Written answers
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committees
24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [44839/22]
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level oversight board for the zero-tolerance strategy to be jointly led by the Secretary General of his Department. [45763/22]
- Cabinet Committees
44. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [48473/22]
- Flexible Work Practices
45. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form. [48743/22]
- Departmental Contracts
46. To ask the Taoiseach the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such contracts...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will seek an update on the provision of an advanced building solution in Drogheda's new IDA landbank; if he will seek a...
- Departmental Staff
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular...
- Departmental Contracts
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top...
- Recycling Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all his Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Communications
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and cost of each website that falls under his remit; the number of unique visitors per month to each website;...
- Local Authorities
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has issued a directive or guidance to local authorities in respect of festive lights being erected in...
- Departmental Staff
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare...
- Waste Management
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that have been carried out to remove man-made waste from the rivers Liffey, Tolka and Dodder in each of the...
- Energy Prices
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to standing charges on electricity bills...
- Energy Conservation
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the further retrofitting funding measures that are included for Approved Housing Bodies in Budget 2023. [48788/22]
- Wind Energy Generation
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department conducted a feasibility study regarding the reopening of Derrybrien windfarm considering that this...
- Energy Policy
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider taking steps to ensure that those gas and electricity customers who have pay-as-you-go meters will...
- Energy Prices
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date that the first electricity credit will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48825/22]
- Electricity Generation
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 28 September 2022, if a response will issue to same (details supplied); and...
- Departmental Budgets
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme; the...
- Budget 2023
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the 2023 Budget allocations for each programme under subhead B4. [48839/22]
- Building Energy Rating
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of the 13,800 homes forecasted to be brought to a building energy rating of B2 as part of the Budget 2023...
- Departmental Investigations
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an investigation which was carried out on a board (details supplied) has been completed; if so, the outcome of the...
- Energy Prices
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he will provide details of any engagement that he or...
- Departmental Contracts
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are...
- Energy Prices
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average household energy bill expected in 2022; the estimated energy bill for a household in 2023; the analysis that...
- Recycling Policy
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all his Department's buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the National Transport Authority to have a village (details supplied) in County Cork included in the Local Link...
- Driver Test
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number of driving test testers in County Wexford; the current number of driving tester vacancies in County Wexford; and if he...
- Transport Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions that he is having with both the Road Safety Authority and Bus Éireann in regard to the current policy not to allow...
- Road Safety Authority
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the training in legislation that is provided to staff at the Road Safety Authority; the intervals that staff are provided with refresher...
- Bus Services
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in services and on-site facilities at Ennis bus station given its importance to promoting sustainable transport...
- Rail Network
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the proposed provision of a rail stop at Crusheen, County Clare, in view of his Department's goal of...
- Departmental Communications
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and cost of each website that falls under his Department's remit; the average number of unique visitors per month to each...
- Departmental Staff
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form;...
- Road Tolls
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to changing toll barrier policy as it relates to heavy goods vehicles to bring in line with other European...
- Haulage Industry
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he will support the transition to cleaner engines for heavy goods vehicles; if he will introduce a targeted scrappage...
- Road Safety
91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider running a national safety campaign, similar to the Stayin Alive at 1.5 undertaken by Cycling Ireland to advise...
- Marine Accidents
92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended for the chief surveyor to have oversight of the proposed new marine accident investigation unit; and if so, the measures...
- Road Projects
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any funding updates with regards to the M11/N11 upgrade which was previously refused funding; and if he will make a statement...
- Transport Costs
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to include Naas in the €2 90-minute fare zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48865/22]
- Driver Licences
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the anomaly by which those driving on full driving licences from other countries, who have either moved to or returned...
- Driver Test
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test date can issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48873/22]
- Departmental Contracts
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top...
- Driver Test
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test will be expedited for an employee (detail supplied) who cannot get to work unless they can drive; and if he will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Rental Sector
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the tax credit for renters does not apply to recipients of RAS and HAP tenancies; the reason that it will not apply to the top-up payment paid...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a Medical Board of Appeal case by a person (details supplied). [49081/22]
- Tax Credits
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports that are in place regarding benefit-in-kind to reduce the impact of higher financial costs for those workers who commute as part of their job...
