Written answers

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Policies
      38. To ask the Taoiseach when a citizens' assembly will be convened on a united Ireland. [44771/22]
    • Departmental Programmes
      66. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European Semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [44929/22]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Budget Process
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Department or State agency that commissioned official promotional material in respect of budget 2023; the costs involved; if any...
    • Public Sector Pay
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected duration of the process to determine whether he will accept the recommendations made by a person (details supplied) in the...
    • Defence Forces
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pay negotiations for the Defence Forces. [34158/22]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of capital projects that have made an application under the Price Inflation Agreement; the value of each; the number of these...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans to reform the Standards in Public Office Commission; and when the Heads of the Ethics in Public Office Standards...
    • Flood Risk Management
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of solutions identified to decrease the impact of seasonal flooding at Ballycar Lough (details supplied) on local land and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on calls for pay increases to match rises in the cost of living; the way he will calculate the affordability of such calls; and...
    • Flood Risk Management
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the selection of a contractor for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Pay
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact the Croke Park agreement hours are no longer in place; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Burial Grounds
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contact he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to re-internment of the Invincibles; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his plans in response to a spending review (details supplied) published by his Department; his views on whether the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that has been allocated from the carbon tax to the agricultural sector to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's plans in relation to encouraging the implementation of social and green clauses in public procurement contracts across...
    • An Garda Síochána
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the development of a new Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the further engagement that...
    • Budget 2023
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative total of spending measures in budget 2023, with a specific focus on tackling cost-of-living issues; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the most recent discussions he or his Department have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland concerning flooding...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that realistic steps in terms of public expenditure and reform are being taken to facilitate...
    • Office of Public Works
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed national children's science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48262/22]
    • State Properties
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the letting arrangements for Miesian Plaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48261/22]
    • Office of Public Works
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding works proposed for Glendalough visitor centre; if existing oil tanks are being replaced; if other non-fossil...
    • EU Funding
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding available for the PEACE PLUS Programme; when this programme will become operational; when community groups and...
    • State Properties
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the modernisation of the office accommodation portfolio in line with the Office of Public Works estate strategy; and if he...
    • Budget 2023
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the package of supports for community and voluntary organisations and sports clubs announced in budget 2023; and if...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration he gave to expanding capital investment in areas such as housing, climate and energy savings prior to budget 2023 in...
    • National Parks
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on measures the Office of Public Works has made in collaboration with An Garda Síochána to...
    • Flood Risk Management
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocations provided to Monaghan County Council for flood alleviation measures in each of the years since 2017 to date. [48264/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of the plan of the Office of Public Works to move Revenue Commissioners staff from Sarsfield House to...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the delivery of modular units to provide emergency accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. [33084/22]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Investigations
      125. To ask the Taoiseach if the investigation into the leaking of the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation has been concluded; if so, the findings of the...
    • Departmental Transport
      126. To ask the Taoiseach the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in the Department and Department staff for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date...
    • Departmental Data
      127. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a regional breakdown of the total number of persons currently unemployed in the State. [47787/22]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      131. To ask the Taoiseach what bilateral meetings he held during the recent UN General Assembly week. [48251/22]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      132. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in relation to setting terms of reference for the upcoming Citizens' assembly on drugs. [48623/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Support Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place for businesses, such as a business (details supplied), that rely heavily on refrigeration; if he will ensure...
    • Departmental Transport
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in the Department and Department staff for each of...
    • Employment Rights
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation regarding the number of hours a person can work per week in cases in which they have two different sources of...
    • Energy Prices
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will discuss concerns regarding the energy crisis with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure workers in this industry...
    • Work Permits
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a critical skills employment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislative change will be made to give the Workplace Relations Commission jurisdiction to hear complaints in relation to the...
    • Departmental Policies
      140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposal in the European Citizens’ Initiative (2021) 000004 to ban fossil fuel ads. [48162/22]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of non-compliances among fishing vessel owners related to their engagement of non-European Economic Area fishers that have...
    • Enterprise Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment cé mhéad airgid a chuir an Rialtas ar fáil in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,...
    • Employment Rights
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he proposes to take to address the security employment regulation order, which should see security workers on a wage of...
    • Film Industry
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the framework for recruitment, human resources and workers’ rights that currently exists for workers in...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Policy
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure by legislation or other means that tenants in multi-unit apartment complexes or buildings each have...
    • Departmental Schemes
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied) regarding grants for heat pumps in new builds for 2022; and...
    • Building Regulations
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the building regulation SR54 will be amended to allow external insulation to be provided on solid stone walls,...
    • Energy Policy
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his proposals for a windfall tax on energy companies in a scenario in which no agreement is reached at an European...
    • Electricity Generation
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the low price being paid to electricity microgenerators through the feed-in tariff (details supplied); if...
    • Departmental Transport
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and Department...
    • Electricity Generation
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether if incentives were to be introduced for microgeneration of electricity, more microgeneration would...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the pension entitlements of a former employee (details supplied) of the Department of Post and Telegraphs. [48066/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide grant aid to homeowners to install radon barriers in older houses in areas with high levels of radon...
    • Climate Action Plan
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the projects that are being delivered under the just transition fund; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Policies
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the proposal in the European Citizens’ Initiative (2021) 000004 to ban fossil fuel ads. [48164/22]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will approve the 2% pay rise for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48189/22]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to advance a district heating system in the city of Dublin; and his plans to legislate for a role for the...
