Written answers

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Conservation
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the best way communities can be supported by his Department including through the provision of grant aid for energy...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households and businesses that are generating electricity through microgeneration; if all energy suppliers...
    • Energy Prices
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which future supports for people to deal with energy costs will be administered in view of the fact that some...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to recoup the excess profits being made by renewable electricity generators contracted under the renewable...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has developed a vision for the way in which broadband connectivity can transform lives, particularly...
    • Energy Policy
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can clarify the policy in relation to building a liquefied natural gas terminal in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in County Cork from 1 January 2022 to the 31 August 2022; the...
    • Energy Prices
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that he is proposing to support households struggling to meet rising energy bills. [45551/22]
    • Energy Conservation
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to reduce the cost of insulating homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45548/22]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that he is taking to increase public and community-owned and led renewables projects; and if he will make a...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which progress is being made towards emission reduction in line with targets while ensuring that food...
    • Climate Change Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding reporting from the Inter-Departmental Working Group to explore the skills deficit and existing...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered a directive to install PV or solar panels on public buildings; and if he will support community...
    • Climate Change Policy
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 2 June 2022, the details of any engagement he or his Department has had...
    • Energy Conservation
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the progress of the national retrofitting programme. [45689/22]
    • Energy Prices
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will work to ensure that EU plans for decoupling gas from setting the overall price of electricity will not be...
    • Energy Policy
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the support scheme for energy audits; the number of SMEs that have successfully applied for this...
    • Environmental Policy
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the development of a regional approach to noise enforcement as committed to in the Programme for...
    • Energy Prices
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for further electricity costs credits in coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45749/22]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the sectoral ceilings for greenhouse gas emissions as announced are compliant with the Climate Act 2021 and with the...
    • Energy Prices
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his plans to deal with the increase in the cost of energy. [45691/22]
    • Energy Policy
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions in place for Budget 2023 to include a windfall tax on energy providers profiteering from the...
    • Energy Prices
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the feasibility of introducing energy price capping to provide customers with stability of price during the...
    • Energy Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which progress is being made towards alternative energy production in the past year with particular...
    • Energy Prices
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail his engagement to date with European leaders on the issue of rising energy prices. [44477/22]
    • Energy Policy
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the policy in relation to building a liquefied national gas terminal here; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the National Broadband Plan in Cork. [45671/22]
    • Energy Prices
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on his emergency meeting in Brussels with the 27 Energy Ministers from EU Member States; and if he will make...
    • Energy Policy
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his Department’s policy on supporting the development of anaerobic digestion...
    • Energy Conservation
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grants ahead of Budget 2023 to support...
    • Energy Policy
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider giving schools the option to apply for an energy audit with the SEAI as currently only registered...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcomes of the recent North Seas Energy Cooperation meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45766/22]
    • Energy Prices
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that he opposed decoupling gas from electricity prices at the European Energy Council in October 2021; if he...
    • Waste Management
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce a bin waiver for carers considering the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available to encourage the installation of photovoltaic solar panels on houses, schools, business premises...
    • Energy Policy
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined reports on the use of the current energy crisis by the fossil fuel industry to expand its growth and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      121. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the High-Level Oversight Board for the Zero Tolerance strategy to be jointly led by the Secretary General of his Department. [34514/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      122. To ask the Taoiseach 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 this...
    • Departmental Transport
      123. To ask the Taoiseach the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the Department’s...
    • Departmental Reports
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Rights
      125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/22]
    • Energy Prices
      126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on genuine concerns raised by a local business (details supplied) in respect of the worsening energy crisis that is...
    • Trade Promotion
      127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the establishment of the proposed new Expert Group on Global Value Chains and Supply Chains, including details of its...
    • Departmental Transport
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which mentors are chosen for the Enterprise Ireland mentoring network; the way in which these mentors are evaluated; if...
    • Work Permits
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the case of a work visa appeal (details supplied) will be examined. [45842/22]
    • Departmental Reports
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and...
