Written answers
Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Promotion
5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for promoting regional tourism in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47580/22]
- Sport and Recreational Development
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the sports action plan is delivering on greater participation for disadvantaged communities and women; and if she will make...
- Sports Events
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of a major events strategy. [47531/22]
- Sports Funding
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to promote the uptake of the newly launched solar grant for public organisations, including sports clubs; and if she will...
- Swimming Pools
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's plans to offer additional supports to swimming pools, given the increased energy costs; and if she will make a...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas a thacóidh sí leis an ngealltanas in Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 go mbeidh Gaeilge ag 20%...
- Artists' Remuneration
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made under the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; the uptake to date by county and sector, in...
- Departmental Priorities
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with cultural and artistic groups in County Kildare and throughout the country at large...
- Sports Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional supports will be made available for sports clubs that support initiatives to open their facilities to persons with...
- Tourism Industry
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement that has occurred with Government colleagues regarding recruitment and retention challenges in the tourism sector;...
- Oifigí Roinne
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 5 den 21 Meitheamh 2022, cad é stádas an ghrúpa idir-rannaigh atá ag obair...
- Arts Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is investigating ways to offset rising ticket prices for arts events during the cost-of-living crisis; and, if...
- Cruinnithe an Aire
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici turas a thabhairt ar cheantair Charn Tóchair i gContae Dhoire mar fhreagairt ar chuireadh...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 25 den 21 Meitheamh 2022, an ndéanfaidh sí soiléiriú a thabhairt ar...
- Limistéir Pleanála Teanga
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i dtaobh bhaile seirbhíse Mhuscraí, cén dul chun cinn atá á dheanamh agus cad iad na céad...
- Artists' Remuneration
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of the areas in which the basic income for the arts pilot scheme grants was awarded in Dublin....
- National Cultural Institutions
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans, if any, to expand the mobility-of-collections scheme to support loans from the national collections for display in...
- Sports Facilities
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the National Velodrome and Badminton Centre project will commence construction; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Equality Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way gender inequality on the boards of Ireland's major sporting bodies in receipt of Government funding will be addressed, both...
- Departmental Bodies
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the progress of the establishment of Coimisiún na Meán; and if she will make a statement...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na céimeanna atá glactha aici chun cloí le cás maoinithe amharclann agus chomplacht náisiúnta...
- Artists' Remuneration
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will repurpose the underspend in the allocation for the basic income for artists scheme in 2022 due to delays as a one-off...
- Sports Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the future sports capital grants programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47506/22]
- Swimming Pools
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports in place to enable new swimming pools to be established in locations in which a need for such a facility has been...
- Pleanáil Teanga
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 25 den 21 Meitheamh 2022, an ndearbhóidh sí go bhfuil oifigeach pleanála teanga...
- Departmental Expenditure
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a comparison between Ireland's arts expenditure and that of Spain, France, and Denmark. [47589/22]
- Tourism Promotion
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Invitation initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47507/22]
- Gaeltacht Policy
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support additional households to become host households for Gaeltacht summer colleges. [47532/22]
- Climate Change Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to promote and activate climate action in the wider sports sector, national governing bodies and Sport...
- Energy Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any energy efficiency grants for sports clubs to upgrade their all-weather floodlights to LED lights or more...
- Oifigí Roinne
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 71 den 20 Eanáir 2022, an ndéanfaidh sí soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas...
- Equality Issues
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on work under way to promote female participation in sport and enhanced female participation in...
- Tourism Industry
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of her engagements with the hospitality sector with regard to pricing and its impacts on tourism; and if she will make...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas a chinnteoidh sí go mbeidh Coimisiún nua na Meán ábalta plé leis na meáin Ghaeilge trí...
- Tourism Promotion
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to promote Sliabh na Calliagh at Loughcrew, County Meath, as a tourism destination. [46930/22]
- Artists' Remuneration
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [47258/22]
- Sports Funding
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional supports will be made available to support sporting organisations recovering from the impact of Covid-19. [47579/22]
- European Capital of Culture
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount her Department has spent on Galway 2020; the number of times she has met with representatives of Galway 2020 since...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Joint Labour Committees
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the nominating bodies and appointees to the early years service joint labour committee. [47749/22]
- Work Permits
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will extend the remit of the eligible countries for work permits in order to attract bus drivers from third countries, given the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Prices
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the length of time an application has been with his Department (details supplied); when it is going to be finalised in...
