Written answers
Thursday, 15 September 2022
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Small and Medium Enterprises
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will set out plans to support SMEs in the context of rising energy costs. [45400/22]
- Job Losses
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the engagement that his Department has had with the people of Collooney, County Sligo following the...
- Enterprise Support Services
14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on calls for a significant and immediate package of emergency energy supports for businesses to be made available under the...
- Employment Rights
15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the current atypical working scheme is fully compliant with all relevant European Union law; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Enterprise Support Services
16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that may be taken to assist the retail sector that is currently seriously affected by increased energy and insurance...
- Labour Market
17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on employment within the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44479/22]
- Flexible Work Practices
19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the remote working strategy. [45165/22]
- National Minimum Wage
20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on raising the minimum wage to €15 an hour, in light of the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on...
- Enterprise Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that is underway to develop a circular economy strategy in key sectors. [45050/22]
- Inflation Rate
22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the role of profiteering in contributing to inflation, the actions that agencies under his remit will take in relation to...
- Redundancy Payments
23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the progress made to date on enacting the recommendations of the Plan of Action – Collective Redundancies in...
- Data Centres
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to commission an annual, independent report assessing existing and planned data centre facilities, particularly in view of...
- Cost of Living Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered using price control mechanisms to limit price rises on basic commodities such as milk, bread and so on; and if he...
- Energy Prices
26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are available to businesses to undertake energy audits to assist them in driving down their energy costs; and if he...
- Work Permits
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the role of healthcare assistants in nursing home settings will be included on the critical skills employment permits list; and if...
- Ports Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific enterprise plan that his Department has developed for County Wexford, home to Rosslare Europort, which is a vital...
- Energy Prices
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of his and his Department’s engagement with the business community regarding the cost of doing...
- Energy Conservation
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications on streamlining applications for the Sustainable...
- Energy Prices
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement that he has had with the Minister for Finance with regard to providing assistance to businesses in the hospitality...
- Industrial Relations
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact identified by the European Directive on the minimum wage that Member States with high...
- Industrial Development
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the efforts by the IDA to attract inward investment to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; and if he will make a...
- Health and Safety
42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the level of additional resources provided to the Health and Safety Authority to ensure clean air in the...
- Energy Prices
43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has assessed the position of the sectors most-exposed to the surge in energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on foreign direct investment in Ireland in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44480/22]
- Industrial Relations
45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that are being examined by his Department to support businesses whose employees choose to work beyond the age of...
- Labour Market
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the recent employment figures for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44786/22]
- Employment Rights
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his Department’s engagement with the European Commission in relation to shortcomings identified by the...
- Company Closures
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement that his Department has had with a business (details supplied) following its closure to ensure that jobs can be...
- Low Pay
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of a living wage. [45086/22]
- Industrial Development
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the provision of an advance technology building at Kerry Technology Park; and if he will make a...
- Employment Rights
52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Security Industry Employment Regulation Order 2022. [45169/22]
- Energy Prices
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement that he has had with energy providers and representative groups of small businesses in relation to the increased cost...
- Intellectual Property
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will support the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver proposal at the World Trade...
- Job Losses
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that have been offered through his Department to provide direct assistance to a factory (details supplied) in order to...
- Energy Prices
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that have been taken to help businesses deal with the cost of energy; the further measures that will be introduced; and...
- Industrial Development
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the progress that the IDA and Mayo County Council are making on the delivery of an advance building solution for...
- Energy Prices
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on Government supports for businesses that are impacted by the rise in fuel costs and the subsequent...
- Work Permits
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request his Department to place speech and language therapists and occupational therapists on the critical skills list; if...
- Flexible Work Practices
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on plans to legislate for remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45164/22]
- National Minimum Wage
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will implement an immediate increase in the minimum wage. [45109/22]
- Enterprise Support Services
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if specific additional financial supports will be introduced in 2023 to assist in the development of enterprise centres, in view of...