    • Enterprise Policy
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has reviewed the number of financial transactions over the past 12 months which would have met the threshold of a...
    • Company Closures
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish businesses which have declared bankruptcy due to unpaid invoices over the period of 2018 to date in 2022; and the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • EU Programmes
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that Ireland has applied for under the REPowerEU programme; the projects for which the funding...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 8 September 2022, if he will confirm that 3,678.966MW of renewable energy...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views in respect of the possible large-scale introduction of tulip wind farm technology (details supplied); and if...
    • Energy Policy
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position on proposals to ban the use of oil and gas boilers in domestic households; the timeline for when such a...
    • Energy Prices
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the review of the implementation of the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty which he stated would be...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of export grid applications that have been processed and accepted for exporting micro generated electricity...
    • Energy Prices
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on genuine concerns raised by a local business (details supplied) in respect of the worsening energy crisis...
    • Departmental Transport
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state...
    • Waste Management
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available to assist in the purchase of electricity generators (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected roll out of the National Broadband Plan in County Laois; the areas that have and will benefit from this...
    • Climate Change Policy
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 2 June 2022, the timeline for the establishment of the promised statutory...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 1 June 2022, the status of the preparation of the finalised terms of...
    • Energy Policy
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year revenue from introducing a price-cap on inframarginal generators in Ireland at a rate of...
    • Energy Prices
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the higher-than-average prices charged to customers of district heating companies which purchase...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to incentivise the installation of solar PV panels and the selling of electricity to Electric Ireland during...
    • Energy Prices
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he can expect to be in a position to alleviate hardship for urban or rural communities arising from...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the missions that are undertaken by the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement...
    • Telecommunications Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45890/22]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when stakeholders can expect the consultation on private wires and direct lines to be released in relation to data...
    • Energy Prices
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that his Department can take to mitigate the gas price increases that are being experienced by some Approved...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information on the area of land that will require to be drained to facilitate the proposed Derryadd...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to an invitation request by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in...
    • Energy Production
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of natural gas used in Ireland in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; the projected use in 2022; the level...
    • Climate Change Policy
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of reports used, and consultants availed of, in the preparation of the sectoral emission...
    • Departmental Reports
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the McKinsey Report on the cost of decarbonisation up to 2050; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the number of power outages in areas (details supplied) on an ongoing basis; if these outages are due to...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which continued success can be reported in regard to meeting Ireland’s emission reduction targets;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which ongoing progress can be reported in regard to the provision of high-speed modern broadband in all...
    • Air Quality
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which high air-quality is being maintained throughout the country; the areas that are most at-risk in...
    • Climate Change Policy
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that measures to address carbon emissions do not damage the productive agricultural and manufacturing...
    • Energy Conservation
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofits completed per month in County Louth under the warmer home scheme in 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grant aid is available to community centres, GAA clubs and local youth clubs for the installation of solar panels;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current staffing levels of the Department of Transport’s regional offices in Cork; if they have increased or decreased in the...
    • Road Projects
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can examine a submission (details supplied); if he can provide feedback on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of moneys returned from the four local authorities in Dublin to his Department, or agencies under his remit by...
    • Departmental Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of taxis and hackneys currently operating in County Cork by location, in tabular form. [45558/22]
    • Departmental Transport
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and...
    • Public Transport
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the parameters of the TaxSaver tickets for public transport in the context of employees working increasingly in hybrid...
    • Electric Vehicles
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has been drawn to concerns related to the Low Emissions Vehicle Toll Incentive as some EV users have experienced difficulty in accessing...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 12 July 2022, if the work has now been completed by his Department and the Road Safety...
    • Rail Network
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of new and or existing stations not in current use that Irish Rail plans to open in each of the years 2022...
    • Electric Vehicles
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the SEAI purchase grant for EV vehicles will be retained to encourage the purchase of new EVs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the number of Irish Rail security rapid response hubs from nine to 15. [45866/22]
    • Taxi Licences
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) whose taxi license lapsed due to a serious illness and who now wishes to...
