Written answers
Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a feasibility study to investigate the reopening of the Navan to Kingscourt rail line; and if he will make a statement...
- Traffic Management
8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of traffic calming measures in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46255/22]
- Public Transport
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plan for fare reductions on public transport in Budget 2023; if he has met with public transport service operators with regard to fare...
- Bus Services
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to new BusConnects routes and scheduled implementation of same in Dublin given the difficulties in recruiting and...
- Rail Network
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the All-Island Strategic Rail Review in order to progress the delivery of improved rail infrastructure and services...
- Bus Services
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of towns with a population of over 1,000 persons that do not have a daily commuting bus service. [46286/22]
- Aviation Industry
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he will commence work on a new national aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46097/22]
- Public Transport
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for later train services from Dublin to the regional cities and major towns on train lines in order to accommodate...
- Rail Network
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated by his Department for the development of the rail line from Limerick to Foynes; when it is expected this expenditure...
- Departmental Schemes
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reform the EV grant scheme to target grant support as persons that need it most; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenways Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Royal Canal Greenway between Leixlip and Clonsilla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45998/22]
- Public Transport
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his is taking to provide public transport options for people with disabilities living in rural areas. [46043/22]
- Haulage Industry
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with an industry (details supplied) in advance of Budget 2023; if additional supports will be offered in view of the...
- Bus Services
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the difficulty by bus companies in recruiting and retaining staff will delay or hinder plans to improve public transport and to...
- Motor Fuels
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has outlined the opportunity that exists in relation to the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil to members of county councils and the...
- Motor Industry
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a scrappage scheme for the oldest and most polluting lorries to help hauliers transition to more environmentally...
- Public Transport
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on connecting rural Ireland; if the roll-out of new routes is on target; and if any modifications could be...
- Legislative Measures
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects legislative measures to be introduced to facilitate the deployment of red-light cameras. [46324/22]
- Bus Services
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has undertaken any work to address the current lack of bus drivers; if consideration is been given to temporarily...
- Public Transport
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will retain the reduced public transport fares to help with the cost of living in 2023; if his Department has considered reducing...
- Transport Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on stakeholder engagement on the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan; if he will outline the...
- Public Transport
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which passenger capacity is being or can be improved on the north Kildare commuter lines such as Naas-Sallins, Hazelhatch,...
- Haulage Industry
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that is being made in addressing shortages of HGV drivers; his plans to extend driving licence recognition to additional...
- Public Transport
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the short-hop zone to more train stations to help reduce the cost of public transport; and if he will make a statement...
- Bus Services
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the improvements planned for Carlow town bus links; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45997/22]
- Public Transport
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with public transport service providers (details supplied) with regards to public safety and security on public...
- Bus Éireann
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his concerns that the working conditions and pay of drivers in Bus Éireann may be affecting the staffing levels needed at the...
- Bus Services
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if BusConnects in Cork will be a cashless system. [46245/22]
- Public Transport
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to follow the example of other countries in relation to reducing the costs of public transport and moving to a free and frequent...
- Transport Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rate of expenditure of government allocations for walking and cycling infrastructure within Mayo County Council; and if he will make a...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 14 June 2022, the progress that has been made to-date on the roll-out of park-and-ride...
- Road Network
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a pedestrian crossing or flyover at the roundabout at the M1-R104 intersection located in Santry, Dublin 9; and if he will...
- Road Safety
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the action within the new Road Safety Strategy to explore the potential of an online portal for road users to upload footage of road...
- Public Transport
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment in public transport per person in rural areas versus Dublin city. [46285/22]
- Road Projects
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Oylegate to Rosslare bypass in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45549/22]
- Transport Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the calls made by taxi representative groups at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...
- Rail Network
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a light rail system in Cork; and the stations that will be on the northside of Cork city. [46246/22]
- Bus Services
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve public transport connectivity in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45983/22]
- Road Safety
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures considered to address the road safety issues on the Macroom to Ballincollig stretch of the N22; and if he will make a...
- Taxi Licences
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions taken by his Department to increase the number of taxis in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Driver Test
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will directly intervene and press for the Road Safety Authority to commit to a permanent driver test centre for Drogheda considering...
- Bus Services
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the roll-out of the G1 and G2 Bus Connect services; and when these services are likely to commence. [46202/22]
- Transport Policy
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46334/22]
- Bus Services
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Connecting Ireland programme; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45684/22]
- Local Authorities
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that his Department is taking to ensure that the cycling and walking officer roles that are funded by his Department, are being...
