Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Aid
      5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her response to the annual report from an organisation (details supplied). [35544/22]
    • Data Protection
      12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be progressing the recommendations of the 2021 report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the general...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the promised number of refuge spaces in the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made with regard to the provision of a dedicated transport police corps for public transport patrolling; and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Clonakilty, Bandon and Bantry Garda districts at the end of June 2022, or the latest date...
    • Antisocial Behaviour (1 comment)
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be changes to laws relating to knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35649/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a mid-term review of the Garda reform process to establish effectiveness and organisational buy-in; if there...
    • Legal Aid
      22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the current provision of free legal aid to persons who need it; her response to the recent FLAC report...
    • Victim Support Services
      23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that has been allocated for victims of crime in 2022 and each of the past three years; and if she will...
    • Northern Ireland
      25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a Dáil Parliamentary Question in January 2021, if she issued a directive under section 25(1) of the Garda...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will legislate against stalking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35644/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Tipperary division at the end of June 2022, or the most recent date available; the number of...
    • Prison Service
      28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the final report and implementation plan of the high-level task force on diversion have been completed and published; and if...
    • Immigration Policy
      29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme to ensure those who are unsuccessful in their...
    • Gambling Sector
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the appointment of a CEO to the gambling regulatory authority. [35950/22]
    • Human Trafficking
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons charged with human trafficking in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2022; and if she...
    • Work Permits
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the replacing of the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Union citizens who wish to work in the fishing...
    • An Garda Síochána
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place for the future of the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35920/22]
    • Drug Dealing
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of the progress nationally and in conjunction with other jurisdictions globally in combatting the activities of...
    • Public Inquiries
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the results of a scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she intends to...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can give commitments to reach the number of refuge places for those leaving domestic violence situations that would bring...
    • An Garda Síochána
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the changes in Garda numbers in Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations since 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Policy
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Afghan admissions programme; the expected timeline for when all decisions will be issued; the analysis that...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider funding a pilot scheme to address antisocial behaviour in hotspots in Cork city. [35951/22]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the new policy on domestic violence will ensure each county in the State will have a fully staffed and resourced refuge for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently on suspension from duty; if she will provide a breakdown of the times these members have...
    • Departmental Funding
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications to the community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35718/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration she has given to the most recent report of the independent reporting committee that was set up under the Fresh...
    • An Garda Síochána
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a report submitted to the United Nations by an organisation (details supplied) highlighting...
    • Domestic Violence
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the prosecutions for coercive control since the commencement of the Domestic Violence Act 2018; and if she will...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra resources that will be made available to implement the proposals outlined in the recently announced Government...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to address antisocial and public order offences in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Leighlinbridge Garda station will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35671/22]
    • Traveller Community
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Launch Landmark Report published recently by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí at present; the total number of trainees currently in training for An Garda Síochána;...
    • Departmental Funding
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received in respect of the new community safety innovation fund; when it is anticipated that funding...
    • An Garda Síochána
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has any way of monitoring levels of visible Garda presence in locations; her views on whether visible presence...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the roll-out of community CCTV systems in Garda stations; if GDPR concerns have been addressed; and if...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the allocation of additional refuge spaces in counties Roscommon and Galway given the recent...
    • Departmental Reports
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work programme and engagements of the Drogheda implementation board; the status of the...
    • Public Inquiries
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in a hit-and-run near their...
    • Departmental Strategies
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date on the implementation of the national youth justice strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recent crime trends in Dublin; and the reports she is receiving from the Garda Commissioner on changes in...
    • Immigration Policy
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to date; the number of...
    • Drug Dealing
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status of the work of her Department in tackling drug-related intimidation and reporting;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí nationwide at the end of June 2022 or the latest date available; the equivalent number of at the end...
    • Crime Prevention
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to tackle crime in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35918/22]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taken to address the backlog of naturalisation applications; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of active Garda stations within the Mayo Garda division, including opening and closing hours for each...
    • Domestic Violence
      73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the chronic need for refuge places for victims of domestic violence in north County Dublin;...
    • Legal Aid
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her response to the issues raised in the 2021 annual report of the Free Legal Advice Centres; and if she will make a statement...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if existing community CCTV schemes are precluded from funding under the community safety partnership funding stream; and if she...
    • Prison Service
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has not been a publication of a general prison inspection report of an operational prison since 2014; and if...
    • Domestic Violence
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether persons convicted of domestic violence or violence against a partner or former partner should be placed on...
    • Departmental Policies
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to strengthen bail laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35648/22]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Mortality Rates
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the number of deaths in Ireland, if known, from cardiovascular-related illness in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; and the number of former county managers and chief executive officers of...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      82. To ask the Taoiseach 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; and the person or body that...
    • Departmental Funding
      83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the average stipend or salary paid to full-time PhD candidates...
    • Departmental Bodies
      84. To ask the Taoiseach the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the anonymised salaries bands otherwise, the...
    • State Legal Services
      85. To ask the Taoiseach the conditions that are placed on those who act as State solicitors around the country in order to protect the good name of the State in their everyday role; and if he...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Appointments to State Boards
      86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers...
    • Departmental Funding
      87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid...
    • Corporate Governance
      88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021; the total number of...
    • Work Permits
      89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a critical skills employment applicant (details supplied) will be provided with a reference letter to assist their Irish residence...
    • Departmental Bodies
      90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the...
    • Work Permits
      91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide urgent attention to an employment issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35904/22]
    • Fire Safety
      92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his Department’s review of Ireland’s furniture fire regulations; if he will provide an updated timeline on...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to develop further services and supports to address the needs of children and adults with autism; and if the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Litter Pollution
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on local community groups working to keep their own areas litter free through the organised collection of...
    • Illegal Dumping
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the law regarding the use of CCTV cameras by local authorities to monitor dumping issues. [35794/22]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former...
    • Departmental Schemes
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements for the domestic energy credit in multi-occupancy buildings in which there was one account but...
    • Departmental Funding
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or...
    • National Broadband Plan
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the number of properties surveyed;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the SEAI's review of a person's home energy improvement works (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Electricity Generation
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has plans to introduce legislation in relation to compensating homeowners who use solar panels and feed...
    • Departmental Schemes
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applicants for the fully funded retrofits under the warmer homes scheme each year for the past five...
    • Turf Cutting
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the position in relation to cutting turf (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be a round of funding for the floating offshore wind in offshore renewable energy support scheme 2. [35562/22]
    • Waste Management
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the powers the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies have to remove waste and pollution from a site in...
