Written answers
Thursday, 6 October 2022
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects a reset on the Northern Ireland Protocol following the change in government in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the...
- European Union
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role that the Government will seek to play to ensure that all European Union Member States adhere to the rule-of-law functions which...
- Foreign Policy
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the review of the Global Ireland Strategy which commenced at the end of 2021; if this review will alter the objectives of the...
- Passport Services
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Cork Passport Office is set up for the printing of passports; the measures that are being taken to ensure that there are no delays in...
- Human Rights
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements that the Government has had with the new government in Colombia, particularly in the area of human rights; and if he will...
- Official Travel
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to East Africa, where over 20 million people are facing rising malnutrition as a result of droughts;...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with the British government on issues relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will...
- Middle East
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent engagement that he has had on Palestine. [48908/22]
- Passport Services
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a Passport Office will be established in Ulster in view of the substantial increase in passport applications from that area; and if he...
- United Nations
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that Ireland is taking in its role on the United Nations Security Council in relation to Western Sahara. [48633/22]
- EU Meetings
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Union General Affairs Council. [48982/22]
- Foreign Conflicts
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the ongoing conflict in Tigray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49015/22]
- Foreign Policy
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent French naval exercises off the coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34165/22]
- Work Permits
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that are being taken to address the delays in consular interviews in the Philippines for persons with work permits that have...
- Northern Ireland
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48883/22]
- Ukraine War
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has had discussions in recent times with his European Union counterparts concerned about security and defence in...
- European Union
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagement in 2022 with his counterparts in the European Union with regard to the decision to reconvene the European...
- United Nations
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the discussions that are occurring at the United Nations regarding reform in its structures and procedures in the wake of...
- Ukraine War
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether that the Russian Federation should be designated a terrorist state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48891/22]
- Passport Services
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of outstanding passport applications that were submitted more than one, two, three, four, five and six months ago; the...
- Overseas Development Aid
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ireland's Overseas Development Aid Programme, including the way in which this vital aid will be spent; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made to date on the Passport Service Reform Programme; if the roll-out of the programme is on target; when the...
- Ukraine War
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory by the Russian Federation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48828/22]
- Middle East
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [48265/22]
- Ukraine War
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his recent interactions with the European Union in relation to the continuing situation with regard to the Russian...
- United Nations
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent United Nations Security Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48884/22]
- Overseas Development Aid
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the increase in overseas development aid spend in Budget 2023 is consistent with Ireland's committed target of reaching 0.7% of gross...
- Ukraine War
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further measures that Ireland can take to ensure that war criminals committing atrocities in Ukraine will be brought to justice; and if...
- Human Rights
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request a meeting with Iranian representatives to express Ireland's outrage at the treatment and killing of protesters especially...
- Foreign Policy
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if recent statements and actions by the Government have resulted in a diminution of Ireland's policy of neutrality; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has had discussions with his UK counterpart and the parties in Northern Ireland with the view to minimising the impact...
- Diplomatic Representation
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider changing the criteria for persons to serve as ambassadors of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Human Rights
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline any concerns he may have in relation to the suppression of the freedom of the media, civic society, and the arbitrary...
- Ukraine War
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any new sanctions are being imposed on the Russian Federation in the wake of its latest illegal actions in Ukraine; and if he will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the post-1994 sergeants and petty officers who currently are facing forced discharge from the Defence Forces if...
- Ukraine War
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports that his Department and the Defence Forces have given to the Ukrainian army since the onset of the war in Ukraine; and if he will...
- Defence Forces
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions that his Department will undertake in relation to the recruitment of women into the Defence Forces in 2023 as per the recommendations...
- Naval Service
94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the nature of the operation that the Naval Service is involved in off the coast of Libya; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces
95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reports that he has received from the Independent Review Group into allegations of sexual harassment in the Defence Forces; his views on...
- Ukraine War
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and dates of all meetings of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group that were held in 2022 at which Ireland was represented; the details of...
- Departmental Data
100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any incursions into Irish territorial waters have taken place in the past eight months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48904/22]
- Defence Forces
101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on current plans for the implementation of measures contained within the Commission on the Future of the Defence...
- Naval Service
112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that are being taken to ensure that the recent Naval Service vessels that were decommissioned are replaced; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces
113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland's ability to protect its coastal waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Contracts
116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Departmental Bodies
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of...