- Departmental Meetings
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of and dates of meetings that have taken place between him and or the Secretary General of his Department and the Governor of the Central Bank of...
- Financial Services
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he has considered the recommendations made in the report in...
- Departmental Staff
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Economic Policy
107. To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to the trajectory of the Euro; the steps that are being taken at both national and European level to protect the value of the Euro; and...
- Period Poverty
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing VAT on all reusables to make reusable items more affordable; if he will consider making period pants 0% VAT, similar to other...
- Financial Services
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing right-to-be-forgotten legislation which will ensure that after a specified period of time, those who have survived cancer...
- Departmental Contracts
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such...
- Budget 2023
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline all of the taxation measures announced in Budget 2023 that form part of the 2022 cost of living package and the one-off cost of each in...
- Fiscal Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline all of the taxation measures not announced in the Budget 2023 documentation or his speech that he intends to legislate for with the Finance...
- Budget 2023
116. To ask the Minister for Finance if the change to the threshold for the higher income tax band introduced in Budget 2023 also applies to retired persons; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Collection
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new vacant homes tax will accrue to the local authority within which the empty home is based; if not, if it will accrue to the Exchequer; and if he...
- Recycling Policy
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if all his Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that the recycling of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Properties
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the BER rating of all Government department buildings in tabular form; the date each was last assessed; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49171/22]
- Office of Public Works
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 22 March 2022, when works will resume at a facility (details supplied) in County Cork under...
- National Monuments
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall annual cost of managing, maintaining and staffing the total number of national monuments in State care in 2019, 2020, 2021...
- Departmental Staff
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form;...
- Public Appointments Service
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of recruitment campaigns that have been undertaken by the Public Appointments Service in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number...
- Office of Public Works
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that visited Kilkenny Castle in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [48786/22]
- Construction Industry
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 8 September 2022, the name of the main contractor procured to deliver the installation of...
- Public Sector Pay
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will make a decision on the recommendations made in a report (details supplied) on the pay and conditions of secretarial...
- Cost of Living Issues
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all the one-off cost of living measures announced as part of the €4.1 billion package; the estimated...
- Budget 2023
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional supplementary estimates required in 2022 following the Budget 2023 announcements; if he will provide a list of...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the progress of the Irish Language Network in Ennis since the approval of an Irish language plan by her...
- Departmental Staff
136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons within her Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular...
- Energy Prices
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will seek advice as to whether a local sports club (details supplied) in County Louth is eligible for supports to offset...
- Departmental Contracts
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top...
- Recycling Policy
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all her Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward proposals to prevent landlords from skirting the spirit of rent pressure zones by charging tenants...
- Departmental Expenditure
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Met Éireann in each of the years 2002 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in...
- Housing Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the current income threshold eligibility for social housing in the greater Dublin area including counties...
- Energy Conservation
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €87 million in funding announced in Budget 2023 to support alleviation of fuel poverty and ensure more energy...
- Housing Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total family income permissible to remain in receipt of supports and on local authority waiting lists; the position when a...
- Housing Schemes
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant-aid is available for the purposes of purchasing and renovating vacant properties which will not be occupied by the...
- Planning Issues
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expedite the publication of the Mulcahy Report in view of the fact that to not do so gives rise to a perception...
- Housing Schemes
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new updated guidelines will be released following changes made to the tenant purchase scheme in early 2022; and if he...
- Housing Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional Housing First tenancies that will be delivered with Budget 2023. [48957/22]
- Departmental Contracts
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to...
- Departmental Expenditure
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital spent under vote A4 local-authority housing at the end of September 2022; the projected amount to be...
- Local Authorities
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the allocations in 2023 due to the increase of €108 million from the Local Government Fund for local...