- Corporate Governance
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to implement the European Directive for Corporate Social Responsibility in Ireland; and if it will be linked to the Pobal...
- Insurance Industry
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the insurance reform agenda. [45166/22]
- Health and Safety
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress made in implementing and inspecting air quality standards in the workplace; and if he will make a...
- Enterprise Support Services
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the regional enterprise development fund will be open to new applications. [44888/22]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to improve the employment rates among persons with disabilities. [44963/22]
- Work Permits
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the recent changes to employment permits with respect to doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Relations
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the recent acceptance of proposals for Employment Regulation Orders for the early years services sector; and if...
- Enterprise Policy
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a survey (details supplied) and in particular the finding that just 17% of firms in Ireland had set...
- Work Permits
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cross-Departmental discussions that his Department has undertaken regarding the critical skills occupation list; when the list...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the additional supports that have been provided to the voluntary and community sector over the past two years. [45103/22]
- Offshore Islands (1 comment)
93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Islands’ Action Plan. [44965/22]
- Rural Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to expanding the successfully introduced town centre first plans scheme, enabling towns and villages to...
- Sports Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that she is providing to sports clubs and community groups throughout the country to support their work; and if she will...
- Flexible Work Practices
97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the recent engagement that she has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding remote working legislation;...
- Rural Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will increase the amount of funding available for the 2022 allocation under the rural regeneration development fund; if she will...
- Broadband Infrastructure
100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of broadband connection points that are now operational in Cork; the usage statistics for the broadband connection points...
- Substance Misuse
101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the role that her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [45088/22]
- Rural Schemes
102. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends to provide any additional interim Leader funding for 2023 in order to ensure that there is no gap in the provision of...
- Harbours and Piers
103. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 31 May 2022, the status of the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the status of...
- Budget 2023
104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to providing additional supports for community centres in Budget 2023, particularly in view of soaring...
- Broadband Infrastructure
105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider commissioning a study on the potential broadband and other infrastructures of the future to transform the quality...
- Rural Schemes
106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on increasing the annual funding for the CLÁR programme. [44966/22]
- Insurance Coverage
107. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to address the cost of insurance for community organisations; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams that are available within her Department for allotments and community gardens; the level of take-up of those...
- Energy Prices
109. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will heed the pleas of those in the voluntary and community sector who are in real financial pain as a result of the energy...
- Rural Schemes
110. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the development of outdoor adventure projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44482/22]
- Cost of Living Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the way to alleviate the cost-of-living increases for communities in urban and rural areas in the course of the next...
- Library Services
112. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details in respect of discussions with Louth County Council to progress or develop a new public library in...
- Rural Schemes
113. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the streetscapes and shopfronts scheme will be operational from 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44999/22]
- Road Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if local authorities have the capacity to clear local improvement scheme lists in an acceptable time; the number of roads in County...
- Rural Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on Leader funding, in the context of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan and the implementation of same; and if she...
- Road Projects
118. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider providing more funding to local authorities due to the huge backlog of applications for local improvement schemes...
- Rural Schemes
119. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide additional funding for the social inclusion and community activation programme in 2023; and if she will make a...
- Flexible Work Practices
126. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made to date in establishing a remote working hub in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Road Projects
127. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a breakdown on the funds which have been allocated and drawn down for repairs and improvement works on rural roads...
- Rural Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her plans to increase community arts space across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Offshore Islands
138. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the announcement of the intention to develop a new policy for the islands was first made; the progress that has been made in...
- Insurance Coverage
139. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will engage with the Minister for Finance on the effect that increasing liability insurance premia are having on voluntary and...
- Rural Schemes
140. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to increasing the level of funding for staff wages on the community services programme due to the...
- Offshore Islands
145. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update the Islands Strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
146. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new legislation in relation to the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022 will come before the House of the Oireachtas for debate....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Support Services
147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to examine the possibility of further enhancement to the role of local enterprise offices; and if he...