    • Departmental Staff
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the whole-term equivalent staff by job title working in the geological survey division of his Department as of 1...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding solar panels; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Policy
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that no household will have their electricity turned off by their energy provider this winter...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a pension entitlement for former workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected dividend from the ESB in 2022 and 2023, respectively; if he has sought a specific figure from the ESB for...
    • National Broadband Plan
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the details of the funding his Department has allocated to date for the delivery of the national...
    • Departmental Budgets
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total capital funding provided for his Department in 2022, broken down by programme; the expenditure profile at the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the target number of retrofits per retrofit scheme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48607/22]
    • Electricity Generation
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of solar photovoltaic installations targeted for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48608/22]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Transport
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in the Department and Department staff for each of the...
    • Driver Licences
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if restrictions relating to driver licenses is leading to difficulties in the area of baggage handling at Dublin Airport; if the issue...
    • Driver Test
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to reduce the waiting time for a driving test at Clonmel test centre (details supplied); the reason for the...
    • Public Transport
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to extending the young adult and student leap card scheme to secondary school students who may be...
    • Driver Test
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 24 May 2022, the progress that has been made to simplify the language used within the driver...
    • Rail Network
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consult with the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail in relation to the reason that the Sligo to Dublin rail service...
    • Bus Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to add a stop to the 203-bus route in Cork at the Dominican centre on John Street...
    • Public Transport
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48026/22]
    • National Car Test
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reply to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48069/22]
    • Transport Costs
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancy where students aged 19 years with a student Leap card can avail of reduced transport...
    • Rail Network
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the frequent delays of the 8:20am commuter to Grand Canal Dock service; if there is a plan in place for Iarnród...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will transfer the powers of the marine survey office to the Workplace Relations Commission recognising the powers of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will incentivise the retrofitting of internal combustion engine vehicles to include battery and other electric propulsion...
    • Driver Test
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a driving test appointment is provided as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [48142/22]
    • Driver Licences
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the National Driving Licence Service has denied a person (details supplied) a full Irish driving licence in exchange for...
    • Coast Guard Service
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a new vehicle store for a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cycling Facilities
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of journeys taken on each public bike scheme operated in the State in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and...
    • Maritime Safety
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions, if any, that the Marine Survey Office has prosecuted fishing vessel owners for switching off their...
    • Public Transport
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the National Transport Authority does not have a service for students directly to Maynooth from Castleblayney or...
    • Bus Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and location of sheltered bus stops that have been installed since 1 September 2021. [48233/22]
    • Taxi Regulations
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a vehicle (details supplied) is not acceptable for a limousine licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve and open facilities for commuters at Newbridge train station, County Kildare; if the plans include the reopening of...
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of nights that the Port Tunnel has been closed in 2022; the reason for the increase in the number of closures; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered any ringfencing of funding to upgrade the N25 (details supplied); if he will outline the upgrades that have...
    • Public Transport
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a person (details supplied) is unable to access a student card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48555/22]
    • Road Safety Authority
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of whole-term equivalent enforcement vehicle inspectors and transport officers recruited by the Road Safety Authority in each...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total capital funding provided for his Department in 2022, broken down by programme; the expenditure profile at the end of September...
    • Bus Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene to prevent a specific bus service (details supplied) in County Cork from further deteriorating by putting measures...
    • Taxi Regulations
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48641/22]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Credits
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue to a query raised by person (details supplied) in respect of the rent tax credit that was announced in Budget 2023; and if he will...
    • Tax Yield
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the total yield for local property tax by local authority for 2021 and to date in 2022; the difference in the number of properties included between each year...
    • Departmental Transport
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and Department staff for each of the years 2019 to 2021...
    • Tax Code
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove the local property tax due to the difficulty which many householders are encountering with the cost-of-living crisis being experienced at...
    • Tax Yield
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 8 September 2022, if he will provide a breakdown on a local-authority basis of the amount derived from the...
    • Tax Code
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that staff in private hospitals, that were effectively nationalised during the pandemic, have had to pay tax on their pandemic bonus payment; and...
    • Universal Social Charge
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the position whereby all Department of Social Protection payments are exempt from the universal social charge, while occupational pensions...
    • Tax Code
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector between today’s date and the expiration of the 9% rate in February 2023; and if the rate...
    • Tax Credits
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology for the estimated 400,000 renters estimated to benefit from the renters’ tax credit announced in Budget 2023; the way that this number...
    • European Union
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected contribution of the State to the European Multi-annual Financial Framework in each of the years 2023 to 2027; the projected receipts by specific...
    • Budget 2023
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the change in household disposable income due to cost-of-living measures across deciles, in percentage terms, as outlined in figure 2 of Budget 2023: Beyond...
    • Tax Code
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if the application of a zero VAT rate for automatic external defibrillators announced in Budget 2023 is inclusive of associated parts including pads and...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if the temporary business energy support scheme is available to any and all businesses, providing that they meet the eligibility criteria; and if so, the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce tax relief for the purchase and repair of a medical product (details supplied). [48373/22]
    • Employment Rights
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department takes a different view from the Department of Social Protection on the employment status of workers (details supplied) recently adjudged to...
    • Tax Code
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to cases in which a person with a disability is left an inheritance (details supplied); if a mechanism will be put in place to...
