Written answers
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Reports
21. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [25803/22]
- Departmental Functions
27. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit within his Department. [32077/22]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Lebanon. [29335/22]
- Cabinet Committees
35. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on Covid-19. [30781/22]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
36. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the UK Labour Party leader. [32443/22]
- State Apologies
38. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies that he has issued since he assumed office. [25804/22]
- Departmental Functions
40. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the North-East Inner City Oversight Group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [25805/22]
- Taoiseach's Communications
41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone conversation with the President of the European Union Council. [33645/22]
- Northern Ireland
43. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in the Shared Island Dialogue on Identity. [35589/22]
- Cabinet Committees
46. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [34776/22]
- Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
49. To ask the Taoiseach the assurances that his Department will seek to make sure that a person's activities abroad will not impact negatively on a person's duties as a State Solicitor in...
- Cabinet Committees
57. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Brexit will meet next. [35733/22]
- Departmental Communications
59. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [35913/22]
- Departmental Staff
61. To ask the Taoiseach the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied). [38304/22]
- Demographic Data
63. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the factors contributing to the increase in the population to five million as recently confirmed by the Central Statistics Office including the number...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
64. To ask the Taoiseach his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Brexit Issues
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to companies in certain European Union member states that are refusing to deliver supply products to...
- Departmental Staff
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38294/22]
- Medicinal Products
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with the Department of the Taoiseach in relation to formulating a position on the European Union Pharmaceutical...
- Intellectual Property
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether intellectual property rights should be protected especially in the development of innovative medicinal products;...
- Medicinal Products
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether Europe has been losing ground to the United States and Asia, for biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing...
- Departmental Staff
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Foreshore Issues
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering a request by a company (details supplied); and the legal basis to transfer from Foreshore Act 1933...
- Energy Conservation
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a €200 credit for those with an income of up to €50,000 and living...
- National Broadband Plan
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Broadband Plan targets were similar to those that his Department initially sought in comparison with the...
- Foreshore Issues
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Ministerial role in respect of the environment regarding the operations detailed in Marine Notice 43 of 2022 that...
- Nuclear Waste
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Britain's Nuclear Waste Services, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority or any other UK government body has sought the...
- Departmental Meetings
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) has sought the advice of or formally consulted his Department or the Government in...
- Departmental Staff
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38295/22]
- Environmental Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount that would be raised by introducing a levy of €2.50 per tonne on aggregates extracted from...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which...
- Budget 2022
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2022 for climate measures; and the progress...
- Energy Conservation
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the total funding that has been provided for retrofitting in 2022; if he will provide...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to the Exchequer of ending the additional charge on quarterly and half-yearly motor tax payments; and if he will make a...
- Dublin Bus
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus will be publishing the results of a customer service satisfaction survey that it administered via its website in 2022...
- Rail Network
100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any further plans have been or are being developed to bring passenger rail services from Derry to Donegal Town, Sligo, Galway,...
- Pension Provisions
101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Number 201 of 28 June 2022, if the request for consent to increase pensions in payment and deferred...
- Maritime Safety
102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the identity of the authority that is advising his Department of geophysical survey works on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week from 1...
- Departmental Staff
103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/22]
- Air Services
104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive their luggage from Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/22]
- Road Projects
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of plans for the port access northern cross route, including timelines, information on funding and any other relevant...
- Transport Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of active travel funding awarded to Wexford County Council to date; the tabular breakdown of each project and the...
- Marine Accidents
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the Clinch Report has not been published given that his Department received the report over twelve months ago and his...
- Departmental Staff
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the...
- Dublin Bus
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of overpaid cash fares to Dublin Bus in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; if the money is held by...
- Public Transport
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to improve public safety on public transport in Dublin city, in particular in train stations and at busy...
- Transport Policy
111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, if any, to regulate the use of electric scooters; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38455/22]
- Bus Services
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the cost-of-living and fuel costs of reinstating the Dublin-Galway bus route which would offer public transport...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department...
- Cycling Policy
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount ringfenced for cycling investment in 2022; the amount that will be available in 202; if he will provide similar figures for...
- Public Transport
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the allocations for public transport in 2022; the additional increases provided in the most recent Budget in tabular...
- Department of Finance
- Vacant Properties
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners researched the level of empty homes in each county in Ireland; the reason that its figures are at odds...