- Job Creation
148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in financial services over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29751/22]
- Cost of Living Issues
149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are in place for workers to combat the cost-of-living increases and additional expenses that workers have accrued....
- Departmental Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of...
- Work Permits
152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which work permits continue to be processed in line with the demand with particular reference to such areas as health...
- Labour Market
153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which full restoration and availability of jobs lost through Covid-19 is being achieved at present; if there are still...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which a full evaluation has been done of the needs of small and medium enterprises with a view to offering the maximum...
- Cost of Living Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which any evaluation has taken place on foot of price increases that put in the economy and jobs in jeopardy; and if he...
- Enterprise Policy
160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any particular incentives continue to be considered to encourage the entrepreneurial skills of young people throughout the country...
- Foreign Direct Investment
162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that are needed and likely to continue to ensure that Ireland remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment;...
- Flexible Work Practices
164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in the national remote work strategy; when it is expected to implement any recommendations from same; and if he...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Public Sector Pensions
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered proposals that have been put to him to increase the pensions of those who worked for An Post; and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Accidents
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road fatalities by county in which the incidents occurred that have been supplied to his Department by the Road Safety...
- Public Transport
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of the recent expansion of the youth travel card discounts to private bus operators; the estimated full-year cost; and if...
- National Car Test
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for tests in each NCT test centre nationwide; the maximum waiting time that he regards as acceptable; the measures that...
- Driver Test
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average driving test wait period in all test centres in tabular form; and if he is satisfied with the variation and length of...
- Public Transport
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown and rationale for the figures provided by the National Transport Authority for the provision of free...
- Departmental Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers...
- Airport Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dublin Airport noise insulation scheme will be extended to an area (details supplied) in Dublin 17 given that residents have...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
183. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45331/22]
- Primary Medical Certificates
185. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made regarding the reconvening of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when the Board is likely to be up and running; and...
- Commissions of Investigation
186. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to aspects of the Commission of Investigation into companies (details supplied) in the context that it is concern expressed...
- State Savings Schemes
187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the agreement or legislation underpinning the arrangement that An Post is the sole distributor of State savings on behalf of the National...
- Budget 2023
188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering a 0% VAT rate for the newspaper industry ahead of Budget 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45245/22]
- Tax Data
189. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise tax collected in each quarter of 2020 and 2021 and for the first half of 2022, in tabular form. [45298/22]
- Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
190. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended by a corporation (details supplied) on the use of private investigator companies historically; if he will provide a schedule of the PI...
- Tax Data
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from an annual levy on the profits in the residential building sector, similar to the proposed levy in the UK in light of the Grenfell...
- Departmental Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of...
- Budget 2023
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to retaining the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sector beyond 28 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Code
194. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have paused the use of the seize and release procedure and section 144 (2) of the Finance Act 2001 as amended to demand and / or...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Living Wage
195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of bringing all public service workers up to the living wage of €12.17 per hour (details supplied); the...
- Office of Public Works
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the redevelopment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45260/22]
- Coast Guard Service
197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a new station (details supplied); the timeline for its development; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of...
- Public Sector Pensions
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that a 2% increase for members of the An Post Superannuation Scheme has not been implemented; the timeline that it is working...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Policy
200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regulations surrounding the advertising on a website (details supplied) of stays in campervans parked on public roads; and if...
- Departmental Staff
201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons within her Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role that his Department plays in tackling landlords who are supplying substandard accommodation and whose tenants are in...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the target of exceeding the 678 mortgage to rent cases completed in 2021 will be met in 2022; if not, if...
- Heritage Sites
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Rinn Dúin Town and Castle, County Roscommon will be reopened; the engagement that has taken place with the local...
- Vacant Properties
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict buildings that have been brought back into circulation in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in...
- Departmental Data
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of allotments, community gardens and urban orchards provided as of September 2022, as detailed in the...
