Written answers

Thursday, 14 July 2022

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Organic Farming
      11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s plans to develop markets for Irish organic produce to match the increase in the number of farmers entering the...
    • Fodder Crisis
      14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that he is undertaking to ensure the security of supply of fodder for the coming winter. [38513/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether food production policy in Ireland needs to be revised given the recent report by an organisation (details...
    • Forestry Sector
      19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued per week from 1 January to 30 June 2022; the number of afforestation licences issued in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that his Department has put in place to encourage the installation of solar panels on farms; and if he will make a...
    • Organic Farming
      21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to devise a scheme for capital expenditure including for machinery purchase that would assist the organic sector; and if...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the climate migration steps that he is taking within agriculture to enable solar power to become a practical option to aid agriculture...
    • Forestry Sector
      23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being put in place to meet forestry licence targets and address the current backlog; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been supported by the 2020 basic payment scheme payments under financial discipline; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that he is undertaking to support farmers who wish to generate renewable energy on their land; and if he will make a...
    • Organic Farming
      27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that he is undertaking to support the growth of the organic farming sector in Ireland. [38544/22]
    • Fishing Industry
      28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that he has made in implementing the various supports and schemes recommended by the Seafood Sector Taskforce. [38547/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his work in relation to afforestation licensing. [38546/22]
    • Fishing Industry
      31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 26 May 2022, the status of the commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be...
    • Agriculture Industry
      32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to support small farmers who are being squeezed out by large agri-business. [38532/22]
    • Live Exports
      33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to pursue value enhancing market avenues as an alternative to live...
    • Forestry Sector
      34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he hopes to mitigate carbon reduction requirements by way of enhanced sequestration thereby ensuring the viability...
    • Fishing Industry
      35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to increase the national quota allocation for the mackerel hook and line fishery for 2023 following...
    • Agriculture Industry
      37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that he is undertaking to support Ireland’s wool industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38518/22]
    • Organic Farming
      39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote organic farming for local consumption and direct farmers' markets. [38533/22]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking in conjunction with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport to ensure that...
    • Agriculture Industry
      41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings that he has held with the owners of beef factories since he took office; the dates upon which these meetings...
    • Forestry Sector
      42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the fact that targets relating to the issuance of forestry licences have been missed in over 65% of weeks in the first...
    • Organic Farming
      43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount by which the area of agricultural land under organic production has increased since the Government took office; and when...
    • Agriculture Industry
      44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has notified the European Commission of his intended proposal to disperse funds associated with the European Crisis Reserve; and...
    • Food Industry
      45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a new authority called the national food...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his considerations for new measures to incentivise young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38543/22]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce local food procurement policies for the public...
    • Tourism Promotion
      48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the funding streams that are available to agri-food tourism projects under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund; if...
    • Fishing Industry
      49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts that he has personally made in the past six months to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing...
    • Agriculture Industry
      50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to support the small food producer, providing support for...
    • Animal Diseases
      51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment levels will be increased to reflect present market levels for herds that are depopulated due to TB; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that forestry licence targets are not being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38071/22]
    • United Nations
      53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent Food and Agriculture Organisation report on food security and nutrition and on its relationship with Ireland's...
    • Agriculture Industry
      54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that his Department is considering to address the cost-of-living crisis for farmers in the short-term; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme applications received up to 30 June 2022; the number of applications...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new acres agri-environmental scheme will be announced; the special conditions that will apply on designated land in terms of...
    • Animal Welfare
      58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of equine welfare and urban horse projects funded by his Department each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Industry
      59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s projections for chemical nitrogen use in 2022 compared to 2021 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Welfare
      63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to double ex-gratia grants to animal welfare organisations;...
    • Sports Funding
      64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will split the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund in order that horse racing and greyhound racing will be funded separately by his...
    • Organic Farming
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to ensure adequate processing capacity and market demand for organic produce. [37910/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that he is taking to increase the supply of labour for the pig sector; if he intends to enable an increase in the rate to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland’s lead in carbon efficiency over other European Union Member States has changed significantly in recent years; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the objectives that his Department hopes to achieve through the agri-climate rural environment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Industry
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any analysis carried out by his Department on foot of the recommendations in the recently published Wool...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place measures to speed up the marine licensing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38530/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the speed with which the framework to support carbon farming will be put in place in Ireland; and the countries that are the best...
    • Forestry Sector
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote afforestation and biodiversity. [38534/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase TAMS funding to reflect the rising cost of construction and construction related materials. [38527/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider expanding tillage supports to dairy farmers given the ongoing and unusual dry weather. [38512/22]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Policies
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address situations of economic and financial abuse in households; if she will examine ways to individualise...
    • Registration of Deaths
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is proposing to simplify the process of registering a death to make it easier for bereaved families; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of any analysis carried out by her Department on the recommendations of a report (details...
    • Pensions Reform
      95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish her response to the report of the Pension Commission and recommendations before the Dáil summer...
    • Ukraine War
      96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that her Department is providing for Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34517/22]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full suite of supports that are available to workers under the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning behind the method of assessing capital under the various means tested schemes; if she intends on reforming this...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average amount paid out by community welfare officers in Cork in 2022. [34901/22]
    • Employment Schemes
      100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made under Pathways to Work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34936/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the lower income threshold for entitlement to her Department’s back-to-school clothing and footwear...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost-of-living supports that her Department is providing households which do not receive the working family payment...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to increase disability allowance by €15 per week. [38581/22]
    • Employment Schemes
      105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the meetings that she or her officials have had or plan to have with representatives and workers in Local Employment Services...
    • State Pensions
      106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that has been given to the rate of payment for the old age pension ahead of Budget 2023; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of victims of domestic violence to access rent supplement, by county to date and refusals in tabular form; number...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the fuel allowance who have been removed from access to the allowance for exceeding the income...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance in cases in which a family member may return to live with a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further up Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 29 June 2022, if the new regulations in the appeals office prevent appeals...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report, that measures to address the...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional resources that have been provided to community welfare officers to assist those facing financial burden due to...