    • Road Safety Authority
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Road Safety Authority's review of road traffic collision data sharing policies and procedures in light of GDPR...
    • Taxi Licences
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that a taxi driver (details supplied) whose taxi licence expired during the pandemic and was not in a financial position to...
    • Departmental Reports
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the...
    • National Car Test
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the backlog in securing an appointment for the NCT; if any measures are being taken to alleviate the...
    • Driver Test
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans to change the method of communication used in motorbike driving tests between the applicant and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comprehensive list of all of Ireland’s double taxation agreements; if he will provide a breakdown of the percentage rate of...
    • Pension Levy
      206. 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. [45418/22]
    • Tax Exemptions
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a proposal from a person (details supplied) in respect of the possible withdrawal of VAT on newspapers to support the sector; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the year in which the remote working relief was set at the current rate of €3.20; the inflation in Ireland since that year; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Prices
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on genuine concerns raised by a local business (details supplied) in respect of the worsening energy crisis that is debilitating businesses across...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the recommendations put forward by a charity (details supplied), in particular those relating to issues of pay parity, funding adjustments,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the tax-free thresholds at which children in Group A and close relatives in Group B can inherit property and assets from their...
    • Departmental Transport
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the...
    • Banking Sector
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees that bank charges should be abolished; if he will instruct financial institutes here to eliminate banking fees; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electric Vehicles
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an extension on the current 0% benefit in kind scheme for Electric Vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the feasibility of adding beauticians, hairdressers and childcare workers to the existing list of workers who can claim flat-rate expenses; and...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider any additional vehicle registration tax on vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45790/22]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of nitrous oxide canisters seized by the Revenue Commissioners on a monthly basis in each of the years of 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
    • Tax Credits
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been placed on emergency tax for several months will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Prices
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty that would be foregone if energy prices were capped as follows: Petrol at €1.75 per litre; Diesel at €1.75 per litre;...
    • Tax Yield
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the life assurance exit tax rate increased to 45%. [45867/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to invite his Canadian counterpart to Ireland before the end of this year. [45868/22]
    • Pension Levy
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to carry out a full review of the levy imposed on private occupational pensions; the total revenue collected by the pension levy on...
    • Tax Code
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the newspaper industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45911/22]
    • Animal Welfare
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 8 September 2022; his Department’s plans, if any, to improve the security of ports to ensure that dogs...
    • Departmental Reports
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by which each...
    • Insurance Industry
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are being rejected mortgage protection insurance for past mental health issues by using the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Data
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual revenue raised by private businesses operating in OPW sites nationally for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [45460/22]
    • Pension Provisions
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to update rule 4(1)(b) of the Pension Declaration Rules 1966 regarding an eligible witness to include additional persons such...
    • Office of Public Works
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has received a licence request from a person (details supplied) to use the swimming pool at Templemore Garda Training College...
    • Departmental Transport
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and...
    • Equality Issues
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to issue a formal circular to all Government Departments and all public bodies in relation to their responsibilities and...
    • Office of Public Works
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to efforts to develop an OPW managed site (details supplied); if any engagement has taken place in...
    • Departmental Reports
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the...
    • Departmental Funding
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 5 April 2022, the status of a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46046/22]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tourism Policy
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she intends to develop a new food and drinks tourism strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45530/22]
    • Departmental Transport
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that she is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by her Department and state agencies...
    • Sports Funding
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider including equestrian centres for funding under the Sports Capital Programme (details supplied); and if she...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the 2,000 artists selected for the basic income project that have been accepted; and if there is a standby list for...
    • Departmental Reports
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department in tabular form;...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Legislative Programme
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Heads of the Local Government (Maternity Protection for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022 to be...
    • Defective Building Materials
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the defective block grant scheme in counties Donegal and Mayo; the number of applications...
    • Housing Policy
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the social housing eligibility thresholds. [45407/22]
    • Water Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on Irish Water’s request to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to allow Irish...
