Written answers

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Official Engagements
      14. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the external groups that she has met with personally in relation to her Department’s Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 [27820/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she continues to fund infrastructure throughout the country in such a way as to encourage the retention of jobs and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a further round of local improvement scheme funding in 2022; if her Department has received an update on whether the...
    • Departmental Funding
      17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the range of facilities that have had funding approved for them from the capital allocation of her Department broken down between...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on the Broadband Connection Points Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27825/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the initiatives she will undertake to increase the number of remote working hubs available across Ireland in the coming years; and if...
    • Library Projects
      21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of library related capital funding projects received by her Department by county and town in tabular form. [27819/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects in Dún Laoghaire will be announced under the Connected Hubs Fund aimed at further supporting the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way applications under the local improvement scheme will be expedited considering the backlog of work that local authorities are...
    • Departmental Policies
      24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will establish a one stop shop advice and support team which would be sufficiently staffed to support and help local communities...
    • Harbours and Piers
      26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 5 April 2022, the status of the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the engagement...
    • Regional Development
      27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on when the 2022 Workplan for Our Rural Future strategy will be made publicly available; and if she will...
    • State Bodies
      29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the future personnel structure of the Charities Regulator; and the cost, including salaries of running same. [27792/22]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on her Department’s initiative to support remote working; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for opening up the new community services programme and if community groups including a group (details supplied) can...
    • Island Communities
      33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to reduce islander specific fares on contracted ferry and air services to the islands by 20% to the end of 2022; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will allocate funding for County Kerry and other counties under the 2022 CLÁR Programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Strategies
      36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends to use the Department of Rural and Community Development Values and Principles, drafted by her Department and recently...
    • Departmental Funding
      37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends providing funding to support agricultural shows around the country in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement her Department has had with Galway County Council to date in 2022 with regard to addressing the issue of sandbanks at...
    • Departmental Programmes
      39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on her Department’s efforts with regard to the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Tidy Towns
      41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends providing funding to support tidy towns groups to assist them with their projects and initiatives; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Strategies
      42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress she has made in developing a Dark Skies Strategy for Ireland. [27681/22]
    • Harbours and Piers
      43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on stage 3 of the development of An Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; if he will provide a schedule of...
    • Construction Industry
      44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which she will ensure that the projects that were committed to by her Department through the Rural Regeneration Development...
    • Island Communities
      45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 5 April 2022, the status of the new policy for the Islands; if the in-person meetings on...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way that her Department is supporting community hubs for enterprise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24960/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the town and village renewal scheme will open for applications; the types of projects that will be eligible for funding in 2022;...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of broadband connection points that have been established to date under the National Broadband contract; the average number...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way she is supporting local authorities to bring vacant properties in town centres back into use as remote working hubs. [27671/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the next round of the Community Activities Fund [27824/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to ensure that vacant buildings can be restored for use by community groups; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for a national census of social enterprise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27818/22]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      59. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27605/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Company Law
      60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give consideration to reducing late filing penalties and-or the introduction of a discretion for the application of...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the business supports in place for a personal services start-up hair and beauty other than the trading online voucher; and if he will...
    • Job Losses
      62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of grants provided by the IDA to a company (details supplied) under all of the relevant IDA grant headings in each of...
    • Work Permits
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an employment permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/22]
    • Trade Missions
      65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade and investment mission to Australia will happen later in 2022. [28068/22]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Radon Gas Levels
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider having a radon test and report made compulsory as part of the sale of houses across Ireland. [28101/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions that are in place to deal with the lack of auditors in County Donegal; the reason that companies that...
    • Departmental Bodies
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the relationship between the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and an organisation (details supplied); the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and or his officials have consulted with the senior management team at Inland Fisheries Ireland in respect of the...
    • Energy Conservation
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the heat loss indicator study; the timeline for its completion; if there are any preliminary...
    • Post Office Network
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement that he has had with all of the stakeholders regarding the concerns raised by an organisation (details...
    • Environmental Investigations
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the soil, water and gravel samples conducted to date by Geological Survey Ireland in partnership with...
    • Energy Conservation
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 February 2022, the breakdown of the €8 million that has been...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a grant scheme to incentivise farmers to install solar panels on the roofs of sheds and farm...
    • Departmental Staff
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27595/22]
    • Energy Conservation
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofits that were completed to B2 standard in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 under...
    • Waste Management
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of PET plastic that was exported from Ireland for recycling in each year 2016 to 2021 inclusive and, to date...
    • Environmental Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to introduce a levy on the use of virgin plastic material as is the case in the United Kingdom and in a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any direct grants available to SMEs for the installation of photovoltaic solar panels, and if he could...
    • Energy Policy
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to install a wood pellet stove; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27882/22]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of missing Ireland’s target for the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband in 2022; and if he...
    • Energy Conservation
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making it mandatory that if a home is to be retrofitted, it will be checked for swifts and bats...
    • Environmental Investigations
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outputs of the Tellus programme; the impact of not having the data if the programme is discontinued; the purposes...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the considerations that are being given to reform or amend the auction mechanisms under the renewable electricity...
    • Energy Conservation
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the listing of one-stop-shop providers through the national retrofit scheme. [28043/22]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that the Electric Ireland micro generation scheme is only for residential properties and not open to...
    • Air Quality
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of air quality monitoring stations on offshore islands that are being monitored by his Department; their...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the RSA will update its Covid regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27254/22]
    • Public Transport
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider bringing forward measures to make public transport more pet-friendly; if Iarnród Éireann can be encouraged...