- Enterprise Support Services
119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants that are available for a business (details supplied) in tabular form. [49282/22]
- Departmental Policies
121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a series of Parliamentary Questions (details supplied) in respect of the commencement of the sick leave scheme, if his...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Contracts
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Departmental Schemes
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Communities Energy Grant ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49140/22]
- Departmental Bodies
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the...
- Energy Conservation
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have had energy efficiency work completed since 2015 by scheme (details supplied); and the...
- Inland Fisheries
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he has taken to deal with information which was submitted to his Department (details supplied); and if...
- Energy Policy
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if provision for electricity credits will be made for voluntary organisations (details supplied).; and if he will make...
- Energy Conservation
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available for the replacement of windows and doors in an old farmhouse to ensure it is weatherproof for...
- Energy Policy
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some eligible persons have not received their €200 electricity...
- Energy Conservation
138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a warmer homes conservation heating grant will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Consultations
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if counties Cavan and Monaghan are included in a public consultation (details supplied). [49149/22]
- Departmental Contracts
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49176/22]
- Departmental Bodies
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of...
- Driver Test
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite a driving test for an employee (details supplied) who cannot get to work unless they can drive; and if he will make a...
- Driver Licences
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no record for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with the National Driver Licence Service in Letterkenny;...
- Departmental Advertising
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent by the National Transport Authority in each of the past eight quarters on leaflets; if they are satisfied that...
- Public Transport
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow small public service vehicles to utilise the bus lanes while working on their PSV licence; and if he will make a...
- Taxi Regulations
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to drop the requirement and test for knowledge of all streets and townlands in a county in order to qualify for a PSV...
- Road Network
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated timeline for the completion and opening of the various stages of the N22 Baile Bhúirne to Macroom road; if he will...
- Public Transport
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that a private bus operator signs up to an app (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49369/22]
- Department of Finance
- Budget 2023
152. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who rent as licensees rather than as tenants will be eligible for the €500 renters credit announced in budget 2023. [49144/22]
- Vacant Properties
154. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to increase the vacant property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49342/22]
- Budget 2023
155. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in euros that the new concrete blocks levy will impact the cost of building one home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49343/22]
- Departmental Contracts
156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Data Centres
157. To ask the Minister for Finance if data centres will be able to avail of the temporary business energy support scheme. [49153/22]
- Budget 2023
158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he took into account the cost of haulage when he proposed the 10% levy on concrete products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the statistics on vehicles (details supplied) from May to August 2022 inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts
160. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49165/22]
- Departmental Bodies
161. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of employees in each; the salary...
- Tax Rebates
162. To ask the Minister for Finance if contractors working on public works contracts will be able to recover the additional cost of the proposed tax on concrete and concrete products from the...
- Consumer Protection
164. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue to guidance sought by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49275/22]
- Departmental Correspondence
165. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 12 July 2022, if advice will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49279/22]
- Tax Code
166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate on medication for domestic animals to 13.5% to match the rate for farm animals; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if an impact assessment was undertaken with respect to the Defective Concrete Products Levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49378/22]
- Departmental Reports
169. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 29 May 2013, if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Revenue Commissioners
170. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of residential property tax and local property tax owed to the Revenue Commissioners in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Bodies
171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of...
- Departmental Contracts
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Civil Service
173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is intended to announce further competitions to recruit general grade staff to the Civil Service with a competence in Irish as...
- Flood Risk Management
174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will facilitate the establishment of a taskforce to address the ongoing flooding risks at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon as...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Contracts
175. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Departmental Bodies
177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by her Department; the number of...
- Departmental Correspondence
178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details suppled) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49198/22]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are supports for owners of commercial premises which have been vacant for a long time to allow them to install the...
- Departmental Contracts
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Departmental Data
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households in receipt of HAP payments on 1 January for each local authority in each of the past three years in...
- Departmental Policies
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that his Department has made in relation to the options that are being considered to tackle defects such as fire...
- Departmental Bodies
189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number...
- Environmental Schemes
190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning exemptions for solar panels will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49204/22]
- Departmental Meetings
191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with the Residential Tenancies Board to discuss the Customer Relations Management and in particular the ease...
- Housing Schemes
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department intends to revise the issued price guidelines for the purchase of turnkey homes in each local authority area...
- Traveller Accommodation
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the €4 million figure that was announced in Budget 2023 for increased capital funding for the delivery of...
- Housing Schemes
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for the replacement of windows and doors in an old farmhouse to ensure it is weatherproof for the...