    • Tax Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated projected cost of extending the 9% VAT rate on electricity and gas for the remainder of 2023; the estimated cost for the extension in January...
    • Departmental Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the projected cost of the help to buy scheme is listed as €83 million in Budget 2023 documentation given that the full-year cost in...
    • Tax Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of pre-letting expenses for landlords at the €5,000 cap in 2020, 2021 and those projected for 2022, respectively; and the rationale...
    • Banking Sector
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any practice of banks operating in the Irish market of assigning debt or chose in action to vulture funds but of failing to...
    • Tax Code
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any instrument of assignment of a debt or chose-in-action in cases in which there has been a failure to pay duty on a chargeable...
    • Tax Credits
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that he intends to provide for amendments to the payable element of the research and development tax credit, to ensure that it aligns with the new...
    • Tax Reliefs
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the current mechanism of the knowledge development box; the way the measures outlined in budget 2023 will have an impact; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Transport
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and department staff for each of the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which Garda plans for a new permanent station at a location (details supplied) are still being advanced; the status of the...
    • Office of Public Works
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views in relation to an overnight allowance in an OPW site (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Coastal Erosion
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will urgently request senior Office of Public Works engineers to assess the works that were recently undertaken to arrest coastal...
    • Office of Public Works
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a mural (details supplied); the reason that the mural was painted over; and if he will...
    • Public Services Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to exercise the functions of reform throughout all Departments given that this applies to achieving the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Transport
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by her, Ministers of State in her Department and department staff for each...
    • Departmental Funding
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available from her Department or agencies funded by her Department for the fit-out of new theatres; and if she...
    • Sports Funding
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will continue to support a tournament (details supplied) on an annual basis. [48047/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met formally with a person (details supplied) to date in 2022. [48240/22]
    • National Cultural Institutions
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the figure of €7.5 million is given under new measures as funding to national cultural institutions on page 166...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Commercial Rates
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will postpone the rate review for businesses given the significant increase in the cost of living (details supplied);...
    • Housing Provision
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the measures he is taking to provide affordable housing in counties Offaly and Laois; and if he...
    • Departmental Transport
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and department staff for...
    • Vacant Properties
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the vacant property refurbishment grant will be extended to the local authorities in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the formula that will be used to calculate the self-fund element for local property tax; if the final adjustment to the...
    • Register of Electors
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 14 September 2022, if he will clarify the definition of the supplement form; if...
    • Water Services
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (detail supplied) regarding water leaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48025/22]
    • Burial Grounds
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements he has had with the Office of Public Works, Kilmainham Gaol and the National Graves Association on plans to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of secondary legislation to give effect to the maritime area regulatory authority; if the establishment of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current staffing levels assigned to the foreshore unit in his Department; if he has plans to increase the resources of the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reopen access to the National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme to ensure all farmers with special areas...
    • Water Supply
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants available for those who have no choice but to put in a private well due to a lack of water supply (details...
    • Fire Safety
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider supporting apartment owners who need to address fire safety issues in their apartment blocks, given these...
    • Housing Schemes
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new tenant incremental purchase scheme will be opened to new applications; the reason for the delay in finalising...
    • Housing Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place for the long-term housing needs of Ukrainian refugees; if there are plans for local authorities to seek...
    • Local Government Reform
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a code of practice for employers to encourage and facilitate workers to participate in local government;...
    • Regeneration Projects
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regeneration project at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48140/22]
    • Housing Policy
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered any intervention to assist older persons with a good income who find their age confines them to a small...
    • Rental Sector
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports landlords are demanding cash-only payments; and if any actions are in place to...
    • Housing Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be changing the income threshold for getting on the Donegal County Council social housing list (details supplied);...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expected capital underspend in his Department budget for 2022; the line items where this under spend is expected to...
    • Housing Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 5,550 affordable homes referred to in page 122 of the Budget 2023 Budget Book by type...
    • Defective Building Materials
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure from the €20 million allocation for pyrite remediation and the €60 million for defective...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing retrofits delivered in 2022 with the €85 million allocation; the amount of this funding...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the areas that he expects the €20 million in additional current expenditure for homeless services will be spent on....
    • Emergency Accommodation
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land that his Department has made available for modular housing as part of the Governments emergency response to...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of participants in the National Parks and Wildlife Service Farm Plan scheme for each of the years 2017 to 2021 and...
    • Water Quality
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency is compiling an indicators report of water quality in 2021; the expected publication...
    • Local Authorities
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that has been drawn down by a local authority for a project (details supplied); and the purpose for...
    • Departmental Reviews
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the CALF review currently underway within his Department. [48493/22]
    • Rental Sector
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes that he recently made to the cost rental equity loan. [48494/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses in County Wicklow that are currently vacant; if he will provide details outlining the...
    • Commercial Rates
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request that local authorities collect full commercial rates on all commercial premises, including vacant units; if...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 27 September 2022, if it is correct that only one prosecution was initiated...
    • Derelict Sites
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request local authorities to register a property on the derelict sites register in cases in which it is declared as...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an ndéanfaidh sé teagmháil le hUisce Éireann maidir lena gceanglais faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla...
    • Housing Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in County Kildare in 2021 from quarter 1...
    • Housing Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of family units that are under-accommodated from each municipal district in County Kildare and that are currently...