- Bus Services
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene to prevent the cessation of public transport routes in east Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which plans for the electrification of the Dublin to Maynooth rail line are actively in hand when the project is likely to...
- Electric Vehicles
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has identified the barriers to adoption of electric modes of travel; and if he is developing measures to address them. [45648/22]
- EU Funding
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that his Department is taking to ensure that Ireland harnesses the potential of the Connecting Europe Facility fund which will...
- Rail Network
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which Kishogue train station will open to the public; the cost of same; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Public Service Obligation
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received a Public Service Obligation application from an organisation (details supplied) in terms of a service...
- National Transport Authority
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will re-examine the role of the National Transport Authority in the provision of bus services across Ireland given the recent...
- Public Transport
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on improving security and safety on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46211/22]
- Bus Services
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made with the roll-out of Connecting Ireland bus services; the amount allocated to the project in 2022; the...
- Department of Finance
- Credit Unions
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to make the necessary regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market. [46041/22]
- Tax Code
106. To ask the Minister for Finance to review as a matter of urgency the rates and tax relief changes that will commence on 1 January 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that he intends to use the billions in additional revenue now available to him as a result of the surge in corporate tax receipts expected this year;...
- Tax Code
110. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the VAT rate for newspapers and digital publications to zero, following a report (details supplied); the analysis that his Department has...
- Tax Yield
112. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which highlighted Ireland’s over-reliance on corporation tax receipts from the ten...
- EU Meetings
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report back from the informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council configuration in Prague; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46249/22]
- Tax Reliefs
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of remote working relief to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46282/22]
- Tax Yield
116. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from corporation tax in the context of growing global inflation rates and economic difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Data
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of individuals who would benefit from a 30% income tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46210/22]
- Tax Code
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT rate of 9% for the tourism and hospitality sector will be extended beyond February 2023 in view of the cost-of-living crisis and the pressures...
- Banking Sector
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he and his Department have had with the Central Bank in relation to the difficulties that have arisen for some customers of banks (details...
- Enterprise Support Services
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being considered other than business loans and grants to assist SMEs with the rising cost of energy to ensure viability of their businesses in...
- Tax Code
126. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to reduce the rate of VAT applied on condoms and menstrual cups to 0%; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate on said...
- Departmental Reviews
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme that his Department gave a commitment to undertake; the timeline for reforming...
- Budget 2023
128. To ask the Minister for Finance if a statement on the State’s progress on the well-being indicators in accordance with the dimensions outlined in the Well-being Framework for Ireland...
- Commissions of Investigation
130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the recent findings of the Report of the Commission of Investigation IBRC that a senior official at his Department made an unauthorised...
- Economic Policy
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the necessary economic fundamentals continue to be met and will so do in the coming year in the aftermath of Budget 2023 or otherwise; and...
- Tax Code
133. To ask the Minister for Finance if the duty that was removed from petrol and diesel will apply for another year; and if he will freeze the carbon tax in light of the current energy crisis....
- Insurance Industry
134. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45714/22]
- Mortgage Interest Rates
135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned about the impact of rising European Central Bank interest rates on mortgage holders; his plans, if any, to put a cap on variable mortgage...
- Tax Exemptions
136. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the bike-to-work scheme to include more persons (details supplied); his plans to raise the limits of the scheme to enable the purchase of...
- Tax Yield
137. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has collected in VAT on fuel per year in the past five years. [46330/22]
- Tax Credits
138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a refundable tax credit equivalent to one month’s rent for struggling renters in Budget 2023 given the deepening unaffordability...
- Tax Yield
139. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue his Department has made through excise duties on fuel per year in the past five years. [46329/22]
- Commission on Taxation
140. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the terms of reference were set for the Commission on Taxation; and the way in which the recommendations will support entrepreneurs in...
- Defective Building Materials
141. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to afford owners of defective apartment blocks built during the Celtic Tiger-era additional tax reliefs on the costs of redress which they...
- Tax Code
143. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the easing of VAT rates for retrofitting works or renewable energy works for domestic purposes to assist homeowners in reduction reliance on...
- Credit Unions
144. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to fulfil the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking. [46042/22]
- Pension Provisions
146. To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to the one-member company pensions if the proposed changes to the PRSA will replicate all aspects of existing one-member arrangements; and if...