    • Local Authorities
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made regarding Limerick City and County Council’s application for additional resources for a...
    • Housing Schemes
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been made under the new first-home scheme; the number that have been approved to date;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s role, if any, in the processing of phase 1 and phase 2 offshore wind foreshore licence assessments;...
    • Further and Higher Education
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of customer names and valuation dates in respect of valuations undertaken by the State Valuation...
    • Local Authorities
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of monies returned from the four local authorities in Dublin to his Department by category for each...
    • Departmental Transport
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state...
    • Defective Building Materials
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of applications anticipated for the Mica redress scheme in 2023; the cost associated with this; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that he is taking to tackle the increase in homelessness in recent months. [45603/22]
    • Vacant Sites
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites listed per county; the amount received in vacant site levies per county; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the increase of HAP payments will be extended to homeless HAP payments. [45665/22]
    • Disability Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to address concerns impacting disabled persons including the lack of available accessible houses...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the examination of the alignment and EPA certificate of authorisation of a number of small-scale waste water treatment...
    • Wildlife Protection
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to help halt the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) by applying the Precautionary Principle and ordering an...
    • Water Services
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when plans to advertise for a new grant scheme to allow private water schemes to upgrade or refurbish their schemes; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number, location and timeframe involved in delivering cost rental housing to County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the HAP rate for single people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45830/22]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Department's financial support for the Traveller led approved housing body Cena including the possibility of...
    • Local Authorities
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine an anomaly in the local authority loan scheme which is preventing joint tenants from securing a loan to...
    • Housing Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that individuals cannot avail of the local authority home loan and the first-home scheme at the same time; and if...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is envisaged that the foreshore unit and the National Parks & Wildlife Service will conclude whether there is...
    • Derelict Sites
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to update and expand the 1990 definition of dereliction to allow for more accurate reflection of derelict...
    • Departmental Reports
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular...
    • Land Issues
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if circulars relating to the Land Development Agency and land acquisition state agencies and other public bodies have been...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the mid-term review of the Traveller Accommodation Programmes. [45972/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes delivered to date in 2022 via the Affordable Housing Fund, the Cost Rental Equity Loan and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the defective blocks and products issue; and if he will make...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the detention of a person (details supplied); if his Department has taken any steps to intervene in the...
    • Departmental Transport
      296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and State agencies and bodies...
    • Foreign Policy
      297. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied); if he will have the Irish Consulate in Pakistan assist in the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      298. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration will be given to increasing overseas aid with a view to reaching 0.7% of GNI as set out in the Programme for Government;...
    • Foreign Policy
      299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2022. [45861/22]
    • Departmental Reports
      301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the sale and transfer of lands from Edward Street Barracks to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Transport
      303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies...
    • Departmental Reports
      304. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the maintenance of the school library book fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45403/22]
    • School Transport
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will make a decision to sanction an additional medium bus for a school route (details supplied) in County Mayo for the academic...
    • Budget 2023
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a Budget 2023 submission from an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45425/22]
    • School Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a student (details supplied) was instructed to change bus for their school transport considering that there is sufficient...
    • Departmental Schemes
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45431/22]
    • School Transport
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an application for school transport for a person (details supplied) in Louth in view of the unique circumstances; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed new school building for a community college (details supplied); the basis for any delays; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a child (details supplied) for school transport; and if she will speed the process up for families. [45564/22]
    • School Enrolments
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of enrolled children in each year of secondary level education across the State in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Transport
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by her Department and State agencies and bodies...
    • State Examinations
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to reduce the content in set works to be examined in leaving certificate music examination 2023. [45591/22]
    • School Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to assist schools which cannot recruit staff due to rising cost of living in urban areas. [45592/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of children and young people who have been found eligible for a special class but who have not...
    • Departmental Schemes
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will fast-track the appeal. [45595/22]
    • School Transport
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that she has had with Bus Éireann and private bus operators regarding the lack of places for pupils availing of school...