    • Departmental Policies
      116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the latest meeting of the Social Inclusion Forum and on any outcomes from that meeting; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider revising the criteria in relation to access to the exceptional needs payments such as the time limits...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that in Budget 2023 the free travel pass is made eligible to all persons who do not have enough vision to...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are being considered in the next budget to enhance and broaden social welfare payments including the fuel...
    • Employment Schemes
      121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that is being undertaken by her Department to present employment opportunities for jobseekers to address labour...
    • Legislative Measures
      123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on auto enrolment; when the draft legislation is expected to be published; and if she will make...
    • Employment Schemes
      124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she expects the various schemes offered by her Department to be available to urban or rural communities...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uses for which exceptional needs payments may be applied given that some applications may not qualify under the heading...
    • Employment Schemes
      126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34926/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons on illness benefit to qualify under means testing for the fuel allowance given the...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will extend the Reasonable Accommodation Fund to self-employed persons with disabilities; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of ceasing her Department's current policy of removing persons from the fuel allowance...
    • Employment Schemes
      130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the planned review to the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the back-to-school allowance to assist families with the cost-of-living. [34873/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the adequacy of the current policy which directs that the means test for the disability allowance and...
    • School Meals Programme
      133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the school meals programme whereby newly added schools for the DEIS...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proportion of persons on the contributory pension and on the invalidity pension who qualify for the fuel allowance...
    • Employment Schemes
      136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 17 May 2022, the status of phase 2 of the procurement process for the new local...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals there are to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ukraine War
      142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her Department’s supports for refugees from Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Schemes
      143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research (details supplied) which suggests that procuring public employment services...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means test for the disability allowance and carer’s allowance with a view to assessing income...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time that it takes to process an application for carer’s allowance; the steps, if any, that are being...
    • Employment Schemes
      147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her plans to provide alternative employment for the current providers of local employment services who have or...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for applying for an additional needs' payment; if the 30-hour limit for working families has been removed; if a...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report, that the levels of disability...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the additional needs payment; if so, if there has been an increase in the number recipients...
    • Employment Schemes
      152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which she expects to be in a position to interact with various urban and rural communities throughout the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been any further consideration to review the household benefits package due to the increases in the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families expected to be supported under the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2022; when...
    • Departmental Reviews
      157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to publish her response to the report of the Child Maintenance Review Group; and if she will make a...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made in the implementation of measures to support employment opportunities for people with...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a cost of disability payment to the Exchequer, in line with the recommendations set out in...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to introduce any further amendments to farm assist (details supplied). [34782/22]
    • Youth Unemployment
      161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current rate of youth unemployment; the measures that her Department is taking to assist young people to enter the...
    • Food Poverty
      162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the food poverty working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/22]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals to improve access to community employment schemes including the six-year rule for the rural social scheme; if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that were made for the exceptional needs' payment by constituency or county to date in 2022; if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria for assessment of savings needs to be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34937/22]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a sizeable increase in the back-to-school allowances given the extra pressures on household due to the...
    • Ukraine War
      168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider issuing refugees with a post office account so that they can access their social welfare payment from...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased since her Department was established; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Legislative Measures
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to implement the aspects of the EU Digital Services Act not included in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022;...
    • Energy Prices
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the huge increase in energy bills for the restaurant and hospitality sector (details supplied);...
    • Enterprise Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be any grants or supports offered to businesses that are struggling with inflation costs (details supplied); and if he...
    • Industrial Development
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38878/22]
    • Undefined
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No.163 of 14 June 2022, the estimated cost to the Exchequer of enacting an additional bank holiday....
    • Departmental Bodies
      178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the agencies under the auspices of his Department with underspends for each of the years 2021 and to...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • Industrial Development
      180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits made by the IDA to County Roscommon and each location visited in 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022. [39050/22]
    • Workplace Relations Commission (1 comment)
      182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider making the recommendations of the Workplace Relations Commission binding in cases which it involves a body that...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) or representatives for the organisation since assuming...
    • Consumer Protection
      186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by 50%. [39124/22]
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
      187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Corporate Enforcement...
    • Industrial Development
      188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the future plans that the IDA has for County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39160/22]
    • Enterprise Policy
      189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement that there has been recently in relation to progressing the M1 Dublin-Belfast corridor as a business and investment...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
      191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full schedule of permanent and seconded staff to the Corporate Enforcement Authority by grade, rank and or...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for interim solutions for householders in rural areas waiting on broadband that is some years away under the...
    • Energy Prices
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 14 June 2022, if he will provide an update on a matter raised in...
    • Climate Action Plan
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that community growing initiatives are not included in the current Climate Action Plan 2021; if community...
    • Mining Industry
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the importation of bauxite from Guinea in which mining for this mineral has been associated with human...
    • Food Waste
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total estimated tonnage of food waste disposed of every year; the steps that he is taking to minimise its...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to develop a bio-methane sector in Ireland; if he will outline the steps taken in each of...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has completed his consideration of the seven heads and Kinsale wells for the storage of natural gas; if his...
    • Energy Prices
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the engagement that he has had with energy suppliers on the rising cost of electricity and heating...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that a soon-to-be-completed housing estate (details supplied) will only have the option of one broadband...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of wind turbines per county in tabular form. [38914/22]
    • Electricity Generation
      207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will remove or greatly increase the €200 tax exemption on payments received by domestic micro-generators...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to develop green hydrogen in the next five years. [38943/22]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme...
    • Electricity Generation
      210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the microgeneration rebate scheme for householders who invested in microgeneration is in place; when they will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that the State meets climate targets in relation to electricity generation from renewables; and if...
    • Electricity Generation
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to improve microgeneration of electricity in the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria that are used for entities to be established as one stop shops for housing improvement grants; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to accelerate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the engagement there has been with...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the updated plans at the National Cyber Security Centre to deal with cyber and hybrid attacks in the future; and if he...