    • Energy Prices
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that customers who remain with their current energy suppliers are penalised; the reason constant switching...
    • Fisheries Protection
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will apply the lower rate of exploitation for catch and release of salmon on the rivers Barrow, Nore and Suir as...
    • Departmental Offices
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the work of the land use and sectoral policy unit within his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where...
    • Energy Prices
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities plays in the setting of gas and electricity unit prices and in...
    • Energy Production
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the security of Ireland’s gas supplies via the UK interconnector given the stated intention of the...
    • Environmental Schemes
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of projects in respect of the national trust transition fund being supported in counties Offaly and Laois;...
    • Climate Action Plan
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when it is expected that the proposed just transition territorial plan and associated plan will be presented to the...
    • Energy Policy
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the frequency with which the energy security emergency group has met (details supplied); the frequency with which the...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a policy issue raised by a group (details supplied) regarding the development of offshore wind farms in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the development cost of a community involvement scheme that was paid by residents (details supplied) can stand as a reason to have a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and...
    • Bus Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus ticket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/22]
    • Driver Licences
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driving licence application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35291/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid to...
    • Bus Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine issues with the 120 bus service from Clane to Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of extending the youth travel card and associated 50% discount in public transport fares to all young...
    • Air Services
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 before their flight; the position of such persons in relation to...
    • Electric Vehicles
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the provision and roll-out of e-bikes as part of the shared bike schemes in Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford; and...
    • Road Network
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to plans to link the M4 and M3 national roads; and the schedule of the locations that are the...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of permits the Dublin Airport Authority issued to taxi personnel to pick up customers at Dublin Airport in 2021 and to date in...
    • Bus Services
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commuters that have used Dublin Bus route 16 in both directions in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [35766/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme to 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% and 70%,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority considers cycling lanes a form of transport; and if he will ensure connectivity in awarding funding....
    • Bus Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Local Link bus out of Dingle, County Kerry, route 277 to Ventry, County Kerry, is still not travelling further to serve a...
    • Public Transport
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bus stations that are to be upgraded with regard to disability access; the projected timeline to completion of such works in each...
    • Bus Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Carlow town bus service; and when the project will be delivered. [36059/22]
    • Public Transport
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the young adult Leap card in cases in which a qualifying applicant does not hold a passport, driving licence or...
    • Bus Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to ensure a more fair treatment of customers of commercial bus companies, particularly in rural communities, to...
    • Driver Licences
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) needs a public service card to renew their driving licence; and the reason they cannot use another...
    • Air Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the performance indicators that have been agreed with an airline (details supplied) on the regional development of routes; and if he will...
    • Road Network
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36210/22]
    • Public Transport
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to develop further services to address the needs of children and adults with autism who use public transport in Ireland;...
    • Road Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the N11 upgrade works in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36273/22]
    • Rail Network
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of any proposed works on the rail link between Dublin and Rosslare Port, particularly the section between Dublin and...
    • Road Projects
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Shannon crossing construction will commence. [36277/22]
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Parkinson's disease should be included on the list of conditions that make a person eligible for the primary medical certificate, given...
    • Tax Code
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a plan to increase the VAT limit for businesses (details supplied) given the rising costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36048/22]
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures put in place by his Department to guarantee that the monies lent by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund will be used only for aviation...
    • Tax Code
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider a review of the 9% VAT rate for those hotels charging exorbitant rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36270/22]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and chief executive...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Revenue Information Office at Cathedral Street, North City, Dublin 1 will be open to members of the public; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a matter involving the National Asset Management Agency (details supplied); if he will raise the issue with the agency...
    • Departmental Funding
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid to full-time PhD...
    • Tax Reliefs
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if the disabled passengers and drivers scheme will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35575/22]
    • Customs and Excise
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials inspections at Knock, Cork, Kerry, Dublin and Shannon airports in 2021 and to date in 2022; the value of items, substances and...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated if the late registration fee of 0.1% was increased to 0.6% for vehicles that remain unregistered for VRT, based...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing seven additional dog detector teams for the Revenue Commissioners; the amount of cash seized by the Revenue Commissioners' dog...
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of VAT on construction for Government-funded social and affordable housing schemes; and if there are any legal impediments to reducing or...
    • Departmental Bodies
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the anonymised salaries bands...
    • Tax Credits
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a scheme of tax credits in budget 2023 for owner-occupiers of defective apartments, duplexes and residential properties to...
    • EU Directives
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reconsidered his support for the enactment of a proposed European Union directive implementing a minimum corporate tax rate, given the increased...
    • Tax Reliefs
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider a relaxation of rules on a temporary basis to allow employers to pay a fuel allowance to their workers without having it...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the response and actions taken by the Central Bank in relation to tracker mortgages; if this situation and response will be applied to other similar cases...
    • Budget Process
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); his response to the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36057/22]
    • Insurance Industry
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update for publicans who are awaiting payment from insurance companies for business closure claims as a result of the pandemic; and if he will...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the Department that is in control of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; if this fund is for regional development in the Republic of Ireland; and if he...
    • Banking Sector
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by older people with accounts with a bank (details supplied) who have to find...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Appointments to State Boards
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if women civil servants employed prior to 1981 are required upon retirement to pay contributions owed to the Civil Service spouses and...
    • Departmental Funding
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid to...
    • Flood Risk Management
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will ensure that for the winter of 2022, pumps will be on site, fuelled and manned by OPW staff at Lough...
    • Public Sector Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on adjusting travel and subsistence rates given increasing travel costs. [35553/22]
    • Office of Public Works
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of revenue generated from car parking charges, by location, in each OPW site in which parking charges apply in 2021 and to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public sector pay in...
    • Airport Security
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of the additional Garda presence at Dublin Airport on the weekend beginning 4 June 2022 to supervise the security queues...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Appointments to State Boards
      200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under her remit; the number of former county...
    • Departmental Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of PhD positions funded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the average stipend or salary...
    • Departmental Schemes
      203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given by her Department to instituting a similar support mechanism to the live performance restart grant...
    • Departmental Funding
      204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding that her Department has provided to a venue (details supplied) in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bodies under her aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the...
    • Swimming Pools
      207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any funding available for a swimming pool in Baltimore, County Cork; if so, the potential sources of funds; the way...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Defective Building Materials
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline in respect of the ongoing issue of pyrite and other contaminants appearing in cement and concrete blocks...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county...