    • State Examinations
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which leaving certificate appeals results will be available to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45610/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a pilot programme (details supplied) for students; if the Department will cover the cost of teacher training in this topic;...
    • School Staff
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many schools have been unable to fill their allocated teaching posts and some schools have...
    • School Admissions
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a second-level school place will be made available for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Boards
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that she will implement to ensure that the delays endured since October 2021 by retired members of the Cork Education and Training...
    • School Transport
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport appeal (details supplied); and if she will expedite the case given that pupils have returned to schools. [45639/22]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's support for an Irish-medium secondary school in the Dublin 6 and Dublin 6W areas; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new school buildings that have been constructed since 2020; the type of heating system provided in each school constructed in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45666/22]
    • School Staff
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she recognises that some schools require extra staff including teachers and SNAs, and more access to psychology, counselling and mental health...
    • School Curriculum
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has seen and evaluated the content of an alcohol education campaign created by an alcohol industry funded organisation (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to draw up a fully-costed plan for the provision of therapeutic supports within schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on commitments to the further reduction of class sizes over time through the recruitment of more teachers and...
    • School Funding
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an increase in capital expenditure to ensure that school environments can be inclusive for all pupils, particularly those...
    • School Transport
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school transport in Clonmany, Co Donegal. [45752/22]
    • School Patronage
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the decision to award patronage to the new second level school planned for Cherrywood; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will fast track the matter. [45812/22]
    • Departmental Reports
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department in tabular form; and the date by...
    • School Transport
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the mandatory retirement age of both school bus drivers and school bus escorts who work on the school transport...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-assess the needs of schools (detail supplied) that are recipients of the original DEIS Band 1 but require more resources; if her...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the materials grant to community employment schemes will be increased in view of the current issue of high inflation which...
    • Budget 2023
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a pre-budget submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the provision of making free travel passes available to persons with epilepsy who are temporarily...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis that her Department has carried out into extending the enhanced illness benefit to persons suffering from...
    • Departmental Transport
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by her Department and state...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pensions Reform
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish her response to the report of the Pension Commission and put her recommendations on this matter before...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the job initiative scheme payment is €11.56 per hour, the community employment and TUS schemes are...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that job initiative participants are still not entitled to fuel allowance given that many are now suffering from...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) has had their community employment scheme participation terminated; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing measures to improve access to employment opportunities for disabled persons, including...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a constituent (Details Supplied) whose illness benefit payment has been reduced should be penalised due to Government...
    • State Pensions
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a non-contributory pension will be re-instated for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the remuneration for supervisors of community employment schemes has been linked to any grade in the public service; and...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the State pension (contributory) arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following a...
    • Community Welfare Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes her Department are introducing to the Community Welfare Service throughout the country; if these intended changes...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the disability allowance for all recipients to €350 per week; and if she will make a...
    • Citizens Information Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the possibility of some closures of physical Citizen Information Centres, and her assessment of the impact...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that carers who apply for carer's allowance do not have their spouse's...
    • State Pensions
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a State pension rate for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for individuals and families seeking international protection to secure PPS numbers; the number of such...
    • Social Welfare Code
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any social welfare payments that take a person's outgoings, for example a monthly mortgage payment, into account...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if entitlements to a benefit payment are restricted to those who ceased employment in 2019, 2020 and subsequent years; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement and working family payment in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and...
    • Departmental Reports
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department in tabular...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information regarding lone parent's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has reached an agreement with the relevant religious orders on contributing towards redress for survivors...
    • Child Protection
      399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in implementing each of the seventeen recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on Child...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates on which he has met with the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and...
    • Budget 2023
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Child and Family Agency
      405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which TUSLA are allowed to hold up registration of Early Years Services because of inadequacies in...
    • Departmental Transport
      406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department...
    • Departmental Regulations
      407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a need for regulation to recognise epilepsy alert dogs and seizure alert dogs as service animals....