- Tax Code
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if councillors will need a two thirds majority to alter the local property tax base rate changes in year two whereby the year...
- Housing Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the new build social housing delivered in Q1 and Q2 of 2022 by delivery stream including the Social Housing...
- Housing Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income of a person is not reassessed to determine social housing eligibility in cases in which a social housing support...
- Housing Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing acquisitions in Q1 and Q2, 2022 that had tenants in situ; and the number that were vacant. [49309/22]
- Departmental Schemes
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total allocation for local authority home loan in each of the years from 2016 to 2022 and the total drawdown in each year...
- Homeless Persons Supports
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the youth homeless strategy. [49339/22]
- Departmental Schemes
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will issue the Ministerial Directive and guidelines to local authorities to allow them to process the new...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- United Nations
211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the United Nations and Ireland, through its membership of the Security Council, continue to remain alert to the various...
- Northern Ireland
212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to engage with the UK and the United Nations in order to ensure the safeguarding of the Good Friday...
- Foreign Policy
213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland encourages a greater more rapid response to emerging global emergencies arising from starvation, crop failure,...
- Departmental Contracts
214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49166/22]
- Departmental Bodies
215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of employees...
- Foreign Policy
216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland and the United Nations is continuously alert to the various locations worldwide that remain sensitive to hunger,...
- Irish Aid
218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which Irish aid goes directly to those for whom it was intended in a smooth and seamless transition; and if he will make a...
- United Nations
219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to influence through Irelands membership of the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations need to...
- European Union
220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress is or can be reported in relation to Ukrainian access to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on...
- Human Rights
222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland through its membership of the United Nations Security Council or otherwise is making a priority list of human...
- Overseas Development Aid
225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of Irelands bilateral aid and multilateral aid programme at present; when it is expected to meet the previously identified...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
226. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
227. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish the complete list of capital works planned following the announcement of an additional €35 million in capital funding...
- Departmental Contracts
228. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49161/22]
- Departmental Bodies
229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of employees in...
- Defence Forces
230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which steps are ongoing to progress the recently published report on the future of the Defence Forces with particular reference to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Contracts
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with Top Security. [49262/22]
- School Transport
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a pupil (details supplied) given that there are a number of spare seats on the service; and if she will...
- School Accommodation
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49162/22]
- Departmental Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in view of the extensive negotiations that have taken place between this person and...
- Departmental Bodies
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by her Department; the number of employees in...
- State Examinations
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm a date or week for when the junior certificate results for 2022 will issue. [49214/22]
- School Costs
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has circulated any memos or advice, or both, to primary and secondary schools in respect of the way in which uniform and book costs can be...
- School Equipment
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of or advise on the solar panel scheme for schools which was announced in Budget 2023; and the way that a company...
- Tax Code
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legal basis for an administrative agreement with the Revenue Commissioners that while home tutors are subject to class S PRSI that is...
- Special Educational Needs
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for establishing a reading class unit in a primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49268/22]
- School Transport
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49277/22]
- Schools Building Projects
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied) for a major expansion of the school, including the replacement of a...
- State Examinations
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the Junior Certificate Examination will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49344/22]
- Schools Building Projects
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works will commence on a school (details supplied); the expected timeframe for completion of these works; and if she will make...
- School Funding
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts of the grants allocated in the most recent year for which data is available to each of the voluntary management bodies which manage...
- Special Educational Needs
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a number of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry are being left without a National Psychological Educational Service...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making available financial assistance to families to assist with extra food costs for those suffering...
- Prison Service
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given any consideration to allowing members of the Prison Service recruited post-1995 to work a certain number of...
- Departmental Contracts
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Departmental Bodies
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by her Department; the number...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for the fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 27 September 2022, if she will clarify the approach taken as regards access to...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the fuel allowance on the basis that they are currently on the...
- Fuel Poverty
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there have been any changes in the fuel allowance for jobs initiative scheme participants to assist with fuel poverty....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to recognise Covid-19 or long-Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pensions
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 27 September 2022, if a series of issues in relation to the pension payment will...
- Social Welfare Code
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the changes in the income threshold for the fuel allowance in Budget 2023 will come into effect. [49232/22]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason in relation to a back-to-school allowance decision for a person (details supplied) it is stated things are means...
- Social Welfare Payments
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an extension to child benefit payments for parents who continue to have children in education after the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite the outstanding payment for jobseeker’s benefit for a person (details supplied).; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Offices
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a service that will signpost people to their entitlements under social welfare, particularly for vulnerable...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review a decision on a disallowing a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied) on the...
