Written answers
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Public Sector Staff
1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body under the remit of his...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the whole-time equivalent vacancies by job title in the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement as of 28 June 2022, in tabular...
- Work Permits
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employment permit application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Public Sector Staff
5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and...
- Electricity Generation
6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when customers who have completed the microgeneration registration process will receive payment for supplying the...
- Energy Policy
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to reduce reliance on Russian energy on a European level; and if he will make a statement...
- Wind Energy Generation
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to promote the use of wind energy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of reports used and consultants availed of in the preparation of the sectoral emission ceilings broken...
- Energy Prices
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider decoupling Ireland’s electricity pricing from wholesale gas and price it based on the...
- Departmental Schemes
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the reduction in VAT from 13.5 % to 9% will be passed onto the customer in relation to the electricity account credit...
- Broadband Infrastructure
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a connection to fibre broadband can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) given that cables have...
- Fuel Prices
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 240 of 14 June 2022 and 169 of 23 June 2022, if he will address a matter in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Sector Staff
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body...
- Bus Services
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the loss of the Fingal Express bus service serving persons across north Fingal; if he will engage with...
- Taxi Licences
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he will take to urgently increase the number of active taxi driver licences in Dublin given that drivers entitled to drive...
- Rail Network
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently consider extending the running times of the Luas to ensure that those in the city late into the night can avail of...
- Aviation Industry
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of business aviation flights that departed and landed at Irish State owned and privately owned airports, in 2019, 2021 and to...
- Driver Test
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for a driving test at each driving test centre in the State in tabular form. [36545/22]
- Driver Licences
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for appointments for driving licence applicants in each centre in the State in tabular form. [36546/22]
- Bus Services
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the route 135 rural bus link for the Trim, County Meath area will be reinstated (details supplied). [36577/22]
- Road Projects
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to improvement works planned for the N72 between Rathmore and Mitchelstown; if the poor condition of the surface...
- Driver Test
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered driving instructors currently in counties Longford and Westmeath. [36615/22]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total capital investments for transport allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath in 2020 and 2021; and the breakdown of the usage...
- Bus Services
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of public transport buses currently operating in counties Longford and Westmeath. [36620/22]
- Public Transport
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that used Bus Éireann, Local Link and Irish Rail services in 2020 and 2021. [36621/22]
- Bus Services
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals in relation to a bus service (details supplied); the expected timeframe for the bus service to commence; and if he will make...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
38. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the living cities initiative; the number of successful applications; the number of residential units that it has added to the housing...
- Tax Code
39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the impact business aviation is having on Ireland’s carbon emissions; if he has considered imposing a tax on business aviation and...
- Public Sector Staff
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body under the remit of...
- Tax Code
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated if a 40% rate of capital gains tax on individuals income in excess of €250,000 inclusive of...
- Departmental Data
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of gold reserves held in Ireland on a quarterly basis since the year commencing 2000 to Quarter 2 2022, in tabular form. [36590/22]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff
45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body...
- Departmental Expenditure
46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a project (details supplied) has planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36328/22]
- Departmental Policies
47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an impact assessment has been carried out on other related existing businesses performing similar functions as a company (details...
- Ukraine War
49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the work of the Office of Public Works in managing the roll-out of the pilot programme involving site preparation...
- Public Sector Pensions
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has plans to review current pension abatement arrangements for ex-Defence Forces personnel who on completion of service take up...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if special leave with pay will continue from 1 July 2022 for cases of long Covid-19 beyond the period of isolation; the number of...
- Budget Process
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied) asking for an investment of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in receipt of special leave with pay on 30 June 2022; the number in receipt of this payment for two weeks or more...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Public Sector Staff
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within her Department and any agency...
- Artists' Remuneration
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the scheme of basic income for artists. [36339/22]
- State Bodies
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received an annual report and financial statements in respect of 2021 from Tourism Ireland; and when she expects the...
- Sports Funding
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated by her Department for sporting bodies and other bodies for the promotion of physical health and mental...
- Tourism Industry
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected timeframe for the renewal of the signage at the photographic points on the Wild Atlantic Way; if she will advise the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Public Sector Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any...
- Departmental Data
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of reports used and consultants availed of in the preparation of the sectoral emission ceiling for housing;...
- National Monuments
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements which the National Monuments Service has had with Roscommon County Council regarding the closure of...
- Housing Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instate a ban on evictions; if not, if he will introduce support for those being evicted into homelessness; and if...
- State Bodies
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the Organisation Review of An Bord Pleanála by the Independent...
- Housing Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent alternative repayment arrangements executed in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
- Building Regulations
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the review of construction regulations in relation to refurbishment and change of use for regeneration...