- Primary Medical Certificates
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a new board is not in place for the Disabled Driver’s Medical Board of Appeal; if his attention has...
- Tax Reliefs
121. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief is available for third-level university fees and for accommodation costs for university students; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+ communities; and if...
- Tax Strategy Group
123. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Tax Strategy Group papers will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38609/22]
- Tax Data
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised annually by the bank levy since it was introduced in 2014; the projected yield in 2022; the details of the current method of calculation in...
- Banking Sector
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in each of the past five years from dividends from the State shareholdings in banks; the projected yield in 2022; and if he will make a...
- Tax Data
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield to the Exchequer of introducing a new windfall profits tax on energy providers if the corporation tax rate on their profits was increased...
- Summer Economic Statement
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the process that led to the increase in the amount under tax measures from the €0.5 billion in the Stability Programme Update to €1.05 billion...
- Tax Data
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross amount of tax relief provided for pension contributions in each of the past five years for which full figures are available in tabular form [38623/22]
- Financial Services
171. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of regulation of the financial industry by the Central Bank for 2020 and 2019 respectively; the total amount of subvention provided by the...
- Tax Data
172. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional yield to the Exchequer from a 0.1% and a 1% increase in the stamp duty applicable to transfers of shares, stocks and marketable...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies...
- Tax Reliefs
186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax relief for owner-occupiers and social landlords of defective apartments in budget 2023; if he will consider making any...
- Tax Code
187. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to provide excise relief for small and medium producers of fermented beverages made from honey and fruit. [38771/22]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the updated flood maps for the Carnmore and Claregalway areas will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38301/22]
- Protected Disclosures
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he represented that there is a constitutional impediment to extending the retrospective benefit of the reversal of the...
- Brexit Supports
193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that was spent in 2021, in relation to the Brexit Adjustment Fund; the estimated total spend in 2022; and the breakdown of...
- Inflation Rate
194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the estimated costs of the inflation cooperation framework have been baselined for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the...
- State-Owned Enterprises
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dividends paid by State owned enterprises in each of the last five years; the projected dividends to be received in 2022, in tabular...
- Summer Economic Statement
200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the €3 billion in the Summer Economic Statement related to already taken Budgetary decisions; and if he will...
- Budget Process
205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional resources that are available for the allocation in the Budget if the spending rule of 6.5% was increased to either 7%,...
- Departmental Expenditure
206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of spending under the non-core expenditure allocation of €7.5 billion in the first six months of 2022; the...
- Budget 2023
207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an equality budgeting statement will be forthcoming in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38629/22]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Funding
212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an exact breakdown of the funding allocated in 2022 to Tourism Ireland under the revised estimates 2022 under...
- Broadcasting Sector
214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital and current Exchequer funding allocated to Screen Ireland in 2022 under B.12 of the revised estimates 2022. [38165/22]
- Sports Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications to the Large-Scale Infrastructure Fund since it first opened; and the number of successful and...
- Broadcasting Sector
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the €2 million allocated to the sound and vision fund in the July stimulus was a once-off funding increase; if not, if...
- Broadcasting Charge
218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns at present in Northern Ireland in relation to limited access to...
- Departmental Staff
219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary of four roles within her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38305/22]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which her...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Foreshore Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the content and date of observations submitted by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to the consent process conducted by...
- Vacant Sites
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated revenue that would be raised from increasing the vacant site levy to 20% based on the most recent valuation...
- Planning Issues
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any analysis into the reasons for overturned planning decisions, specifically decisions in...
- Departmental Data
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any analysis has been undertaken, including investigation of potential environmental damage or if any corrective actions...
- Electoral Process
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to convene a new Constituency Commission following on from the preliminary Census results which were published...
- Heritage Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the thatching grant in line with the actual cost of re-thatching houses given the small number of...
- Homeless Accommodation
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the National Homeless Action Committee considerations on whether HIQA should be appointed to inspect services...
- Foreshore Issues
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the consents that he determined in relation to the offshore activity detailed in Marine Notice 43 of 2022,...
- Housing Schemes
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his Department’s current policy with respect to the tenants of part V local authority housing...
- Departmental Staff
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38299/22]
- Housing Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out his social and affordable housing targets for each year from 2022 to 2026, in tabular form; the breakdown...