- Exchequer Payments
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding from the Local Government Fund for local authorities that retain 100% of the local property tax revenues will be...
- Housing Schemes
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will correspond regarding housing assistance payment for a person (details supplied); his plans to address this issue;...
- Recycling Policy
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all his Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and...
- Legislative Measures
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on support for ecocide legislation both internationally and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Services
171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport office will be established in the province of Ulster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48977/22]
- Departmental Contracts
172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security;...
- Foreign Policy
173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that overseas police stations (details supplied) are opening in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49055/22]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if...
- Departmental Contracts
176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the...
- Defence Forces
177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of monthly progress reports that he has received to date from the review group pursuant to the terms of reference of the independent...
- Recycling Policy
180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all his Department's buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that the recycling of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that special schools are not sanctioned for the post of home school liaison officer. [48665/22]
- School Accommodation
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will resolve an issue facing a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48694/22]
- School Transport
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a school bus transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48704/22]
- School Facilities
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategy to support digital skills and highspeed broadband in primary schools; if her Department's attention has been drawn to...
- Departmental Staff
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons within her Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if...
- School Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address payroll issues in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48799/22]
- School Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will continue to be provided with transport and issued a bus ticket given that State-provided...
- School Staff
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to an appeal by a school (details supplied) for additional staff. [48843/22]
- School Transport
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a student (details supplied) who is availing of special education transport will be processed without further delay. [48844/22]
- School Enrolments
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students there are enrolled in primary education and separately in post primary education as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form....
- School Transport
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the additional funding that has been made available in Budget 2023 to provide free school transport from October 2022 to...
- School Staff
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48944/22]
- School Accommodation
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) which has an application for additional accommodation and new-build SEN classes currently...
- Departmental Contracts
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the...
- School Staff
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the information supplied by a person (details supplied) will be processed;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49054/22]
- Schools Building Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 31 May 2022, if the joint application has been made by her Department and a third-party developer to...
- School Transport
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are still awaiting school transport places in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49088/22]
- Broadband Infrastructure
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to issues impacting a school (details supplied) and their ability to access highspeed broadband; the measures...
- Disadvantaged Status
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an anomaly in the Pobal deprivation map for two schools (details supplied) which are split on their campus according to the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Services
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a disability application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Fuel Poverty
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the fuel allowance has been extended to recipients of the jobs initiative scheme. [48693/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to apply for payments. [48701/22]
- Social Welfare Schemes
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer's allowance, half-rate carer's allowance, carer's benefit, carer's support...
- Pension Provisions
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who chooses to stay in work upon reaching the age of 66 years can access their State pension under her new...
- Disability Services
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability payment appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons within her Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in...
- Social Welfare Payments
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that additional resources are in place to ensure social welfare recipients who are supplying new bank...
- Community Employment Schemes
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been on a community employment scheme for four years should be eligible for fuel...
- Social Welfare Payments
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have applied for the exceptional needs payment in counties Laois and Offaly from 1 January to date...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will be recognising the recommendation of the European Commission and the EU Advisory Committee on Safety...
- Social Welfare Payments
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been on the carer’s benefit in respect of care for their elderly father is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if two pensioners over 70 years of age who are in receipt of the State pension and one of whom is in receipt of a half-rate...
- Social Welfare Appeals
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current situation regarding an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [48763/22]
- Cost of Living Issues
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify whether the cost-of-living payment included in Budget 2023 will be available to all social welfare...
- Social Welfare Benefits
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of claims for guardian’s payment; the reason that this payment was excluded from the Budget 2023...
- Cost of Living Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify when in October 2022 that the cost-of-living payment is expected to be paid; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provision that is made for widowers and widows who are full-time carers who are not in receipt of a pension, can only...
- Community Employment Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on a community employment scheme on Budget day until year-end that will revert back to a disability allowance...
- Social Welfare Code
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the €12 weekly increase to community employment, rural social and Tús scheme participants; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Community Welfare Services
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48847/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending child benefit to families with children still in secondary school but who are over the age of...