- Housing Policy
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Working Group established in 2020 to examine issues in relation to unsold affordable properties is expected to...
- Heritage Schemes
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Shannon Callows farm plan scheme from the National Parks and Wildlife Service will be advertised in local papers...
- Defective Building Materials
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing full redress to Mica-affected homes by removing any cap on payments to homeowners; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number...
- Traveller Accommodation
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocation for Traveller accommodation from 2018 to date by year and by local authority, in tabular form; the...
- Housing Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if and when the housing development at a location (details supplied) will be commenced given the extreme shortage of housing...
- Housing Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) can transfer their HAP entitlement to County Kildare in order to be close to relatives given...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45214/22]
- Departmental Staff
219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service
220. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will ensure that a ship (details supplied) will not be scrapped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45350/22]
- Departmental Staff
221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Facilities
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the mechanism through which children from Ukraine and other minor residents of international protection can...
- Schools Building Projects
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project under the School Building Programme for a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for delivery of the works. [45200/22]
- Disadvantaged Status
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider extending DEIS status to schools in an area (details supplied) given the changing nature of the demographic in...
- School Facilities
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional mental health supports that will be made available to schools to deal with post-Covid anxiety and mental health challenges of...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional support that will be provided to schools such as training to deal with issues including bullying and cyber bullying and to ensure...
- School Accommodation
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45212/22]
- School Transport
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided as a matter of urgency for named persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the grant awarded to a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme in 2019 will be increased given that the cost of the heating...
- School Staff
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a form will be returned to an applicant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45249/22]
- School Textbooks
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that she will address the expense of schoolbooks which must be updated each year, adding to the back-to-school costs for parents with...
- School Facilities
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase funding for school libraries and the provision of qualified school librarians; if there are plans to expand the...
- School Transport
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that her Department is making to address the delay in issuing of school transport passes to families awaiting a decision on their...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to reverse the cuts which cease substitution cover arrangements for short-term Covid-19 absences of teachers and SNAs in primary...
- School Transport
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the upset that the bus waiver has caused families given that some students are without a service due to the...
- Departmental Staff
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons within her Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who...
- Special Educational Needs
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education classes in place in Dublin Mid-West, both current and those due; the number of requests for increased capacity;...
- Schools Building Projects
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the new build for a school (details supplied), including timelines for planning, tender, commencement and...
- School Transport
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that additional bus capacity is put in place without delay for the school transport service; and if she will make a statement...
- State Examinations
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that Leaving Certificate results appeals will be finalised and issued to students without delay; and if she will make a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to the provision of the fuel allowance for a person (details supplied) taking into account the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in cases in which a person is in receipt of the working family payment, if she will consider extending the age limit for...
- Social Welfare Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average wait time for an additional needs payment and an urgent needs payment in Cork city. [45303/22]
- Departmental Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons within her Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can qualify for a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45342/22]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person (details supplied) will be provided with alternative accommodation in a centre to ensure their...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made under the commitments set out in An Action Plan for Survivors and Former...
- Ukraine War
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home pledges that were received for Ukrainian refugees by county; the current number of pledges...
- Departmental Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July...
- Children in Care
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if serious consideration will be given to increasing the rate of foster care allowance to take cost-of-living...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that the supply of trade professionals to the building sector remains sufficient; the measures envisaged...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current timeframe for apprenticeships to move onto phase two; the steps that are being taken to address the backlog and waiting list for...
- Further and Higher Education
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of adding an additional 1,000 level 8 places at third level. [45282/22]
- Departmental Staff
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who...
- Further and Higher Education
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a higher education grant will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been accepted to Maynooth...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Road Traffic Accidents
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the service level agreement that is in place between the An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority regarding...
- Legislative Measures
276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected publication date of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022; and if she will make a...
- Alcohol Sales
277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the abolition of the cost of special exemption orders (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that a person can apply for citizenship though an Irish relative; if she will outline the process involved; and if...
