Written answers
Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Curriculum
9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department issues guidelines with regard to the teaching of history to ensure it is presented in an impartial way; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a shortfall in applications from SNAs for suitable summer provision jobs; if any review of remuneration has been conducted to evaluate...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has taken any steps to reduce the student-to-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools across the country; the average...
- Special Educational Needs
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken over the past 24 months to provide equal opportunity to education for all children with disabilities and...
- School Enrolments
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school places available and awarded to children in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in...
- Ukraine War
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategies to support students from Ukraine coming to Ireland; the number of students who have been supported to date; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered utilising workers in small creches who are let go during the summer months to give them an option to work and provide the...
- Ukraine War
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to accommodate Ukrainian students living in Citywest, County Dublin, with school places given the existing constraints on...
- State Examinations
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment or analysis her Department has carried out in regard to the new junior certificate Irish programme; if she is satisfied with the...
- School Enrolments
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the establishment of a secondary school in Inishbofin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34281/22]
- School Curriculum
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of new curricula for the relationships and sexuality education and the social, personal and health education...
- Special Educational Needs
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the latest Ombudsman’s report which details that her Department is trying to react to issues rather than pre-plan and that...
- Irish Language
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special language supports in Irish and English that are being given to children from Ukraine who are attending Gaeltacht schools that are part...
- Schools Building Projects
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the much anticipated permanent school building project for a school (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34984/22]
- State Examinations
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the State Examinations Commission's leaving certificate examination result date for 2022; and her views on the effects of the...
- Special Educational Needs
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the latest report from the Ombudsman for Children's office, which suggested her Department is failing children with special...
- Irish Language
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); her plans for the continuity of Irish-medium education in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has put plans in place to review the contract process in relation to school building works and the contracts that support them...
- Educational Disadvantage
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals that have been lodged with her Department in 2022 in respect of the granting of DEIS status; the number of successful...
- School Transport
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 1 February 2022, if a review of the existing school bus allocation system has been completed; if she...
- Special Educational Needs
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to maximise participation of educational staff in the summer provision programme; if she has considered increasing the pay...
- Educational Disadvantage
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS programme will be expanded to schools currently outside the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34859/22]
- School Enrolments
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the school and classroom planning in Dublin Fingal, given the preliminary census data showing a significant population growth since...
- Departmental Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered additional funding to increase access to school traffic wardens. [34893/22]
- School Management
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore middle management in primary schools to pre-austerity levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34700/22]
- State Examinations
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the criteria for qualification for deferred examinations to include students who suffer a serious and urgent medical emergency...
- Educational Disadvantage
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the supports in the DEIS scheme are sufficient to meet the needs of schools in the most acute areas of disadvantage; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected needs for school placements for special needs and autistic children in secondary schools, either by CHO area or by county, from...
- School Facilities
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the provisions of the Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021 that passed Second Stage in Dáil...
- Schools Building Projects
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on the delivery of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34750/22]
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new action plan on bullying for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34983/22]
- Educational Disadvantage
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the DEIS programme; the developments regarding its expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Examinations
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns regarding the junior certificate examination Irish language paper; and if she plans to review the junior...
- School Curriculum
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reforms in the relationships and sex education curriculum she will make to ensure issues relating to trans people and gender identity are...
- Special Educational Needs
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the forecasting model being used by the National Council for Special Education in order to plan for future need for special classes and schools,...
- Departmental Funding
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding of a centre (details supplied) after her recent visit. [34953/22]
- State Examinations
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the delay in the publication of leaving certificate examination results until early September 2022, which will...
- Special Educational Needs
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to schools (details supplied) that need to open autism classes in Dublin 12. [34864/22]
- Educational Disadvantage
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when appeals in respect of the DEIS programme will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34819/22]
- Site Acquisitions
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on secondary school site identifications for Swords, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34866/22]
- School Transport
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants from County Monaghan for the school transport scheme in 2021 and 2022; the number of late applicants; and the steps that...