    • Housing Schemes
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP applications that were refused due to the applicant landlord not having sufficient or appropriate planning...
    • Derelict Sites
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request local authorities to register a property on the derelict sites register in cases in which it is declared as...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an ndéanfaidh sé teagmháil le hUisce Éireann maidir lena gceanglais faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla...
    • Housing Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in County Kildare in 2021 from quarter 1...
    • Housing Schemes
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP applications that were refused due to the applicant landlord not having sufficient or appropriate planning...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority can assess a person for homeless accommodation while the applicant is awaiting assessment for social...
    • Housing Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant limits and income thresholds are being considered in relation to his Department’s review of the housing...
    • Defective Building Materials
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure all homeowners who are currently stuck in stage 1 of their application to the defective concrete block grant...
    • Planning Issues
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify, in the context of a review of solar panel planning exemptions, if planning permission is required for the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Transport
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and Department staff for each of the...
    • Human Rights
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will seek a human rights observation mandate for MINURSO when its mandate comes for renewal at the United Nations Security Council in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will put in place sanctions given the unprovoked invasion of Armenia by Azerbaijan; if he will seek sanctions at an European Union...
    • Ukraine War
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Russian authorities in relation to the abduction and forcible conscription of a Russian national (details supplied)...
    • Middle East
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent scenes of violence by Israeli forces in east Jerusalem, which has included the forceful eviction of peaceful Muslim...
    • Foreign Policy
      331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the historic family code referendum in Cuba, which has seen the expansion of marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples....
    • Passport Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will assist an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is imprisoned in Togo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48133/22]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the competition for the new election-monitoring roster will be advertised; the locations in which it will be advertised; the number of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met with his New Zealand counterpart during the recent UN General Assembly week. [48242/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when applications for foreign birth registrations (details supplied) will be issued to two children; the reason for the delay in making a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Transport
      339. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and departmental staff for each of the years...
    • Defence Forces
      340. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the investment in equipment for the Defence Forces as part of the five-year equipment development plan; and if he will make...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that an application for a school bus for a school in an area (details supplied) was refused; if the decision will be reconsidered...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that an application for DEIS status for a school (details supplied) was refused; and if the decision will be reconsidered given the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 15 September 2022, if her Department will consider moving the project forward in order to ensure...
    • Legislative Measures
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes, if any, that have been made to the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018 recently; and when the changes will come into effect....
    • Departmental Transport
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by her, Ministers of State in her Department and Department staff for each of the years...
    • Special Educational Needs
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are being made for children with special needs who require access to a generalised learning disability unit in a mainstream...
    • School Transport
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a child (details supplied) will be provided with school transport, which is now their only means of getting to school; if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special educational needs officer will be reappointed to south County Tipperary; the reason south County Tipperary has no SENO currently;...
    • School Management
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) to have a person appointed as a trustee; and if she will progress this appointment....
    • Public Sector Pensions
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a teacher (details supplied) with a cash equivalent value transfer certificate in respect of her pension entitlements from...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has not met the DEIS criteria; if she will list the criteria it was refused on; if the...
    • School Staff
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to retain its current teaching allocation in 2023 given the likelihood of future...
    • School Transport
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48051/22]
    • School Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that prior teaching service by a teacher, which has not been reckoned for an incremental credit as teaching, cannot be reckoned as a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new permanent building for a school (details supplied). [48111/22]
    • School Transport
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all appeals that have been received for school transport; and the number of appeals that have been upheld to date. [48128/22]
    • School Funding
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the way in which the €100 million allocated in budget 2023 will be distributed between primary and secondary...
    • School Staff
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48176/22]
    • School Transport
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the large number of pupils from Castleconnell, County Limerick who are attending a school (details supplied),...
    • School Accommodation
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in the past two weeks in respect of a school (details supplied) and providing for the school's current and future...
    • Schools Building Projects
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in relation to a new building for a school; and if she will fast-track these build...
    • School Accommodation
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to issues raised by management in a school (details supplied) in relation to the need to urgently install...
    • Special Educational Needs
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs that were recruited from September 2021; and the net increase in SNAs over that period. [48221/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bilateral meetings she has had with her EU counterpart to date in 2022. [48241/22]
    • School Transport
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of budgetary funding provided by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to support the 6,000 concessionary ticket holders in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of plans to establish an ASD class in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48355/22]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure that has been incurred for the building, equipment and furnishing of post-primary schools in areas (details supplied);...
    • School Transport
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who is in their leaving certificate year will be accommodated with a school bus place, given it is their only...
    • Physical Education
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools that are providing physical education as an examination subject; the number of students that have already...
    • School Transport
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a bus route was changed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48497/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1012 of 14 June 2022, the reason no update on the plans for new school buildings and no indication of the...
    • School Textbooks
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details on the way the free books to primary schools scheme will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special classes will be approved for a school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery of same; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the reintroduction of a diet allowance on supplementary welfare in view of the potential hardship this...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing fuel allowance payment rates dependent on household size; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Transport
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by her, Ministers of State in her Department and Department staff for...
    • State Pensions
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the maximum State Pension (contributory) is not being paid to a person (details supplied). [47928/22]
    • Departmental Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of recipients of rent supplement in the estates in an area (details supplied). [47929/22]
    • State Pensions
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for State pension (contributory) in the name of a person (details supplied) will be approved and paid....