    • Telecommunications Services
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the interactions with telecoms companies and other related agencies with regard to eliminating spam...
    • National Broadband Plan
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises in County Mayo; the number of premises that have had surveys (details supplied) completed in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the engagements regarding the interest rates under the retrofitting loan guarantee scheme due to be...
    • Energy Policy
      224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of microgeneration in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39479/22]
    • Air Quality
      225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of air quality monitoring stations currently in place; if the final expansion of the network will be...
    • Environmental Policy
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and relevant State agencies to...
    • Energy Conservation
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofits that were completed to date in 2022, under each scheme, by county; the average costs and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government is still committed to retrofitting 500,000 homes to B2 by 2030, as per the Programme for Government...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update to include costings, plans and progress made on the All-Island Strategic Rail Review. [38846/22]
    • Departmental Projects
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); the stage that the project is currently at; the estimated timeline for the...
    • Driver Test
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal can expect a test date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to facilitate park-and-ride facilities along the M7, M9 and elsewhere in counties Kildare and Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • Road Safety
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and or the Road Safety Authority have undertaken an assessment and or have been able to quantify the number and type of injury that...
    • Electric Vehicles
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make electric scooters and e-bikes liable for road tax in order to enhance ownership and traceability of e-vehicles that...
    • Sports Events
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 23 June 2022, if he will follow up with the National Transport Authority; the reason that a...
    • Cycling Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that his Department will give to a possible expansion of the Dublin Bikes bike-sharing scheme. [39121/22]
    • Public Transport
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will support the expansion of the Luas Green Line from Bride’s Glen to Bray and of the Luas Red Line from the...
    • Haulage Industry
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mitigations that are being considered to reduce costs for the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39239/22]
    • Bus Services
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mitigations that are being considered to reduce costs for commercial bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in a full year if the budget on security personnel on the Luas increased by 25%. [39263/22]
    • Rail Network
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the resurfacing and remarking of the southbound carpark at a DART station (details supplied) will commence; and the expected...
    • Public Transport
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all announcements on DART carriages are in full working order; if not, the estimated funding required to ensure that all audio...
    • Road Projects
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed timeline for the M20 project. [39289/22]
    • Road Safety
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of local residents regarding road safety on Harbour View road in Cork and the impact that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if applications for the electric vehicle taxi grant scheme have reopened; and if not, when they will reopen. [39293/22]
    • Road Projects
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the event of the reallocation of capital funding within his Department in 2022, if he will ensure that additional funding is provided...
    • Bus Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has consulted with or been consulted by An Bord Pleanála in respect of planning permissions and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to increasing the amount of money returned to commercial bus operators under the youth travel card...
    • Bus Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the National Transport Authority about the loss in reliability of bus services in the Greater Dublin Area; if not,...
    • Public Transport
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2023 of increasing the current 20% discount on public transport fares to 30%, 40%, and 50% in tabular form and if...
    • Bus Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will review the roll-out of the C Spine and make changes where supply is over provisioned or under provisioned; and if he will...
    • Transport Policy
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an effective review system has been implemented for efficiency assessment, quality assessment and impact on customers of roll-out of...
    • Bus Services
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on compliance of an organisation (details supplied) with performance standards in relation to punctuality,...
    • Driver Test
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest waiting list figures for driver theory tests, driver tests and motorcycle tests in each county in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Coast Guard Service
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the station (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter.; and if he will make a...
    • Aviation Industry
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recourse that an individual passenger has when baggage has been lost or delayed as a result of the recent influx of passengers going...
    • Departmental Schemes
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications that were approved and number of charge points delivered by each county under the public point charge scheme;...
    • Electric Vehicles
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric State vehicles as a percentage of the overall number of State-owned vehicles as of 31 June 2022; and if he will...
    • State Bodies
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the establishment of the new office for zero emissions vehicles Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle grants provided for vehicles in 2021 in price ranges, €0 to €20,000, €20,000 to...
    • Departmental Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed State-owned vehicles on the National Vehicle and Driver File in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the...
    • Public Transport
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has planned a review of delivery of bus services in light of traffic amendments and diversions over the next eight weeks and has...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a €100 payment to those whose nearest public transport stop had less than five services a day (details...
    • Banking Sector
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent practice by a bank (details supplied) of selling customers’ overdraft facilities as debt to a company;...
    • Housing Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will change the 70% borrowing rule in relation to the minimum eligible amount of borrowing for the help-to-buy scheme to exclude the value of the site...
    • Insurance Industry
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement by his Department and Government agencies with foreign or overseas insurance companies with a view to increasing the number of providers in the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his Canadian counterpart to date in 2022. [39269/22]
    • Tax Code
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties assessed for local property tax in 2021 where the property valuation was in excess of €1.75 million. [39424/22]
    • Departmental Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures and reliefs which are to expire by 31 December 2022; the estimated cost of extending each from 1 January to 31 December 2023; if the cost...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of warrants that have been issued for the collection of debts owed to the Revenue Commissioners by revenue sheriffs in the past five years and to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of a new public sector pay deal, subject to the outcome of current public sector pay talks, will be funded through the...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure allocated to demographics under the Summer Economic Statement, disaggregated by Department. [39462/22]
    • Environmental Schemes
      316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of carbon tax ring-fenced on an annual basis since its introduction for environmental measures; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an appointment will be expedited with community alcohol and drugs services in CHO8 for a person (details supplied). [38800/22]
    • Local Authorities
      318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on engagement with Roscommon County Council to mitigate the effects of an issue (details supplied);; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of funding remaining and unallocated in the Covid-19 contingency reserve for 2022; the amount that has been allocated by...
    • Pension Provisions
      320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • State Properties
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the sale of lands in proximity to Castletown house in Celbridge (details supplied); if the OPW...
    • Flood Risk Management
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the consultation process for the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; the number of submissions received by...