    • Childcare Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if measures will be put in place to address concerns (details supplied) with the new CORE funding model. [45808/22]
    • Disability Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the policy proposals for the provision of transport supports for persons with...
    • Child and Family Agency
      410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on delays with Tusla to registration and provision of early years services; the steps that are...
    • Health Services Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the pay of staff working with vulnerable children in Section 56 organisations will be restored; if these...
    • Departmental Reports
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Bus Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus service can be sanctioned to assist an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45416/22]
    • European Union
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval by the European Commission of the Operational Programme for Ireland under the European Social Fund Plus 2021 to 2027 is expected....
    • Student Accommodation
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the National Student Accommodation Strategy 2016-2024 targeted no additional student accommodation in Waterford over the eight...
    • Further and Higher Education
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the two building projects on the TU Dublin Tallaght campus announced by the Minister on the 18 August 2020. [45484/22]
    • Technological Universities
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress, if any, that has been made in ensuring that staff in TU Dublin Tallaght have the same academic allowances as TU Dublin staff in...
    • Further and Higher Education
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work and timeline of the development of a borrowing framework by his Department for the technological sector since the 2019 TURN report; and...
    • Technological Universities
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of the dates of each of the project milestones with respect to the Coonagh Campus development undertaken by...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the expenditure with respect to each year of operation of each of the ongoing public-private partnership projects...
    • Technological Universities
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the capital expenditure by Cork Institute of Technology, now Munster Technological University, since 2011; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of all funding made available to the Grangegorman Development Agency since its inception by date, value and purpose...
    • Departmental Transport
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under...
    • Departmental Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the PhD completion rates over the past 10 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45629/22]
    • Technological Universities
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the parameters under which DARE programme places are allocated in Munster Technological University (details supplied). [45668/22]
    • Research and Development
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Government intends to open up the new PhD programme for PhD researchers that will be valued at €28,000 per annum; If he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of the administration of SUSI. [45801/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be available to Horse Sport Ireland for Skillnet networks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who attended college in the academic year 2016/2017 and who is now going to attend a different college in...
    • Medical Research and Training
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of places in medicine in each institution by undergraduate and graduate entry medicine for students from Ireland, Northern...
    • Departmental Reviews
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress of the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrant scheme. [45879/22]
    • Departmental Data
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish residency applications under the domestic violence concession for non-European Economic Area spouses and...
    • Departmental Transport
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that she is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by her Department and state...
    • Immigration Status
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45663/22]
    • Proposed Legislation
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering changes to champerty and maintenance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45798/22]
    • Visa Applications
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing a visa in the case of a person (details supplied) who has received a full-time contract...
    • An Garda Síochána
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles assigned to each Garda divisional armed support unit as of 1 January 2021 and 13 September 2022, in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average hourly and daily number of uninsured vehicles that are identified by An Garda Síochána through the use of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by rank attached to the Tipperary divisional scenes of crime unit as of 1 January 2021 and 13...
    • Citizenship Applications
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the restoration of birthright citizenship for all persons born in Ireland. [45878/22]
    • Visa Applications
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a work employment visa submitted by a doctor (details supplied) will be reviewed given that they are...
    • Departmental Reports
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department in tabular form;...
    • Site Acquisitions
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will obtain a status update from the Office of Public Works on the acquisition of a site for a proposed...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of negotiations on a special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees with long-Covid to date; the expected timeline for the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      469. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the availability of the Freestyle Libre 2 device in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45405/22]
    • Health Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase core funding to community drug projects by 10% in Budget 2023 in view of the fact that there has been no increase in core funding since...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the payment of the Covid healthcare bonus; when the payment will be paid to all non- HSE staff; the number of health care workers that...
    • Health Strategies
      472. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to introduce further regulations into the sale and supply of vapes to reduce their attractiveness to young people; if there is any...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if a cataract procedure will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [45420/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Dublin. [45422/22]
    • Medical Cards
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult medical card holders presently eligible for dental services under the dental treatment scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      476. To ask the Minister for Health when a job evaluation application by a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45434/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline changes in the patient waiting lists across all disciplines for Tallaght University Hospital. [45441/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners have been allocated to the new primary care centre in Ballyboden, Rathfarnhnam; if not, the reasons for the delay in appointing...