    • Vacant Properties
      210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available for a private citizen to redevelop a derelict building in rural towns for social or affordable...
    • Housing Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is prepared to allow local authorities to take emergency measures to address the chronic shortage of housing available...
    • Housing Policy
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review into income limits for social housing, given that he stated that a review of income eligibility was...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of the maritime area regulatory authority; and when he hopes it will be established. [35424/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or...
    • Local Government Reform
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amendments to the Local Government Acts he intends to progress to provide for maternity leave for councillors. [35452/22]
    • Housing Policy
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the humanitarian crisis housing task force, which is chaired by his Department; the consideration...
    • Quarrying Sector
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the audit of quarries in County Donegal that he requested has been completed; if so, when he will publish the audit and...
    • Housing Policy
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have received any advice or guidance from his Department in recent years on the length of time a person...
    • Rental Sector
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that people are experiencing difficulties with the Residential Tenancies Board...
    • Building Regulations
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recourse that a consumer has in cases of shoddy building work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for not allowing displaced Ukrainians resident in Ireland under the temporary protection directive to access the...
    • Housing Schemes
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the first home scheme will only be available for new builds. [35569/22]
    • Election Management System
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when voter.ie will be expanded to cover areas outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35663/22]
    • Wildlife Protection
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a three-month derogation extension until the end of July 2022 was granted for the shooting of wild birds, including...
    • Electoral Process
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of the recent publication of the Central Statistics Office preliminary census data, the date on which he will...
    • Local Government Reform
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the local government (directly elected mayor with executive functions in...
    • Housing Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 515 social houses to be built by Cork City Council in 2022 that will be built directly by the local...
    • Housing Policy
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the upcoming changes that will allow the provision whereby single housing assistance payment tenants can access the couples...
    • Local Authorities
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to whom chief executives of local authorities are answerable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35818/22]
    • Departmental Bodies
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 10 May 2022, the number of the eight staff sanctioned by his Department for An...
    • Budget 2022
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation provided in budget 2022 to each division and unit within his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a deer stalking course was introduced as a prerequisite for deer hunting licences; the basis upon which the course is...
    • Departmental Policies
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if community crèches are exempt from the payment of rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35887/22]
    • Planning Issues
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the issue of dezoning land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36004/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the shared equity scheme and the...
    • Housing Provision
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units purchased by, and sold to, investment funds over the past three years, by each local authority in the...
    • Legislative Measures
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review parts of metal detecting restrictions placed on private lands when full permission is given by the...
    • Housing Schemes
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of acceptance and refusal rates for a scheme (details supplied) for each local authority; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Process
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative sequencing through both Houses of the Oireachtas for the defective blocks scheme; when the President will sign...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Appointments to State Boards
      252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and...
    • Passport Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied) given that it has exceeded the target issue date and the applicant'ss travel date is...
    • Departmental Funding
      262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid to...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when two foreign births registration applications will be processed for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for a passport in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Bodies
      297. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the anonymised...
    • Middle East
      298. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is willing to support and advance the reconvening of the United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid with a view to bringing an end...
    • Passport Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided in relation to a passport application (details supplied) given that the link to submit a new consent form has...
    • Foreign Policy
      305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s seat on the United Nations Security Council to ensure that the position and situation in Ethiopia is...
    • Human Rights
      307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he can ensure that refugees receive universally fair and adequate treatment throughout the developed world, in particular the need...
    • Foreign Policy
      309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to support the rule of law throughout Europe, as appropriate, with European Union colleagues and through...
    • Human Rights
      310. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to indicate, notwithstanding the tragic experiences in the western Balkans, the extent to which safe havens or other security enclaves can...
    • Passport Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36153/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the Australian Foreign Minister in the past three months. [36159/22]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      322. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement that he has had with the Department of Defence on the shortage of qualified engine room artificers; and if he will make a...
    • Airport Security
      323. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the cost of training the Defence Forces to help with security at Dublin Airport and putting them on standby for same will be reimbursed to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      324. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and chief...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      325. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of money that has been paid for Ireland’s participation in NATO’s operational capability concept on an annual basis...
    • Departmental Funding
      326. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average stipend or salary paid to...
    • Defence Forces
      327. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 28 June 2022, the number of permanent Defence Forces personnel who left the Defence Forces in 2022...
    • Departmental Bodies
      328. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the anonymised...
    • Defence Forces
      330. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any of the soldiers at Portlaoise prison who opened fire on 18 May 1988 were awarded a medal or subjected to disciplinary procedures. [36044/22]
    • State Visits
      332. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he plans to invite his German counterpart to Ireland later in 2022. [36158/22]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Appointments to State Boards
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under her remit; the number of former county managers and chief...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in relation to circular No. 0039/2022 (details supplied), very high-risk persons are being forced to return to the workplace and are...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of in-person primary and secondary school visits made by her by county, while acknowledging the impact of Covid-19 restrictions, in...
    • School Admissions
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will help in securing a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35276/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of two children (details supplied) who have been allocated shared summer provision reduced from 40 hours each to 60...
    • School Curriculum
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools engaging in the Know the Score national drug awareness programme; the approximate number of students who have participated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the early intervention special therapy programme for schools which was launched in 2018; the schools currently included in...
    • Departmental Funding
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PhD positions funded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the average stipend or salary paid to full-time...
    • Special Educational Needs
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reviewing the ASD allocation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35443/22]
    • School Staff
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a teacher who is on exchange for a period of eight years has to revert to the original school...
    • Irish Language
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the decision taken in 2013 to restrict the ability to study Irish as another national language within the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special pay arrangement will be introduced for teachers and education staff who contracted the Covid-19 virus at work and now suffer from...
    • School Transport
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a delay by her Department in responding to queries relating to school transport by persons (details supplied); if she will clarify...
    • School Staff
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) has not been provided access to a further English additional language teacher; if her Department has...
    • School Management
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the person or body that has the ultimate decision-making power when it comes to raising rainbow pride flags at...
    • Site Acquisitions
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact that her Department has had with Dublin City Council in relation to the severe overcrowding in a school (details supplied); if her...
    • Departmental Bodies
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bodies under her aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the anonymised...
    • School Patronage
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a community of parents who wish to alter the existing patron of a local primary school, other than by targeting their local...
    • School Accommodation
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise details of the charging lease in respect of a school (details supplied); if the charging lease included a provision for present and...