- Citizens Information Services
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of volunteer information providers in Citizens Information centres; the status of the Citizen Information...
- Public Transport
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider creating free travel passes to be used on all public transport services for staff of special schools,...
- Social Welfare Payments
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for applications for additional needs payments by month from June 2022 to date, in tabular form;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update...
- Departmental Policies
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48872/22]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that a person (details supplied) should proceed when their claim for disability allowance has been rejected, despite...
- Social Welfare Benefits
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection is she will clarify the eligibility for the fuel allowance of applicants who cohabit with someone with whom they are not in a...
- Departmental Communications
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48960/22]
- Cost of Living Issues
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons that are in receipt of illness benefit will receive a cost-of-living double payment and a €500 once-off...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension claim awarded on appeal for a person (details supplied) will go into payment; and if she will make...
- State Pensions
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a State pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Departmental Contracts
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted...
- Recycling Policy
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all her Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Parental Leave
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to extend parental leave for children over 13 years in order that parents have the choice to...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration...
- Ukraine War
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a national breakdown of the number of accommodation places that each local authority has...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects childminders to be added to the national childcare scheme and therefore those who avail of their...
- Departmental Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that some autistic children are effectively excluded from ECCE...
- Children in Care
257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the private foster-care companies that are contracted to Tusla for the purposes of sourcing,...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that are in receipt of the universal subsidy under the national childcare scheme. [48791/22]
- Human Rights
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the recent statement by United Nations human rights experts expressing concern over the lack of adequate...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make available any analysis done on the capacity of childcare spaces in County Wicklow; the amount in...
- Mental Health Services
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if more residential places will be offered (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are...
- Public Sector Pay
265. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 56 organisations in line with public...
- After-School Support Services
266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide additional after-school child places in the Dublin 11 area, particularly in Finglas and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the governing authority of Maynooth University in respect of a decision to terminate a capital project on its campus...
- Departmental Staff
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if he...
- Third Level Costs
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to financially assist students who are attending a college (details supplied); if he will review this matter urgently; and if he will...
- Departmental Correspondence
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48809/22]
- Third Level Education
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a trainee educational psychologist completing a doctorate is the only professional doctorate programme which is not Government...
- Third Level Fees
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if postgraduate students who are not in receipt of a SUSI grant can avail of a €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee; and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the...
- Recycling Policy
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all his Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Contracts
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49170/22]
- Departmental Staff
277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons within her Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in...
- Prison Service
278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers that are fully trained in CPR. [48787/22]
- Visa Applications
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) will be processed; the reasons for the delay; and if...
- Visa Agreements
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered introducing a six-month visitor visa, similar to that which is in place in the United States, to allow...
- Departmental Expenditure
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to the State of providing security at the Russian embassy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Courts Service
283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 10 September 2020. if she will provide an update on the progress on the matter to...
- Probate Applications
284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 813 of 28 July 2020, the average waiting time in each Probate Office for applications by...
- Policing Co-operation
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that Chinese overseas stations are opening in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of ramming of Garda vehicles in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Data
296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the make and model of Garda vehicles involved in instances of ramming of Garda vehicles in 2019, 2020, 2021...
- Recycling Policy
297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all her Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48664/22]
- Disability Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload and headcount of staff and children awaiting intervention in the east central Cork children's disability network team in tabular form. [48681/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
311. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list times at the lymphoedema specialist clinic in County Clare; if consideration will be given to increasing staffing at the facility; and...
- Health Services Staff
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nights that there has been no doctor available in Shannondoc in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48726/22]
- Medical Cards
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult medical card holders in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48727/22]
- Departmental Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 827 of 12 July 2022, if he will confirm that the staffing issue with the children’s disability network team in...
- Health Services Staff
316. To ask the Minister for Health when the three vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists will be filled; the steps that he has taken to ensure that these posts are filled;...
- Dental Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the dental appointment waiting list for counties Carlow and Kilkenny as of 27 September 2022; the average waiting times; and if he...