- Credit Unions
147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent engagement with the credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46280/22]
- Vacant Properties
148. To ask the Minister for Finance his work to date on the introduction of a vacant property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46258/22]
- Fiscal Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Finance the scale of the impact that rising energy prices will have on the balance of international payments in European Union Member States; the implication that...
- Tax Code
152. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Tax and Welfare Commission Report’s findings that wealth and capital taxes should increase materially as a proportion of tax...
- Insurance Industry
155. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that he will ensure that the benefits of the insurance reform agenda are passed on to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46304/22]
- Tax Code
156. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on undertaking a regular benchmarking exercise in respect of all working-age income supports, as recommended in the Report of the Commission on...
- Energy Prices
157. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that are under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy for small and medium businesses; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine changes to the tax rules affecting section 31E of the stamp duty legislation which are impacting schemes to help elderly persons remain in...
- Banking Sector
161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, or any of his Departmental officials, were provided with any prior written or verbal notice regarding the decision of a bank (details supplied) on 21...
- Departmental Surveys
162. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the SME Credit Demand Survey that was published by his Department in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46325/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department will launch the review of the critical skills occupations list; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Enterprise Support Services
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been taken by the Government to date in 2022 to assist the restaurant sector in dealing with labour shortages and...
- Employment Rights
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to ensure that employers do not implement unpaid trial shifts in the workplace for potential staff...
- Banking Sector
168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the small loan scheme with main banking lenders in Ireland to SMEs that have approval from the Strategic Banking...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the rollout of the National Broadband Plan by county in tabular form. [46379/22]
- Water Quality
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Environmental Protection Agency is compiling an indicators report of water quality in 2021; the expected...
- Grant Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will introduce a grant system for solar photovoltaic energy in which the cost of a small 3.2 KW...
- EU Programmes
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that there was no Irish application to the REPowerEU programme in respect of development of the use of...
- Waste Management
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider implementing a policy aimed at supporting a waste collection fee waiver scheme for low-income...
- Energy Policy
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that are being taken to encourage additional production of wood pellets in view of the fact that the supply...
- Grant Payments
176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grant supports that are available for the installation of solar energy features to a home or to a business,...
- North-South Interconnector
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the interconnector review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46547/22]
- Tax Yield
178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated revenue to the Exchequer from the proposed-European Union windfall tax on inframarginal electricity...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of persons who avail of rail transport in the State each day. [46131/22]
- Road Safety
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to requiring all local authorities to create statutory working groups inclusive of local representatives...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with third level universities in Cork to install park and ride facility on the northside. [36771/22]
- Bus Services
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with BusConnects Cork to ensure that rural areas in Cork benefit from the scheme. [45089/22]
- Transport Policy
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 14 June 2022, the details of the planned feasibility study for light rail which will be...
- Cycling Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a similar scheme to the cycle to work scheme to include pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to reverse its decision to remove a direct service from the Dunboyne Littlepace...
- Road Projects
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request an update from Transport Infrastructure Ireland on noise abatement measures as part of the N3/ M50 upgrade. [46401/22]
- Public Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, in consultation with Transport For Ireland, will address the anomaly by which third levels students must be aged 19 years or older...
- Bus Services
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the L51 and L52 bus route services provided by an organisation (details supplied); the number of morning,...
- Departmental Expenditure
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated underspend in his Department in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46446/22]
- Rail Network
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the passenger capacity of the commuter lines in north County Kildare can be improved while awaiting electrification...
- Public Transport
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which alternative energy can be or is being used by the National Transport Authority with particular reference to both rail...
- Energy Conservation
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which energy savings can be made throughout the transport sector with particular reference to the current energy crisis;...
- Public Transport
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree, if any, to which any audit has been done to evaluate the extent to which rail or bus transport can rely on alternative energy...
- Bus Services
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which concerns regarding the changing of bus routes have been allayed; if there remains a specific number of locations...
- Transport Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if adequate provision is being made to ensure that existing roads, bus stops and train stations, that may be due for realignment in the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
203. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the working from home relief in view of the increased heat and electricity costs faced by home workers; and if he will make a...
- Cost of Living Issues
204. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that might be taken to alleviate price increases with consequent inflation affecting consumers throughout the country at large; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the removal of VAT on equipment for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46387/22]
- Revenue Commissioners
206. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the offices of the Revenue Commissioners still remain closed to the public; if he will request the reopening of this vital service to the...