    • School Patronage
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy and provision that is in place which sets out the practice and procedure for ensuring that a consultation process is undertaken when a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in her Department have as of this time scrutinised all documentation submitted by a school (details supplied) in respect of its...
    • Special Educational Needs
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make provision for additional supports in the 2022-23 academic year and beyond in respect of a child (details supplied) at a school;...
    • School Accommodation
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) for additional accommodation. [35979/22]
    • School Textbooks
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to including an additional school (details supplied) under the pilot grant book scheme introduced in 2020; and if...
    • School Enrolments
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the preliminary census figures indicate that there will be a need for further schools to serve the Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Citywest and...
    • State Examinations
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance in getting clarification from the State Examinations Commission in relation to its policy on students who may have...
    • Schools Building Projects
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the capital delivery of a building extension at a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the current stages completed...
    • Special Educational Needs
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will assist with finding a school place in a special school for a child (details supplied). [36052/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress report in respect of a school (details supplied); when news may be expected in terms of advancing the school’s major...
    • Site Acquisitions
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has acquired a site for a school (details supplied); and if commencement work to service the site has begun. [36123/22]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of auxiliary staff within schools who have retired over the past ten years who were entitled to a pension from her Department. [36134/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available through her Department for the provision and training costs for rapid prompt boards for children on the ASD...
    • Schools Building Projects
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the action points issued following the 2018 visit to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Policies
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the appropriate strategic direction is issued to all European Union member states to ensure that...
    • Employment Support Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services and supports available to a person with an intellectual disability in Cork city seeking employment. [36152/22]
    • Community Welfare Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all applicants for a supplementary welfare allowance payment are entitled to an in-person meeting with a community welfare...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of payments that have been made to date under the additional needs payment scheme; the average amount of each...
    • Citizens Information Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when all citizens information offices will close and become subsumed into existing departmental structures. [34800/22]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under her remit; the number of former county...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of the disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied). [35257/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any discretion in relation to income threshold qualification limits for eligibility for the fuel...
    • School Meals Programme
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to extend the provision of the hot school meals scheme to continue beyond term time in 2022 and throughout the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of maternity benefit and paternity benefit who also received another means tested social protection...
    • Departmental Funding
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PhD positions funded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the average stipend or...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); if their credits from England have been...
    • State Pensions
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a contributory or non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who lives with a sibling can get fuel allowance or if their sibling’s income is taken into account even...
    • Employment Support Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants who have started on the work placement experience programme; the number who are currently...
    • Social Insurance
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if modelling with respect to deficits of the Social Insurance Fund included increases in other welfare payments over the time...
    • State Pensions
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans, if any, that her Department has to ensure people in receipt of only a State pension as income are protected from...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a replacement bus pass will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35586/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 22 March 2022, if a person who is in receipt of a living alone allowance and...
    • State Pensions
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is now an appropriate time to reverse the unjust reduction to the State pensions of 36,000 older...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that were refused for domiciliary care allowance in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department employs medical assessors with specialist knowledge in areas such as occupational therapy, psychology,...
    • Employment Support Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued by JobPath to have his or her new employer complete forms and provide...
    • Departmental Staff
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will release to a person (details supplied) the records relating to his transfer from the Department of Social...
    • Departmental Bodies
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the bodies under her aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme to 30% to 40%, 50%, 60%...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public...
    • Public Services Card
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a public services card for a person (details supplied); if she will expedite same in order for the person to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an urgent review will be carried out of application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Employment Support Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grant funding to cover the costs of staff redundancies in jobs clubs will be provided to prevent costly wind-up processing...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the ongoing review into an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Social Insurance
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will be updating the demographic projections and the consequent impact on the Social Insurance Fund...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have lost the adult dependent allowance as a result of a fresh means test undertaken in the past 12...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of the carer's allowance appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Citizens Information Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost if the budget for the Citizens Information Board increased by 5% in 2023. [36157/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to develop further supports and services to address the needs of children and adults with autism; and if the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Legislative Reviews
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend section 2(1) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 to insert, after "behaviour" in paragraph (e)...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of...
    • Burial Grounds
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council cannot locate burial records for a person...
    • Children in Care
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans to increase the allowances paid to Tusla foster carers. [35290/22]
    • International Protection
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will elaborate on the actions that his Department has taken in regard to historical sexual abuse within an...
    • Departmental Funding
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the average...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider exceptions to age grounds pertaining to the access and inclusion model in pre-schools; if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 21 June 2022, the costs of the contracts that are in place with...
    • International Protection
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if HIQA inspections will apply to all providers of accommodation to IPAS; and the details of any exceptions....
    • Traveller Community
      442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a recent submission from an organisation (details supplied) if he will agree to a 25% restoration of...
    • Local Authorities
      443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if (details supplied) a local voluntary group has received any funding from Galway County Council under the 2021...
    • Child and Family Agency
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the purpose of a Tusla practice assurance and service monitoring team report; the number of...
    • Childcare Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the additional funding that will enable displaced persons with residency in the State under the European...
    • Child and Family Agency
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers who have left Tusla in 2020, 2021 and to date 2022; the number who were recruited...
    • Employment Rights
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the ongoing work to introduce special leave for a person who has had a miscarriage; and if...
    • Direct Provision System
      449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the way that his Department will meet the medical needs of a resident (details...
    • Childcare Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in the State from Ukraine under the Temporary International Protection Directive who he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where...
    • Child and Family Agency
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Child and Family Agency has guidance or a standard operating procedure for assessing a person’s...
    • Legislative Reviews
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of equality legislation; the person or organisation carrying out the review; the terms...
    • Family Support Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the family support services available to families in Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Citywest and Brittas; if he...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the decision support service which was established under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to...
    • Legislative Measures
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he intends to publish the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022; if the Bill will remove...
    • Legislative Reviews
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend section 2(1) of the Equal Status Act 2000 to insert "or seriously affects a person's capacity...
    • Departmental Strategies
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish an integrated, interdepartmental strategy on autism to provide for the compilation of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he, his Department or IPAS were aware of a matter before awarding a contract for accommodation services to a...
    • Departmental Funding
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding (details supplied) has issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36265/22]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in dentistry increased by 10%; and if he will make...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the pension review of a person (details supplied); if he will provide clarity on this matter; if he will note that there has not...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems with the FÁS apprenticeship programme including delays of over one year in apprentices...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and chief...
    • Third Level Staff
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent staff in TU Dublin that were employed in attached grades (details supplied), in tabular form. [35248/22]
    • Technological Universities
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount TU Dublin spent on organisational design consultants for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form....