- Turbary Rights
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the channels through which persons with turbary rights can continue to sell turf beyond the end of October 2022; the...
- Departmental Bodies
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details on the resourcing and staffing of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a...
- Renewable Energy Generation
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the future of the waste-to-energy sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47635/22]
- Energy Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the development of a national hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Waste Management
72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a recovery levy as it relates to the landfill levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47639/22]
- Energy Policy
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he proposes to introduce a ban on the installation of new oil and gas boilers in existing homes as early as 2025; the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to amend the feed-in tariff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47664/22]
- Departmental Schemes
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants, if any, that are available for a house (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Energy Prices
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to address the matter of energy suppliers and the extortionate standing charges that in some cases have...
- Energy Policy
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way persons who require a constant power supply for life-saving home treatments or persons with serious medical...
- Electricity Generation
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost of grid connection for farmers intending to take part in the microgeneration support scheme to date;...
- Renewable Energy Generation
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment targets that apply to the adoption of solar energy; the targets as they relate to farmers and agriculture; and if he...
- Electricity Generation
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if groups of farmers are prohibited from bidding jointly in the renewable electricity support scheme; if he has...
- Renewable Energy Generation
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to conduct a review of legislation with regard to direct line energy connections between renewable energy...
- Public Sector Pensions
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of former employees of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs prior to its separation into An Post and...
- Renewable Energy Generation
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the terms and conditions of the new grant scheme for businesses installing solar panels; if...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration Tax
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will allow owners of registered companies to purchase certain vehicles (details supplied) once they can demonstrate a genuine need within...
- Tax Yield
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by companies and employees in PAYE and PRSI contributions in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and from January to August 2022, in tabular form....
- Vehicle Registration Tax
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions are expected to amend the current vehicle registration and custom duties applicable to the importation of used vehicles from Great Britain,...
- Tax Reliefs
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to seek tax relief at 20% on medical expenses where said medical expenses have also been subject to a refund under the drug payment scheme....
- Customs and Excise
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual packages refused entry to Ireland due to a lack of a valid customs declaration form or electronic customs declaration form for each...
- Insurance Industry
116. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to rising home insurance costs; his view on whether these increases are fully justified based on increased construction costs;...
- Tax Code
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rates that apply to solar equipment, including rooftop solar photovoltaic; the amount of revenue raised arising from such in 2017 to 2021 and to date...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have adequate internal risk management and audit controls in place to detect and prevent abuse of their seize and release vehicle...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which a pension entitlement is calculated for a person who becomes a PRSI worker in the private sector following 35 years of...
- Flood Risk Management
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who is responsible for a stream at a property; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the opportunities available to public sector employees to transfer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Information and Communications Technology
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, the Office of the Chief Information Officer or the Office of Government Procurement provide any advice to Departments...
- Departmental Strategies
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make a partnership agreement document and the accompanying European Commission assessment, which is referenced in a newspaper...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available to sporting bodies to deliver mental health and well-being training; the process by which clubs can avail of...
- Sports Organisations
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of volunteers and coaches in the 60 governing bodies of sports who have completed coaching certificates; the type and...
- Sports Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if suitable premises will be located and financial assistance provided to a club (details supplied); the supports that are...
- Commemorative Events
134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a date and location has been decided for the 2022 An Gorta Mór overseas remembrance day. [47731/22]
- Artists' Remuneration
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not been accepted into the artists' basic income project; if there...
- Tourism Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will engage with Dublin City Council to ascertain the supports that may be needed to open the Dublin Fruit Market on a...
- Tourism Industry
140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to engage with the tourism sector in order to ensure full recovery following...
- Culture Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to engage with cultural groups of local and national importance throughout the country, and...
- Arts Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage all forms of the arts, including the stage and film industry,...
- Sports Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can facilitate those who have previously been awarded capital sports grants and have not been in a...
- Sports Events
149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which endeavours continue to be made to host international sporting events in this country, with particular...
- Tourism Promotion
150. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which business tourism continues to be encouraged with the obviously necessity of having to compete internationally;...
- Departmental Strategies
153. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to ensure the continued growth and viability of all portfolios under her aegis, with obvious...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date the Croí Cónaithe scheme will become available for persons in rural areas with a population of under 400;...