    • Rail Network
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Kishogue train station will open to the public; the cost of this; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the need for more pet-friendly policies on public transport in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Bus
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to current reliability issues with the real-time passenger information system for buses in Dublin,...
    • National Car Test
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have undertaken any discussion with the NTA and NCT operator to reduce test delays in the Dublin area, which are...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén gníomh atá déanta ag a Roinn maidir leis an dátheangachas ar sheirbhísí de chuid Bhus Bhaile...
    • Haulage Industry
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made any provisions to include livestock hauliers under the licensed haulage support scheme given that they have previously...
    • Ports Policy
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will complete his consideration of a request from the Dublin Port Company, in line with the provision of the Dublin Port...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she plans to include drugs found in the car of a driver as a reason to impose a driving ban on a driver. [27585/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale, in tabular form. [27607/22]
    • Rail Network
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a number of rail projects have been given approval to proceed whilst others are delayed under the All-Ireland Rail...
    • Road Projects
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a detailed timeline and breakdown will be provided in respect of a funding application from his Department to the local authority in...
    • Bus Éireann
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the route 30 at 7 a.m. and x30 at 8.30 a.m. Bus Éireann services from Donegal town to Dublin did not operate on 22 May...
    • Public Transport
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of leap cards that have been issued; the amount that has been raised by the National Transport Authority from the €5...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents and injuries for the past five years that have been reported due to cyclists getting caught in the Luas tracks in...
    • Airport Security
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the number of airport police in this State; and if he will provide the date on which the airport police embarked on...
    • Public Transport
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public bus routes could be reinstated on Beach Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4. [27798/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the electric vehicle apartment charging grants scheme will be in operation and open for applications; the percentage of a...
    • National Car Test
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given for a grace period for car owners whose National Car Test certificate has expired, but are booked in for a...
    • Coast Guard Service
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a coastguard station; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans or discussions that have taken place to close the level crossing that is located at Daly Station on the Quinsboro Road, Bray,...
    • Bus Éireann
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of hiring security staff on Bus Éireann routes in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the routes that required security staff;...
    • Taxi Licences
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the age limit so that taxi licence holders can recoup losses and build finance and a good financial record...
    • Public Transport
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only two train stations in Dublin are excluded from the TFI 90 ticket (details...
    • Rail Network
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the refurbishment and or maintenance works that Iarnród Éireann carried out at locations (details supplied) since January 2021;...
    • Public Transport
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to increase route RR14 on the local link bus service frequency from once weekly to...
    • Bus Éireann
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full year cost of purchasing 75 extra hybrid and ten hydrogen buses for the Bus Éireann fleet. [28078/22]
    • Rail Network
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when construction of the Shannon crossing at Ballina, Killaloe will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28102/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle fast charging points there are in County Tipperary; and the location of each. [28103/22]
    • Road Projects
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will prioritise the N71 Newmills to Owenahincha realignment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28121/22]
    • Public Transport
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has provided funding to the National Transport Authority to cover the cost of enabling commercial bus operators to participate in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fixed charge notices which have been issued using the statutory instrument for dangerous overtaking of cyclists since the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue yield from an increase in the zoned land tax from three percent to seven percent in a full year. [27983/22]
    • Tax Collection
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to consider the case of a taxpayer (details supplied) who has been informed that they have a considerable...
    • Tax Reliefs
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the time limit, or minimum length of time for which a person has lived in a property before selling, in order to qualify for principal private residence...
    • Tax Code
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a vacant property tax through provisions in the upcoming Finance Bill 2022, consistent with comments made by the Minister for Housing,...
    • Fiscal Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is reconsidering the decision not to apply for loans under the Recovery and Resilience Fund given the uncertain economic outlook and the likelihood of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise the way in which elderly and non-IT users access the Revenue Commissioners services; if they can make appointments for in-person meetings;...
    • Tax Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the vehicle registration tax enforcement statistics for March and April 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who cares for and lives with their incapacitated sibling can avail of the home carer tax credit; if this credit is confined to a person’s...
    • Departmental Staff
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27596/22]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected that a new disabled drivers' medical board of appeal will be constituted and appointments issued to applicants who are awaiting a decision...
    • State Claims Agency
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that were appointed to each junior counsel panel at the State Claims Agency; if they were previously on the State Claims Agency panel;...
    • Illicit Trade
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of nitrous oxide that was seized by the Revenue Commissioners in 2021 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27855/22]
    • Tax Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received in VAT on fuel by the State in each of the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27963/22]
    • Banking Sector
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review his stated strategy to unwind the State’s shareholding in commercial banks (details supplied) in light of a recent European Central...
    • Tax Credits
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 185 and 186 of 28 April 2022, the steps he is taking to engage with medical and therapeutic representative bodies to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that retired civil servants with qualifying pensions have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in October...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the release schedule for the Government’s capital tracker initiative, past and planned; and if he will make a...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider allowing civil servants who moved from Dublin to rural Ireland due to the pandemic the opportunity to continue to...
    • Public Sector Staff
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for full pay restoration for public sector workers on low incomes. [27619/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27602/22]
    • Coast Guard Service
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide further information regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27972/22]
    • Traffic Management
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 31 March 2022, if the OPW will commit to the installation of traffic signs (details...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Consultations
      198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list the disability consultative groups and members of these groups that her Department engages with; and if she will make a...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that was given to independent productions by (details supplied) in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [27617/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27606/22]
    • Road Projects
      201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to re-introduce funding for the repair of local roads in Gaeltacht areas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Schemes
      202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Make 2023 the Year of the Invitation initiative that was outlined in the programme for Government; and if she...