- Defective Building Materials
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that he and his Department have taken in the past two years to address the issue of quarries producing defective...
- Hare Coursing
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to videos of illegal hare coursing on social media (details supplied), if he will arrange for...
- Departmental Staff
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of...
- Waterways Issues
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the permissions that are needed for the removal of natural waste for example overgrown trees and shrubs from a waterway on a...
- Defective Building Materials
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report of the Independent Working Group on defective apartments will be completed by the end of July 2022; if the...
- Housing Schemes
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total Government expenditure allocated for the first home shared equity scheme for 2022; the number of home purchases that...
- Housing Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be delivered in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2022 [38703/22]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his...
- Energy Conservation
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount ringfenced for retrofitting of local authority homes in 2022; the number projected to be carried out in 2022; the...
- National Monuments
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available from his Department to erect a monument at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated full-year cost in relation to current and capital expenditure of opening up a new Passport Office in Northern Ireland; and if...
- Departmental Functions
257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite a certificate of freedom to marry application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38296/22]
- Passport Services
262. 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 applicants travel date is...
- Overseas Development Aid
264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of Ireland’s overseas development aid that was devoted to health in 2019 and 2021. [38366/22]
- Departmental Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+...
- Passport Services
268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
287. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
290. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is intended that new direct entry medical officers in the Defence Forces will be entered into the specialist division in general practice;...
- Departmental Staff
292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the salaries of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/22]
- Defence Forces
293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 6 July 2022, if he will provide the details of the work that has been carried out to date by the...
- Departmental Staff
294. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+...
- Defence Forces
295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to establish an office and commissioner for the Defence Force veteran affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rights of People with Disabilities
296. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of primary and secondary schools that are owned by education and training boards. [38583/22]
- School Transport
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any flexibility will be provided for post-primary children seeking to avail of subsidised school transport services in certain circumstances,...
- School Accommodation
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently approve temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38186/22]
- School Staff
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a payroll issue will be resolved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38188/22]
- School Textbooks
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the number of new schoolbooks which must be acquired by primary and post-primary pupils each year; if she will consider introducing...
- Schools Building Projects
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team appointed for the new building of a school (details supplied) will submit the final report on stage 2B of the project that...
- Departmental Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary of four roles within her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38293/22]
- School Transport
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the restrictions on bus drivers preventing those aged over 70 years will be lifted in view of the current shortage of drivers to allow those...
- State Examinations
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has contacted organisations (details supplied) to inform them of the delays further to the announcement of the Leaving...
- School Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing measures (details supplied); the current staffing ratios for primary schools; the changes in the pupil-teacher...
- State Examinations
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing fees for sitting the Junior and Leaving Certificate for 2023, 2024 and 2025; the projected number of students in...
- School Transport
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing school transport charges for concessionary students; if she will outline the changes in the fees for the scheme...
- School Textbooks
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of seed capital and recurrent funding required to achieve 100% coverage of book rental schemes across all schools and classes...
- School Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a permanent release day for administrative purposes each week to each teaching principal; the number who would...
- Special Educational Needs
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing an additional 100 SNAs; the projected number of additional SNAs to be employed in 2023/2024 due to demographic...
- Prison Service
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists providing services to those in the custody of the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement...
- School Patronage
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of publicly funded schools in Ireland that are owned by her Department; the amount that has been expended on leasing schools from...
- Education Policy
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the reconfiguration of the schools' system in Ireland will and or is proceeding (details supplied) . [38584/22]
- School Transport
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra school transport places that will be made available in each county to meet the additional demand following her welcome...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which her Department owns and...
- Schools Building Projects
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38761/22]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pensions
326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first and full-year net and gross costs of reintroducing the State pension (transition) assuming a maximum...
- Social Welfare Benefits
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of an extra month child benefit payment with an increase in 2022 rates by €10,...
- Social Welfare Payments
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that an application for the back-to-work enterprise allowance by a person (details supplied) was unsuccessful; the...
- Community Employment Schemes
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider a decision (details supplied) in relation to the provision of community employment participants...
- Social Welfare Payments
333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that all PhD students that gave up disability payments prior to the introduction of Catherine’s Law...
- State Pensions
336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the pension (non-contributory) application for a person (details supplied); when will a decision will...