- Housing Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authorities
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resourcing he has given to local authorities to staff affordable housing units. [47647/22]
- Animal Welfare
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the cause of death for each of the 300 animals in locations (details supplied), including...
- Departmental Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47661/22]
- Planning Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new planning regulations for the installation of solar panels on private homes, community buildings and schools will be...
- Local Authorities
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the support that he plans to offer county and city councils to meet increasing costs as a result of general inflation, higher...
- Departmental Schemes
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants available for persons living in thatched cottages for the upkeep of their roof; the details of same; and if he will...
- Insurance Coverage
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking in relation to the issues owners of thatched cottages are having in obtaining home...
- Housing Schemes
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the terms of the housing in situ scheme, which allows a local authority in certain circumstances to acquire a house with HAP...
- Building Regulations
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the building regulations of 2010 (details supplied) to include technical guidance documents for...
- Water Services
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will assist residents in an estate (details supplied) with a water issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the income threshold to a minimum of €50,000 to qualify for council housing assistance...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a direction will be issued to local authorities authorising the payment of the Covid-19 recognition payment to fire...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been and will be taken to help address the deteriorating social, economic and political situation in Lebanon; and if he...
- Human Rights
173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has communicated Ireland's concern at the disturbing events in Iran in which authorities are repressing peaceful protest against the...
- Middle East
174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland agreed to reconvene the European Union-Israel Association Council in October 2022, given Israel's actions on the ground...
- Foreign Conflicts
175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid that will be provided for internally displaced civilians in Armenia, given the invasion by Azerbaijan of Armenia; and if he will...
- Passport Services
176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure the passport applications for siblings and their father (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department;...
- Overseas Development Aid
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the 0.7% international aid commitment will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47811/22]
- Department of Defence
- Commemorative Medals
178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration has been given to the striking of a medal for the members of the Defence Forces involved in Operation Fortitude and other...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the provision of school transport for a pupil (details supplied). [47626/22]
- Schools Building Projects
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 15 September 2022, if the project at a school (details supplied) was initiated in 2017 and...
- School Transport
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47654/22]
- Site Acquisitions
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building section in her Department has been in contact with the landowner of the site for a school (details supplied) with a view to...
- Departmental Data
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the State; the number of physical education teachers employed in each school, by school, in tabular form; and if...
- School Staff
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to employ physical education teachers for each primary and post-primary school in the State; and if she will make a statement...
- Defective Building Materials
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide the necessary funding for a mica defective block schools programme, an educational and well-being programme for...
- School Transport
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind the recently announced free school transport scheme, with reference to the closing of the registration portal and, in...
- School Textbooks
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department will take to source the schoolbooks as announced in the new scheme to provide free schoolbooks to all primary school...
- State Examinations
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the State Examinations Commission will issue the 2022 junior certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47813/22]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be provided in relation to an issue (details supplied) regarding public transport. [47688/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a widower's pension. [47619/22]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is living alone and who is renting a room with a tenancy agreement in an owner-occupied property will be...
- Social Welfare Benefits
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Social Welfare Payments
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will implement a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) regarding improved access to the free travel scheme...
- Public Sector Pensions
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47686/22]
- Employment Support Services
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47727/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the organic farming scheme was not included in the expanded list of schemes as of June 2022 that are assessed...
- Social Welfare Payments
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the jobseeker's allowance will be restored immediately in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Early Childhood Care and Education
209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE centres, playschools and day care service in the State; the physical education requirement;...
- Youth Work Supports
210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) for 2023 to increase funding for youth work...
- Childcare Qualifications
211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Ukrainian childcare qualifications are recognised in Ireland for those seeking to work in the childcare...
- International Protection
212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who have come to Ireland since the beginning of the Russian attack who have...
- Childcare Services
214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the early learning and care services that are in receipt of the graduate premium for lead educators and the...
- Care Services
216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list of all special care units in operation in Ireland is maintained and published; and if the location and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Overseas Study Placements
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support available for students studying abroad in Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47620/22]
- Third Level Education
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47816/22]
- Overseas Study Placements
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact Irish third level students who were studying in Ukraine have had to transfer to courses in other...
- Student Accommodation
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 20 September 2022, the reason the National Student Accommodation Strategy 2016 to 2024 targets no...