- Special Educational Needs
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with parents' advocacy groups to address their concerns relating to the shortage of special needs assistants. [28493/22]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are being put in place to reduce primary school class sizes by two pupils for 2023, as per the requests by an organisation (details...
- School Funding
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports for increased digital supports and teaching in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34985/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent rapid increase in Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalisations; if she will ensure that schools...
- Education Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate and expand the in-school and early years therapy support demonstration project in view of the fact that referrals to CAMHS...
- Site Acquisitions
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33650/22]
- Special Educational Needs
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs children in Dublin 12, Dublin 6, Dublin 6W and Dublin 8 who are waiting for school placements in primary or secondary...
- School Curriculum
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had any dealings with school patrons regarding the content of the relationships and sex education curriculum; her views on objective...
- School Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools per county that are due to lose a mainstream classroom teacher for the forthcoming academic year, in tabular form;...
- Religious Discrimination
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a direction to schools to ensure that they provide students who do not attend subjects in religious instruction under section...
- Special Educational Needs
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of SNA supports for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33651/22]
- Education Welfare Service
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to offer mental health supports for primary and secondary students, including access to emotional well-being...
- School Funding
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to provide capital funding under the devolved scheme to upgrade primary schools that were built many years ago and were not...
- Schools Building Projects
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on delivery of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34751/22]
- Special Educational Needs
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a comprehensive review of the summer programme to analyse the level of uptake of the programme by special schools and schools with...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to be in a position to meet the staff requirements in terms of teachers, special needs teachers and assistants,...
- Special Educational Needs
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being employed by her Department in conjunction with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth...
- School Accommodation
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an ASD unit will be approved for a primary school (details supplied) given that there is a need in the area for such classes and the school...
- Educational Disadvantage
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the much-delayed DEIS appeals, in particular for schools located in Drogheda that were highlighted in the Geiran report and have...
- Special Educational Needs
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has drawn the attention of the Government to the urgent need fully to enact the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the forward planning that is being carried out in her Department to address and combat the spread of Covid-19 variants and other communicable...
- Special Educational Needs
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs who have no school place for September 2022 in Cork. [34892/22]
- School Transport
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings that are taking place with bus and coach providers in relation to school transport; the steps that her Department is considering to...
- Special Educational Needs
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate provision continues to be made to meet the requirements as set out by the various school authorities and boards of...
- State Examinations
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure there are no delays in the publication of the leaving certificate examination results, which would cause...
- Educational Disadvantage
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the primary schools in north Drogheda referred to in the Drogheda implementation plan report are given formal DEIS band one...
- Ukraine War
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her Department's position with respect to new school places for Ukrainian refugee children; the way the school transport system is...
- Special Educational Needs
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reform the application process for a review of the SNA allocation for schools to remove language threatening potential downgrade of...
- National Educational Psychological Service
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the National Educational Psychological Service in view of the fact that referrals to CAMHS and other mental health services...
- Educational Reform
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the reform of the senior cycle; the expected timeframe for the implementation and planned consultation processes of same; and if she...
- School Curriculum
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expand the leaving certificate computer science course to each school in the State, starting with the 2022-24 cycle; if so, the way...
- State Examinations
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will recognise that the stipulations for deferred examination requiring that a parent or guardian needs to sign a request for a deferred...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 19 May 2022, if his Department has received a reply from IDA Ireland in relation to...
- National Standards Authority of Ireland
97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the membership of the panel that designed I.S. 465 for the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and the membership of the panel...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity...
- Work Permits
99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is considering placing forestry-related jobs on the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Process
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress to Committee Stage of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of...
- Employment Rights
101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the code of practice on the right to disconnect introduced on 1 April 2021; the number of cases that have since been...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Water Pollution
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Inland Fisheries Ireland is actively monitoring Irish Water for compliance of court orders obtained on water...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for...
- Departmental Schemes
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total cost to the Exchequer of the €200 electricity credit; the number of beneficiaries who received the...