    • Third Level Costs
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ukrainian refugees may access the free fees initiative and SUSI grants should they wish to study at third level; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Provision
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the number of undergraduate new entrants in nursing and midwifery by 10%; the number of additional new entrants...
    • Education Schemes
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the anomaly between his Department and the Department for Social Protection in relation to the assessment of grants for the back...
    • Third Level Admissions
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students studying at Maynooth University by course since 2018 to date, in tabular form. [35762/22]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected date on which the construction of a new technology, society and innovation building at Maynooth University will be completed; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or the anonymised...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that in the near future any person who is studying a construction skills certification scheme course with SOLAS will not be...
    • Education and Training Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further education and training services available to young persons in Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Citywest and Brittas; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level college students aged 18 to 26 years who are on waiting lists for free counselling services; the average wait times, by...
    • Disability Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to develop further services to address the needs of students and prospective students with autism; and if the implementation of...
    • Departmental Functions
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all internal structures within the Department, including units, steering groups and so on, in tabular form; and if...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take into account the cost-of-living increase and outgoings for applications. [36281/22]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Appointments to State Boards
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under her remit; the number of former county...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeline in relation to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for the processing of applications in...
    • Immigration Status
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken by a person (details supplied) who has attempted to update their status but same was not provided...
    • Departmental Funding
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of PhD positions funded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the average stipend or salary...
    • An Garda Síochána
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the garda.ie web page for drug-related intimidation provides only one...
    • International Protection
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants residing here who are still waiting to receive a first instance decision from the International...
    • Deportation Orders
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders issued from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35451/22]
    • Visa Applications
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa extension will be granted for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35454/22]
    • Citizenship Applications
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a statutory instrument will be enacted before the 2022 summer recess enabling An Garda Síochána to share its...
    • Ukraine War
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated number of children who have arrived from Ukraine since the war began; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for regularisation scheme in the case of a person (details...
    • Youth Services
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider additional investment in the Heron youth diversion project in Carrigaline; and if she will consider the...
    • Legislative Measures
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to change the legislation regarding admissibility of clothing evidence in sexual offences trials. [35637/22]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who died in road traffic collisions in 2021; the number of persons who were injured in road traffic...
    • Residency Permits
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the waiting time for an application for permission to remain on the basis of marriage to an...
    • Domestic Violence
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in providing a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will...
    • Travel Documents
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an emergency travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who has now submitted all the required...
    • State Pardons
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation introduced to enable posthumous disregards of those convicted of criminal offences due to their homosexuality...
    • Departmental Funding
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the funding of the community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31018/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda band as of 28 June 2022; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the report of independent research conducted by an organisation (details supplied) and the University of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the bodies under her aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each, where appropriate, or...
    • An Garda Síochána
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue to a family (details supplied); and if an independent inquiry will be conducted on the decision by An...
    • Northern Ireland
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration that she has given to the most recent report of the independent reporting committee which was set up under...
    • Residency Permits
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an Irish residence permit renewal application by a person (details supplied). [35945/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications to the new community safety innovation fund; when it is anticipated that allocations from the fund...
    • Departmental Policies
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the rural safety forum and the commitment to develop a rural safety plan, including an update...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her consideration for the establishment of additional subgroups under the Forum on Anti-Social Behaviour,...
    • Domestic Violence
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she envisages having to directly provide domestic violence refuge centres through her Department; and if she will provide a...
    • Asylum Applications
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all applicants for asylum are now being processed to the Dublin office before being assigned to direct provision...
    • Immigration Status
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing times for regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme applications from the date of...
    • Residency Permits
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be supported in obtaining their Irish residence permit card renewal given their current...
    • Citizenship Applications
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a United States citizen who owns property in Ireland for a number of years may apply for Irish citizenship on the basis of...
    • Prison Service
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list any awards issued to prison staff involved in apprehending prisoners attempting to escape from Portlaoise prison in the...
    • International Protection
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any analysis carried out by her Department into the increase in the number of Afghan and Syrian citizens who...
    • Guardian Status
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report following the review by NUI Galway on the guardianship laws in Ireland will be available; the steps that have...
    • Airport Security
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the Exchequer of the additional Garda presence at Dublin Airport on the weekend beginning 4 June 2022 to supervise...
    • An Garda Síochána
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with burglary within Clare Garda division in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions of cyclists for breaches of the Road Traffic Acts in Ireland in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular...
    • Equality Issues
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to develop further services and supports to address the needs of children and adults with autism who interact...
    • An Garda Síochána
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which cold cases continue to be under observation and investigation; the extent to which modern forensics are...
    • Gangland Crime
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which gangland drug activity continues to be a priority item with specific intentions; and if she will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of crimes committed by persons while on bail has reduced annually over the past six years, if at...
    • Child Abuse
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she proposes to strengthen the law in regard to child sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she remains satisfied that An Garda Síochána has access to the most modern forensics; and if she...
    • Crime Prevention
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which gun crime is increasing or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36253/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current total strength of An Garda Síochána, by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36254/22]
    • Legal Aid
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to the State of legal aid in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of persons awaiting naturalisation is being addressed, with particular reference to those in...
    • Gangland Crime
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which organised crime is expanding in the context of the number of criminal gangs; the degree to which they...
    • Prison Service
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which educational and rehabilitation facilities remain available in all the prisons throughout the country; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which members of An Garda Síochána, injured or traumatised in the course of their duty have access to...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the precise proposals in relation to those properties that are operating under the fair deal scheme, specifically with reference to residents who have been...
    • Healthcare Policy
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if the European health insurance card is still available to Irish citizens in Northern Ireland post-Brexit; if so, the way that a person can apply for a card;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if people employed by Rehab Care are entitled to the Covid bonus payment; if he will provide details on the persons entitled to the payment and those that are...
    • Health Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to developmental checks by public health nurses not being offered to families in Lucan, Co. Dublin; the action that he proposes...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and chief executive...
    • Disability Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the process and length of time that it will take for a young child (details supplied) to obtain a much-needed speech and language referral; the...
    • Home Help Service
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a home support matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35283/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for Freestyle Libre with immediate effect following a recent survey by an organisation (details supplied) which...
    • Departmental Funding
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department such as the HSE or the Health Research Board; the average...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department relating to special pay arrangements for front-line public healthcare workers unfit for work for...