    • Legislative Measures
      325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that he has inserted an amendment to a piece of legislation (details supplied). [38980/22]
    • Flood Risk Management
      330. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Minister of State at his Department or the Office of Public Works have yet convened a meeting with the Department of Transport...
    • State Properties
      331. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to refurbish the backyard area of a garda station (details supplied). [39273/22]
    • Budget Targets
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budgetary implications of drawing down funding from the National Training Fund reserve; the impact on Departmental and overall...
    • Public Sector Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to matters raised in a correspondence (details supplied) regarding the public sector transfer network agreement; and...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the provision of funding for supporting the 225th commemorations of the 1798 Rebellion in 2023; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • Sports Funding
      337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not yet received any correspondence or decision concerning its...
    • Departmental Meetings
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has spoken directly with the chairperson of an organisation (details supplied) in the past three months. [39270/22]
    • Film Industry
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who are actively working in the film and television industry at the moment. [39298/22]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any developments under Housing For All on rightsizing and incentives for those wanting to make these moves; and...
    • Water Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he will take to ensure that Irish Water has the necessary resources to ensure a sufficient interim supply for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retrofits delivered in local authority homes in each retrofitting scheme for each county to date in tabular...
    • Local Authorities
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if each local authority is required to have a complaints officer or department; if not, the reason; and if he will make a...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any other scheme to help farmers to carry out work on their land that is overgrown with rhododendrons (details...
    • Coastal Protection
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the national coastal change management strategy steering group; the number of times that the group has...
    • Housing Policy
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that have been put in place to assist local authorities and approved housing bodies to deal with construction...
    • Housing Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new affordable purchase units that have been delivered in quarter 1 of 2022; the number of affordable purchase...
    • Local Authorities
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have a full-time vacant homes officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in fines that has been paid to the European Commission for planning failures at the Derrybrien wind farm to date;...
    • Departmental Reports
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of departmental reports that are pending publication; the titles of these reports; the expected publication dates;...
    • Housing Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of serviced sites fund, affordable housing funding and affordable purchase homes that have been completed and...
    • Regeneration Projects
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed construction of a community centre at King’s Island, Limerick, as...
    • Legislative Measures
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend section 15 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 in view of the recent census data; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for social housing in County Limerick to date in 2022, by district in tabular form; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and...
    • Departmental Policies
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons whose houses were repossessed and sold are eligible to apply for local authority loans to purchase a new house; if...
    • Legislative Process
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is hoped that the review by his Department of the amendments made in Seanad Éireann to the Wildlife (Amendment)...
    • Departmental Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past five years; the...
    • Vacant Properties
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Cavan and Monaghan local authorities to make an application for the vacant properties' voids programme; if...
    • Defective Building Materials
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report of the independent working group that was set-up to examine the issue of defective housing will be completed;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if first time self-build homeowners will qualify for the new home equity scheme announced recently; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in Cork city in each of the past five years; the total amount...
    • Vacant Properties
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Cork City Council to make an application for the vacant properties' voids programme; if such an application...
    • Departmental Schemes
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that HAP recipients are not able to get repayment plans if they are in arrears; the way that tenants in arrears can...
    • Departmental Data
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable, affordable mortgage, cost rental and council houses including Approved Housing Bodies, that will be...
    • Departmental Reviews
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that there has been by his Department with the Attorney General on the planning review; and if he will make a...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and or his officials have been contacted by or engaged with the Corporate Enforcement Authority and or The Standards in...
    • Housing Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which housing availability to the local authority under part 5 procedure continues to be made available to...
    • Departmental Reviews
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to ensuring that the internal review of the planning decisions of a person (details supplied) in An Bord...
    • Departmental Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units leased by local authorities per month by month and unit size in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form;...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the recruitment of new directorates and the recruitment of 60 key staff for critically important roles within...
    • Departmental Policies
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the conclusions contained within An Bord Pleanála’s maritime resource plan that identifies the additional staffing...
    • Foreshore Issues
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the backlog in An Bord Pleanála in respect of foreshore licence applications for offshore...
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeline for the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39488/22]
    • Local Authorities
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the further roll-out of biodiversity officers in 2023-24 for local authorities; if expressions of interest...
    • Housing Schemes
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made towards resolving rent arrears issues for tenants for people on fixed incomes, such as those on invalidity...
    • Housing Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are being taken to address the difficulties local authorities face when transferring tenants to the rental...
    • Housing Schemes
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applicants reach the HAP limit and then apply for supplementary welfare payment but get refused due to the fact that HAP is...
    • Commercial Rates
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing a commercial rates waiver for businesses struggling with soaring inflation costs...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department given that it has...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      405. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the reports of cross-border attacks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda at the United Nations...
    • Ukraine War
      407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its calls for greater co-ordination and planning,...
    • Pension Provisions
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions)...
    • Passport Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38972/22]
    • Brexit Issues
      413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Government’s international engagement on the Irish protocol particularly with the European Union, the United...
    • European Union
      414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Government engagement on the issue of accession to the European Union of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldovia and the Western...
    • Passport Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in relation to the processing of Irish passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39180/22]
    • European Union
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Government’s engagement with the European Union on the issue of food security; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Government’s plans to increase overseas aid to deal with the threat of famine which has been made worse by the war...
    • Passport Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that it has exceeded the target issue date and applicant’s...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to upgrade the Irish Honorary Consul in Cancun, Mexico to a Consulate General Office. [39261/22]
    • Official Engagements
      420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the Foreign Affairs Minister of Thailand in the past 12 months. [39262/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will convey again to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the widespread and serious concerns in relation to the British...
    • Passport Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if original documentation submitted with an application for a passport will be returned to the parent of a child (details supplied); and if...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      425. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current average waiting time for the processing of foreign birth registrations; his plans to address delays and backlogs due to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      426. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress being made with the mid-life extension programme for the LÉ Niamh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38921/22]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      427. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act...
    • Defence Forces
      428. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will detail both the maximum and the current strength levels of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/22]
    • Air Corps
      430. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current total strength of Air Corps personnel; and if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of qualified military pilots, cadet pilots...