- Social Welfare Code
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends changing the means testing rules in relation to assessing the increase for a dependent adult of a contributory...
- Citizens Information Services
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes that she has made to the availability of the Citizens Advice Service nationally since she came into office; the...
- Rural Schemes
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that supervisors on the rural social scheme cannot continue in employment until they are 70 years of age, as is...
- State Pensions
283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date until which persons must be in receipt of invalidity pension in order to qualify for the one-off payment; if persons...
- Community Employment Schemes
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to increase payments to community employment scheme participants to take up work on a scheme and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to acknowledge foster children as dependants to qualify carers for the one-parent family payment; and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to allow increased mortgage repayments, due to higher interest rates, to be factored into the means test...
- Social Welfare Benefits
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered a small tax credit for qualifying families who may have children with complex special needs in relation...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Schemes
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action that he will take to provide those who were subjected to differential treatment in childcare...
- Departmental Contracts
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his...
- DNA Database
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the database in relation to the mother and baby homes that will hold samples of family members’ DNA...
- Public Sector Pay
292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the decision-making process regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations for...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme services that are of standard capitation given...
- Parental Leave
303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered amending the policy regarding parent’s leave and benefit to allow lone parents to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in processing an application for the operation of a school (details supplied). [49281/22]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will undertake a thorough investigation of a matter at Maynooth University whereby a decision has been taken not to proceed with a long...
- Third Level Education
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of physiotherapists who graduated from third level education in the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any contracts with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49167/22]
- Departmental Bodies
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of employees in...
- Third Level Education
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is another route of getting into biological sciences and biomedical sciences if one cannot gain access through the traditional route of...
- Third Level Fees
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the one-off €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee for higher education students will apply to part-time students; if the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are assigned to the Cobh district and to the Garda stations in the district, by rank; if there...
- Departmental Bodies
323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by her Department; the number...
- An Garda Síochána
324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of scrambler bikes seized by An Garda Síochána nationally in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will...
- Naturalisation Applications
326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that naturalisation applications are taking so long to process with many taking over two years; the stages involved...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality cé na céimeanna atá curtha i bhfeidhm chun a chinntiú go bhfuil dóthain Gaeilge ag breithiúna,...
- Legislative Measures
330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if changes will be made to The Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 concerning the theft of family pets...
- An Garda Síochána
331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evidential-breath-testing machines currently in use in the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division; and if she will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 27 September 2022, his plans to increase the number of staff to ensure that a...
- Residency Permits
333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish residence permits renewals can be extended beyond one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49408/22]
- Naturalisation Applications
334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date on the expectation arising in the case of a person (details supplied); when it is...
- Visa Applications
336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the appropriate visa will be issued in the case an application for two applicants (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Citizenship Applications
337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her discretionary powers to grant citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- An Garda Síochána
338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she and or her officials have been consulted by or have engaged with Garda management in respect of roster changes in 2022;...
- Department of Health
- Budget 2023
339. To ask the Minister for Health if the mental health 2023 funding allocated to trainee counselling psychologists will also be extended to trainee educational and child psychologists (details...
- Public Sector Pay
340. To ask the Minister for Health the way that a criterion (details supplied) was developed; and the person or body that was involved in the development of same. [49223/22]
- Departmental Contracts
341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Departmental Data
342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for child psychologist services in CAMHS in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49118/22]
- Health Services Staff
344. To ask the Minister for Health when a whole-time orthodontic specialist will be in place of the current 0.6 whole-time equivalent be appointed to orthodontic services in County Wexford; and...
- Mental Health Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies across the CAMHS teams in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49127/22]
- Health Services Staff
347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant speech and language therapist posts across all healthcare services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49128/22]
- Disabilities Assessments
353. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for an assessment; if this assessment will take place in time for the school to have the necessary arrangements...
- Departmental Bodies
355. To ask the Minister for Health the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of employees in each; the salary...
- Health Services
356. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that therapeutic venesection is not being provided at present in the mid-West; when this vital and normal service...
- Health Services Staff
357. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility requirements in relation to the €750,000 for the scheme that was announced for counselling and psychology training places in a new HSE...
- Disability Services
358. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he had in Budget 2023 for the provision of staff for children's disability network teams. [49209/22]
- Medical Cards
359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend a medical card for a person (details supplied) in view of the exceptional circumstances arising throughout the process of the application;...