- Departmental Staff
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the salary of four roles within her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38303/22]
- Community Employment Schemes
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment supervisor who retires before retirement age will receive the gratuity payment upon retirement; if...
- Social Welfare Payments
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional people that would qualify for fuel allowance if the weekly means threshold of €120 in the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding eligibility for cohabiting couples to all social welfare benefits on the same basis for...
- Social Welfare Payments
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all weekly social welfare payments by €10 or €20 per week respectively; if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a double payment of each weekly social welfare payment in the first week of September 2022;...
- Social Welfare Schemes
351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current cost of the free travel scheme and the number of participants; the projected cost of introducing free travel to...
- Social Welfare Payments
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dates that back-to-school clothing and footwear allowances will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pensions
355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the State pension (contributory) and (non-contributory) by €10, €20,...
- Social Welfare Payments
356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a second band, paid at half the current rate of fuel allowance for those on fixed incomes...
- Departmental Staff
362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions that her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of...
- Social Welfare Payments
363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that social welfare recipients who are moving their bank account are required to provide a PPS number in order to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a jobseeker’s benefit payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated; and if...
- Social Welfare Payments
365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on a carer’s allowance application in respect of a person...
- Community Employment Schemes
367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to review the rates of pay for community employment supervisors who have not seen a pay increase in over...
- Public Services Card
368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place for someone applying for a public service card who cannot attend a centre in person; and if...
- Social Welfare Payments
369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the anticipated cost to the Exchequer in 2023 of a waiver of waiting days on social welfare payments by category of payment;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers benefit that were granted 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals following refusal of an application for carer's benefit received in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which her...
- Social Welfare Payments
378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on...
- Employment Schemes
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the meeting arranged between her Department and the representatives of Tús and rural...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine regulations that exclude persons with disabilities from entering into self-employment; and if she will...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Youth Services
385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase the Your Place Your Space Programme youth funding by 40%. [38487/22]
- Child and Family Agency
386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to employ an additional 300 Tusla social workers. [38488/22]
- Childcare Services
390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown including early childhood care and education scheme pay and ECCE non-pay, access...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of the wages part of the early childhood care and education scheme. [38494/22]
- Childcare Services
394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to employ an additional 15 childminding officers. [38496/22]
- Youth Services
395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase funding by 40% to national youth organisations. [38497/22]
- Child and Family Agency
397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase Tusla family resource centre funding by 20%. [38499/22]
- Childcare Services
398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase funding allocation to the early years and childcare learner bursary fund for...
- Child and Family Agency
400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times that Tusla has issued apologies to persons or groups of persons in each of the past ten...
- Legislative Measures
401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to commence the assisted decision-making (capacity) Bill 2021 as soon as the President signs same...
- Asylum Seekers
402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the medical and psychological supports which are provided for those seeking asylum, who may...
- Departmental Staff
403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Youth Services
404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to continue with the present system of funding for the your place your space scheme; and if his...
- Departmental Staff
405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment...
- Legislative Measures
406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation that will enable the Health Information and Quality Authority to undertake inspections of...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all...
- Childcare Services
410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the current funding streams for childcare and of the additional funding...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details of the number of times that he has met with an organisation (details supplied);...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Language Schools
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the standards that are in place for the teaching of English at English language schools in Ireland; if the biometric system for attendance is...
- Third Level Fees
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of students that would be affected by changing the SUSI adjacency rates from 30 km to 25km, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Further and Higher Education
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected yield from a 0.1% increase in 2023 in the national training fund levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38640/22]
- Third Level Costs
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way each third level college in Ireland manages and disperses hardship funds, officially known as the Student Assistance Fund...
- Research and Development
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scholarships that will be available to PhD candidates for the period 2023 and beyond given the merger of Science Foundation Ireland and the...
- Departmental Staff
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38297/22]
- Third Level Costs
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tax relief is available for third-level university fees and for accommodation costs for university students; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+...
- Third Level Costs
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student contribution charge by €1,000 from the start of the coming academic year; the estimated cost of...
- Third Level Fees
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing SUSI grants by 10%, and the income threshold by 10%; the impact of the changes across bands; the number of...
- Further and Higher Education
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding for higher education institutions by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38506/22]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that he is making on supported apprenticeship programmes for persons in contact with the criminal justice system and specifically...