    • Public Sector Pensions
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the ex-gratia payment will issue to community employment supervisors in County Donegal given that persons in other...
    • State Pensions
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a State pension (non-contributory) has been reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Citizens Information Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and location of Citizens' Information Services which have closed in the past six months in tabular form; and if...
    • State Pensions
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an anomaly (details supplied) will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48022/22]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an alternative tax year can be used to calculate the illness benefit payment rate for a person (details supplied) given...
    • Social Welfare Code
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a change in policy that would see those who are in receipt of the widow’s allowance also able to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the grounds on which the conclusion was reached that a person (details supplied) was not providing full-time...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs applications that have been received by her Department to date in 2022 the number of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a working family payment application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons that are in receipt of a disability allowance (details supplied) and that inherit a home from their family could...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents of incapacitated children who are in receipt of the full rate of carer's allowance; and if she will...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department will provide funding under the dormant account fund measures to support the employment of people with...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of a carer's payment for more than one dependent care recipient will receive the €500...
    • State Pensions
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48438/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of a disability allowance together with the half-rate of carer's allowance will received the...
    • Public Services Card
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a public services card will be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person with an income under €500 will qualify for the fuel allowance in 2023 if they are in receipt of a local...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a partial capacity benefit for a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the maternity benefit and the new parents' benefit are excluded from the double payment under Budget 2023...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a response to an application for a disability allowance that is under appeal in the case of a person...
    • State Pensions
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the pension increase of €12 given that this person is in receipt of a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €500 cost-of-living lump sum payment to all families in receipt of the working family payment will be...
    • Social Welfare Code
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of hours per week which one can work if approved for 50% partial capacity (details supplied). [48581/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific weeks in which the additional payments from her Department outlined in the cost-of-living package (details...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Care Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports and or choices that are available to parents who deem themselves in a position that they cannot...
    • Departmental Transport
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and...
    • International Protection
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the delays in payments to persons hosting Ukrainian refugees (details...
    • Residential Institutions
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to take further action to provide those who were subjected to differential treatment in childcare...
    • Departmental Strategies
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new National Strategy for Women and Girls for 2022 to 2025 will be published. [47944/22]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that he has made in his discussions with the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland regarding...
    • International Protection
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be made available to a childcare service (details supplied); and if this funding will be...
    • Burial Grounds
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the consideration that was given to the Vienna Protocols in the drafting of the procedures for the examination...
    • Children in Care
      472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that Tusla accommodated in private residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and...
    • Freedom of Information
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to his Department’s failure to respond in-part and in-whole to the...
    • International Protection
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a number of incidents (details supplied); the resources, if any, which have...
    • Childcare Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parents can expect their childcare costs to reduce by the 25% in the national childcare scheme as per...
    • Care Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase the foster care allowance to families that work with Tusla given that this...
    • Childcare Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be put in place for those families who employ in-house childminders in the context of the...
    • Health Services Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the initiatives that he is planning, to increase the number of occupational therapists and speech and language...
    • Childcare Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the cut in childcare fees will apply to non-national childcare scheme registered creches; and if he will make...
    • Family Resource Centres
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation from Tusla to each family resource centre in County Mayo from 2016 to 2022; the rationale for the...
    • Care Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which an independent review and or inspection took place at a centre (details supplied) in Swords,...
    • Childcare Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken in Budget 2023 to reduce crèche fees for parents; the steps that he is taking to improve...
    • Direct Provision System
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the accommodation capacity of each direct provision centre in County Wicklow by centre for...
    • Childcare Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the reduction in childcare fees is limited to childcare providers who are part of national childcare scheme;...
    • Care Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the decision-making process for re-designating Section 38 and 39 residential childcare organisations as Section...
    • Public Sector Pay
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that section 56 organisations were excluded from pay restoration (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Ukraine War
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on pledged accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Transport
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and Department staff for each of the years...
    • Grant Payments
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supplementary welfare when paid in lieu of disability allowance while awaiting disability allowance should be disregarded for income when...
    • Third Level Education
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with third level institutions in Ireland to ensure that courses will be available in the training of theatre assistants; if he...
    • Third Level Costs
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if engagement will be undertaken with third level institutions to implement monthly and quarterly payment plans for families that are struggling...
    • Grant Payments
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) who provided further information in respect of...
    • Courses Accreditation
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an accreditation issue with a course (details supplied); and the plans that are in place to deal with this...
    • Third Level Fees
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the €1,000 rebate for undergraduate students to those studying at masters and postgraduate level; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of social workers that graduated from respectively third level colleges in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [48249/22]
    • Third Level Costs
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that those undertaking doctorates in educational psychology are funded during their studies. [48320/22]
    • Third Level Fees
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the €1,000 reduction in student fees that was announced in Budget 2023 is being applied; the way that students can avail of...
    • Third Level Costs
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the PhD stipend increase outlined in Budget 2023; if it is a one-off payment or if it is a monthly rise; the way that students...
    • Grant Payments
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a student grant appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48351/22]
    • Third Level Fees
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the once-off €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fees for higher education students is applied to students...
    • Grant Payments
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the distribution of the SUSI grants by socio-economic group; the distribution of such grants between urban and rural applicants;...
    • Third Level Education
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives that he is planning to increase the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists qualifying on an annual...
    • Grant Payments
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will change the rules in relation to the three-year residency for children born outside the European Union whose parents have returned to...
