Written answers
Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Homeless Persons Supports
8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for addressing rising homelessness figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32956/22]
- Departmental Funding
11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding to local authorities for the adaptation of homes for older persons and persons with disabilities will be reviewed...
- Housing Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to deliver public and affordable housing in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32957/22]
- Local Authorities
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding progress on the appointment of biodiversity officers at a local authority level; and if he will make a...
- Wastewater Treatment
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to address cases of untreated wastewater entering streams and rivers. [32968/22]
- Renewable Energy Generation
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if community buildings will be included in proposed changes to planning rules to facilitate the easier installation of solar...
- State Bodies
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new sites identified by the Land Development Agency. [33218/22]
- Housing Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has details in relation to the progress update announced by him on 9 June 2022 in relation to planning measures...
- Urban Development
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to maximise public greenspace in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33221/22]
- Rental Sector
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there are enough safeguards in place to prevent mass eviction of tenants from private rental...
- Housing Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate given the increasing demand and pressure for housing, the extent, if any, to which he might look at the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he aims for the proposed revisions to the existing planning exemptions for the installation of solar panels on the roofs...
- Gaeltacht Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the promised guidelines on planning matters in the Gaeltacht; the status of the working group established to...
- Departmental Schemes
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the cap of €30,000 on the Housing Adaptation Grants given of the increased costs in building and...
- Defective Building Materials
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include members of an organisation (details supplied) in the consultative group which regularly meets with advisors...
- Derelict Sites
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the introduction of a derelict property tax; if any research has been carried out by his Department into this...
- Housing Provision
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on affordable and social housing across Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Environmental Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations to promote renovation over demolition and reconstruction of buildings to ensure that...
- Rental Sector
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the rising number of evictions; his plans to deal with these; if he will consider a reintroduction of an outright...
- Urban Development
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the regeneration of social housing and flat complexes in inner city of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Wastewater Treatment
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist communities in improving wastewater infrastructure. [32967/22]
- State Bodies
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm that the report he requested into the management of conflicts of interest and relevant disclosures by the...
- Housing Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable houses that will be delivered in Fingal in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32955/22]
- Departmental Policies
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking in relation to Ireland’s contribution to the implementation of the New European...
- Ukraine War
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that are being taken to ensure that there is adequate housing for Ukrainian refugees in the medium-term; and if he...
- Rental Sector
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm if directives have been issued to local authorities permitting them to purchase housing assistance payment,...
- Housing Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his targets for new social and affordable housing in the Carlow area for 2022; and the progress that has been made in reaching...
- Housing Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he will take to ensure that disabled children whose parents have shared custody can both apply for a housing grant...
- National Parks
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his considerations on taking steps to award the Gearagh Special Conservation Area in Cork national park status; and if he will...
- Vacant Properties
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the current number of vacant houses in the State. [31965/22]
- State Bodies
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he was first informed about allegations of wrongdoing at An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vacant Properties
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the introduction of a vacant property tax; if any research has been carried out by his Department into this...
- Homeless Persons Supports
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the increased number of homeless persons in County Tipperary. [33095/22]
- Emergency Accommodation
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure adequate emergency housing supply to local authorities. [33094/22]
- Departmental Schemes
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made per local authority for the single stage process housing scheme in tabular form; and if he will...
- Rental Sector
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered ways of incentivising the long-term letting of properties that are currently being let as short-term...
- Housing Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans for housing provision in north-west Dublin. [33216/22]
- Rental Sector
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to introduce new measures to help reduce rental costs across the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that he will take to expand social and affordable housing given the increase in homelessness; and if he will make...
- Housing Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a progress update on the delivery of an affordable housing scheme in County Mayo. [33089/22]
- Housing Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that has been allocated for affordable housing projects in Cork; the status update on these projects; the envisaged...
- Pleanáil Teanga
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cad í an mhoill leis na treoirlínte geallta don phleanáil Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
- Housing Provision
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing across the country, and specifically Dún Laoghaire; the...
- Rental Sector
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on housing assistance payment and other subsidies to those renting in the private sector; if a cost benefit...