    • Sports Funding
      206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects which were successful, unsuccessful and the appeals for the sports capital and equipment programme in tabular form....
    • Commemorative Events
      207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will ensure that the exclusion of persons from the National Famine Commemoration Day will not reoccur. [27828/22]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that voice coaches are specifically excluded from the new artists subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Protection
      211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of safeguarding 1 child welfare and protection basic awareness workshop courses that were completed in each of the...
    • Sports Funding
      212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants that were issued to a college (details supplied) over the past five year from the Department; the terms and conditions...
    • Tourism Promotion
      213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Tourism Ireland plans to open a new office in Portugal. [28062/22]
    • Culture Ireland
      214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts globally in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [28063/22]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work with the Northern Ireland Executive to deliver the cross-Border Ulster Canal project; and if he will...
    • Hare Coursing
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 284 of 17 May 2022 (details supplied) in regard to No. 14 of the licence, if he...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if action will be taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Services in relation to an issue (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Housing Policy
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review his Department is undertaking with regard to facilitating inter-county social...
    • Housing Schemes
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department engaged with the European Commission on whether the Croí Cónaithe Cities scheme was compliant with...
    • Planning Issues
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he intends to take given the findings of the Mulcahy Report into allegations of planning irregularities in County...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will schedule works (details supplied) for completion in September 2022; and if he...
    • Heritage Projects
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the thatch steering group that his Department is currently establishing; the persons who will sit on this...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that record domestic violence as distinct from relationship breakdown as a category of...
    • Wildlife Protection
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a response to correspondence (details supplied) submitted to his Department will be issued. [27342/22]
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policies which exist in relation to the development of solar farms in rural areas; if there are guidelines in relation to...
    • Housing Policy
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the policy of joint tenancy in local authority housing with the view to include the full-time carers of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the vital work that was carried out by homeless organisations during the Covid-19 pandemic; if they will be...
    • Housing Schemes
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will be undertaking a review of the current social housing income thresholds; if so, if any amendments will...
    • Energy Conservation
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of retrofitting local authority social homes to a building energy rating B2 or cost optimal equivalent in...
    • Planning Issues
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the Mulcahy Report completed in June 2017 has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Derelict Sites
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings that he has held with local authority chief executives or relevant staff members to discuss collection...
    • Vacant Properties
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that his Department has had no engagement with the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance concerning...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders by local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [27456/22]
    • Derelict Sites
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the potential revenue in 2021, by local authority, of sites on the derelict sites register. [27459/22]
    • Construction Industry
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that his Department has had with representatives of construction industry regarding the expected delays to...
    • Departmental Staff
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27600/22]
    • Rental Sector
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that there is a greater supply of long-term rental accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 19 May 2022, the nomination date of all members and the nomination forms for...
    • Derelict Sites
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if support will be given to those who started renovations on a derelict property prior to the new funding stream announcement...
    • Housing Schemes
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the shared equity scheme will open for applications in July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27897/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social houses voids for periods of 1 to 12 months or more in each local authority area in tabular form;...
    • Ukraine War
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue (details...
    • Local Authorities
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of implementing a review of local authority participation structures, excluding the strategic review of the...
    • Derelict Sites
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated revenue yield from an increase in the derelict site levy to 20 percent in a full year. [27984/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that a carer’s allowance payment is considered as assessable means on a local authority rent assessment...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Wild Atlantic Nature LIFE IP project can be extended to cover Kerry boglands. [28047/22]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures that are in place to ensure that wastewater treatment plants do not operate over their relevant population...
    • Housing Schemes
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the buy-and-renew-scheme in the past 12 months. [28105/22]
    • Housing Policy
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the return of local authority housing in which a tenant passes away and the directions or circulars are given to...
    • Departmental Funding
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that house refurbishment for reallocation is funded between his Department and local authorities; the circulars or...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine and expedite a passport application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27219/22]
    • International Relations
      296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet the ambassador from India to express the Government’s outrage at recent and escalating calls by members and...
    • Passport Services
      299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a new resubmission link for the consent form will be sent to a parent (details supplied) in respect of the passport renewal application...
    • Middle East
      307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the behaviour of the Israeli riot police who stormed a group of mourners as they attempted to carry the...
    • Human Rights
      313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take immediate steps to put pressure on the Israeli government to halt the expulsion and forced transfer of over 1,000...
    • Drug Dealing
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has issued passports to members of an organisation (details supplied) who are banned from entering the United States of...
    • Departmental Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27597/22]
    • Passport Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were received by county in 2019, 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27719/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff members that have been posted at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union, including all...
    • Passport Services
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider putting outreach clinics in place in each county to facilitate first-time passport applications, thereby minimising...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are delays in finalising applications for foreign birth registrations; the status of a foreign-birth registration of a person...
    • Consular Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken directly with the Irish Consul General in Sydney to date in 2022. [28080/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement or engagements by officials in his Department with an organisation (details supplied) concerning the renaming of a postal...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      364. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces 1916-2016 centenary medals that were struck; the number that have been awarded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • United Nations
      365. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the investigations by the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services into claims of abuse and exploitation on United...
    • Defence Forces
      366. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the investigations that are taking place into historical allegations of child sexual abuse connected to members of the Defence Forces; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces
      369. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of digitisation in the Defence Forces for carrying out routine administration tasks such as requesting rations. [28064/22]
    • Air Corps
      370. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to replace a Learjet 45 aircraft within the Air Corps fleet. [28065/22]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will have their special needs assistant and educational escort application approved; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that her Department played, if any, in the creation of a new road to service a proposed new school campus in Carrigtwohill, County Cork;...