- National Broadband Plan
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received notice that two investors in the national broadband plan will withdraw from the project. [35067/22]
- Energy Policy
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the positions Ireland has taken and will be taking in relation to the recently signed memorandum of understanding...
- Electricity Generation
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to incentivise farmers to provide solar panels on farms for their own use; and if he will make a statement on...
- Exploration Industry
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35120/22]
- Energy Policy
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that is being made on his policy to roll out free solar panels to households at risk of energy poverty due...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity...
- Bus Services
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the staffing levels of the Bus Éireann station in County Sligo; if he is concerned that low staffing...
- Electric Vehicles
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on supporting e-bike rental schemes in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35055/22]
- Road Tolls
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reduce or abolish toll charges for commercial passenger operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35103/22]
- Bus Services
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the expressway bus service from Donegal to Dublin, route 30/X30; if it is necessary to book this service in advance;...
- Rail Network
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the all-island strategic rail review; the expected timeline for completion of the review; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise
125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform excise duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35102/22]
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the person or body...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to the registration of a car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35021/22]
- Tax Code
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for setting the VAT rate for dog grooming at 23%, rather than 13.5% or 9%. [35076/22]
- Credit Unions
129. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the role of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35093/22]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to end pension abatement for post-2012 entrants into the Defence Forces who take up a position in the public sector; and if he...
- Flood Risk Management
132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken at present to protect meadows within the Shannon Callows from flooding given the expected fodder shortage...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity...
- Civil Service
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement the report of the independent body examining additional working hours; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Risk Management
135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will increase funding to the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme given the identified level of need by...
- Public Sector Staff
137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider updating civil service mileage rates for public servants who must use their car for work given the significant...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any State or semi-State bodies that report to her are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the...
- Broadcasting Sector
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of instances in which RTÉ has requested a derogation in respect of the requirement on it to disclose legal costs...
- Sports Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of a capital sports grant will be made to a club (details supplied); the reason for the delay with this payment; and...
- State Art Collection
141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the artifacts or art pieces that were under the control of the State that have been repatriated to the country of origin in each...
- Census of Population
143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of historical census data from 1831 to 1851 and other pre-1901 census documents; if further information from these...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the...
- Rental Sector
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Fáilte Ireland was tasked with the design and implementation of a short-term lettings registration system; if...
- Defective Building Materials
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is no provision in either the existing or in the proposed revisions of the defective concrete blocks scheme that will...
- Housing Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that several council-owned homes in a location (details supplied) in County Kildare remain empty; and if he will...
- Regeneration Projects
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regeneration plan for St. Patrick's Park, Rathangan, County Kildare; the timeline for completion; and if he...
- Housing Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop retirement villages for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35088/22]
- Local Government Reform
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the programme for Government commitments in regard to town councils; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date; the local authority areas in which they have...
- Planning Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of section 254 applications that have been granted to a group (details supplied) by local authorities in the past...
- Housing Policy
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to announce changes to the household income eligibility for local authority housing before 15 July 2022 given...
- Housing Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of shared ownership liability in the case of a person (details supplied) can be undertaken given that an...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status;...
- Foreign Birth Registration
160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of processing the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry; when an application will be processed for a person...
- Passport Services
161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine and expedite a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35047/22]
- Department of Defence
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the...
- Public Sector Pensions
177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address uniformity of pension entitlements in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35097/22]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether her Department should reconsider its policy of grouping build projects under one single project management contract given...
- Special Educational Needs
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cross-departmental discussions that she has had to improve access to ASD classes for all children needing a school place; and if she will...
- School Transport
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the eligibility criteria for the post-primary school transport scheme can be amended to allow children to attend their nearest...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any State or semi-State bodies that report to her are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the...
- Special Educational Needs
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to expand the home tuition programme which is available to children with a diagnosis of ASD who are of preschool age to...