- Regional Development
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans with respect to funding and support for the four Limerick regeneration areas post the end of the current projects in...
- Housing Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress he has made towards launching the first home scheme. [32962/22]
- Housing Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build social homes and new build affordable homes that were delivered year to date in County Mayo; and if he...
- Local Authorities
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work currently being undertaken to reform the local authority funding mechanism to ensure that...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the planned recruitment to new posts within the National Parks and Wildlife Service; the way recruitment is...
- Vacant Properties
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the commitments made to tackle vacant housing in the Housing for All Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government her plans to fasttrack the deliver of affordable purchase homes in the Merlin area of County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Ukraine War
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with his colleagues in Government regarding housing Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans with respect to the Mulcahy Report into planning matters in County Donegal; if he intends to take action on the...
- Housing Provision
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 5 May 2022, the status of the Galway social housing taskforce sub-group on...
- Departmental Data
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any study seeking to quantify the death rate among persons who are homeless in the State; and...
- Housing Provision
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social homes provided in County Cork in 2021; the way that the figure compares with the totals for each of...
- Student Accommodation
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the steps his Department is taking with the Department of Further and Higher Education...
- Derelict Sites
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when grant aid will be made available for first-time buyers to do up old derelict properties; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Schemes
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition concluded its investigation into the Croí Cónaithe...
- Housing Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing completions annually since 2016; and the number in the 12 months between Q2 2021 and Q1 2022. [33211/22]
- Emergency Accommodation
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the local authority in Limerick city regarding the lack of emergency accommodation in the city; and if...
- State Bodies
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will receive a copy of the internal An Bord Pleanála report identified in An Bord Pleanála statement dated 27...
- Homeless Persons Supports
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address rising homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33223/22]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions with his Department and his counterpart in Colombia with regards to the operations of a company...
- Climate Change Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Government in relation to the creation of a loss and damage facility to compensate countries in the developing world for...
- Ports Policy
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an international armed soldier presence on a ship in Cork city on 16 June 2022. [32977/22]
- Brexit Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he accepts the assertions made by the United Kingdom government that it has been actively trying to make the Northern Ireland Protocol...
- Passport Services
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports to date in 2022 from counties Kildare and Wicklow; the number of passports issued; and the number...
- Human Rights
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution of Ireland to ensuring the safety of journalists, photographers and other members of the media. [32918/22]
- European Union
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ukrainian ascension to the European Union. [30546/22]
- Middle East
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [33097/22]
- Ukraine War
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any plans to reduce the size of the Russian diplomatic presence in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Passport Services
120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from counties Clare and Tipperary for each county to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of...
- Middle East
121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline any discussions that are taking place at the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing situation in...
- Passport Services
122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports for adults to date in 2022 from counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath; the number of such...
- Human Rights
123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who are in effect under house arrest in other jurisdictions in that they are being prevented from leaving such...
- International Relations
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impact that the result of the recent Colombian presidential elections will have on the Colombian peace process; the actions...
- Human Rights
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the statements made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (details supplied) after their recent trip to...
- Council of Europe
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities during Ireland’s six-month presidency of the Council of Europe. [32902/22]
- Ukraine War
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects any further sanctions to be agreed by the European Union against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans that are in place to tackle the backlog in issuing passports. [32745/22]
- Middle East
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had at bilateral level with his counterparts in Israel with regard to halting the demolition of Palestinian homes in...
- Overseas Development Aid
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which Ireland’s overseas development aid programme continues to engage with the most seriously deserving cases...
- Brexit Issues
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent phone conversation with the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Foreign Policy
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that Ireland is supporting the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32953/22]
- Human Rights
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of parliamentarians in Tunisia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31902/22]
- Ukraine War
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects the united European Union response to Russian aggression against Ukraine to be sustained in the months ahead; and if he will...
- Passport Services
141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase the accuracy of the passport tracking service online to show real-time data of each actual step of the application...
- Human Rights
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department has engaged with the organisation frontline defenders and the people with whom they support in conflict zones; and if...