    • Nursing Homes
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the latest HSE plans for a nursing home (details supplied). [45443/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      480. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45444/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if the families of the children affected by the CAMHS scandal in County Kerry will receive compensation or if it is to be restricted to the affected; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that ambulances cannot transfer medically complex children to hospitals for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45452/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that he is taking to ensure that children with medically complex needs are not waiting in hospital for long periods of time to receive an MRI scan;...
    • Health Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that medically complex children are transferred to adult services; the reason that there is no young adult level of care for medically complex...
    • Health Services Staff
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include support teams in hospitals for parents that spend long periods of time in hospital with their sick child; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a child with highly complex medical needs, when they turn 18, do not have to lose or change vital palliative support, school supports,...
    • Health Service Executive
      488. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE are going to pay a local community organisation (details supplied) for the use of the car park and their property which is being used as a health...
    • Mental Health Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health treatment will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Health to list the engagements his Department and the HSE has had with Long Covid Ireland in 2021 and 2022. [45475/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time that the review of funding for the Mater Hospital long-Covid clinic will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45482/22]
    • Disability Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the financial allocation to respite services from the HSE by agency for persons with a disability in CHO6 for each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the infectious disease experts who were consulted in the development of the model of care in relation to long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the enhanced illness benefit has not been extended for those suffering from long-Covid given the fact that the European Commission has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Scheme of Paid Leave for Public Health Service Employees with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45572/22]
    • Departmental Transport
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with representatives of general practitioners regarding work practice changes since Covid-19; the availability of face-to-face...
    • Disability Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient funding will be provided to an association (details supplied) to continue a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45609/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 12 July 2022, the current status of the recruitment of the approved whole-time equivalent senior dietitian post...
    • Disability Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment of a senior speech and language therapist to the children's disability network team service in County Wexford; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      516. To ask the Minister for Health further to the funding that was provided in November 2021 for dedicated principal social work posts for adult safeguarding in each of the seven hospital...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated monthly cost to the Exchequer of providing universal free antigen tests. [45628/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines which have been pledged by Ireland to other countries since March 2020; and the details of these pledges and donations, broken...
    • Dental Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45640/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when carers employed by an organisation (details supplied) can expect to receive their pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if an interim payment arrangement can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a document to be signed by the Courts but is...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      525. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 22 June 2022, the basis on which the findings of a report with minimal supporting evidence are being accepted by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      526. To ask the Minister for Health when the members of Dublin Fire Brigade will receive their frontline pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45659/22]
    • Budget 2023
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget submission by an organisation (details supplied); if he will consider its requests and ensure that they are...
    • Medicinal Products
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug gammacore which is recommended by a consultant for the treatment of chronic and cluster headaches is being considered for approval; if not, if it...
    • Vaccination Programme
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the dates that the members of the national HSE executive management team were offered first-dose Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 as part of the national roll-out of...
    • Budget 2023
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a Budget 2023 submission from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45687/22]
    • Home Help Service
      533. To ask the Minister for Health when an invitation to tender for home support services will be published; when tender arrangements will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission to the National Rehabilitation...
    • Pharmacy Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which pharmacies will be reimbursed for medications and items distributed under the free contraception scheme. [45799/22]
    • Health Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a policy issue raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the closure of sexual health services in the north east; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      538. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Death Certificates
      539. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate when full death certificate for a person (details supplied) will issue to their daughter which is required for probate given the interim death...
    • Hospital Procedures
      540. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate if and when required surgery is likely to be scheduled in the case of a person (details supplied); if all efforts can be made to ensure that the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to providing an increase of €600,000 in annual investment in the National Multiple Sclerosis Care Centre; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) say there is a need for the provision of a further 100 neurology nurses in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include women with gestational diabetes in the long-term illness scheme; the reason there is no provision to cover the costs associated with...