    • Hospital Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of interventional cardiologists working in acute hospitals, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35298/22]
    • Hospital Procedures
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnostic cardiac procedures carried out in 2021 and to date, broken down by month and by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the annual revenue cost for each catheterisation laboratory in each of the years 2016 to date, broken down by year and by laboratory; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private outpatient and inpatient hospital appointments and all private procedures carried out in public hospitals from 2016 to date, broken down...
    • Patient Transfers
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred from the southeast region for percutaneous coronary intervention procedures to a hospital in Cork or Dublin in each of the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% increase in placements if the number of undergraduate new entrants in nursing and midwifery increased by 10%; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals with catheterisation laboratories; their opening hours; the hospitals in which they are located; the services they provide; and if they...
    • Hospital Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that provide percutaneous coronary intervention, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35314/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiologists working in acute hospitals, broken down by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35317/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that a healthcare professional has worked more than 24 hours continuously in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date, broken down by...
    • Hospital Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the examination of cardiac services carried out by a person (details supplied); when the report will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the services provided by the mobile catheterisation laboratory at Sligo; the length of time the laboratory was in Sligo; the number of procedures carried out,...
    • Medicinal Products
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE on the reimbursement of medicines, and by each medicine, in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make...
    • Health Service Executive
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit and the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics; the number of whole-time equivalent staff...
    • Mental Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all waiting lists for access to mental health services for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of all waiting lists for all health care services, including primary care, community care, acute care, mental health,...
    • Health Service Executive
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of contracts the HSE has with a company (details supplied), broken down by contract type, the nature of the contract, the service the contract...
    • Health Services Staff
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on agency staff in each of the years 2018, 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 and by the name of the agency, by each year spend, in...
    • Disability Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the targeted domestic recruitment campaigns that are in place to hire staff for children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering introducing an apprentice programme for therapy grades; the way that such a programme would work; the estimated cost of such a programme;...
    • Health Services Staff
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing graduates as therapy assistants while they await CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35350/22]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of general practitioners providing Covid-19 testing to patients for 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all Covid-19 assessments carried out by general practitioners by telephone in each of the years 2020, 2021 and up to May 2022, by...
    • Vaccination Programme
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered by general practitioners in the year 2021 and up to May 2022, by month and by the number of general practitioners...
    • Home Help Service
      635. To ask the Minister for Health to set out a timeframe for the implementation and delivery of the statutory home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of healthcare staff eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; the number of staff paid to date; the expected timeframe for completion of...
    • Emergency Departments
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to expand capacity at hospitals in Ennis and Nenagh to take pressure away from the emergency department at University Hospital...
    • Home Help Service
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care and home help hours funded in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35374/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital beds funded and open in public hospitals from the year 2000 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to date for all children referred to an organisation (details supplied) for an assessment, broken down by month and the number of children...
    • General Practitioner Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount allocated by the HSE to provide direct general practitioner-referred access to diagnostics for 2021 and to the end of May 2022, broken down by...
    • Patient Files
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the use of unique patient identifiers in the healthcare system; his plans to increase and expand the use of same; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been progress made on the pay increase due to kitchen staff working in the HSE given that many staff have been waiting several years for the pay...
    • Dental Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to children in need of urgent dental work facing wait times of several years (details supplied); and the measures that are in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      673. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus payment. [35426/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (detail supplied); if he will make provision for funding for the organisation; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if the cystic fibrosis treatment drug Kaftrio will be made available under the drug reimbursement scheme to child patients who need it; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35509/22]
    • Hospital Investigations
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the investigation of the incineration of babies' organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [35510/22]
    • Patient Files
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is not being provided in a timely manner with their medical notes relating to a procedure that they underwent on 6...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release a number of documents (details supplied) to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35521/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff in CDNT4 and CDNT5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35533/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hip surgery procedure for a person (details supplied) in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore. [35539/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide numbers of the current public patient waiting lists for ophthalmology in Cork University Hospital, including a breakdown of the numbers of...
    • Disability Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to recruit recent occupational therapist graduates for roles in children’s disability network teams. [35551/22]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who have initiated litigation proceedings against him and the HSE based on a claim that they suffer from long Covid after...
    • Nursing Homes
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the nursing home support scheme financial assessment will be conducted; the timeframe that has to elapse before the review can take place; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35563/22]
    • Health Strategies
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, to introduce a new national cardiovascular strategy in Ireland given the rising number of persons who are suffering from a form of...
    • Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35568/22]
    • Hospital Admissions
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of acute inpatient beds occupied in public hospitals in each of the months to date in 2022, by hospital group and by hospital; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the cessation of the pandemic bonus payment to front-line HSE workers on 1 July 2022; if he has plans to extend this scheme. [35580/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE fully funded vacant whole-time equivalent posts across primary, community, acute services and all other HSE-funded services, broken down by...
    • Hospital Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and bed type in each hospital; the number of staff employed in each level 4 hospital by staff grade; the total HSE revenue funding allocated...
    • Emergency Departments
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations to each level 3 and 4 hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022 , broken down by month and by hospital, in tabular...
    • Hospital Admissions
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of presentations to local and minor injury units in each level 1 and level 2 hospital for 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by month and by...
    • Hospital Facilities
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the functions of an acute medical unit, the nature of the work carried out in such a unit; the hospitals which have an acute medical unit; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff in each acute medical unit, acute medical assessment unit, medical assessment unit, medical short-stay unit and acute...
    • Hospital Facilities
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the use of speciality wards in hospitals; if they are being used to increase patient flow and take pressure away from emergency departments; and if he will...
    • Emergency Departments
      717. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce overcrowding at emergency departments and to reduce wait times; the further actions that are being considered by the HSE to reduce ED wait...
    • Hospital Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time in local and minor injury units in 2021 and to the end of May 2022, broken down by unit and by patients under 65 years and over 65 years;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in each acute medical unit, acute medical assessment unit, medical assessment unit, medical short-stay unit and acute surgical assessment...
    • Hospital Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering additional capacity to provide an additional 10,000 X-ray scans in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Departments
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients waiting in emergency departments longer than six hours for January, February, March, April, May and June 2022, broken...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if a hip surgery procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [35633/22]
    • Hospital Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if Sligo is being assessed as a full primary percutaneous coronary intervention centre under the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion and publication of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35639/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a request in relation to a diabetes monitoring system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35640/22]
    • Disability Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitian and psychologist vacancies across children’s disability network teams following the CDNT census and the additional posts to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35651/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if CoaguChek meters and self-test strips will be provided free of charge to persons who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin (details...