- Diplomatic Representation
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list the countries where Ireland has ambassadors on the ground. [31964/22]
- Foreign Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s response to the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, particularly on the United Nations Security Council and...
- Human Rights
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will use its place on the UN security council or call in the Israeli ambassador to raise the use of administrative detention by...
- Diplomatic Representation
150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the process within his Department for appointing persons as Irish ambassadors to other countries; if he will clarify...
- Official Travel
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report back on his recent visit to Finland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33164/22]
- Military Neutrality
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on neutrality; his plans to refer Ireland's position on neutrality to a Citizens Assembly for discussion; and if...
- Human Rights
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the officials in Myanmar since the 3 June 2022 announcement of the forthcoming execution of four political...
- Official Engagements
165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his meeting with the Finnish Foreign Minister; if enhanced co-operation around security and defence at an EU...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Flexible Work Practices
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he expects the remote working Bill 2022 to be enacted; and if he will provide an update on same. [33296/22]
- Work Permits
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of a general employment permit will be complete in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Legislative Measures
168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been liaising with the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that there is a sick pay rebate mechanism to help small...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Strategies
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 14 June 2022, the names of the 100 fuel stations and the locations of each...
- Inland Fisheries
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will involve all stakeholders in the preparation and development of draft policy papers (details supplied) as...
- Broadband Infrastructure
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed broadband will be available to a person (details supplied) given that their house appears to be the...
- Energy Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the energy security review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33403/22]
- Departmental Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the State funding provided by his Department to all environmental groups in 2019,...
- Energy Conservation
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons (details supplied) qualify for energy conservation grant from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland or...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the difficulty of charging an electric vehicle for terraced home and apartment dwellers in the future; and if he...
- Dublin Airport Authority
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request a copy of the expression of interest document the Dublin Airport Authority provided to interested third parties in...
- Public Transport
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter in relation to a taxi (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33352/22]
- National Car Test
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to long delays for the national car test; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the high cost of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33407/22]
- Electric Vehicles
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the poor public electric vehicle charging network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33408/22]
- Bus Services
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) and Dublin Bus are unable to provide their full scheduled bus services in Dublin as a result of staff...
- Sports Events
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to develop a policy to ensure that as far as possible patrons of large sporting events will be able to travel to these events...
- Driver Licences
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test will be urgently rescheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/22]
- Taxi Licences
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he believes that age limits on taxi licences should be extended to keep more drivers in the industry; if he intends to extend these...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
188. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 394 and 395 of 14 June 2022, the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019...
- Tax Code
190. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the gap between the exit tax of 41% and the capital gains tax of 33% with an inclusion of a €1,250 exemption is to be maintained; his...
- Credit Unions
191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an amendment to the Credit Union Act 1994 to permit credit unions to include a statement when issuing the notice of the AGM to each...
- Tax Code
192. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33317/22]
- Fuel Prices
193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the rising cost of home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33405/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will meet with a person (details supplied) in order to further discuss their qualification as a new business owner; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Parks
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that there is a closing time on gate into the Irish National War Memorial Gardens on Con Colbert Road, Dublin 8, given that...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the special leave with pay scheme for public service staff; the measures that he will take to ensure those...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Events
200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions that she has had with the sporting bodies and the Minister for Transport in relation to the need to ensure that...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil an Coiste Comhairleach um Sheirbhísí Gaeilge bunaithe mar a shonraítear é in Acht na dTeangacha...
- Departmental Bodies
202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status of St. Andrew's Church, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2 which is owned by Tourism Ireland and that has been vacant and...
- Departmental Funding
203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that the annual audited accounts and financial statements of a public company, Cill Ulta, LAN Teoranta, Cill Ulta,...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Appointments
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the appointment of a harbour master for Fingal, following a business case for the position in March 2022; if he...
- Housing Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased in counties Cavan and Monaghan given existing limits are...
- Water Quality
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the marine protection areas to 30% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28487/22]
- Local Authorities
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will sanction all the vacant posts across local authorities and provide the necessary resources for these posts to be...