    • Home Care Packages
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of those who are waiting for home care packages in CHO 9, broken down by each of the three geographical areas within CHO 9. [45843/22]
    • Health Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for a physiotherapy appointment at a medical centre having been...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) who needs urgent surgery will be on a waiting list for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health when the new transport support scheme providing supports for persons with disabilities will come into operation; the assistance that will be provided for those...
    • Hospital Staff
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies by job title currently in the minor injuries unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel; when each of these vacancies...
    • Mental Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of psychologist services that are available in Tipperary; if there are plans to improve the service. [45863/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time community nurses in County Tipperary in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [45864/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the importation of medical devices in respect of equipment used by people with disabilities; and the criteria for shipment here, such as...
    • Health Services Staff
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent vacant posts by role currently unfilled in each of the individual symptomatic breast disease clinics, in tabular form; and...
    • Health Strategies
      559. To ask the Minister for Health when the national lymphoedema clinical guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45888/22]
    • Health Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children and young people referred by the HSE to the Tavistock Centre in London for treatment as of August 2022. [45894/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the current outstanding pandemic recognition payments; the number of payments outstanding to eligible healthcare workers; the healthcare sectors...
    • Healthcare Policy
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national database for recording and documenting cases and related information on diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45901/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national policy on the provision of mobility equipment and disability aids such as wheelchairs that ensures equality of access and provision...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take measures to expedite the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff in the non-HSE and non-Section 38 sectors; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain the 18-bed capacity at the centre for mental health care in Bantry and reject the recommendation of the Mental Health Commission to reduce...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      570. To ask the Minister for Health when frontline workers employed by private nursing homes will receive their pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45914/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who following a CT scan has been referred to the ear, nose and throat section of...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that oral sex was maintained as grounds for deferral of men who have sex with men in donating blood, following a previous decision of the board of...
    • Departmental Reports
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by which each...
    • Care Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the hiring of a personal assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45975/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) remains waiting for a diabetic pump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46004/22]
    • Health Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the necessary preparatory work including planning and design will be progressed, without delay, in relation to the provision of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred by the paediatric unit at University Hospital Limerick for assessment...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Horse Racing Industry
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further supports for future capital investments on farms will be made available to the horse industry in Ireland (details...
    • Agriculture Industry
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that he will not impose any impositions or proposals to ban ploughing (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tax exemption will be given to farmers who opt to cut their suckler cow numbers (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the expenditure by the forest service of his Department is in line with budget for the months of July and August 2022, thereby...
    • Departmental Transport
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and...
    • Agriculture Industry
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient supply of fertiliser available within the State for 2023; and if he...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualifications that a National Parks and Wildlife Service inspector has; if a vet with experience attends the inspections at...
    • Animal Passports
      594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce an e-passport for the identification of equines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that financial support will be given to Horse Sport Ireland for the integrity programme and the National Equine...
    • Wildlife Protection
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will use his powers under Section 7b (2) of the Forestry Act before 1st March 2023 to retrospectively amend the conditions of...
    • Departmental Reports
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and...
    • Animal Welfare
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 14 July 2022, the manner in which a farmer can demonstrate that hens are accessing the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Transport
      602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by her Department and state agencies and...
    • Post Office Network
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a hub service is to be provided through the post-office network for persons who have difficulty with accessing online public...
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding for meals-on-wheels community groups can be accessed through her Department; the programmes that offer support to these...
    • Rural Schemes
      605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which an area is designated as 'rural' under the CLÁR Programme; if she is concerned that some areas and communities...
    • Community Welfare Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give detailed consideration to a pre-budget submission of a national organisation (details supplied) in view of the urgent...
    • Rural Schemes
      607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be opportunities for rural community groups to access CLÁR funding to purchase vehicles as part of their operation;...
    • Departmental Reports
      608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department in tabular form; and...

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