    • Defence Forces
      431. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of women in the Defence Forces, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/22]
    • Naval Service
      438. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval operations and patrols that have had to be cancelled between 2015 and 2022; the reason for the cancellation; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces
      439. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the high-level implementation plan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      452. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of apprentices are there on points 1-3 of the pay scale, inclusive, for enlisted personnel of the Permanent Defence Forces in tabular...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      459. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s involvement in increasing the State’s cybersecurity infrastructure, including additional financial resources...
    • Departmental Reports
      462. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans there are to implement the report of the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces
      463. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will detail the interaction and engagement by his Department with Dublin Airport Authority regarding the use of the Defence Forces at...
    • Departmental Data
      465. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel by rank attached to the Defence Forces equitation school; the number of vacancies by rank in the...
    • School Transport
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made to compensate school bus service providers for the unprecedented increase in the price of fuel for buses;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given approval to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s documents titled an inclusive approach to SPHE/RSE...
    • Departmental Schemes
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeals mechanism for the emergency works scheme; and if so, if she will provide the details of same. [38819/22]
    • School Admissions
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are allowed to ask for birth certificates from parents of children seeking a school place; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend a school bus route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38869/22]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the restoration of leadership posts at primary school level to pre-2008 levels. [38881/22]
    • School Transport
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected with schools that provide a private bus service in order that the charges to parents will also be waived; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated capital cost of the additional classroom space required to implement a one-point reduction in the pupil teacher ratio by first year...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year cost of hiring one additional educational psychologist. [38937/22]
    • Departmental Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act...
    • School Accommodation
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is dealing with an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if she will appreciate the clear...
    • Departmental Policies
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to provide funding for special ongoing day programmes for children going to special primary schools that would cover a...
    • School Transport
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the approval of an additional school bus to collect the 20 plus students going to second level schools in Cavan town from...
    • Education Policy
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 31 May 2022, the estimated first and full-year saving of removing the monetary subsidy given to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the criteria that reasonable accommodations of certificate examinations apply for the appointment of readers for leaving...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are waiting for an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service...
    • Schools Building Projects
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for the delivery of new primary and secondary schools in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39157/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of the autism unit at a school (details supplied) in County Louth. [39158/22]
    • School Staff
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the agreement on school secretaries’ pay and conditions; the Departmental resources that are being...
    • School Accommodation
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools in Cork under the major capital works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2022. [39284/22]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given at an early date to a further extension of the DEIS Programme in view of the availability of data from the 2022...
    • Schools Building Projects
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive its anticipated BCAR validation 21-day process and if she will make a statement on the matter.; and...
    • School Costs
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has carried out an analysis of back-to-school costs for parents for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 school years in the context of the rising...
    • Schools Building Projects
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of a site for the proposed build of a school (details supplied); if a site suitably and...
    • School Inspections
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills a site visit from her Department has taken place at a school (details supplied) due to security concerns; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the means for families in order that they can obtain the back-to-school allowance, owing to the escalating...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that have been received for the Enterprise Support Grant from businesses in counties Cavan and...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to awarding the back-to-school allowance to families who foster children with Tusla; and if...
    • Dental Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the present status of the public dental treatment programme; and the steps that she is taking to ensure that persons are...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the serious implications that means testing and eligibility requirements for the...
    • Employment Schemes
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given further consideration to her Department providing support with redundancy payments for LES and Jobs Club...
    • Departmental Reviews
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to publish her response to the report of the child maintenance review group; and if she will make a...
    • Pensions Reform
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish her response to the report of the Pension Commission and recommendations before the Dáil...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to extend eligibility for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance considering the impact of the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the planned review to the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34629/22]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the instruction that is given to local community welfare officers regarding the exceptional needs' payment (details...
    • Employment Schemes
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is giving consideration to or is requesting her Government colleagues to consider allowing persons on various...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the extension of parents’ benefit from five to seven weeks will take effect; the number of parents who have...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has examined and costed the proposals in relation to means testing made by the Joint Oireachtas Committee...
    • Employment Schemes
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schemes and supports that are available from her Department to help persons to return to work; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of introducing a cost of disability payment in line with the recommendations set out in...
    • Employment Schemes
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with representatives of workers affected by the loss of contacts for local employment scheme services; and...
    • Employment Support Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research that suggests changing the local employment scheme services from their current...
    • Disability Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protocols that are in place to assist hearing impaired customers who are unable or inhibited by Covid restrictions and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has made any changes to the family income supplement scheme since she took office. [34033/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the south east regional drug and alcohol task force has not had a full-time coordinator for over two years;...
    • School Meals Programme
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in providing free school meals for the 310 schools to be added to the DEIS programme in September 2022;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting almost two years for the return of medical information to the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an increase on a disability allowance payment will be applied for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the if back-to-school allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied). [38976/22]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is proposed to limit the right of an appellant to the independent social welfare appeals office to seek and obtain an...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends on removing the cap on total credited contributions for home caring periods and the age cap on foster children...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will exclude family means testing for persons who can qualify for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a disability related social protection payment in tabular form by the type of payment;...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the gas or electricity allowance increased to €42 per month for persons in receipt of...
    • Departmental Staff
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers employed in Cork in each of the past five years in tabular form. [39288/22]
    • Maternity Leave
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to the provision of maternity leave and benefit; if she will ensure that parents can afford...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of a Covid-related payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons working from home or by way of other arrangement arising from Covid-19 throughout the country; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of applicants who have been refused payment in respect of invalidity pension in each of the past five years;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently awaiting the outcome of appeal in respect of refusal of disability allowance; the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which INTREO continues to be involved in determination of fitness to work issues; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which oral hearings in respect of appeals against disallowance for various payments are up to date; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pensions
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for a State pension (contributory) in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reassessed following the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a revised...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for a carer’s allowance will be reassessed in the case of a person (details supplied) given that they...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the determination of eligibility for urgent assistance towards payment of a bill...