- Water Quality
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the latest EPA water quality report. [27941/22]
- Local Authorities
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the senior executive officer roles that were assigned to both Drogheda and Dundalk in 2020; if Louth County...
- Housing Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has satisfied itself that there are a sufficient number of affordable properties in the north County...
- Housing Schemes
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify exactly when housing assistance payment rates will be increased; if he will acknowledge that an increase...
- Departmental Data
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of commercial rates that have been collected by all local authorities since 2018 to date in tabular form;...
- Vacant Properties
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are supports available for vacant home-owners who wish to bring their property up to a liveable standard to add to...
- Water Services
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will receive funding (details supplied) to support emergency and planned upgrade works to group water...
- Housing Schemes
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are obliged under legislation to make public their housing allocation schemes; and if so, the location at...
- Local Authorities
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the reason a query that was raised with a local authority (details supplied) has not been responded to...
- Traveller Accommodation
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the caravan loan scheme for Traveller families was extended nationwide; if the local authorities have been informed of...
- Departmental Schemes
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to increase funding for housing adaptation grants for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vacant Properties
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allocate funding at an early date to local authorities for the voids programme given the importance of this scheme...
- Housing Schemes
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which it is proposed to upgrade income qualification levels for local authority housing loans with a view to...
- Defective Building Materials
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all locations of pyrite or mica have been identified throughout the country; if the local authorities have been informed or...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made since the election of President Joe Biden in rectifying the situation for the undocumented Irish in America;...
- Diplomatic Representation
246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new embassies Ireland that have opened globally in each of the past ten years. [33478/22]
- Passport Services
247. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that the director of the Passport Office services spoke on radio and told listeners that the Passport Office was now in a much...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with the British Government on issues relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will...
- Brexit Issues
260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he had discussions on the Northern Ireland protocol. [30694/22]
- Military Neutrality
263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if this Government is committed to the policy of military neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23757/22]
- Passport Services
264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the application has exceeded the target issue date and date...
- Human Rights
308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the Ambassador for Saudi Arabia to Ireland in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been sentenced...
- Brexit Issues
318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will have further discussions with representative organisations in Northern Ireland that are concerned about the recent British...
- Ukraine War
321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which Ireland continues to highlight at international level the atrocities carried out against the people of Ukraine by...
- Human Rights
323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten most serious worldwide locations of human rights abuses at present; the action being taken at international level to combat the...
- European Union
324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current position in regard to European Union enlargement; the progress from the point of view of the applicant countries; and if he will...
- Human Rights
325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community continues to support, assist and endeavour to secure the release from prison of a person...
- European Union
327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the European Union continues to support the Western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33543/22]
- International Terrorism
328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the activities of the Boko Haram and the Al Shabaab continue to be monitored and restricted; and if he will make a...
- Human Rights
329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the most prominent locations worldwide to which international aid continues to be made available by Ireland and other countries in an effort...
- Brexit Issues
333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to support the retention of the Northern Ireland Protocol in order to ensure that the interests of the...
- Human Rights
335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the trafficking of women and children or vulnerable persons continues to be combatted at international level; the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that junior certificate students completing the Irish listening section of the examination only hear the listening extracts twice in...
- Schools Building Projects
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation with respect to the proposed extension of a school (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Inspections
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the target frequency for whole school evaluations; the current average time between such evaluations; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a method outside of recommendations by a SENO that an appeal for special education transport would be heard. [33362/22]
- Cycling Policy
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any concerns regarding the proposal in the Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan to facilitate improved walking and...
- School Transport
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the remote area grant for school transport in view of the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Education Welfare Service
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of education welfare officers in each cluster in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly in tabular form; the number of vacancies in each...
- Departmental Funding
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to provide capital funding for the upgrade of older primary schools that were not significantly upgraded over the years and are...
- Departmental Priorities
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33450/22]
- Special Educational Needs
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33461/22]
- State Examinations
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will immediately assist a student (details supplied) who needs to be facilitated in sitting their junior certificate examination due to...