    • Third Level Fees
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will not be entitled to the €1,000 one-off reduction in the student contribution; if he will extend it to all...
    • Third Level Costs
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PhD researchers who will qualify for the €500 stipend increase that he announced in budget 2023; the proportion of PhD...
    • Medical Research and Training
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of medical students that are at present enrolled segmented in the six medical schools in Ireland for the most recent five-year period...
    • Third Level Fees
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €1,000 increase announced for postgraduate fee grants applies to all postgraduate grants, including those in receipt of a special...
    • Third Level Education
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Government intends to provide funding to trainee educational psychologist completing doctorates in a college (details supplied) as of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a master's degree obtained in 2015 after which a stamp 2 graduate visa from 2015 to 2016 was issued can be included as...
    • Community Development Projects
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a report on the community safety innovation fund, including the number of groups that applied, the number...
    • Coroners Service
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for delays in the post-mortem system which are holding up the release of bodies to families for funerals in many...
    • Departmental Transport
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by her, Ministers of State in her Department and Department staff for...
    • Protected Disclosures
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that she is making with a protected disclosure submitted to her by an individual (details supplied) who was once...
    • Departmental Policies
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Chinese state is operating a police overseas service station in Dublin;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region south central divisional drug squad for each of the past...
    • Immigration Policy
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if restrictions have been imposed upon the application of the immigrant investor programme for persons resident in the Russian...
    • An Garda Síochána
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 21 October 2021, the number of Garda officers now assigned to County Longford; and...
    • Legislative Process
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Electoral Reform Bill 2022 has been enacted. [48005/22]
    • Work Permits
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the results of the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Economic Area fishers will be published; her...
    • Deportation Orders
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the number of deportation orders made under grounds (a) to (i) of Section 3(2) of the...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the core and additional budget allocated to her Department for 2023 to deliver a five-year programme of reform...
    • Prison Service
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of days that the school was open in each of Ireland's prisons, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of each category of public order training courses that were provided to gardaí in the Westmeath and...
    • EU Funding
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any capital works projects that are funded by her Department also received EU funding in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to award reserve Gardaí a long service medal for their voluntary unpaid service; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the application by a person (details supplied) for regularisation as part of the long-term undocumented migrant...
    • An Garda Síochána
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 29 June, when a response will issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Judicial Planning Working Group; when the report following the public consultation will be...
    • Rights of Way
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to bring forward new proposals in the area of right-of-way laws. [48441/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving gardaí in County Kildare; the number per Garda station; the number of new gardaí allocated to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the exploration of the potential of an online portal for road users to upload footage of road traffic...
    • Immigration Policy
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to facilitate the travel of minors following the suspension of the re-entry visa for...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Funding
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount of once-off support to Section 39 bodies that will arise from the cost-of-living budget package in which he outlined that €110...
    • Mental Health Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment with CAMHS; the reason for the delay; the reason that their family has not been offered parental...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with a medical professional at St. James's...
    • Care Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and or choices that are available to parents that deem themselves in a position that they cannot provide appropriate care for their children; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      561. To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers in the health services and those employed as frontline workers in private nursing homes will receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus...
    • Hospital Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE trial in Peamount Hospital delivering a multidisciplinary program for persons living with a neurological condition;...
    • Coroners Service
      563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to increase the number of staff who carry out post-mortem examinations given that these currently can take up to a week and are delaying the...
    • Health Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when test results will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47889/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for payment of the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment has been transferred to the accounts of private nursing homes and the accounts of...
    • Departmental Transport
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and Department staff for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and...
    • Mental Health Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reopening of CAMHS inpatient beds in a medical setting (details supplied) concerning the plans to get CAMHS beds up to full...
    • Home Care Packages
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if the consumer directed home support grant is being administered within each CHO area; the number of consumer directed home support grants which were...
    • Medicinal Products
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that evusheld has not been made available in Ireland given that it has been approved by the European Medicines Agency and is in wide use in Europe...
    • Departmental Schemes
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for the treatment-abroad scheme under a specific treatment (details supplied); the total cost to the Exchequer; and if efforts are...
    • Hospital Staff
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if additional staff will be employed to meet the increased demand for services in view of the transfer of ophthalmology outpatient department, eye casualty and...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      579. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if workers within an organisation (details supplied) are eligible to receive the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Commission on Care; the terms of reference for the Commission; the membership of the Commission; the expected timeline for the completion of...
    • Mental Health Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who has twice been refereed to CAMHS Roscommon, the latest being in July 2022, will be called for an assessment; and if he will...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any proposals to extend a ban on smoking outdoors at public or private buildings for the benefit of public health; if there are plans to ban...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      587. To ask the Minister for Health when the staff of a nursing home (details supplied) will receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47992/22]
    • Disease Management
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are attending University of Limerick Hospitals Group adult diabetes service and who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their...