- Third Level Costs
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing the leaving certificate candidates of 2020 and 2021 who change courses to avail of free fees, given the disruption...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of visa applications by persons (details supplied) who have received work permits from the Department of Enterprise,...
- An Garda Síochána
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the K district traffic division in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022;...
- Probate Applications
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probate applications that had to be withdrawn due to circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Immigration Status
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency position in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Health
- Disability Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health if a service will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47622/22]
- Health Services Staff
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate the transfer of a healthcare employee (details supplied) to an alternative location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47627/22]
- Pharmacy Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the engagements with stakeholders with regard to the appointment of a chief pharmaceutical officer; and if he will make a...
- Eating Disorders
236. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for young adults over 16 and 18 years of age with severe eating disorders; the number of beds available in Ireland to deal with severe...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payment of the Covid healthcare bonus to non-HSE workers; and the date for the commencement of same. [47660/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
239. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of specialist, multidisciplinary treatment and care for children with long-Covid; the reason there are currently no...
- Hospital Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no outpatient dietitian appointments in Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. [47675/22]
- Hospital Staff
243. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no outpatient psychologist in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. [47676/22]
- Health Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of on-call services for the HSE in the community at weekends from Friday evening until Monday morning (details supplied); and if...
- Sports Organisations
245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sports organisations that have received mental health and well-being training, by sport, club and gender, in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
- Regulatory Bodies
246. To ask the Minister for Health when the regulations for counsellors and psychotherapists through CORU will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47682/22]
- Health Services Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health the name and location of each section 38 and section 39 organisation; the number of staff employed at that location and their grades; and the disparity between...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1899 of 8 September 2022, the category private cleaning staff who were working in a hospital during the pandemic fall...
- Departmental Properties
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number, size and cost of properties owned by the HSE or his Department that are not in use. [47721/22]
- Pharmacy Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he will put in place to ensure prescribed medication can be accessed by patients who would otherwise need to go into accident and emergency units...
- Hospital Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider opening procurement for private companies to tender to help with recruitment of much-needed nurses and doctors from countries such as India...
- Medicinal Products
254. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; the reason it is not available; when it will be made available; the...
- Health Services Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff on the paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-infection scheme; the breakdown of staff numbers by region;...
- General Practitioner Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions the WestDoc service has been extended to include an additional general practitioner rota group; the groups involved; when they were...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
257. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47780/22]
- Substance Misuse
258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born suffering from addiction to drugs or alcohol in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if he will make a...
- Cybersecurity Policy
259. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the cyberattack experienced by the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic; the estimated total cost of repairing the damage done by the attack; and...
- Pharmacy Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give detailed consideration to the pre-budget 2023 submission by an organisation (details supplied), particularly its call for fair pricing for...
- Nursing Homes
261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a matter (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47800/22]
- General Practitioner Services
262. To ask the Minister for Health the supports the HSE is putting in place to assist general practitioner practices in County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure day care transport is recommenced for a person (details supplied). [47806/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
264. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact many private nursing home staff are experiencing substantial financial difficulty as a result of the cost-of-living...
- Medical Cards (1 comment)
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the provision of support on the medical card for patients whose treatment requires an expensive diet. [47814/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
267. To ask the Minister for Health when a direction will be issued to local authorities authorising the payment of the Covid-19 recognition payment to fire brigade personnel; and if he will make...
- Hospital Appointments Status
268. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47836/22]
- Hospital Charges
270. To ask the Minister for Health if a deferral for the time being will be offered in respect of a debt (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47860/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Domestic Pets
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the regulations on the keeping, breeding, sale or supply of exotic pets, following the commitment in the programme for...
- Organic Farming
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve a lime product (details supplied) for use by organic farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47650/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position of an appeal within his Department for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this appeal will be...
- Harbours and Piers
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the correspondence from a group (details supplied) with regard to the building of Ros a'Mhíl...
- Fur Farming
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mink farmers received compensation for the closure of mink farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47717/22]
- Organic Farming
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum and maximum livestock unit values per hectare and the values per individual type of livestock for the organic farming...
- Forestry Sector
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licence applications predating 2021 that remain to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected allocation under the targeted agriculture modernisation schemes for solar equipment for the period 2023 to 2027, as per...
- Agriculture Industry
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give detailed consideration to the pre-budget 2023 submission by an organisation (details supplied), particularly its call...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
283. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has received a valid application from a community organisation (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the...