- School Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools in east Cork that have applied to her Department for additional resources to cover the additional demand for...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing average class sizes by two pupils in a single year. [35079/22]
- School Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the capitation grant to primary schools by 20% in a single year. [35080/22]
- Special Educational Needs
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name and roll numbers of schools that are in receipt of any State funding that do not currently provide special classes when compared to the...
- School Transport
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs incurred in hiring private taxis or private transport to transport special educational needs children to schools outside their...
- Special Educational Needs
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs classes and special needs teachers continue to be available in all schools through the country given the need...
- Schools Building Projects
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which summer works projects continue to be facilitated at all schools throughout the country without exception; and if she will...
- School Transport
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the school transport system has been reviewed with a view to making such transport available to those who had access...
- Schools Building Projects
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is proposed to meet the requirements insofar as is possible of all school replacement extensions at primary and second...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures currently in place or envisaged to combat school bullying in its various forms at primary and second level schools throughout the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that she is putting in place to make sure all DEIS schools that are entitled to the meals programme will have...
- Social Welfare Benefits
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current payments that are available to assist Ukrainian refugees with various costs including rent; and if she will make...
- Cost of Living Issues
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline further supports that will be made available to lower-income families to mitigate the impact of the...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any State or semi-State bodies that report to her are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support the Monetary Advice & Budgeting Service in dealing with the increased number of persons using its...
- Departmental Administrative Arrangements
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for a divorced person to revert to their original surname; the documentary evidence that is required; and if...
- Social Welfare Schemes
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare schemes in respect of which payment rates and rules may be adjusted by way of ministerial order and those...
- Social Welfare Benefits
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to receive requests for assistance under the exceptional needs or supplementary...
- State Pensions
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of applications for the State pension (contributory) received in each of the past three years to date; the...
- Cost of Living Issues
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she hopes to be in a position to meet emerging requirements arising from increased cost of living and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance on a short- or long-term basis; and if she will...
- State Pensions
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount received by her Department by way of eligible State pension contributions in which the level was...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance and invalidity pension that have been refused on the grounds of various...
- Social Welfare Benefits
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the carer's allowance has been improved to meet requirements of more persons; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which social welfare appeals by applicants can be expedited in order to ensure hardship does not occur; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the return of the funeral bereavement grant may be envisaged other than by way of exceptional needs payment; and if she...
- Social Welfare Code
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a basic payment is being made available to various categories of persons including refugees and asylum...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can work part-time and receive a social welfare payment part-time without having their...
- Social Welfare Payments
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which the proposed level of recovery of alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) may be...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) now qualifies for the living alone allowance given that they recently turned 66 years of age;...
- Social Welfare Payments
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which proposed recovery of alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) can be reconstructed in...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number may issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35240/22]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a long-term illness payment or equivalent status will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) who suffers...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the...
- Children in Care
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to foster care....
- Early Childhood Care and Education
244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond positively to the request from an organisation (details supplied) for a subsidy of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the...
- Third Level Costs
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review decisions on SUSI grants that were turned down for the 2021-22 academic year due the inability of students to prove their...
- Education and Training Provision
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made to increase the training in architectural and engineering courses with regard to timber buildings; and if he will...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding apprenticeship programmes within the forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35054/22]
- Third Level Costs
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 17 February 2022, if further measures will be introduced to reduce student contributions and other...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an apprenticeship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35187/22]
- Third Level Admissions
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to increase the number of places on first-year medicine courses for Irish students in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
- Third Level Costs
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a SUSI grant to assist with a course costing €4,220; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 21 June 2022, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish embassies...
- Departmental Strategies
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline progress in the seven work streams aligned to the main themes of the Implementation Plan on Civil Justice...
- Legislative Process
258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the transfer of the sentenced persons (amendment) Bill to amend the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts 1995 and 1997 will...
- Prison Service
259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the recommendations of the Sometimes I'm Missing the Words report by Maynooth University and an...
- Legislative Reviews
260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made with the review of the Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011; and if she will make...
- Citizenship Applications
261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when decisions will be made in the case of citizenship applications for persons (details supplied) born in the State. [35138/22]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if community safety partnership funding can be used to fund the maintenance and expansion of an existing community CCTV scheme;...