- Hospital Services
318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the accident and emergency department at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
- Healthcare Policy
319. To ask the Minister for Health if a person or their family with power of attorney rent out a house in a case in which the person is in receipt of the fair deal scheme which would therefore...
- National Children's Hospital
320. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the National Children’s Hospital; the expected completion date; the current expected total spend; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Reviews
321. To ask the Minister for Health the present status of the setting up of an independent radiation therapy review which was agreed as part of a Workplace Relations Commission hearing in 2021...
- Disability Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health the funding schemes that are in place for children and young people requiring transport to their disability day services in County Carlow; and if he will make...
- Departmental Reviews
323. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to establish an independent radiation therapist review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48832/22]
- General Practitioner Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve funding sought by for the expansion of Westdoc in the southeast Galway general practitioner rota area; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national audit of CAMHS, following the Maskey report into south Kerry CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48859/22]
- Primary Care Centres
328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre in Rathdrum; the estimated completion date for the primary care centre; if a structural assessment has been carried-out...
- Covid-19 Tests
329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to reopen one of the PCR testing centres in Tallaght in view that that all PCR testing centres around the area have been...
- Mental Health Policy
331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will elaborate on the way that Budget 2023 will address capacity issues in CAMHS services; the amount of funding that will go towards increasing the...
- Health Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application by a person (details supplied) under the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Correspondence
333. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 September 2022, if he will list the disability representative organisations that his Department has...
- Hospital Appointments Status
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter concerning a person (details supplied); if he will provide an update on their appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
338. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the medication ozempic is not available through the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48938/22]
- Nursing Homes
339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48941/22]
- Health Services
340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48943/22]
- Health Service Executive
344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48959/22]
- Disability Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication of the Action Plan for Disability Capacity Review; if details of the action plan will be included in the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
348. To ask the Minister for Health when Section 39 HSE staff can expect to receive the €1,000 HSE bonus payment. [48976/22]
- Departmental Contracts
349. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such...
- Health Services Staff
350. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 39 organisations in line with public service pay agreements including Building...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
352. To ask the Minister for Health if remaining supplies of the original mRNA vaccines will continue to be used in the Covid-19 booster campaign in view of the recommendation that the authorised...
- Departmental Data
355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult medical card holders in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49105/22]
- Medical Cards
358. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department is making in County Wexford for adult dental emergency services where an eligible medical card holder is unable to access...
- Medical Inquiries
359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Wexford; if he will provide a...
- Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of discussions and the progress made between his Department and an association (details supplied) in relation to the dental treatment...
- Departmental Budgets
362. To ask the Minister for Health the current budget for the dental treatment services scheme; the total budget for the scheme in 2018; the total budget for the scheme in 2013; the total budget...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Contracts
363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49159/22]
- Departmental Data
365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular...
- Agriculture Schemes
366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme payment to a person (details supplied). [48780/22]
- Animal Welfare
367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of calls registered with the confidential animal welfare helpline by year; and the...
- Veterinary Services
368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinarian surgeons on the approved inseminators register of an organisation (details supplied); and if any...
- Animal Welfare
369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of officers affiliated with an organisation (details supplied) appointed. [48803/22]
- Assisted Animal Reproduction
370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out by authorised officers of an organisation (details supplied) on approved insemination centres...
- Pigmeat Sector
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that a clear message goes from Government to the multiples that an adequate price needs to be paid, without delay,...
- Recycling Policy
373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all his Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that...
- Community Development Projects
375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding allocations will be provided regarding community hubs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
376. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional monies will be made available for the local improvement scheme for the remainder of 2022 (details supplied); and if she...
- Rural Schemes
378. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund category 1 funding application submitted by Clare County Council to her...
- Departmental Staff
379. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons within her Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular...
- Rural Schemes
380. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on a CLÁR application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48835/22]
- Departmental Contracts
382. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top...
- Recycling Policy
383. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if all her Department’s buildings have recycling arrangements in place; if not, the steps that are being taken to ensure that...