- Ukraine War
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to claims that the treatment shown to Ukrainian students is preferential to any other children fleeing conflict and war from...
- Education Costs
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the 15 additional teaching hours to all children seeking sanctuary from conflict and war. [33510/22]
- School Accommodation
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with a delegation from a school (details supplied) with a view to finalising the future location of the school; and if she will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues regarding former RTE staff and access to pensions; if she has met the...
- Public Services Card
364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that her Department does not automatically issue public services cards when the card expires to those who are...
- Departmental Appointments
365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of directly employed job coaches who have been put in place by her Department; the number of appointments that is...
- Employment Schemes
366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support persons currently availing of Jobs Clubs nationwide; the future of Jobs Clubs in Ireland; and if she...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if parents on low incomes who borrowed significant amounts of money to get their children privately diagnosed or assessed due...
- Social Welfare Appeals
369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number who were awarded the domiciliary carers allowance on appeal annually in each county since 2017 to date in tabular...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carers support grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- State Pensions
371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the appropriate level of State pension (non-contributory) available, if any, in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Ukraine War
372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an organisational chart for the IPAS service including details of the section or sections...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for a reduction in the contribution to the ECCE scheme (details supplied); if this can be reviewed;...
- Family Support Services
374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the roll-out of the baby bundle scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33365/22]
- Direct Provision System
376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to abolish direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33399/22]
- Human Rights
377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ban conversion therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33411/22]
- Direct Provision System
378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons who died while in the direct provision system in each of the past five years and to...
- Proposed Legislation
380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to legally ban conversion therapy. [33452/22]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative basis for his policy decision to restrict Ukrainian refugees to a maximum of two offers of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Research Funding
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the number of PhD researchers funded by Science Foundation Ireland; the Irish Research Council; the HSE and any...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who is the father of an Irish-born child and is anxious...
- Work Permits
385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the review of the atypical work permit scheme which is in place for non-EEA migrant fishers; and if she...
- An Garda Síochána
388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving gardaí, all ranks as at 1 January 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020 and 2021; the number of civilians employed...
- Visa Agreements
391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 4 visa holder is required to have a UK visa to visit Belfast; and if so, the process for obtaining this visa. [33357/22]
- Departmental Funding
392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a service (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-European economic area nationals who have obtained residency in Ireland since the Ireland Immigrant Investor...
- Naturalisation Applications
395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ascertain the degree to which a person (details supplied) who has lived in this country since he was one year old...
- Visa Applications
396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 31 May 2022, if it may be possible for a specific appointment to be made in...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
397. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to restart the children’s ophthalmic clinic in Portlaoise Hospital as at present parents have to arrange transport to get their...
- Health Services Staff
398. To ask the Minister for Health when the frontline health workers with Locum Link will receive the one-off Covid bonus payment. [33266/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
399. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for COPD assessments at the hospitals within the Saolta Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33267/22]
- Health Services
400. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised (details supplied) in relation to children undergoing chemotherapy in County Kerry will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to a community-based counselling and psychotherapy service (details supplied) in Galway city, that provides counselling services...
- Pension Provisions
402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pension given that they retired November 2022 and have been waiting for their pension papers to be...
- Nursing Homes
403. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure that should be followed and the potential repercussions regarding the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
404. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1814 of 14 June 2022, the breakdown of validation figures by month and by category; the processes used in and process of...
- Disability Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with autism and special needs who have been referred to an organisation (details supplied) for an assessment for the years 2021 and to...
- Pharmacy Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacists employed in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33339/22]
- Home Help Service
411. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the inclusion of home-help workers on the critical skills occupations list; if he has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...
- Disability Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the inclusion of speech and language and occupational therapists, child psychologist and physiotherapist positions on the critical skills...
- Pharmacy Services
413. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change prescribing rules to better empower community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33344/22]
- Healthcare Policy
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will develop a scheme to enable women access contraception directly from their community pharmacist without prescription and without charge, regardless...