- Citizenship Applications
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate procedure for applying for Irish citizenship for those married to and living with an Irish citizen for more...
- Naturalisation Applications
265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Immigration Status
266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the precise procedures to be followed to facilitate each member of a family (details supplied), both those over and under 18...
- Department of Health
- Medical Cards
267. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a general practitioner visit card to members of the Defence Forces on discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35099/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
268. To ask the Minister for Health if cleaners working in University Hospital Galway who are subcontracted through a company (details supplied) qualify for the pandemic recognition payment; and...
- Departmental Funding
270. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34995/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
271. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a head rest for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34996/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff in receipt of special leave with pay who are suffering from long-Covid; if it is intended to cease this payment for frontline staff who...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
273. To ask the Minister for Health if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the person or body...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
274. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements and timeline for the payment of the pandemic special recognition payment to front-line healthcare workers, including agency staff; the number...
- Mental Health Services
276. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the unacceptably long waiting lists for CAMHS services in County Wexford including child and adolescent psychology and...
- Health Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 26 May 2022, if he will list the sites set to provide a service to children; the sites providing long-Covid and...
- Medical Cards
278. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to allow medical cards to be made available to cancer patients; if his attention has been drawn to need for same; if the matter is under...
- Health Services Staff
279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the number of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for psychiatry services in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35070/22]
- Disabilities Assessments
283. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the National HSE disability office group that is being set up to develop a revised approach to assessment of need under the...
- Hospital Overcrowding
285. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to produce a plan for each hospital to tackle chronic overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35084/22]
- Care of the Elderly
286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older people in each county who avail of boarding out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35091/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied). [35104/22]
- Medicinal Products
289. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects uromune to become available in Ireland for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections given that it is currently available through...
- Medical Cards
291. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the medical card threshold by €100, €200, €300 and €400 per week for persons over and for under 70...
- Tobacco Control Measures
295. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to regulate the e-cigarette market. [35133/22]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
297. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding funding for a capital project (details supplied) in Donegal town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35137/22]
- Medical Cards
298. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who is in urgent need of a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35148/22]
- Disability Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged nought to 18 years who are waiting for first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention in each CHO area, by individual...
- Dental Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health when the Dental Council will be opening and processing registrations for Ukrainian dentists in Ireland on temporary protection status; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
302. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all allocations over €1million made by his Department to commercial service providers and charities over each of the past three years,...
- Departmental Projects
304. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all workforce planning projects completed in his Department or in the HSE; if these will be published; the details of any such projects...
- Disease Management
305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monkeypox cases confirmed in Ireland by month since the start of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35182/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
307. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to support persons impacted by mesh implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35184/22]
- Abortion Services
308. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which authentic statistics are available in respect of the termination of pregnancies at all hospitals throughout the country in each of the past...
- Patient Safety
309. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) managed to get out of bed and receive further injuries notwithstanding the fact that they are in the...
- Abortion Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure reliable statistics and information in respect of termination of pregnancies are readily available and published through Government sources;...
- Vaccination Programme
311. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of a Covid-19 booster to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35234/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
312. To ask the Minister for Health when a required operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35236/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
313. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term illness payment or equivalent status will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) who suffers from multiple sclerosis; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers in receipt of special leave with pay; the number who have received it for longer than a week or the period of isolation; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity...
- Forestry Sector
316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts that are being made to streamline forestry regulations in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35050/22]
- Turf Cutting
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation is available to farmers who own turf banks but who do not use same. [35066/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason such a harsh penalty was applied to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of their circumstances. [35105/22]
- Animal Feedstuffs
323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support farmers who are not in a position to avail of his recently announced fodder support scheme and have...
- Brexit Supports
324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason fishers who could not achieve the 30 days at sea over the specified period in 2021 due to the closure of the hook and line...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any State or semi-State bodies that report to her are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity...