    • School Transport
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is in receipt of an application for a new school bus route (details supplied) in County Sligo; if the application is being...
    • Home Schooling
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a home tuition grant scheme appeal will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27271/22]
    • School Facilities
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the increased demand for a sports hall for a school (details supplied) and if she will meet a delegation from...
    • Departmental Contracts
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the senior councils and barristers paid or retained for work on behalf of her Department; and the amounts paid to each for each...
    • Schools Building Projects
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be submitting a new planning application for the site of a new school (details supplied) in Malahide-Portmarnock; the estimated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response can be expected to correspondence submitted in relation to the case of a child (details supplied). [27330/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27370/22]
    • School Costs
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with schools to ensure that the rising costs for families with school-going children are reduced; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is working with the National Council for Special Education to identify children with additional needs but who have had...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time that the appeals process for DEIS allocation can take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27380/22]
    • Education Schemes
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline a list of all the additional education schemes which were provided in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; the number...
    • Special Educational Needs
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be notified of their allocation of SNAs for the academic year 2022-2023. [27482/22]
    • Departmental Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a press release from one of the organisations (details supplied) involved in the recently published review of...
    • State Examinations
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused a scribe for their leaving certificate examinations; if the opinion...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sí ar an eolas nach bhfuil ach spás do 249 dalta nua in aghaidh na bliana sna hiarbhunscoileanna reatha a fheidhmíonn...
    • Departmental Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional funding for autism spectrum disorder units in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Consultations
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department consulted the Data Protection Commission at any stage during the preparation for the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SNA allocations for 2022-2023 will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27621/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sí ar an eolas go bhfuil 128 ndalta idir scoileanna (sonraí tughtha) ag fágáil rang a 6 gach bliain agus go bhfuil...
    • Special Educational Needs
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs who are without a dedicated school place in 2022 and in each of the past four years...
    • Education Schemes
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in north County Kildare that are taking part in the summer provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for a consultation meeting has been received from a school (details supplied); if so, when this meeting will be scheduled; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD primary school places in Dublin mid-west; the location of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27746/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that construction will start on a project (details supplied); and the estimated timelines identified for the project. [27761/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans afoot to develop an ASD unit at CBS National School in Ennis, County Clare. [27770/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capitation allocated per pupil at primary level and secondary level. [27780/22]
    • School Transport
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that applied for the school transport scheme for the 2021/2022 school year and were deemed ineligible; and the estimated...
    • Schools Administration
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year and full year saving of removing the monetary subsidy given to private schools. [27803/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the e-tendering process for quantity surveyors with regards to school construction projects; the quantity...
    • School Transport
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans with respect to entitlement to school transport for students attending their second-nearest school for the coming...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount currently spent per annum on guidance counselling provision and the number of guidance counsellors that are hired with this figure....
    • School Staff
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year and full-year cost of hiring one additional guidance counsellor. [27920/22]
    • School Enrolments
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for an extension to Lisdoonvarna national school (details supplied); if consideration will be given to the...
    • State Examinations
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her discussions regarding the introduction of mitigation measures for the Leaving Certificate examinations in 2023, for...
    • School Staff
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are in place for staff that cannot work due to suffering from long-Covid given that special leave with pay has been withdrawn....
    • Special Educational Needs
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of placements that are available for children diagnosed with autism for the catchment area of the SENO and for CHO9, respectively; the...
    • Education Costs
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one point at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27946/22]
    • Schools Administration
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) to have a person appointed as a trustee; and if she will progress this...
    • Site Acquisitions
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide this Deputy with copies of any reports, site assessments or any related documents carried out by or on behalf of her...
    • Capitation Grants
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the capitation funding for schools (details supplied). [28029/22]
    • School Accommodation
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an appropriate school place is provided for a pupil (details supplied). [28031/22]
    • State Examinations
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on a meeting with an organisation (details supplied) and the State Examinations Commission in relation to State exams and for...
    • School Staff
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of educational psychologists working in schools; and the total annual cost of same. [28037/22]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an invitation to attend the annual conference of an organisation (details supplied); and if she intends to attend the...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the merits of establishing a Gaelcholáiste for the students of a school (details supplied) in their school area given...
    • School Transport
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be provided to a school (details supplied) for ten children in various townlands in the vicinity; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with complex needs that is required in a catchment area for her to permit the establishment of a special school; the size...
    • National Council for Special Education
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed implementation regarding educational assessments by the National Council for Special Education, in view of a judgment...
    • State Examinations
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to a case of a leaving certificate student (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 4 May 2022, the progress that has been made in attempting to have funds...
    • Pension Provisions
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Ireland has a social security agreement policy with South Korea, whereby if mandatory pension contributions which are...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a welfare payment appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27266/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review her recent announcement concerning the means disregard in respect of the living alone allowance for...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current process for international protection applicants to apply for a PPSN; the current processing times for such...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that family carers are limited to an 18.5 hours working week when receiving carer's allowance and carer’s...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that carer's allowance and carer's benefit are not included in the Benefit of Work Estimator, the State’s...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available to frontline workers who are unable to work due to long-Covid; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the domiciliary care allowance relative to a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering increasing access to or the amount allocated to families in the back-to-school allowance to reflect the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if decisions have been made on applications for a living alone increase in fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their travel pass as per their application; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Programmes
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a community employment scheme (details supplied) that has been instructed by her...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the invalidity review of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27480/22]
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2022 budget allocation for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; the number of employees employed by MABS broken down...