    • Disability Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of hiring four additional administrative staff per children’s disability network team, in tabular form. [35661/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35668/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients awaiting initial assessment for a sleep disorder screening appointment in either a respiratory clinic or specific sleep disorder...
    • Hospital Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who have been commenced on continuous positive airway pressure therapy in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund have given specific recognition to safety implications in the staffing of sleep services and in particular...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who currently have their continuous positive airway pressure device rental covered under the medical card scheme; the current...
    • Health Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the governance structure of the two separate schemes being used by the HSE to fund the same respiratory sleep therapy services including continuous positive...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if he will specifically confirm that the maximum cost to the public purse of the same device funded by each scheme is largely comparable; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if a value-for-money and policy review has been performed of the continuous positive airway pressure therapy funding schemes with particular focus on the...
    • Home Help Service
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the developments to date in the provision of a statutory home scheme as promised in the programme for Government; the number of staff in his Department...
    • Disability Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for occupational speech and language therapy for their child; and if he...
    • Traveller Community
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Government’s plans to introduce a new national Traveller mental health strategy. [35713/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if he has required HIQA to undertake an investigation on the grounds that there is a serious risk to the health or welfare of a person in a nursing home, as a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on scoliosis waiting lists, by list and location in January 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has for the site on Davitt Road (details supplied); if is intended for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35760/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staff by role in each of the Kildare CAMHS teams respectively, that would be considered full staffing in tabular form. [35770/22]
    • Dental Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultants in restorative dentistry and consultants in special care dentistry employed by the HSE in 2020, 2021 and to...
    • Hospital Staff
      766. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of an additional whole-time equivalent consultant dermatologist with a special interest in skin fragility for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to include prison nurses in the front-line healthcare bonus scheme given that they are currently excluded from the scheme and prison nurses have...
    • Disability Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the action plan for the disability capacity review has not yet been published; when he expects the plan to be published; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if the discretionary fund of the HSE for 2022 has been exhausted; if so, if he will provide a breakdown of the way that this has happened, only six months into...
    • Health Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make arrangements for the urgent residential care needed for a person (details supplied). [35790/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the six planned long-Covid clinics at hospitals nationwide (details supplied) that are open at present; the expected opening dates for the...
    • Hospital Staff
      774. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 28 April 2022, when the post of Parkinson's disease nurse specialist in University Hospital Galway will be filled;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of pandemic bonus payments that have not been paid from the fund to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who are eligible...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      776. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the former health centre building in Camolin, County Wexford which has sat idle in the centre of the town since its closure approximately four...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider classifying Covid-19 as an occupational injury for healthcare workers in line with the decision of the European Union Advisory Committee on...
    • Disability Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health when the detailed 2022-2025 Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review will be published. [35814/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford who are awaiting primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35815/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to provide affordable medication for hyperemesis during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35816/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors employed or contracted by the HSE in each of the past five years in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; his plans to develop this...
    • Mental Health Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment with CAHMS in each county in tabular form. [35829/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the action that his Department can take to ensure that patients without medical cards can access general practitioner services if they can show that they have...
    • Departmental Bodies
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each where appropriate, or the anonymised salaries bands...
    • Vaccination Programme
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if the health technology assessment regarding the potential inclusion of a chickenpox varicella zoster vaccine has been completed by HIQA; if his Department...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with senior HSE staff at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital on the matter of fast-tracking hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) on...
    • General Practitioner Services
      789. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of general practitioner services in north County Dublin; if consideration has been given to the...
    • Disability Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention to been drawn to the situation in which the CHO7 disability team is not accepting referrals for persons who have suffered a stroke; the reason...
    • Departmental Projects
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a work package being co-lead by officials in his Department under the European Union Joint Action Best ReMaP (details supplied); the documents or...
    • Departmental Funding
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if a review for funding will take place for a resource centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35934/22]
    • Health Services
      794. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 716 of 17 May and 1785 of 14 June 2022, the exact dates on which a building survey was carried out by the HSE estates...
    • Departmental Investigations
      796. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 16 June 2022, the way that the review team for the Kerry CAMHS look back review was selected; if he will provide...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of refusal rates for primary medical certificates by county; his views on the discrepancy in the approval rates; and if he will...
    • Health Service Executive
      798. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 7 April 2022, the number of doctors who completed internship in Ireland in each year from 2015 to date in 2022;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if nurses working in private nursing homes are covered by the pandemic bonus payment in recognition of their crucial role in terms of dealing with the...
    • Disability Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Health when the action plan for the disability capacity review will be published; if he will confirm that it will be included in the budgetary plan for 2023 to ensure...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred to Sligo University Hospital; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been further drawn to staff shortages in the public health nursing service in Dublin West; if his attention has been drawn to persons...
    • Disability Services
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the publication of the promised action plan covering 2022-2025 in relation to the disability action plan framework 2022-2025; the...
    • Budget Statement
      807. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all information materials associated with his Budget 2023 announcement particularly in relation to existing and new residential...
    • Health Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to developmental checks by public health nurses not being offered to families in Lucan, Co. Dublin; the action that he proposes...
    • Primary Care Centres
      810. To ask the Minister for Health to report on progress for a primary care centre in Citywest; the services that may be provided there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36023/22]
    • Health Services
      811. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the health, disability, counselling, addiction and mental health services accessible to persons, including young persons living in Newcastle,...
    • Hospital Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the eight outpatient department respiratory medicine initiatives approved for funding so far in 2022 by the National Treatment Purchase Fund;...
    • Departmental Funding
      814. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including reconstruction after a mastectomy in HSE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36046/22]
    • Hospital Services
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the medical assessment unit at Monaghan Hospital to 12/7; the whole-time equivalent requirement; and if he will make a...
    • Disease Management
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available for those living with Parkinson’s disease in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36049/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists or an advanced nurse practitioners in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care unit in Tullow, County Carlow; and when this project will be delivered. [36060/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      819. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will provide an update on this matter. [36062/22]
    • Disability Services
      820. To ask the Minister for Health when the action plan for the disability capacity review will be published; if this action plan will be considered in the context of preparations for Budget...
    • Mental Health Services
      821. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment with CAMHS will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [36085/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on advertisements including online and in the media in relation to Covid-19 in each month since the start of the pandemic by his Department...