- Third Level Fees
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to decrease the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant from 30 km to 24 km; the estimated cost involved in...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and...
- Research and Development
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with officials from the Department of Health in relation to the European Union Pharmaceutical Strategy; and if he...
- Intellectual Property
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of engagement that his Department has had to date with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the protection...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) which was submitted in May 2020. [38153/22]
- Airport Security
442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the cost of the additional Garda presence at Dublin Airport on the weekend beginning 4 June 2022 to supervise the security...
- Immigration Status
443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants' scheme by a person (details supplied)....
- Visa Applications
444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a decision on a visa application for entry to Ireland made by a person (details supplied). [38205/22]
- An Garda Síochána
445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of community gardaí posts nationally broken down by division; and the total number of such posts...
- Departmental Staff
446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the salary of four roles within her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38300/22]
- Prison Service
447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for the nomination of prison officers who may have distinguished themselves through their actions to be...
- Departmental Staff
448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of...
- Legal Aid
449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the fees paid to persons (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38423/22]
- Prison Service
450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committal assessments conducted by healthcare staff in Irish prisons; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement that she has had with the Department of Education on the national strategy on domestic and gender-based...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which her...
- Department of Health
- Medicinal Products
454. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s white paper on Enterprise Policy will be taken into account as part of Ireland’s position in respect of the European Union...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
455. To ask the Minister for Health when restrictions on travel from South Africa to Ireland due to Covid-19 were first put in place; when they were lifted; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
458. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied) and when the person concerned can expect an appointment at the ENT Department, Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore....
- Hospital Facilities
459. To ask the Minister for Health if any capacity and demand analysis in relation to bed numbers has been carried out on the supply of emergency and critical care at University Hospital...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
462. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for local authorities including Donegal County Council for improved disability facilities similar to the fully accessible...
- Disability Services
463. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of a child (details supplied) and investigate whether the critical early intervention that they require will be...
- Health Services
464. 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. [38185/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
465. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) who needs urgent surgery will be on a waiting list for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics, by clinic and speciality in tabular form; the number of vacant posts; the number...
- Disability Services
468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of early intervention services available to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/22]
- Cybersecurity Policy
469. To ask the Minister for Health the final cost to the State of the cyberattack on the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38235/22]
- Health Services Staff
470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the amount of public health nurses in Clondalkin in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Disability Services
472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community disability network teams by region and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38250/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner registrars who were working in practice during the Covid pandemic but seconded to the community Covid hubs are yet to...
- Medicinal Products
480. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has completed the review of a report (details supplied) in respect of the drug reimbursement process; when this report and the key...
- Health Strategies
482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the key actions outlined in the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018; the timeline for the implementation of remaining...
- Legislative Measures
486. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of engagement that he has had with his Department officials on the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Private Members Bill...
- Medicinal Products
487. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021; if he supports the proposed amendment to the Health Act; and if he will...
- Legislative Process
498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health-related Private Members Bills that his Department has supported since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38280/22]
- Intellectual Property
502. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether medicines pricing and intellectual property rights are unrelated, with pricing determined by national governments through industry...
- Medicinal Products
504. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) on equity-based tiered pricing would help to broaden access to new medicines for all...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
507. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of international normalized ratio test strips and machines for warfarin patients. [38289/22]
- Departmental Staff
508. To ask the Minister for Health the salary of four roles within his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38298/22]
- Health Services
509. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing additional funding to section 39 organisations to provide pay increases in line with the public service pay deal; the breakdown...
- Medicinal Products
511. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €50; the estimated full-year cost of a reduction in same from €100 to...
- Health Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health the projected full-year costs of the free contraception scheme for women aged 17 to 25 years in 2023; if funding is already in place for 2023; the estimated...
- Prescriptions Charges
513. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2023 of reducing prescription charges to €1 per item with a cap of €10 for all or to 50 cent per item with a cap of...
- Medical Cards
514. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing in 2023 medical cards to all those diagnosed with cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38336/22]
- Home Help Service
516. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the home support service in 2022, the number of homecare packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a homecare...
- Disability Services
518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours that were funded in 2022; the number of persons who are currently supported; the number who have applied but not yet...
- Vaccination Programme
519. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the flu vaccine programme in 2021 and 2022 respectively; the number of doses that are expected to be provided in 2022; the number of doses ordered...