- Pharmacy Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the role of pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/22]
- Emergency Departments
418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will halt plans to close the emergency department at Navan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33349/22]
- Medicinal Products
420. To ask the Minister for Health if the epilepsy drug nifedipine will be added to the medical card scheme. [33351/22]
- Health Services
421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding spinal muscular atrophy to the new-born heel prick test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33363/22]
- Disability Services
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a business proposal submitted by a club (details supplied). [33375/22]
- Health Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to an additional palliative care bed for a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their medical appliance; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33379/22]
- Public Inquiries
425. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1568 of 14 June 2022, if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss an inquiry given that at the last...
- Nursing Homes
426. To ask the Minister for Health the details of waiting lists for a public nursing home bed in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33398/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that meters manufactured by an organisation (details supplied) and self-test strips will be made available free of charge to persons...
- General Practitioner Services
428. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners are being permitted to charge medical card holders for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33402/22]
- Nursing Homes
430. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to address the impact of the extraordinary inflationary costs upon private and voluntary nursing homes; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
431. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether persons in the mid-west who need neurology services should have to wait for a number of years for this service to be developed and the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
432. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33417/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
433. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the €1,000 HSE pandemic bonus payment. [33419/22]
- Disabilities Assessments
434. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs appointment will be given to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33423/22]
- Medicinal Products
435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding asthma to the long-term illness scheme to allow sufferers access to their inhalers which can cost up to €110 per month and...
- Vaccination Programme
436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that young people who do not receive a vaccine (details supplied) when offered are being prevented from getting it due to the enormous cost; his...
- Alcohol Pricing
437. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to introduce regulations under section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; if the regulations in relation to labels will require...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is a provision in Budget 2023 to fund multidisciplinary clinics in all counties to provide treatment and care for persons...
- Health Strategies
439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to reform trans healthcare in Ireland. [33454/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
441. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33467/22]
- Medicinal Products
442. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding luxturna; and if he will consider making provision for reimbursement in respect of the drug. [33468/22]
- General Practitioner Services
443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that his Department and the HSE give urgent consideration to the concerns outlined by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the...
- Health Services Staff
444. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the payment of long-term sick payments to frontline healthcare workers who suffer from long-Covid; the plans that are in place...
- Mental Health Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health the dates that the HSE Estates Department carried out its condition survey of the Owenacurra centre, Midleton leading to its recommendation that the centre be...
- Disability Services
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to statements from the Clinical Lead for the National Clinical Programme for People with Disabilities at the Oireachtas Disability Matters...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
449. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full breakdown including the type of procedure of all persons currently on a HSE waiting list in County Tipperary, including those waiting up to 3...
- Suicide Prevention
450. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1728 of 19 January 2022 if he will provide an update on vacant suicide resource officer posts in counties Louth and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the situation regarding GLAS penalties for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the total penalties that applied in respect of...
- Animal Diseases
452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location in which a person can access the FETAC approved training course in accordance with regulation 32 of the European...
- Harbours and Piers
453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the harbour authority at Dunmore East will fully engage with a club (details supplied) relative to the traffic...
- Animal Welfare
454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 2 June 2022, the way that it is possible that the two horses that were featured in the...
- Departmental Reports
455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the wool feasibility study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications will be accepted under the emergency fodder scheme; the areas of the country covered by the scheme; if areas are...
- Departmental Meetings
459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of engagements or bilateral meetings that his Department has had to date with an organisation (details supplied) regarding...
- Forestry Sector
460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total hectares of afforestation applied for each year since 2014 and the actual hectares planted each year for the same period in...
- Agriculture Schemes
461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which persons (details supplied) will be assisted with a scheme application; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pigmeat Sector
462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the necessary funding to pig farmers in respect of increased input costs, including in fuel, feed,...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
463. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to the town and village renewal scheme since 2016, by year; the amount returned to her Department by local...
- Island Communities
465. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has made a final decision on whether there will be a reduction of 20% and 50% for students and children to the fares that...
- Rural Schemes
466. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new LEADER programme will be announced and the terms and conditions for the programme published; if non-local community...