    • Citizens Information Services
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2022 budget allocation for the Citizens Information Service; the number of employees employed by the Citizens Information...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27604/22]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that payments to guardians have been delayed to all applicants looking after unaccompanied Ukrainian children who...
    • Departmental Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Services for persons with disabilities; the estimated full-year cost of...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for an invalidity pension will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) whose medical information...
    • Departmental Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total annual cost of providing child benefit. [27927/22]
    • Citizens Information Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the structure of the volunteer strategy working group established by the Citizens Information Board and Citizens Information...
    • Departmental Policies
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to bring forward her recommendations to the Pension Commission report in view that she recently indicated it...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of a reduced rate State Pension (Contributory). [28018/22]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken in relation to early learning and childcare providers who continue to restrict parents...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if persons who have level-five or higher qualifications in special needs education but have no specific QQI...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the new funding model for early year services will build in recognition of those offering childcare in...
    • Childcare Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department have considered extending the Access and Inclusion Model Programme to children of...
    • Legislative Programme
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the decision making and assisted decision-making (capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021 amending the Assisted...
    • Departmental Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a data breach within his Department whereby the home addresses of childcare...
    • Departmental Staff
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form.; and...
    • Childcare Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Joint Labour committee looking into childcare wages is due to publish its report and recommendations;...
    • Child and Family Agency
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the proportion of pay of the total €357,016 expenditure for Tusla that is specifically...
    • Departmental Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster care placements by county in tabular form. [27687/22]
    • Child and Family Agency
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of child sexual abuse imagery cases notified to Tusla by An Garda Síochána from 2016 2021...
    • Departmental Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds available to refugees in a hotel (details supplied); the number of refugees currently based...
    • Ukraine War
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that has been spent to date on private emergency accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. [27690/22]
    • International Protection
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who have been assigned to the implementation of the white paper on ending direct provision...
    • Child and Family Agency
      509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of cases that are currently open with Tulsa and in need of a social worker; the ratio of open cases...
    • Departmental Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that is available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the national childcare scheme addresses affordability for parents; the percentage reduction in...
    • Departmental Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that has taken place between a development company and his Department and or IPAS on an issue...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first year and full year cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 10%; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first year and full year cost of increasing the affordable childcare subsidy for children under three years...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if early childhood education sectors will see an increase to the capitation on the early childhood care and...
    • Child and Family Agency
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if TUSLA social workers are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment as is the case in respect of HSE social...
    • Legislative Programme
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that remain to be implemented; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Pobal commenced new data collection in April 2022 regarding demand in the early years sector as part of the...
    • Ukraine War
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that his Department is taking to ensure that there are play and parent and child spaces in temporary...
    • Childcare Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that are being taken by his Department to monitor capacity issues in childcare services across the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employers are required to pay apprentices based on time served rather than the phase of the apprenticeship; the way that his Department will...
    • Further and Higher Education
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the eligibility criteria for a course (details supplied) where the provider is stating one eligibility criteria while Solan is...
    • Third Level Fees
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider waiving some or all of the fees for students who have switched college courses, given that the experience of remote-learning...
    • Departmental Data
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all of the current borrowings of all Higher Education Authority-funded higher education institutions in Ireland; the original...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the prioritisation exercise for capital expenditure and capital project approval process for all Higher Education Authority-funded...
    • Departmental Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all current ongoing capital projects, by institution, commencement date, approximate value and purpose for all Higher Education...
    • Further and Higher Education
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the plans to give effect to the borrowing framework contained in the Technological University Act, 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI maintenance grants that were paid to recipients on full-time courses whereby disability allowance was declared by the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are open to a person (details supplied) who would like to update their qualifications in order to make them eligible to provide...
    • Departmental Staff
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27598/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of early school leavers in the apprenticeship system broken down by craft and consortia; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Springboard places opened in the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27863/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any craft apprentices had their off-site training moved online completely or in part; if so, the details of same as a percentage of course...
    • Departmental Communications
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact details for persons (details supplied) to include their direct Ministerial email address and telephone number. [28013/22]
    • Departmental Properties
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of properties that are owned by his Department or agencies within the remit of his Department in County Meath. [28067/22]
    • Education and Training Boards
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure all tutors employed by ETBs receive the same pay and conditions for the same workload. [28153/22]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Residency Permits
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who has made contact with the repatriation division as...
    • Prison Service
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce a code of ethics for prison staff in line with the Council of Europe recommendation CM/Rec (2012) 5; and...
    • Legislative Reviews
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the civil liberties implications of S.I. No. 250/2020 Prison (Amendment) Rules 2020, which was introduced...
    • Prison Service
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the increase by almost 10% in the Irish Prison Service population since January 2022; the efforts being made to...
    • Mental Health Services
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 5 April 2022, if she will provide an updated publication date for the findings of...
    • Visa Applications
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update regarding a specific visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • International Protection
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people awaiting entry into the international protection system [27295/22]
    • Labour Market
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received, granted and refused respectively for labour market access permission for international...
    • Citizenship Applications
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if fees can be waived for a person (details supplied) who wants to apply for Irish citizenship; and if she will make a...
    • Prison Service
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 605 and 606 of 17 May 2022, the number of prisoners who had an error identified in the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals that exist to extend the retirement age of members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a...
    • Child Abuse
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of alleged historical child sexual abuse that the DPP did not prosecute, by year, for the past three years...