- Tax Reliefs
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the criteria of the bike-to-work scheme to allow for second-hand bikes to be purchased under the scheme, in the context of the...
- Departmental Data
208. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of widening the tax bands for income tax and cuts to the rates of universal social charge for each of the years 2015 to...
- Tax Collection
211. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of local property tax collected to date in 2022; and the amount outstanding to be collected for 2022. [46461/22]
- Tax Code
212. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing VAT on print newspapers particularly local and community newspapers given the reported decrease in sales; and if he...
- Tax Reliefs
213. To ask the Minister for Finance the present tax reliefs that are available to employees and to employers to support remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46498/22]
- Tax Code
214. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that have been held at the Eurogroup regarding a windfall tax on energy companies since October 2021; the views that he has expressed with...
- Tax Credits
215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider examining the backdating of the incapacitated child tax credit; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the credit can only be...
- Tax Code
216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give urgent consideration to the requests of national organisations (details supplied) in relation to the need to reduce costs for this sector...
- Foreign Direct Investment
217. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland continues to be an attractive location for foreign direct investment; the regions from which most competition occur in this area;...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
218. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to use his influence in the European Union with a view to bringing about mortgage interest charges into line with the average...
- Fiscal Policy
219. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which borrowing for capital or non-capital works here continues in line with the policy of the European Central Bank; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
223. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which pressure from other countries for an increase in corporation profits tax here remains constant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Interest Rates
225. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which investment funds are currently funding the house building markets at higher-than-average interest rates; his views on whether this market...
- Brexit Issues
227. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Brexit is having a financially negative impact on this jurisdiction and the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Growth
228. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is satisfied that Ireland’s economic progress will continue unimpeded notwithstanding the challenges in the aftermath of...
- Financial Instruments
229. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland can retain its A1 financial status in the international markets notwithstanding any challenges as yet unseen; and if he will make...
- Banking Sector
230. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied that cash remains readily available to customers through the banks via ATMs or other means; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting all community groups from paying VAT on goods and services to protect such groups given the current increase in costs; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Fiscal Policy
235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value in euros of total additional spending commitments at each Budget for each of the years 2015 to 2021; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter concerning civil service pensioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46408/22]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Housing Policy
237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the timeline for action 20.4 of the Housing for All Plan will be met; his views on whether this timeline needs to be revised;...
- Housing Schemes
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for the local authority home loan by county in tabular form. [46378/22]
- Housing Policy
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to encourage the use of timber-frame construction in the housing industry from an environmental and...
- Housing Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the shortage of available workers in the housing industry; his proposals to deal with this issue; and if he will...
- Housing Schemes
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost-rental schemes that have been approved in each of the months April to August 2022; the number of units...
- Departmental Meetings
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the meetings that officials from his Department attended with several groups (details supplied) in the past five years in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the full-time patient-facing officers of Dublin Fire Brigade and its staff of...
- Housing Policy
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of engagement that his Department has had with the European Commission in 2022 in relation to the regulation of...
- Housing Schemes
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that the income threshold for eligibility for housing aid, mobility aid and grants to support the adaptation of a home...
- Housing Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the social and affordable housing provision completed or currently in progress for each county and local...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Relations
257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of relations between Ireland and Armenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46404/22]
- Consular Services
259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will assist a married couple (details supplied) who are in distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46463/22]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has been in contact with the Department of Transport in regard to school bus transport; and if so, if a decision has been made...
- School Costs
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will be advised to return to remote learning for part of the school week in view of the increased cost of fuel and heating. [46381/22]
- School Transport
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a child was refused a school bus ticket (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46388/22]
- School Accommodation
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering using a former school building (details supplied) for a purpose other than education; if so, when she expects...
- School Transport
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of students (details supplied) who have been left without a school bus place. [46395/22]
- Education and Training Boards
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of an education and training board employee (details supplied) who has been advised that they will not receive wages...
- Special Educational Needs
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct officials in her Department to open a second ASD unit at a school (details supplied) to serve the needs of ASD students...
- School Accommodation
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo can draw down its previously approved funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the refusal of special school transport for a pupil (details supplied) to the ASD unit in a school; and if she will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average pupil-teacher ratio for mainstream classes in primary schools, not including special educational needs classes; and if she...