    • Departmental Data
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance for 12 months or more in north Tipperary; and if she...
    • Citizens Information Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the provision of Citizens' Information Services in County Wicklow; if her attention has been drawn to the lack...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for social welfare benefit claims from applicants in County Wicklow that were granted and refused...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to reform eligibility for supplementary welfare allowance to cover rent arrears; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated total cost of providing a once-off €10, €50 and €100 payment to recipients of each social...
    • Departmental Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of social welfare recipients by social welfare type in 2019; and the projected number of social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the terms of the means test for a qualified adult allowance will be adversely affected if the savings of a continuous...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Strategies
      591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans under consideration to move to a competitive tendering process for youth services; if...
    • Children in Care
      593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that an equivalent payment is provided for children in foster care given the fact that foster...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      594. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department intends to develop an awareness campaign promoting the benefits of employing disabled persons...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of current spend and capital spend for the Access and Inclusion Model in tabular...
    • Local Authorities
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the estimated costs for one childminding development officer, including PRSI,...
    • Education and Training Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year and first year cost breakdown of increasing the intake of graduate social workers to 300...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities who have been employed within State agencies. [39128/22]
    • Children in Care
      602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase the foster care allowance to families who work with Tusla. [39148/22]
    • Family Support Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase the availability of early intervention for families in distress and for family...
    • Childcare Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to bolster the viability of childcare providers, including plans to reduce the cost of childcare to...
    • Departmental Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the necessary funding to an organisation (details supplied) to source a premises suitable for...
    • Employment Rights
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is expected the Employment Regulation Order will be issued by the Joint Labour Commission; if this occur...
    • Childcare Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to local creches and after-school childcare facilities cancelling childcare...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to assist Afghan refugees (details supplied) to secure their own independent...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to an increase in the allowances for apprentices from rural areas particularly early years apprentices who often...
    • Departmental Funding
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding historically provided to an organisation (details supplied) through the skillnets stream of funding; the way in which this...
    • Education and Training Provision
      614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to create more spaces on pharmacist college courses due to a severe lack of pharmacists in Ireland which will lead to reduced...
    • Third Level Costs
      615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the income and fee supports that are available to persons who are undertaking university doctorates; the plans to improve these supports given...
    • Student Accommodation
      616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he will take to ensure that third level students can secure student accommodation given the lack of available housing through on...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act...
    • Third Level Costs
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant supports either through SUSI or other schemes that are available to postgraduate students enrolled in level 9 programmes that are...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to the commis chef apprenticeship level 6 programme since it was launched to date by education and training board; the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Dundalk Institute of Technology’s progress towards technological university status; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any engagements that have taken place in relation to workforce planning between his Department and the regional skills framework,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing the number of courses, the number on courses and the range of courses for apprentices; and if he will make a statement...
    • Further and Higher Education
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received the 2021 annual report from SOLAS; and when same will be published. [39274/22]
    • Third Level Admissions
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students expected to enrol in Cork universities in September. [39281/22]
    • Student Accommodation
      629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units that will be available in Cork city in September 2022. [39282/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in a first budgetary year of increasing the recurrent funding to the higher education sector by 120, 220, and 320 respectively...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual expenditure on apprentice accommodation allowances per apprentice in the system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Education
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average spend from the Exchequer per student eligible for SUSI supports of any kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39364/22]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • State Claims Agency
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that the State Claims Agency has paid out in compensation in mass action, lack of in cell sanitation claims in 2021,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention or that of her predecessors and or that of her Department officials has been drawn to the use of spyware by An...
    • Legislative Measures
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the current passage of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the level of consultation within her Department and the Future of Policing in Ireland...
    • Departmental Reviews
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her plans to review the way in which family law proceedings are conducted. [38879/22]
    • Data Protection
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the regulation under the Data Protection Act 2018 to facilitate the transfer of information to Operation Denton has been...
    • State Pathology Service
      650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide improved facilities available to the State Pathologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • Prison Service
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is intended to publish all prison chaplain reports that were not published to date and were submitted to the governor of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 12 May 2022, if she has yet received the information she sought from An Garda...
    • Departmental Data
      659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that she has received from Cork under the Community Safety Innovation Fund; and if she will list the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently working in each of the garda stations in Cork, by rank, in tabular form. [39208/22]
    • Departmental Data
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Adult Diversion Programme; the number who have availed of it in 2022; and the plans to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the gardaí have codified offences under the Control of Horses Act 1996; and if so, the numbers of arrest and...
    • Departmental Staff
      663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of staff working on processing visa applications in her Department; if she has plans to increase this number;...
    • Visa Applications
      664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to speed up the processing of appeals in the join family visa section of her Department; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unfilled posts in the Louth Garda division, including rank in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to roll out the community safety forums, which replace joint policing committees; and the timeline for these plans;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked garda motorcycles in the fleet as of 31 December 2020 and 8 July 2022, in tabular form [39256/22]
    • Budget 2023
      670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2023 if the budget for the Criminal Assets Bureau increased by 15%. [39259/22]
    • Departmental Programmes
      671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been received and the number of approvals issued on an annual basis since 2012 in respect...
    • Immigration Status
      672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Health
    • Budget 2023
      675. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is intended to announce an accessible budget for disability in order that persons with disabilities and their families can understand the number...
    • Departmental Meetings
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the last meeting of the strategic implementation group under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [39247/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a review group to investigate reducing the red tape in funding applications for section 38, 39 and other organisations and individual...
    • Disability Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that necessary and valuable services are provided for people with disabilities and special needs. [38904/22]
    • Hospital Admissions
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that were seen in the medical assessment unit of Nenagh General Hospital on a weekly basis from the beginning of March to the end of...
    • Hospital Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit has had to close on any day in 2022 due to staff shortages; if so, the dates; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit is still facing staff shortages; if so, the positions that are due to be filled; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit should be able to see on a weekly basis if it were operating at full capacity...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite two appointments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38813/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic bonus payment to front line workers of €1,000 was paid to all primary health care workers, including primary care workers working with...