    • Court Accommodation
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when funding will become available to complete the new courthouse project at Kylekiproe, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if she...
    • Asylum Applications
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an Afghan admission programme application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [27560/22]
    • Coroners Service
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to include a complaints mechanism for families during a reform process of the Coroner’s Courts system;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of roadside drug tests that were carried out by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; the...
    • Departmental Data
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizens who have between 1 and 10 , 10 and 20, 20 and 30, 30 and 40, 40 and 50, 50 and 60, 60 and 70...
    • Crime Prevention
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to increase the penalty received by citizens who have multiple convictions in an effort to deter crime; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed in her Department, by gender and by civil service salary scale, in tabular form. [27601/22]
    • Legislative Programme
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed timeline for passing the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement...
    • Programme for Government
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Programme for Government pledge to clarify and strengthen contempt-of-court sanctions for violations on...
    • Domestic Violence
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of a domestic violence refuge for Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in counties Longford and Westmeath who have completed a one-day competency-based driver level one...
    • International Protection
      594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection applicants that were noted as not being unaccompanied minors following participation in the Tusla age...
    • An Garda Síochána
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional full-time accountants for the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau....
    • Prison Service
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; the estimated value of these drugs finds in each prison...
    • Departmental Reviews
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court; the date the final report is expected to be submitted; and the details...
    • Jury Service
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of reported jury intimidation or interference in each of the past two years. [27911/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom will be put to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27961/22]
    • Undefined
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Ombudsman investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) and when the findings will be...
    • An Garda Síochána
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in Limerick city in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Prison Service
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the Irish Prison Service to carry out a review and updating of its current drugs strategy which dates from...
    • Human Rights
      610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture will be implemented considering that a commitment in the Programme...
    • Prison Service
      611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers dismissed by the Irish Prison Service in the past five years for breaches of discipline. [28002/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role her Department is taking in assisting community groups to apply for the Community Safety Innovation Fund. [27669/22]
    • Visa Applications
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the renewal of a stamp 4 visa is likely to occur in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts to facilitate later opening hours of nightclubs in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for citizenship applications for minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28052/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for the purchase of high-powered jet skis for the Garda water unit. [28081/22]
    • Court Judgments
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who were summoned to court for driving without a licence per district court in 2021 and to date in 2022;...
    • Traffic Fines
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists by year and to date since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment with a consultant in order to be assessed for a torn cartilage at the South...
    • Mental Health Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient admission to CAMHS by location in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will establish a residential house in Moyne for those with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27230/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      628. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current plans by HSE estates to provide accommodation provision for a perinatal mental health inpatient service at St Vincent’s...
    • Eating Disorders
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current plans by HSE estates to provide accommodation provision for an adult eating disorder inpatient service at St Vincent’s...
    • Mental Health Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current plans to provide inpatient mental health services at St Vincent’s University Hospital campus in CHO6; and if he will make a...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if the Elm Mount unit at St. Vincent’s University Hospital campus is fully-owned by the State including the land; if same is a leasehold; if the State...
    • Mental Health Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the IT supports that are in place for perinatal mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27245/22]
    • Hospital Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pregnant mothers who used a scan (details supplied) in Cavan General Hospital to date, per month, since its introduction in 2021, in tabular...
    • Disease Management
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the status of services for persons with Parkinson's disease in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the locations in which services are available in primary care in a...
    • Health Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a planned project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27276/22]
    • Industrial Relations
      640. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to avert further industrial action by medical scientists by ensuring pay parity and better working conditions for them; and if he will make a...
    • Emergency Departments
      641. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Monaghan Hospital and re-introduce an accident and emergency department; his views on the concerns of the public about the lack of this...
    • Hospital Staff
      642. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant podiatrist will take up a position in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27312/22]
    • Industrial Relations
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a meaningful proposal or issue an invitation to an organisation (details supplied) that represent healthcare professionals for talks to address...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of estimated delivery costs from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 associated with the new national maternity hospital. [27321/22]
    • Hospital Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the out-of-hours services and supports available to oncology patients in Beaumont Hospital; if consideration has been given more generally to providing...
    • Departmental Investigations
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if a new group has been formed to investigate maternal deaths; if a person (details supplied) is leading this investigation; the timeline being worked towards;...
    • Mental Health Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of 11 beds in a unit (details supplied); the steps he is taking to re-open them in view of the growing crisis in the provision of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the availability of the antiviral drug called paxlovid and-or other antivirals and monoclonal antibodies to patients diagnosed with long...
    • Disability Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will urgently examine the case of a child (details supplied) and liaise with an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a paediatric diabetes team in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27352/22]
    • Protected Disclosures
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); if the protected disclosure made by a health professional relative to this case...
    • Hospital Staff
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff, their qualifications and the number of staff in each category who are required to provide services at the department of psychiatry,...
    • Health Services Staff
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff, their qualifications and the number of staff in each category who are required to provide services at Kilkenny and Carlow child and...
    • Health Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) concerning the health clinic on Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, will be investigated;...
    • Hospital Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with the construction of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; when the additional bed capacity will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if a diagnostic assessment will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [27387/22]
    • Hospital Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future development of the Kilcreene Hospital Campus, Kilkenny; if services provided by the hospital will be expanded; if new services will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if staff who worked in the homeless sector as homeless front-line workers during the Covid-19 pandemic will be included in the Covid-19 recognition payment...
    • Hospital Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health what precisely distinguishes a national hospital from another or any other form of hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27426/22]
    • Departmental Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds for stroke patients in Ireland; the deficit that exists for the population on the basis of recommendations contained in the UK's National...