- Departmental Staff
280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons within her Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number...
- Immigration Status
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) and their four children; and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
282. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a procedure. [45213/22]
- Health Strategies
284. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of discussion or progress on the delivery of a new National Strategy for Diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings that have been held by him or his officials from assistant principal level-upwards with representatives of business or trade representative groups...
- Disability Services
287. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45211/22]
- Health Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1508 of 8 September 2022, if his Department will legislate on a national level for the display of calorie information on...
- Dental Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to secure follow-up care for children of an orthodontic practice (details supplied) in Galway which received up-front payments of...
- Mental Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health the dates of the HSE meetings that have been held from January 2017 to June 2021 to consider major and minor capital submissions for mental health buildings in...
- Medical Cards
292. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that is applied when issuing medical cards to persons affected by certain conditions (details supplied). [45243/22]
- Health Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the staffing and the provision of a dedicated chronic-disease clinic in Cavan-Monaghan; the details of this service; and if he...
- Health Services Staff
294. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the public health nurses operating on the relevant areas in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in tabular form; the locations in...
- Hospital Services
295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in Cavan General Hospital; and the details of each by categories. [45254/22]
- Emergency Departments
297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Hospital Facilities
298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital project for Cavan General Hospital (details supplied); the timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce a statutory time limit for wheelchair users having to wait for a replacement or repaired wheelchair; and if he will make a statement...
- Dental Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the shortage in the number of dentists accepting medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
301. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of the drug pembro; the reason that some health insurance companies do not cover the drug; the way that a patient can avail of it if their...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recognition and regulation of domestic and international surrogacies arrangements, in light of the recent Report on...
- Primary Care Centres
303. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated completion date for a primary care unit (details supplied); the number of staff that will be employed at this facility once completed; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 715 of 15 February 2022, if the service is operating; the availability within this service; the way that the public can...
- Home Help Service
305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home-help hours that are not being completed due to staff shortages by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that frontline staff in a healthcare setting (details supplied) who provide a service on behalf of the HSE and come under Section 39, were not...
- Departmental Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45333/22]
- General Practitioner Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nights that there has been no doctor available in Navan North East Doctor On-Call in the past 24 months. [45340/22]
- Disabilities Assessments
311. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Disability have met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the ongoing delays in...
- General Practitioner Services
312. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to ensure an adequate supply of general practitioners throughout north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a medical card was discontinued on foot of review in the case of persons (details supplied) who have heavy medication costs and whose...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Protected Disclosures
315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures that he has received from 2018 to date in 2022; the number that have been closed with actions to...
- Animal Diseases
316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being put in place to safeguard wild bird populations against the risk of avian flu outbreak; if he will...
- Agriculture Industry
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated tonnage of pig meat products that have been imported into Ireland to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Schemes
321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the pig exceptional payment scheme 2 will be paid to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45294/22]
- Common Agricultural Policy
323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the 38 activities requiring consent on designated lands have been included in the terms and conditions of the new...
- Departmental Staff
324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of...
- Animal Diseases
325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the industry stakeholders with whom his Department’s decision to introduce mandatory TB testing of bovines over 36 months of...
- Departmental Staff
326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if this person is an employee of his...
- Forestry Sector
327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied) to the reconstitution and underplanting scheme; the reason that it has not progressed...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Broadband Infrastructure
328. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to expand broadband connection points across the country; the number of broadband connections by county to date; and if...
- Departmental Staff
329. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons within her Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of...
- Island Communities
330. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet with representatives for the island of Inis Meáin, Contae na Gaillimhe as a matter of urgency to discuss their...
- Disadvantaged Status
331. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address issues of both urban and rural deprivation in the coming year; and if...
- Flexible Work Practices
332. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to encourage the build-up of state-of-the-art technology hubs at convenient locations throughout the...
- Rural Schemes
335. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects the Leader programme to be made available throughout the country over the next twelve months; and if...
