difficulties affecting the availability of medical devices throughout the country; if measures are in...
- Health Strategies
384. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that he has taken to ensure that the State is prepared for the possibility of monkeypox cases; the role of the Incident Management Team; the steps...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the interim guidance plan for long-Covid; if they will be...
- Healthcare Policy
387. To ask the Minister for Health when the 24 additional lactation posts that were announced over a year ago will be filled; the reason that these posts remain unfilled; his plans to review and...
- Health Services
388. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on increasing greater access nationally to see and treat gynaecology clinics, specialist menopause clinics and endometriosis...
- Healthcare Policy
389. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the continuing worldwide shortage in supply of HRT products; the recent updates that are available from the Health Products...
- Departmental Reviews
390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement a review of Ireland's maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27179/22]
- Medical Cards
391. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27181/22]
- Primary Care Services
392. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that occupational therapy is available in all primary care centres in County Cork. [27201/22]
- Disability Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address waiting lists for assessments and therapies for the children's disability network teams in the south-west area of County...
- Health Services
394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home births facilitated by HSE midwives in each CHO annually since 1 January 2015, in tabular form. [27203/22]
- Health Services Staff
396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members by role currently employed and working on children's disability network teams in each area of CHO4 by team; and the number of...
- Health Services
397. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having a specialist children’s mental health bed within each adult acute psychiatric unit in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
398. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of occupational therapy vacancies across the HSE services nationally; the breakdown of those occupational therapy vacancies across the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Gorse Burning
406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to address illegal gorse fires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27194/22]
- Programme for Government
407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of Programme for Government commitments to complete a land use review ahead of the drafting of a land use strategy and a...
- EU Directives
408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27217/22]
- Aquaculture Industry
409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a performance protocol or service-level agreement is in place between his Department and the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board...
- Fishing Industry
410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the atypical works permit scheme for non-EEA fishers (details supplied) will be announced; and if he will make a statement on...
- Undefined
411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a request to approve a change of shareholders (details supplied); when it will be finalised; and if he will make a...
- Livestock Issues
412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 4 May 2022, the geographic areas in which the lack of drivers has resulted in no...
- Live Exports
413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licensed ships that are used for live exports from Ireland; the capacity of each ship; the companies that run each ship...
- Forestry Sector
414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of frost reconstitution applications received by his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme have experienced difficulty...
- Agriculture Industry
417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to encourage compliance to meet emission reduction targets, while at the same time ensuring that the...
- Fuel Prices
423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to strive to ensure a dramatic reduction in the price of marked gas oil which is...
- Agriculture Industry
424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the future of the dairy industry, with particular reference to the need to reduce...
- Fishing Industry
426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to encourage the fishing industry, with particular reference to ensuring that the...
- Animal Diseases
427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor bovine tuberculosis, with particular reference to individual areas that...
- Agriculture Industry
430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor and safeguard the interest of the agri-food sector given the sharp increase...
- Hare Coursing
431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have engaged with an organisation (details supplied) concerning hare coursing. [27188/22]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
432. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is providing funding for an organisation (details supplied) on an annual basis; her views on the importance of the...
- Departmental Programmes
433. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to have the administration of Leader 2023-2027 for all of the offshore islands treated as one lot, similar to the...
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
434. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén dul chun cinn atá déanta leis an réamhscrúdú maidir le forbairt Céibh an Chaladh Mhóir in...
- Defibrillators Provision
435. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available to rural communities for the purchase, maintenance and upgrade of defibrillators. [27177/22]