- Housing Schemes
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the croí cónaithe towns scheme; the eligibility criteria; the process to apply for support;...
- Housing Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on any research carried out by or on behalf of his Department regarding demand for apartments from owner...
- Housing Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the development patterns of residential units; if the number being built and their locations are in...
- Departmental Staff
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional three whole time equivalent architects for his Department. [36479/22]
- Housing Policy
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the other supports, if any, that are available to assist with rental payments in order for a family to avoid homelessness in...
- Constituency Commission
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a constituency commission will be set up; if he will confirm that under Part II of Electoral Act 1997 Section 5 that a...
- Coastal Protection
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group will report on its initial findings and recommendations...
- Defective Building Materials
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an overview of the legal action that the State will take against manufacturers of defective concrete blocks;...
- Wind Energy Generation
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has been in touch with the European Commission to outline the way that it intends to proceed with Derrybrien...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) given that the application has exceeded its issue by date of 17 June 2022; and if...
- Public Sector Staff
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body...
- Passport Services
83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine and expedite the passport application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36340/22]
- Foreign Birth Registration
84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a pathway for an applicant for a foreign birth registration (details supplied) to have their personal documents returned before...
- Passport Services
85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if information will be provided in relation to an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36445/22]
- Diplomatic Representation
86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates that either the Irish Ambassador and or Deputy Head of Mission in Lisbon have visited the Albufeira area of the Algarve region in...
- Foreign Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when discussions on improving ties between the European Union and the United Arab Emirates were last held at the EU Foreign Affairs Council...
- Passport Services
88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36522/22]
- Departmental Meetings
91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of occasions on which he or his Department have met with representatives from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in 2019,...
- Passport Services
93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will retrieve the tracking numbers in respect of the passport applications of two children (details supplied). [36544/22]
- Foreign Birth Registration
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the present length of time to process a foreign births registration; when an application of a person (details supplied) received 28 months...
- Ukraine War
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that the amount of €44 million being provided to Ukraine through the European Peace Facility was determined; if this funding...
- Passport Services
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passports will be dispatched to siblings (details supplied) given that the applications were received by the Passport Office on 14...
- Department of Defence
- Public Sector Staff
110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body under...
- Defence Forces
111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a report will be published into his plans to recognise the efforts of volunteers and officers of the Civil Defence and their contributions...
- Ukraine War
116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Ireland will next participate in a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group; if he will insist that a record of the contents of this...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36361/22]
- Public Sector Staff
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within her Department and any agency or body under...
- Schools Building Projects
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the application by a school (details supplied) for the Summer Works Programme given that the original approval for a boiler...
- School Management
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she received a notice from a school (details supplied) indicating that a board of management was yet to be established; if the notice was...
- School Transport
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a request for school transport for a child (details supplied) was refused; and if she will reconsider same. [36338/22]
- Special Educational Needs
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to students to receive their education who cannot obtain a place in a mainstream school in their catchment area; and if she...
- Departmental Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole-time equivalent IT security managers employed by her Department as of 1 January 2021 and 27 June 2022, in tabular form. [36475/22]
- School Transport
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing 10,000 extra places on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36489/22]
- State Examinations
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that have been put in place for Junior Certificate students who test positive for Covid-19 during exams; if they may re-sit exams or...
- Physical Education
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding allocated by her Department to schools, both primary and secondary, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness...
- Teacher Training
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a pathway into the masters programme in primary teaching for graduates whose pass grade in some of the core subjects in the Leaving...
- Educational Disadvantage
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) has been refused DEIS status; the way that other schools in the same area and the same building have...
- Departmental Data
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the number of pupils, teachers, SNAs, special education...
- Special Educational Needs
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education schools in counties Longford and Westmeath. [36624/22]
- Third Level Admissions
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary students in counties Longford and Westmeath continuing on to third level education in 2019, 2020 and 2021 as a...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has issued memos and or circulars to boards of management, school managers and college presidents in respect of the use of CCTV...
- Schools Building Projects
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is dealing with a funding application for works at a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the need for...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Public Sector Staff
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within her Department and any...
- Social Welfare Rates
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of a weekly payment of €148.30 under their...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of personal insolvency practitioner abhaile vouchers issued by each Money Advice and Budgeting Service office by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications received by her Department in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number...
- Social Welfare Rates
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the weekly payment rate for the carer’s allowance and carer’s...
- Social Welfare Appeals
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process of securing an oral hearing for social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36497/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath currently in possession of a free travel pass. [36618/22]
- Public Transport
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for a free travel pass in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2020 and 2021. [36619/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of supplementary welfare allowance that was paid from 1 January to 31 December 2021; the number of recipients of...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Public Sector Staff
154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his...