- School Transport
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected to reimburse host families for school transport for foreign-exchange pupils attending school; and if she will make a...
- School Costs
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that is being given to schools to combat high energy bills in order that classrooms can remain warm. [46462/22]
- School Staff
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a person (details supplied) was not considered for redeployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46546/22]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the backlog in assessing applications for exceptional needs' payments (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending free-travel eligibility to persons with a disability who do not qualify for a disability...
- State Pensions
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the three weeks' worth of State pension uncashed payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will issue;...
- Gender Recognition
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria which her Department considers when deciding to revoke a gender recognition certificate under the provisions of...
- State Pensions
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an overpayment assessment of a State pension (non-contributory) in the case of a person (details supplied); the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the fuel allowance to persons in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Schemes
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that those on community employment schemes are excluded from receiving fuel allowance; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Payments
283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of welfare payments in the Dublin 7 area; and if she will provide a breakdown of the schemes from...
- Social Welfare Code
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if income of no more than €14,000 earned from renting a room in a home is now excluded from all means tests applied by...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who do not have a social welfare pension can qualify for the household benefit under a means test; when the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the jobseeker’s allowance will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Payments
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will waive the recovery of overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full amount of disability allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the correct level of disability allowance has been determined and is payable in the case of a person...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46516/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for the invalidity pension in the case of a...
- Social Welfare Payments
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a working family payment application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- United Nations
294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his participation in the United Nations Human Rights Committee's review of Ireland's...
- Ukraine War
295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of Ukrainian refugees who are currently in Ireland; the types of accommodation in which they...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46393/22]
- Student Accommodation
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected with colleges to help students acquire accommodation in the student complexes that are housed by families and not...
- Qualifications Recognition
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the decision regarding students of a third level institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to obtain Irish citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Antisocial Behaviour
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to an increase in violent attacks in Dublin city centre on women, members of the LBGTQI+...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health the optical support schemes that are available for schoolchildren aged between 12 and 18-years-old to provide financial support towards the cost of optical...
- Disability Diagnoses
305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that an autism diagnostic assessment is carried out for a child (details supplied) without further delay. [46391/22]
- Disability Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that disability network team services are continued for a family (details supplied) through the Clonbrusk primary care centre,...
- Health Services Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including clinical measurement physiologists for statutory registration with CORU; the engagements that he has had with an organisation...
- Disability Services
308. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the Disability Capacity Review Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46397/22]
- Budget 2023
309. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-Budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the...
- Care Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that those with family members in a centre (details supplied) have seen their day services in some cases reduced to two days per week; if immediate...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
312. To ask the Minister for Health if Dublin Fire Brigade paramedics who worked on the front line during the worst phases of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic will receive the pandemic bonus...
- Hospital Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of Letterkenny University Hospital on establishing a patient's next-of-kin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46426/22]
- Disability Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department defines a disabled persons' organisation; if this definition conforms with that of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
319. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the full-time patient-facing officers of Dublin Fire Brigade and its staff of ambulance personnel have not...
- Health Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the Cross-Border Directive in tabular form; and the procedures which they required. [46442/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
322. To ask the Minister for Health when all front-line staff in private nursing homes will be paid the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment; the reason for the delay with the payment in view of...
- Nursing Homes
324. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being introduced to ensure that the fee payable for nursing home resident care recognises the extraordinary increase in costs being...
- Hospital Appointments Status
327. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding a proposal to include its profession for statutory registration; and if he will make a...
- Budget 2023
330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the recommendation; and...
- Home Help Service
331. To ask the Minister for Health the further work to develop a new national home care support scheme that has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46497/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
332. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46507/22]
- Medicinal Products
333. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for drugs payment scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46512/22]
- Medical Cards
334. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on support for those who are struggling with a sedentary lifestyle due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [46554/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Funding
336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated current and capital funding which he intends to be allocated from his Department's budget in respect of development of...
- Departmental Programmes
337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans for a capital investment programme for non-SME fish processors similar to the scheme that he implemented for beef and...
- Fishing Industry
338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has plans to support the fish processing, fish exporters and fish retail sectors in this energy crises; if his...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Budget 2023
339. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an increase in Pobal funding will be provided for in Budget 2023 (details supplied). [46438/22]
- Departmental Funding
340. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will increase the grant under the community services programme for employing a manager to €40,000 per annum. [46439/22]