    • Health Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a dedicated chronic disease clinic in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he will outline the details of this service; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting on a counselling appointment in primary care; the average waiting time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2022, in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      681. To ask the Minister for Health his intentions regarding the proposed amendments to the international health regulations at the World Health Assembly this year; if the State intends to accept...
    • Health Service Executive
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE speech therapy building on Castleknock Road is currently in use by the HSE; if not, if it is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be made available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a person (details supplied) who urgently requires the service; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Homes
      684. To ask the Minister for Health when an agreement will be in place to allow for increased subventions to nursing homes given the increased costs they face post-Covid and with the rising cost...
    • Departmental Meetings
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings, excluding Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health meetings and meetings with Cork County Council, that Cork HSE management had about the...
    • Health Service Executive
      687. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 26 April 2022, that each sub-question of that PQ be clearly answered, namely when a property (details supplied)...
    • Disability Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the return of therapists to special schools in Cork, by special school, in tabular form. [27526/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [27527/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if a ceiling-track hoist will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27538/22]
    • Health Services
      695. To ask the Minister for Health when IVF treatment will be available through the public health system in Ireland; the clinics in County Cork that will be included in the provision of the...
    • Disability Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the crisis situation regarding the provision of respite disability services in CHO7; the measures that are being taken to...
    • Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent and vital early intervention will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/22]
    • Abortion Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on abortion provision in 2021; the breakdown of the amount spent in general practitioner and community settings; the amount spent in...
    • Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the urgent requirement to address ophthalmology services for children in County Louth and to fill vacant posts as quickly as...
    • Industrial Disputes
      701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised in respect of industrial action (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27568/22]
    • Disease Management
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the extension of Kaftrio drug therapy to 35 children aged between six and 11 years in Ireland with cystic fibrosis who are currently being...
    • Medicinal Products
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of Evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      705. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27618/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [27599/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the Covid recognition payment will be paid to homecare workers who are working for a provider contracted by the HSE; and when this payment will be...
    • Care Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE pay two different rates for the care of older people and the care of disabled people to homecare providers; the reason that the hourly...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no unit for the treatment of intestinal failure in adults in Ireland and up to 100 people are...
    • Medical Qualifications
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to implement a way of recognising Ukrainian medical qualifications in Ireland so that Ukrainians can work in the medical field (details...
    • Hospital Transfers
      714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1849 to 1851, inclusive, of 26 April 2022, if his Department requested the HSE to comment on the way that these...
    • Departmental Reports
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the receipt of a report (details supplied); if he will guarantee a date for the report to be reviewed by his Department and for its...
    • Hospital Transfers
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the difference between the way that a heart attack or cardiac arrest patient attending the National Maternity Hospital needs to arrive at ICU...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who received a preliminary team assessment as part of the standard operating procedure that was in place for children’s...
    • Mental Health Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that are available nationally in CAMHS; if he will provide a breakdown, by CHO area and by hospital and or residential setting; and the...
    • Ukraine War
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered making the HSE owned 17-bedroom Inis Ghile building in Parteen, County Clare available for Ukrainian refugees, given that it...
    • Hospital Staff
      726. To ask the Minister for Health when stakeholders will receive a letter confirming funding for the Sláintecare: Towards Self-Care in Headache project so that the participating hospitals...
    • Industrial Disputes
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the industrial action of medical scientists (details supplied); his views on same; the steps he will take to resolve the...
    • Departmental Staff
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that are not employed directly but are employed by a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      729. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the accessibility of the Covid-19 booster programme, especially in relation to appointments made through off-line methods. [27804/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that...
    • Nursing Homes
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if unannounced HIQA inspections of nursing homes will be made in the evenings given the concern of families that bed-bound patients have no food or drink from...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      733. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be published dealing with international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27879/22]
    • Dental Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 24 May 2022, if he will provide a list of dentists in County Kerry who are providing services for medical card...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      736. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment with a consultant in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin regarding their carpal...
    • Hospital Procedures
      737. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an operation in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27900/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of a drug (details supplied) used to treat epilepsy; the reason that pharmacies cannot guarantee more than one...
    • Mental Health Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by role in each of the Cork CAMHS teams respectively, in tabular form. [27905/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      744. To ask the Minister for Health when a full list of eligibility criteria for the pandemic special recognition payment will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flexible Work Practices
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a proposed hub in Fermoy, County Cork (details supplied). [27926/22]
    • Departmental Data
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 3 to 5 years of age that were diagnosed with autism from 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 11 of the Stability Programme Update 2022 that is designated for infrastructure to support community...
    • Mental Health Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 20 additional dedicated children’s beds for psychiatric care to cease the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric...
    • Health Services Staff
      753. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 751 of 1 March and 430 of 31 March 2022, the consideration that his Department has given to the Health Service Executive...
    • Care Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, that the HSE has to expand the level of respite care provided within the rehabilitation unit of St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare;...
    • Family Support Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a decision was taken to engage in competitive tendering for family support network funding announced in Budget 2021; if this is a result of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures and next steps for the winding-down of the Punchestown Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction testing centre, including details of the re-allocation...
    • Vaccination Programme
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects second Covid-19 booster doses to be administered to the wider age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/22]
    • Departmental Programmes
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the HSE withdrawing funding from the EOLAS programmes for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27987/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      760. To ask the Minister for Health when vertex will be made available here (details supplied); if persons with cystic fibrosis will be able to access it and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      761. To ask the Minister for Health if cataract surgery in the case of a person (details supplied) is financially covered under their full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if extended respite care will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27994/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are currently waiting to be allocated a wheelchair; the number of wheelchairs that are allocated each month; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28021/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community physiotherapists in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28023/22]
    • Dental Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 1 March and 641 of 17 May 2022, if he will clearly provide the details of the specific locations in County Wexford...