    • Health Services Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of district medical officers on salary from the HSE in the State; the location of each; the increase in salary for these doctors in the past ten...
    • Departmental Reports
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when the annual report on the babies’ organs that were incinerated that was to be published on 30 June 2022 will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that only five of sixteen promised nursing posts for adult neurology services have been funded this year further to statements issued by the HSE and...
    • Medicinal Products
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update on the availability of Cariban; if it is being made more affordable for pregnant women in Ireland suffering from...
    • Hospital Staff
      690. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved to the four new consultant anaesthesiology posts in Mayo University Hospital which have been sanctioned to allow the recommended...
    • Home Help Service
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if home help care will be provided to a person (details supplied). [38853/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); the stage that the project is currently at; the estimated timeline for the project; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the ownership of a building (details supplied); if any engagement has taken place on the sale of the property; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric consultants in CH09 working out of the Ballymun health centre; the number of hours and days worked; the number of cases waiting for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a vulnerable young person (details supplied) who is currently awaiting a psychiatric assessment, who has been given an...
    • Medical Cards
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award a discretionary medical card to each amputee who applies for one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38919/22]
    • Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment. [38926/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to have pharmacies involved in the roll-out of the second booster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38927/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available in the UL Hospitals Group on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health when the mental health hospital in Portrane will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38940/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      704. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 10 February 2022, if he has ever directed the HSE to fund any capital project in the State since he assumed...
    • Health Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical service (details supplied) will be relocated to Bray, County Wicklow in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38944/22]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in...
    • Grant Payments
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the schemes being devised as a replacement to the motorised transport grant scheme and the mobility allowance which were closed in 2013; and if...
    • Health Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if he and or the Chief Medical Officer have received or undertaken an assessment and or have been able to quantify the number and type of injury that persons...
    • Medicinal Products
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will offer immunocompromised & vulnerable patients access to a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38973/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that pensioners who used to work for the HSE and received their salaries on a fortnightly basis receive their pension on a monthly basis in arrears;...
    • Health Services Staff
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if workers who work for a contractor providing catering services in a hospital (details supplied) and work alongside HSE catering staff will be paid the...
    • Health Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if spinal muscular atrophy is a condition under consideration for addition to the conditions tested for in the new-born heel prick; if so, when that decision...
    • Medicinal Products
      713. To ask the Minister for Health when children between six and 11 years of age will be given access to a drug for cystic fibrosis (details supplied); the reason for the delay in doing this;...
    • Health Service Executive
      714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1446, 1447 and 1448 of 14 June 2022, if he will follow up with the HSE as to the reason that detailed responses were not...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on outpatient waiting lists per department in Roscommon University Hospital; and the average waiting times. [39055/22]
    • Health Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have been treated by a unit (details supplied) in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [39056/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies in a hospital (details supplied). [39057/22]
    • Disability Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in the new disability network teams in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the specific vacancies in tabular form. [39058/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in the new e-mental health hub in Castlerea, County Roscommon; the specific vacancies; and the length of time that they have been...
    • Ambulance Service
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls that the National Ambulance Service responded to in Roscommon in 2021 and to the end of June 2022, broken down by call type in echo, delta,...
    • Medicinal Products
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is currently in breach of the EU Transparency Directive (89/105/EEC); if his Department intends to reduce the ongoing delays for patients to gain...
    • Departmental Data
      732. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the health data infrastructure of the State; the way these plans can support innovative payment models in respect of the reimbursement of...
    • Health Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the treatment abroad scheme, the person or body within the HSE decides if a product is experimental; the criteria this decision maker uses to...
    • Dental Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments in each...
    • Mental Health Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time in each county; the number waiting more than...
    • Home Care Packages
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting homecare support in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting colonoscopy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30 days; 30-60, 60-90 and more than...
    • Hospital Staff
      740. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy in tabular...
    • Psychological Assessments
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an assessment of need in Ireland; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and the more than 12 months broken...
    • Disability Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a speech and language appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time for appointment in tabular form; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to appoint nine additional neurology nurse specialists at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the quotas that have been given to State agencies in relation to the number of persons with disabilities that they must employ; and if these quotas are being...
    • Disability Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1657 of 26 April 2022, the reason there was no additional funding for capital or project overhead costs included for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in an organisation (details supplied) who were working in practice during the Covid-19 pandemic who at yet to receive the Covid pandemic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times for ophthalmology outpatients at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to address the unacceptably long...
    • Health Services
      763. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the medical service offered to a person (details supplied) is acceptable; the steps that he plans to take to provide treatment for this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to review the deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39190/22]
    • Dental Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of dentists who have disengaged from the dental treatment services scheme on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the backlog of appointments at the ophthalmology services for children at the Louth County Hospital in Dundalk, County Louth;...
    • Hospital Staff
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of vacant consultant posts in the RCSI Hospital group; the number of vacant posts in each speciality and location; the plans that there are...
    • Health Services Staff
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts currently in CHO8, including a breakdown of specialities and locations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an occupational therapy appointment in each of the children’s disability network teams in Cork; the number who have...
    • Health Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of day care centres in Cork that are now open; and the number that were open in 2019. [39199/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork and the average waiting time for an appointment in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the full commencement of all of the sections of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [39210/22]
    • Substance Misuse
      776. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new Action Plan under the National Drugs Strategy. [39211/22]
    • Emergency Departments
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole term equivalent staff by job title working in the Accident and Emergency Department at Naas General Hospital; the number of WTE vacancies...
    • Dental Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole term equivalent dental nurses and dental hygienists working in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO7 in the years of 2020,...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the current funding available for the technical aids scheme by CHO, in tabular form; the funding drawn down between 2018 to 2021; and the eligibility criteria...
    • Health Services Staff
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the way that a person (details supplied) who applied for a post in the HSE who was on an approved panel and was informed that they had the position on foot of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if required surgery can be urgently undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39335/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed with particular reference to the fact that they have no means of paying any outstanding funds; and...