    • Hospital Facilities
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of Ennis injury unit on 20 August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48000/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48004/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that appropriate funding is to be provided towards the employment of additional nurse specialists in neurology across...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      596. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment date from the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a homecare support package for a person (details supplied); when a carer will be provided for this person; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the services that are currently being provided in a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of courses (details supplied) being covered by the medical card taking into account the benefits that they offer; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of therapists; and his plans to resolve...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48050/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the grants or rebate schemes that are available to help persons diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with the cost of running oxygen machines...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      606. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48058/22]
    • Disability Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a service; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48059/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the governance or regulations that exist in Ireland for those wishing to practice telehealth medicine by way of remote consultations with patients; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health when CH07 will have a clinic for adults with ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48071/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the obligations that exist upon a telehealth provider that closes down their service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48073/22]
    • Health Strategies
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the progress made in meeting each of the objectives of Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland Health Service Breastfeeding Action...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Covid-19 bonus payment for a person (details supplied); the reason that the payment has not been received; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when the 1% increase due since October 2021 to retired HSE employees under the sustaining progress agreement will be paid; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Qualifications
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will clarify a matter (details supplied). [48094/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that the HSE has taken alongside the Department of Health and the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address the cost-differential between private...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if agency security staff who worked in hospitals during the Covid pandemic will be entitled to the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Consultations
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if the Workforce Advisory Group, which was established to examine the workforce in the homecare sector, has reported its findings; if he will outline the next...
    • Health Services Staff
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a contingency plan to ensure that staffing levels are in place at Ennis injury clinic at all times following its closure at short...
    • Hospital Charges
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce measures to alleviate the financial pressure on those with pre-existing conditions who regularly have to pay hospital charges that are not...
    • Disability Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health when two children (details supplied) will be contacted for intervention. [48127/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the new vaccine for shingles is not available on the medical card or the drug payments scheme; if he will review this matter; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to commission a public inquiry into deaths in nursing homes and other care settings throughout the Covid-19 pandemic in view of calls for such an...
    • Hospital Facilities
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide confirmation of the opening hours of the minor injuries unit in Our Lady’s Hospital Cashel; the number of patients who have attended...
    • Health Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; if an appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48148/22]
    • Abortion Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions that have been made to the three-year review of the abortion law that were received in the public submissions process; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on private residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [48154/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that oversees estate management in Cavan Monaghan for the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48182/22]
    • Hospital Inspections
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the health inspection report of a hospital (details supplied) that was carried out in July 2021 and the fact that it reports...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      638. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the health centre in Newcastle, Clonmel, County Tipperary, which has been closed since Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the deepening crisis in the provision of radiation therapy to cancer patients and the fact that an organisation (details...
    • Dental Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that his Department intends on taking to address the issue whereby medical card holders in County Clare are unable to access dental treatment....
    • Disability Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the additional budget allocated to his Department for 2023 to fund implementation of the Disability Capacity Review in...
    • Primary Care Centres
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary care unit (details supplied); if a date for completion is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish the independent radiation therapist review as agreed with the HSE and unions at the Workplace Relations Commission; the measures that he...
    • General Practitioner Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the absence of a general practitioner service for one hour per-day in a town (details supplied) between normal general...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      646. To ask the Minister for Health about the availability of STI-testing kits in CHO 8. [48237/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number and type of therapist posts that are currently advertised; and the average length of time to fill therapy posts by therapy discipline. [48239/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the correspondence, if any, that his Department has had with the HSE in relation to the setting-up of the independent radiation therapist review; if there are...
    • Home Help Service
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date list of approved home support providers across all counties in tabular form; the level of home service supports provided...
    • Dental Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to decide if a child qualifies for free orthodontic treatment in the HSE; if there are any proposed changes to the criteria; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the present status of the BreastCheck mobile scanning unit in relation to the time and schedule that it has made available in Waterford City and County...
    • Ambulance Service
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a pilot programme (details supplied). [48349/22]
    • Abortion Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that is paid to each doctor for the performance of an abortion in a general practitioner-setting; the amount paid to doctors, midwifery, and any...
    • Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health when the extended free contraception scheme will come into effect. [48356/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health when the extended free general practitioner care for children will come into effect. [48357/22]
    • Disability Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that his Department has put in place to establish a respite house in south County Kerry for school leavers (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it will cost the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 39 organisations in line with public service pay agreements,...
    • Dental Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to help persons with the huge cost of dental treatment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48381/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      665. To ask the Minister for Health when all of the remaining groups that are eligible and that have not received the pandemic recognition payment to date will receive the payment; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives that he is planning, to increase the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists qualifying on an annual basis; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      667. To ask the Minister for Health when the former temporary, now permanent clerical officers who worked in accident and emergency departments in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar during...
    • Health Services Staff
      668. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the plan to increase the number of medicine graduates by 200, the way he plans to respond to the increased recruitment in terms of the talent...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the dates for the remaining nursing home staff to receive their pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48417/22]
    • Health Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide podiatry services in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48419/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently on the waiting list for podiatry in CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 West Wicklow; the average waiting timeframe for this service;...
    • Mental Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount that has been allocated to mental health in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48422/22]
    • Substance Misuse
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, in which peer support and recovery services are to be progressed, the amount of funding that will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, in which the roll-out of more digital mental health supports are to be progressed, the amount of funding...
    • Medical Research and Training
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, in which funding for counselling psychology training has been provided, the amount of funding that will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure report in Budget 2023, in which there will be a focus for vulnerable groups for mental health, the funding that will be...
    • Eating Disorders
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding in Budget 2023 that that been allocated for eating disorders, excluding existing levels of service; the areas in which this funding will...
    • Mental Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding in Budget 2023 that has been allocated for primary care psychology, excluding existing levels of service; the areas in which this...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when a HSE pension will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who made their application over six months ago; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if a dentist will be suggested for a person (details supplied) given that all dentists in Limerick are full and they are not accepting new patients; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding that is available to a private organisation providing support and day respite to children with disabilities through a service level...