- General Practitioner Services
521. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to all children under 18 years of age; the status of the current roll-out programme; the amount...
- Vaccination Programme
522. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults who have not received it but want to access it through their general practitioner; and if he...
- Hospital Services
524. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current funding imbalance for University Hospital Limerick compared to other model 4 national hospitals to bring it to the national...
- Hospital Facilities
525. To ask the Minister for Health current number of ICU beds in place; the number that are currently funded; the number of additional ICU beds that will be provided in 2023; the estimated...
- Hospital Staff
526. To ask the Minister for Health the status of payments to student nurses; the projected annual costs of implementing a permanent travel and subsistence scheme based on the recommendations of...
- Health Services
527. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of adding asthma to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38349/22]
- Mental Health Services
528. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding provided for mental health in each of the past two budgets; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the status of each of the...
- Dental Services
529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress around addressing the significant issues facing the dental treatment service scheme; and his views on when the issue...
- Health Services
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diabetes clinics in the State, including information regarding where they are located and whether they operate on a full-time or part-time basis....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
533. To ask the Minister for Health the adult and paediatric waiting lists for each outpatient department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
534. To ask the Minister for Health if private healthcare workers will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38395/22]
- Departmental Staff
535. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+ communities; and if...
- Prescriptions Charges
536. To ask the Minister for Health if the abolition of prescription charges for persons with long-term medical dependency will be considered in the forthcoming Budget; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
537. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost to develop 12 community child and adult mental health services in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38431/22]
- Health Services Staff
539. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 25 May 2022, the estimated salary cost of 60 clinical nurse specialist advanced nurse practitioner posts and a...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
561. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy...
- Health Services
562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); if construction work has recommenced; the estimated timeframe of the facility being completed in light of the...
- Agriculture Industry
574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance in relation to providing agricultural contractors with a similar status to farmers...
- Agriculture Schemes
575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reviewing the agricultural appeals system with the aim of achieving efficient and timely outcomes for farmers;...
- Climate Change Policy
576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the climate target set for the agricultural sector is fair and appropriate to the rest of the economy...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
540. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 25 May 2022, the estimated cost of the training and education plan that has been agreed for the National Clinical...
- Eating Disorders
542. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 8 March 2022, the number of eating disorder mini hub teams that currently exist; if he will provide a breakdown of...
- Health Services
543. To ask the Minister for Health if a bus escort trained in the administration of buccal midazolam will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
547. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for establishing a new payment scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; the advice for healthcare workers with long-Covid in the interim...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept the recommendations of the recently presented Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 surrogacy Oireachtas Committee report and...
- Substance Misuse
550. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the addiction services that are provided by the HSE in Irish prisons; the steps that have been taken to ensure continuity of addiction...
- Dental Services
551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the dental treatment service scheme in counties Louth and Meath, respectively in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
- Health Services
552. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request a review of the ban on the HSE providing treatment for pectus carinatum on the grounds that the vast majority of cases are cosmetic, to...
- Disability Services
553. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to decrease the waiting times, improve communications and increase staff for children needing the vital supports of the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that have received the pandemic bonus payment broken down by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38594/22]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
560. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that is being made on the commitment in the Programme for Government to double ex-gratia grants to animal welfare...
- Food Labelling
582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that farmers have to be part of the Bord Bia quality assured scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Schemes
583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the condition attached to the pig exceptional payment scheme, requiring breeding herds to be reduced by 10% will be reviewed given...
- Forestry Sector
584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any compensation scheme, replanting scheme or emergency support is in place for cases in which a larch plantation has become...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his...
- Agriculture Industry
587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations that exist with regard to the importation of animal manure into the State; if his attention has been drawn to an...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Staff
588. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the salary of four roles within her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38302/22]
- Rural Schemes
589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise on funding allocations for the local improvement scheme by year from 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff
590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions that her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the...
- Rural Schemes
591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund 1 funding application submitted by Clare County Council to her Department...
- Departmental Strategies
592. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has examined the benefits of town councils when formulating the Our Rural Future 2021-2025; if their absence has had...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
593. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which her Department...
- Rural Schemes
595. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement that she has had with the stakeholders of Gearagh, County Cork the allocation of outdoor tourist investments under the...
- Local Authorities
596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for allocating greater investment to local authority participation structures; and if she will make a statement on the...