    • Burial Grounds
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the State did not acquire the Bessboro lands when they were in the control of NAMA given the likelihood of burials on the site. [28026/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cataract surgery at Nenagh Hospital for 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28032/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that his Department has in relation to the provision of ivacaftor/kalydeco to children under 12 years of age in view of the European Medicine...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure an early surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [28058/22]
    • Health Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full capital and current costs to achieve a 24/7 crisis intervention service. [28071/22]
    • Departmental Communications
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken to his United States counterpart since his appointment. [28072/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by job title in each of the chronic disease Community specialist teams; the number of whole-time equivalent staff...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE will not approve surgical interventions for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome under the European Union Cross-Border Directive or the treatment...
    • Disability Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available for wheelchair users who are in employment and whose wheelchair requires replacement or repair. [28100/22]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the expert team that is examining overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and the details of the persons who are on the expert...
    • Child and Family Agency
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if TUSLA social workers are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment as is the case in respect of HSE social workers in recognition of their frontline work...
    • Medicinal Products
      784. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 17 May 2022, when a review of the current eligibility framework of the long-term illness scheme, which includes...
    • Health Services Staff
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists who are currently employed by the HSE in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28126/22]
    • Dental Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Health when the issue of medical card holders being unable to access dental appointments will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28139/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to provide locum cover for rural based general practitioners, specifically within the HSE South CHO4 catchment, to cover for...
    • Health Services
      795. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28159/22]
    • Disability Services
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time residential care place will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/22]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department have plans to introduce new schemes to help a group of farmers (details supplied) enhance their income; and...
    • Farm Safety
      799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with other Government Departments in respect of the delivery of farm safety programmes and initiatives in schools...
    • Forestry Sector
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that his Department is carrying out to vary the species of trees in plantations in Ireland, with a view to encouraging more...
    • Foreshore Issues
      803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the proposed deployment of the SmartBay Observatory for connection to the Sustainable Energy...
    • State Bodies
      805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the relationship between the Marine Institute and a company (details supplied); the services and total funding exchanged to date; and...
    • Foreshore Issues
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has since granted foreshore consent for the proposed deployment at the marine test site at issue of the SmartBay observatory...
    • EU Funding
      807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that this Government will receive from the EU crisis reserve fund; the level of funding the Irish Government...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      808. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a grant scheme to incentivise farmers to install solar panels on the roofs of sheds and farm buildings...
    • Animal Diseases
      809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are currently in place to enforce home quarantine for pets and exotic animals travelling into Ireland from foreign...
    • Departmental Staff
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form.; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to provide additional supports to farmers in respect of increased input costs, including in fuel, feed, fertiliser and...
    • Organic Farming
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of his proposals that are to increase participation in organic farming. [27650/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the group of farmers known as the forgotten farmers; and the timeframe for the delivery of same. [27651/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average number of afforestation licences that are targeted for issuance per week in 2022; and the average issued per week to...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has formally responded to the communication from the European Commission in respect of the CAP strategic plan; if he intends to...
    • Agriculture Industry
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of Ireland's application for PGI status for Irish grass-fed beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27695/22]
    • Hare Coursing
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 284 of 17 May 2022, his views that it would be better practice to have coursing...
    • Fishing Industry
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will extend the Brexit temporary fleet tie-up scheme 2022 to...
    • Commonage Land Use
      828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department owns the commonage (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27794/22]
    • Fishing Industry
      829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 874 of 10 May 2022, the way that he will be reinvesting the €9 million that was saved by...
    • Forestry Sector
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forest that dies from ash dieback for reasons outside the control of a person can be replaced; and the obligatory terms and...
    • Agriculture Industry
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the frost reconstitution applications that have been received to date that his Department expect to approve in June...
    • Forestry Sector
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated timeframe for the completion of Project Woodland and the implementation of the Mackinnon Report; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sea fisheries protection officers; the number of administration staff; and the annual cost of the Sea Fisheries...
    • Organic Farming
      835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the increases, if any, that he intends to make to the payment rates per-hectare to participants of the organic farming scheme in each...
    • Fishing Industry
      837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a consultant has been appointed for the deep-water quay at Ros a Mhíl; if the timeline and key milestones for the development...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      841. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the new Community Centres Investment Fund; if her Department anticipates significant interest in the scheme; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff
      843. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27603/22]
    • Rural Schemes
      844. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the application process and qualification criteria for a community services programme scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Island Communities
      845. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the Interdepartmental Committee for the Islands; the number of times the committee has met in 2022; and if...
    • Rural Schemes
      846. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 3 March 2022, the status of the national oversight and advisory group for town centre...
    • Vacant Properties
      850. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the supports available from her Department to ensure that vacant buildings such as former banks in rural towns and villages in...
    • Rural Schemes
      851. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the new community centre investment fund for County Clare; if her Department anticipates significant interest in the...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      852. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects in County Clare will be announced under the connected hubs fund to support the further development of remote...
    • Rural Schemes
      854. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she has received applications from north Kildare under the rural and community development schemes operated by her...
    • Digital Hubs
      859. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage the formation of digital hubs in order to enable those enterprises...
    • Rural Schemes
      861. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have targeted areas of social isolation with a view to improving the prospects for those...

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