    • Health Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the financial supports that are available to parents of children with vision impairments who require strong prescription...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; when the review will commence; the length of time that it will take to conclude;...
    • Health Services Staff
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the proposal from an organisation (details supplied) for an independent review of radiation therapy in an effort to deal with recruitment...
    • Disability Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are approximately 600 children waiting on disability services in the Tallaght area (details supplied);...
    • Health Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the free cervical screening service to women over 65 years who have previously had an abnormal result from a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent development of rooms and offices in a hospital (details supplied) will open soon; the reason for the delay; the purpose for which the rooms will...
    • Medical Cards
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if certain foods are covered under the medical card, such as non-gluten foods due to their high cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48482/22]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      697. To ask the Minister for Health when the funding for public fertility treatment will commence; if he will provide a definitive date for when persons can access public treatment; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recommendations that have been actioned with regard to a report on mental health services in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the directive or clinical recommendations that the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes;...
    • Health Services Staff
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical doctors presently registered to work in the State by gender (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48520/22]
    • Medical Cards
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Mayo that accepted medical card patients in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48525/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      706. To ask the Minister for Health when agency staff and section 39 employees will be paid the €1,000 Covid bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48529/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the complaint mechanisms that are available to families that lost loved ones in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) remains waiting for their cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48574/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the review by his Department into services provided by radiation therapists stalled given that there has been no review of the service and...
    • Tax Exemptions
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a payment for a person (details supplied). [48579/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issues facing the blood cancer community during the pandemic, particularly in...
    • Hospital Staff
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric rheumatologists attached to Children’s Health Ireland Temple Street in 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
    • Substance Misuse
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times by facility for residential rehabilitation or detoxification treatment in September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      716. To ask the Minister for Health when all workers covered by the pandemic bonus payment will receive same; if he will review correspondence from the Board of Management of a nursing home...
    • Mental Health Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons detained under section 3 (1)(a) of the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and...
    • Disability Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position on a waiting list of two children (details supplied), in relation to their additional needs. [48625/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of spending announced in 2021 in Budget 2022 for mental health; the amount that was spent out of the full allocation; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completed report into the abandoned secondment of a person (details supplied); the timeline that he is working towards for the publication of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private or for-profit housing providers that have service-level agreements with the HSE in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reviews
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the independent review of radiation therapy; if he will provide a timeline for the commencement of this review; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to deal with the severe shortage of radiation therapists in the HSE, of which currently, 15% of positions are vacant; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that throughout the European Union, the medication evushed has been fast-tracked to ensure that patients with blood...
    • Mental Health Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a first appointment with CAMHS services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48650/22]
    • Disability Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a first appointment with the children’s disability network services in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Work Permits
      734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of vessels that are eligible for the atypical work permit scheme [48213/22]
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a final decision regarding a transfer of entitlement; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact date that the details of the new forestry programme will be sent to the European Commission for review; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a 2020 areas-of-natural-constraint appeal by a person (details supplied). [47902/22]
    • Departmental Transport
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by him, Ministers of State in his Department and Department staff for each of...
    • Greyhound Industry
      746. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been paid to an organisation (details supplied) and its affiliated clubs by the Government and or Greyhound...
    • Agriculture Industry
      747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give detailed consideration to the recommendations and requests of a pre-Budget 2023 submission by a farming organisation...
    • Forestry Sector
      748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forestry Service can refuse a non-grant aid application for an afforestation licence on the basis of the productivity of the...
    • Wildlife Protection
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increasing number of deer in the Dublin 18 area; if his attention has been further drawn to...
    • Forestry Sector
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48117/22]
    • Brexit Supports
      754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advocate for the Brexit adjustment fund to be used to genotype the national herd; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the roll out of a diesel and fuel subsidy scheme for the fishing industry to help it meet...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans, if any, to provide supports for farmers who plan to, or need to, construct passes under the road for the purposes of road...
    • Fishing Industry
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an individual or agency has been engaged to conduct the social risk assessment with reference to the fisheries improvement...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of parameters letters sent to Horse Racing Ireland following the Houses of the Oireachtas granting approval of the Horse...
    • Forestry Sector
      760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date that finalised details of the new forestry programme were shared with the Department of Finance and the Department of Public...
    • EU Funding
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of co-financing provided by the State in relation to funding from the European Multiannual Financial Framework...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a beef exceptional aid measure appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Animal Diseases
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the effectiveness of the TB programme in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48504/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal by a person (details supplied) will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48575/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish and provide a copy of a report (details supplied) which was supposed to accompany a project; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a projected timeline for the delivery of the development of the deepwater quay at Ros an Mhíl following the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if over 30,000 farmers apply for the agri-climate rural environment scheme who are now under CAP and tier one, two and three will all...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Transport
      769. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of domestic flights for work purposes taken by the Minister, her Minister of State and Department staff for each of the...
    • Community Development Projects
      770. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase supports for Pobal-funded community service programmes, in particular those run by an organisation (details...
    • Crime Prevention
      771. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost in 2023 in the budget for the senior alert scheme, which was increased by 15%. [48250/22]
    • Community Development Projects
      772. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review an application by a person (detail supplied) and provide an update on this matter. [48521/22]

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