- Children in Care
155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the rate paid for the fostering allowance that has not been increased since 2009; and if...
- Departmental Strategies
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of actions contained in the National LGBT Strategy that remain incomplete; if he will provide a list...
- Childcare Services
157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available for families who rely on theprovision of crèche facilities; and if he will...
- Departmental Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if expenses such as mortgage and loans will be considered when assessing a means test for the national childcare...
- International Protection
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the policies and guidelines in place to govern the award of emergency accommodation contracts by...
- Departmental Policies
160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36646/22]
- Proposed Legislation
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work Life Balance and Miscellaneous provisions Bill 2022; when he expects to bring the Bill to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who began apprenticeships in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2020 and 2021. [36628/22]
- Public Sector Staff
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body under...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) from County Tipperary in obtaining their electrical phase 2 stage placement earlier...
- Third Level Education
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 18 May 2022, the status of the working group within his Department to support lifelong learning and...
- Third Level Costs
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the qualifying conditions for SUSI grants from mature students particularly the condition of having to live independently from...
- Education and Training Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved PLC places in counties Longford and Westmeath in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. [36630/22]
- Departmental Data
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level students in counties Longford and Westmeath in receipt of SUSI support in the academic year 2021/2022. [36631/22]
- Qualifications Recognition
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision that in the near future Solas will not be looking for a QQI certificate for the construction skills...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has issued memos and or circulars to boards of management, school managers and college presidents in respect of the use of CCTV...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Public Sector Staff
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within her Department and any...
- Departmental Policies
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to increase the regulation of handgun licences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36313/22]
- Visa Applications
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain a re-entry visa in order to be able to travel freely with their...
- Departmental Bodies
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider matters (details supplied) in relation to the Firearms Expert Committee; and if she will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide support for a person (details supplied) in obtaining their Irish residence permit card given the...
- Visa Applications
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa submitted by a person (details supplied); the reason for...
- An Garda Síochána
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each divisional roads policing unit as of 1 January 2021 and 28 June 2022, in...
- Travel Documents
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been detained when arriving into Ireland and charged with travelling on a fake United States...
- An Garda Síochána
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of Operation Citizen in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36487/22]
- Antisocial Behaviour
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that the Garda Commissioner is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in cities and towns; and if she will make a...
- Visa Agreements
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the enterprises, investment funds and real estate investment trusts which have received investment through the Ireland...
- Ukraine War
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a refusal issued to three Ukrainian family members (details supplied) under the European Union Temporary Protection...
- An Garda Síochána
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Scott service medals awarded to members of An Garda Síochána in County Tipperary in each of the years...
- Citizenship Applications
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for citizenship applications by EEA and non-EEA applicants in tabular form. [36549/22]
- Visa Applications
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) for a visa to re-enter Ireland with the rest of their family....
- An Garda Síochána
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently stationed at each garda station in counties Longford and Westmeath. [36634/22]
- Naturalisation Applications
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate the eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) who has made a previous application;...
- Residency Permits
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an updated Irish residence permit card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) whose stamp 1 has been...
- Legislative Measures
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she consulted the Attorney General in respect of the general scheme of communications (retention of data) (Amendment) Bill...
- Department of Health
- Public Sector Staff
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or body under the remit of...
- Disability Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he received the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity review; the date on which he will publish the review; and the steps that he is taking...
- Departmental Legal Cases
203. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in defending court cases brought by parents since 2018 whose children did not receive an assessment of need in a timely manner; the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a wheelchair for a child (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [36324/22]
- Healthcare Policy
206. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE policy in relation to those with long-Covid giving blood donations; if there is a policy that long-Covid patients should not give blood; if so, if...
- Nursing Homes
207. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a regulatory system in place to check the way in which funds provided to nursing homes through the temporary assistance payment scheme were used...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
208. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting on the provision of a wheelchair from the Southill health centre in Limerick, having...
- General Practitioner Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received reports of the difficulty of persons in finding a general practitioner to accept them, particularly on the medical card scheme; and if he...
- Home Help Service
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each local health office area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available, in...
- Disability Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability currently being provided as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and if he will provide...
- Disabilities Assessments
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the 2005 Disability Act in each local health office area as of 1 July 2022 or...
- Health Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list and within that, the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number...
- Disease Management
220. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding support is available to identify and treat rare diseases; if such diagnoses can trigger a rapid response particularly in respect of the...
- Health Services Staff
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions funded and filled broken down by CHO for the years 2016 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Mental Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Home Help Service
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; the way that compares to target in...
- Nursing Homes
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 July 2022 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2022 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an...