- Disability Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional €29 million announced in Budget 2023 for services and supports for adults with disabilities, including the amount that...
- Mental Health Services
362. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of the new youth mental health lead, the functions of the role, the responsibility of the role, the salary of the role,...
- Departmental Reviews
366. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the independent radiation therapist review; if the recommendations of this review will be implemented particularly...
- Hospital Procedures
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery date for a person (details supplied). [49252/22]
- Healthcare Policy
368. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering increasing the minimum age to purchase cigarettes to 21 years following the publication of a report (details supplied); and if he will...
- National Children's Hospital
369. To ask the Minister for Health if the contractors for the new children’s hospital will be able to recover the increased cost incurred resulting from the proposed tax on poured...
- Health Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to get reimbursed for the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health if he has assessed the matter whereby persons suffering certain mental health conditions are only eligible for long-term illness while under the age of 16...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
374. To ask the Minister for Health if he has progressed discussion on the provision of a public inquiry into Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes to examine the nursing homes with high Covid-19...
- Health Services
375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for expanding peer support services as referenced in the Expenditure Report 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49290/22]
- Medicinal Products
376. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of streptozocin as a cancer treatment drug for cancer patients in the State; and if he will confirm that a patient...
- Hospital Staff
377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists currently employed at Beaumont Hospital; if there are plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a funding stream available for those with medical devices that increase their electricity bills to support them in paying these. [49300/22]
- Nursing Homes
380. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which staff at a nursing home (details supplied) will receive the Covid recognition payment. [49304/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
382. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the model of care for long-Covid and to provide extra resources to implement it in view of the evolving information concerning long-Covid;...
- General Practitioner Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to recruit a new permanent general practitioner in an Cheathrú Rua, Contae na Gaillimhe; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health when adequate staff will be recruited to the Galway CAMHS in order that they can provide a comprehensive service in the Connemara region of County Galway; the...
- Departmental Reviews
385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove any road-blocks that are in place by Government Departments to the setting up of the independent radiation therapists’ review; if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49331/22]
- Primary Care Centres
387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Finglas primary healthcare centre; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49333/22]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
388. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be published dealing with international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49345/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
389. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to have long-Covid recognised as an illness; if a general practitioner card will be made available for long-Covid sufferers; if...
- Health Services Staff
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE-employed drug and alcohol outreach workers in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the years of 2019 to 2021 and to date in...
- Mental Health Services
391. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to educational and child psychologists; the reason that this group is treated differently from clinical psychologists in terms of...
- Medical Cards
392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow persons with dependent children who held a medical card prior to qualifying for the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's...
- Disability Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the supports for mobility of persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
394. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49390/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting admission to acute psychiatric inpatient beds in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
396. To ask the Minister for Health the success to date in diagnosing a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49437/22]
- Medical Cards
397. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Admissions
398. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with a date for surgery; and if the surgery will go ahead as soon as possible given the delays experienced and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that payments ceased for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49177/22]
- Departmental Bodies
400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by his Department; the number of...
- Education Costs
401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when fees for students attending agricultural colleges will be reduced to a level similar to fees for students attending colleges of...
- Agriculture Industry
402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reply to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49243/22]
- Departmental Investigations
404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incident in relation to one of his staff members which occurred on 5 September 2021; and if he...
- Structural Upgrades
405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants are available for the replacement of windows and doors in an old farmhouse to ensure it is weatherproof for the winter...
- Agriculture Industry
406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49341/22]
- Forestry Sector
410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 20 September 2022, if he will detail the forestry service estimate of the available...
- Greyhound Industry
412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average cost of veterinary fees per greyhound rehomed by an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in...
- Forestry Sector
418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 27 September 2022, if all elements and amounts of the ash dieback reconstitution and...
- Veterinary Services
422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that his appointment of veterinarians to meat plants as official veterinarians is in accordance with an European...
- Departmental Communications
423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a conflict of interest arises in advising and requesting the author of the Resolve Ireland report not to contact a person. [49403/22]
- Departmental Budgets
424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the expenditure by the Forestry Service is in line with the budget for the month of September 2022, thereby ensuring that there is...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Contracts
426. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]
- Departmental Data
428. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the name, function and establishment date of all the organisations and agencies that are funded by her Department; the number of...
- Island Communities
429. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is willing to meet a delegation from an island (details supplied) to discuss critical infrastructure deficits on the island;...