    • Health Services
      825. To ask the Minister for Health if a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36101/22]
    • Disease Management
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts are being made to meet the challenges of rare diseases, early diagnosis and the requirement for rare/orphan disease drugs; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which access to various medicines remains equally available to those in this jurisdiction as compared with the rest of the Single Market in...
    • Disease Management
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the degree of progress to date on the upgrading/updating of the National Rare Diseases Plan; if specific responsibility has been attributed to any leading...
    • Health Services
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which patients requiring treatment for post-mesh conditions continue to receive support and recognition in the scale required at the earliest...
    • Healthcare Policy
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which cardiovascular research continues to be made available to the service providers with particular reference to ensuring that adequate...
    • Disease Management
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients throughout the country allegedly suffering from a rare disease but whose condition remains undiagnosed; if such patients are deemed to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      835. To ask the Minister for Health when children under five years will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36118/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of taxpayer funding which has been paid to support research or research positions which would benefit the infant formula industry in Ireland; the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the pension of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36122/22]
    • Disability Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline as a matter of urgency, when the action plan for the disability capacity review will be published; the cause of the delay in its publishing;...
    • Healthcare Policy
      839. To ask the Minister for Health if the minutes of the obesity policy implementation and oversight group are published; if so, their location; if they are not available publicly, if they will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      842. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) to buy back time from the voluntary hospitals superannuation scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the occupational therapy waiting list for children and separately for adults in County Louth; the number on the waiting list for...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for warfarin patients; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time tissue viability nurses in each CHO as of 31 December 2020 and 29 June 2022, in tabular form. [36160/22]
    • Health Services
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dedicated addiction service for persons aged under 18 in County Clare; if so, the location from which it operates; and if not, his plans to...
    • Dental Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent orthodontic appointment for a person (details supplied). [36167/22]
    • Hospital Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1402 of 19 January 2022, the consideration that he is giving to putting in place a legal basis for the issuing of...
    • Disability Services
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available through his Department for the provision and training costs for rapid prompt boards for children on the ASD spectrum at home and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      853. To ask the Minister for Health if social care workers who worked in Covid-19 isolation centres and homelessness services during the pandemic will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      859. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a 24/7 paediatric oncology consultant to be available in Crumlin for care questions that may arise for outpatients receiving services in or...
    • Hospital Facilities
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on-site accommodation for those parents and children who must travel more than 50 km to Crumlin for care; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide social workers, play therapists and psychologists within University Hospital Kerry in order to help paediatric cancer patients deal with the...
    • Health Services Staff
      863. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on exit interviews conducted in CHO7 for persons’ leaving the health service including the reason; the position the person...
    • Departmental Data
      864. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to compile updated data on the prevalence of autism in Ireland [36218/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided respectively to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin and Cork in each of the past five years in tabular form. [36224/22]
    • Health Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the new and or expanded community health services being provided in each county since 27 June 2020, in tabular form; the new health capital projects in each...
    • Hospital Services
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the new services and investments that have been provided in each public and voluntary hospital since 27 June 2020; the new capital projects in each county that...
    • Mental Health Services
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the main improvements in the provision of mental health services since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36237/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the main improvements in the provision of primary care services since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36238/22]
    • Disability Services
      872. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the main improvements in the provision of health services for people with a disability since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Care of the Elderly
      873. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the main improvements in the provision of health services for older people since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department is supporting children with speech and language communication needs in the classroom; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      876. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36267/22]
    • Service Level Agreements
      877. To ask the Minister for Health when arrangements will be put in place to process a service level agreement with an organisation (details supplied); if he will review correspondence from the...
    • Abortion Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure the provision of abortion services remain free, safe and protected. [36272/22]
    • Health Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issue of an organisation (details supplied) being unable to locate an appropriate premises to accommodate its...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Appointments to State Boards
      880. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers...
    • Fishing Industry
      881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the Irish fishing fleet is being supported under the emergency provisions of the European Maritime Fisheries and...
    • Departmental Funding
      882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of PhD positions funded by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department such as Teagasc; the average...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek approval to seek an extension of Ireland’s marine zone, changing the 0-6 mile limit to a 0-12 mile limit and...
    • Brexit Supports
      884. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 15 June, 2022, if the specific European Commission rules or European Union regulations...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35567/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeline for a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Sanctions
      887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of shipments of grain and feed ration that have been imported into Ireland from Russia in recent weeks, whereby these...
    • Animal Welfare
      890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reopen the investigation into the general health of horses owned by a person (details supplied) given that the original...
    • Greyhound Industry
      891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the track attendance at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium for 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by the figures of...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the attendance at the Curragh Racecourse for 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by the figures of paid entry, free...
    • Farm Inspections
      893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all of the reports and the results of investigations carried out by his Department on the farm of a person (details supplied) will...
    • Farm Costs
      894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support dairy farmers in fixed price milk contracts bearing the financial burden of increased input costs; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered expanding his proposed silage scheme to include those with a mixed beef dairy farm and small-to-medium sized...
    • Departmental Bodies
      896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bodies under his aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each where appropriate, or the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      897. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Ministerial direction provided to Horse Racing Ireland with regard to the expenditure of its allocation of the Horse and...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36038/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a BEAM scheme will be processed; and if he will make a...
    • Greyhound Industry
      907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds in the racing dog pool as recorded on the race management system for each of the years from 2015 to date in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that must be carried out before dredging work can begin as part of the development of the deep-water quay at Ros na...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Ukraine War
      912. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options for funding that are available to an organisation established to respond to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees given that...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      913. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under her remit; the number of former county managers...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      914. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any supports for a private commercial concern who wishes to develop a remote working hub in a rural town; and if...
    • Derelict Sites
      915. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any supports for a private commercial concern who wish to refurbish semi-derelict properties in rural towns; and...
    • Official Engagements
      916. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of in-person visits made to remote working hubs by her whilst acknowledging the impact of Covid-19 restrictions; by county...
    • Departmental Funding
      917. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of PhD positions funded by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the average stipend or salary paid...
    • Rural Schemes
      918. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to recent correspondence to her from Donegal ETB, when she will consider the details of the 2021 review of CLÁR areas...
    • Budget Process
      919. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered the pre-Budget submission of an organisation (details supplied) and its request for an increase in core grant...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      920. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation provided in Budget 2022 to each division and unit within her Department in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      921. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the bodies under her aegis in which persons will receive a pay rise from 1 July 2022; the role of each where appropriate, or the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      922. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a second allocation under the LIS scheme for County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36280/22]

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