    • Medical Cards
      795. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39339/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls that the National Ambulance Service responded to in 2021 and to the end of June 2022 broken down by call type as in echo, delta, charlie,...
    • Emergency Departments
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from clinicians at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan on the status of the Emergency Department at Navan Hospital in 2022, if so,...
    • Departmental Meetings
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he held with managers of hospitals in 2021 and to date in 2022; the date and nature of each meeting; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Departments
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients presenting at the Emergency Department at Mayo University Hospital but leaving prior to being seen each month to date in 2022; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of, and waiting lists for, home care packages and home help hours in County Mayo, particularly the number of hours that have been...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times for both inpatient and outpatient at Mayo University Hospital [39375/22]
    • Primary Care Centres
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for Bangor Erris, County Mayo; the timeline for delivery of same [39376/22]
    • Home Help Service
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE home help staff recruited in the past 12 months per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39380/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided in Mayo in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39381/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he...
    • Hospital Procedures
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in each hospital of the Saolta Hospital Group over each of the past six months as a result of bed...
    • Home Help Service
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in the Saolta Group while waiting on a home...
    • Hospital Transfers
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in Mayo available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed capacity in Mayo;...
    • Disability Services
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of therapy carried out by children’s disability network teams in 2021 and to the end of June 2022, broken down by therapy and by...
    • Health Services Staff
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of community healthcare networks in place; the total number of funded whole-time equivalent staff positions assigned to community healthcare...
    • Mental Health Services
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded clinical posts in CAMHS, broken down by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39398/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent public health nurse positions which are funded; the number of funded WTE posts vacant that is not filled by direct...
    • Mental Health Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS staffing numbers in place against the number recommended by vision for change and broken down by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated to community paramedicine for 2022; the breakdown of the allocation of such funding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the number of chronic disease management teams in place; the level of funding allocated to this area in 2022 broken down by team; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of home helps or homecare funded in Budget 2022 and delivered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39406/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded positions for chronic disease management teams; the number of posts currently vacant and broken down by team; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ on acute hospital waiting lists by hospital and speciality as of May 2022, in tabular form; and the number waiting...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      847. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 30 July 2022, the reason for the delay in issuing a response; and will he take steps to ensure that a reply is...
    • Mental Health Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken around suicide prevention and mental health, in particular for younger persons in the HSE CHO DNCC area; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding free general practitioner care to those under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39430/22]
    • Hospital Charges
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing hospital impatient charges for the entire population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39432/22]
    • Disability Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a 36-week delay in providing an urgent occupational therapy assessment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare consultant contract negotiations; if a date has been set to reconvene talks; the progress that he has made in appointing a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a new contract for general practitioners; the status of the 2019 general practitioner agreement strategic review; when he...
    • Medicinal Products
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a product (details supplied); when he expects the full technology assessment to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      858. To ask the Minister for Health when the next booster for Covid-19 will be rolled out; the availability of the vaccine for those currently at risk and a timeline for further vaccinations...
    • Home Help Service
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the committed to home support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39528/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers and amount paid county-by-county under HSE HR Circular 012/2022 as part of the pandemic bonus payment in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the treatment abroad scheme. [39546/22]
    • Disability Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each HSE region [39548/22]
    • Departmental Priorities
      864. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set a national ambition to reduce the number of stillbirths and neo-natal deaths. [39550/22]
    • Dental Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the orthodontic waiting lists in Cork; the average waiting times for appointments; the number that are waiting more than...
    • Mental Health Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that are waiting homecare support in Cork; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in Cork the average number of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting colonoscopy in each of the Cork hospitals; the number of these that have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 – to 90 and...
    • Hospital Staff
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of vacancies at each of the Cork hospitals the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy; in tabular form; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO4; the number who have been waiting less than 3 months; the number that have been waiting 3- to 6, 6to...
    • Health Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a speech and language appointment through primary care in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the availability of social farming in rural areas. [36901/22]
    • Food Industry
      878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to ensure that food production is not detrimentally affected by carbon reduction measures given the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of phytosanitary certificates issued by his Department for peat products exported for certain companies (details supplied)...
    • Animal Welfare
      881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for introduction of legislation to address hunting of feral goats in Ireland; the current regulations that exist in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give recognition to social farming and provide adequate funding to allow for the programme to be expanded and developed...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • Animal Diseases
      884. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance available to farmers whose herds are locked up due to bovine tuberculosis being found in their herd; if it is intended...
    • Gníomhaireachtaí Rannacha
      885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an dtógfaidh sé ceist le Bord Iascaigh Mhara faoi cén fáth nár sheol siad freagra chugam nuair a...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 7 July 2022, if he has ensured that Coillte’s remit supports the delivery of...
    • Agriculture Industry
      887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mitigations that are being considered to reduce the cost of farm inputs such as fertiliser and fuel and to ensure the...
    • Control of Horses
      889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control of Horses Act 1996 in each of the past five years in tabular form. [39255/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to strive to ensure that climate emission targets can be achieved without damage to the agri-food...
    • Fishing Industry
      897. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the viability of the fishing industry for the benefit of family's dependent on...
    • Agriculture Industry
      898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which conditions in the poultry industry continue to be lucrative for producers; the degree to which efforts are...
    • Animal Diseases
      900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which animal diseases such as bovine tuberculosis continue to be eliminated in a meaningful way; the extent to which...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme in 2021 under each category and payment...
    • Agricultural Colleges
      904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in Teagasc agricultural colleges in each of the years 2019 to date in 2022;...
    • Agriculture Industry
      905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand on the recently announced proposals for the roll-out of solar panels for farmers; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      906. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a group (details supplied) will be allocated additional funding through round 1 of the connected hubs fund given the fact that a...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      908. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • Island Communities
      909. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the present maximum adult islander fare charged on subsidised island ferry services; the increase or decrease in this in the past five...
    • Community Development Projects
      910. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her future plans for the development of additional community hubs in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

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