- Medical Cards
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2022; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
- Hospital Overcrowding
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of June 2022; and the total number to date in 2022, in tabular form . [36396/22]
- Emergency Departments
239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during June 2022; and the total number to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than 4 months for treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple...
- Hospital Appointments Status
285. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36448/22]
- Hospital Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1742 of 14 June 2022, if an organisation (details supplied) closed its offices and transferred its equipment to St...
- Medicinal Products
287. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that constella 290mg is not covered by the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36466/22]
- Dental Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health the desirable staffing ratios in public dental practices within CHO8 between dentists, dental nurses, hygienists and technicians. [36468/22]
- Hospital Staff
289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-term equivalent epilepsy nurses working in each hospital in the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [36469/22]
- Vaccination Programme
290. To ask the Minister for Health the stock of Covid-19 vaccines in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36484/22]
- Care of the Elderly
293. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1384 of 14 June 2022, if the full analysis of service demand need for level 2 palliative care beds (details supplied) has...
- Departmental Funding
297. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated by his Department to individual bodies, both state and voluntary, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and...
- Nursing Homes
300. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated by his Department to nursing homes, both state and private, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and...
- Departmental Data
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active retirement groups by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36517/22]
- Care of the Elderly
302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for older persons by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36518/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
303. To ask the Minister for Health if the bodies delivering services to the HSE during Covid-19 will become eligible for the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment, for example section 39...
- Disability Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding care for children with additional needs. [36521/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) remains waiting for their arthritis appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36530/22]
- Health Services
307. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of installing touch-free buttons for lifts in each HSE healthcare setting. [36533/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
308. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment at the ENT Department, Midland Regional...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health workers who qualify for the pandemic bonus payment; the number of workers who have already been paid; if all section 38 disability...
- Medicinal Products
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the action being taken by the Government to address the ongoing situation in which 35 children with a diagnosis of cystic...
- Departmental Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin and in Cork over each of the past five years in tabular form. [36575/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
312. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 3 February 2022, if he will revise the public health advice given that the incidence of long-Covid in children is...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE hospital kitchen staff have not received the pandemic bonus payment yet clerical staff with no patient contact have received the payment; and if...
- Disability Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) who is requesting the immediate publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity...
- Health Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocated to Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [36601/22]
- Home Help Service
319. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of full-time and part-time home carers in counties Longford and Westmeath. [36604/22]
- Emergency Departments
321. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of attendances at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar Emergency Department in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [36606/22]
- Mental Health Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [36607/22]
- Ambulance Service
323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances currently in operation in counties Longford and Westmeath. [36608/22]
- Hospital Staff
324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions at Midlands Regional hospital, Mullingar that are currently vacant, and or filled on a temporary basis at staff grade level in tabular...
- Mental Health Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting an appointment with a psychologist in adult mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the...
- Medical Cards
327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received from children under the age of 18 years, adults between 18 and 65 years and old age pensioners over 65 years...
- Health Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to speech and language therapy in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [36614/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
331. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Centre as soon as possible. [36651/22]
- Disability Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review, in order that its inclusion in the budgetary plan for 2023 will ensure that...
- Dental Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues of concern in relation to the provision of dentistry services (details supplied) in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to the case of a child (details supplied). [36676/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the Covid special leave with pay scheme for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36682/22]
- Disability Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Action Plan for Disability Services for the period 2022-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36691/22]
- General Practitioner Services
340. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 29 March 2022, the progress that has been made to date in announcing the date for the commencement of the...
- Hospital Facilities
341. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress the provision of additional beds at a hospital (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the clear need for a positive...
- Medicinal Products
342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the first line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum is reimbursed on the drugs payment and medical card schemes; and if he will provide...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Public Sector Staff
343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within his Department and any agency or...
- Forestry Sector
344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance available to forestry owners who have been impacted by ash dieback; the number of applicants who are availing of this...
- Departmental Data
345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of reports used and consultants availed of in the preparation of the sectoral emission ceiling for agriculture; and...
- Nitrates Usage
346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers availing of the nitrates derogation; the total number of cattle in the herds of those farmers; the total...
- Departmental Communications
347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have spoken directly with the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration since January...
- Fishing Industry
348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the opening of a decommissioning scheme with terms and conditions for fishing vessels originally suggested by...
- Agriculture Schemes
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a decision on his appeal and offer an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Agriculture Industry
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time farmers in counties Longford and Westmeath in the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [36639/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made by young farmers for the young farmers scheme in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020, 2021...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Public Sector Staff
354. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of former county managers and CEOs of local authorities who are currently working within her Department and any agency or...
- Departmental Funding
355. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if her Department offers funding opportunities which would...
