Written answers
Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Crime Prevention
12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will undertake a comprehensive review of economic crime, financial fraud and scamming given the increased...
- Legal Aid
14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the legal aid review being undertaken. [51504/22]
- Family Reunification
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons facilitated in relocating to this country under the Afghan Admission Programme; the number of persons who...
- Antisocial Behaviour
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to tackle anti-social behaviour in Irish cities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52459/22]
- Crime Prevention
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review, expand and further support the community alert service nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domestic Violence
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in achieving the Istanbul Convention targets for refuge spaces for domestic violence victims; and if she...
- Courts Service
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce compulsory disability training for those involved in the administration of justice, in view of the fact...
- Crime Prevention
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on efforts to tackle rural crime, and to particularly protect those who are vulnerable, either...
- Domestic Violence
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her Department’s plan going forward to expand the availability of domestic violence refuge in the...
- An Garda Síochána
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí who have been assaulted while on active duty in the State in each of the past ten years and to...
- Family Reunification
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 11 October 2022, the reason for the delay in approving applications under the...
- Crime Prevention
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status of Operation Citizen and high-visibility policing; and if she will make a statement...
- An Garda Síochána
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the delivery of the new Cork county Garda divisional headquarters in Macroom; her engagement with the OPW on...
- Courts Service
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases at Circuit Court level that have been heard in Limerick courthouse since it was opened; and if she will make...
- An Garda Síochána
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role she believes that the Garda reserve should play in policing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52116/22]
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the scoping report into the death of a person (details supplied); and the actions that she intends to take...
- Public Inquiries
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied) almost two years ago; and...
- An Garda Síochána
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí currently serving in the Dublin south division; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Crime Prevention
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward legislation to enable the use of automatic number plate recognition systems to assist gardaí in...
- Legislative Reviews
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the independent review of part IV of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017; the timeline for the publication...
- Domestic Violence
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of funding, resources and so on that are available in Budget 2023 for the domestic violence sector;...
- An Garda Síochána
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that she has taken and plans to take in response to the substantial shortcomings found on handling of 999 calls; and...
- Court Accommodation
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on plans to refurbish Wicklow District Courthouse; when it is anticipated that works will...
- Visa Applications
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will account for the long delays faced by non-EU PhD researchers when applying for their yearly stamp; and if her...
- Online Safety
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to consider legislative and policy...
- Domestic Violence
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the expected completion date for the procurement process and opening date of the domestic violence refuge...
- Road Traffic Offences
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the development of an online portal through which citizens can report traffic offences, as positively...
- Personal Injury Claims
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current progress of the promised legislation on duty of care in relation to occupier’s liability; and if she will...
- Judicial Appointments
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address the lack of judges in the Irish legal system; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Crime Prevention
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the probation services the resources they need to expand the strive programme in the Ballymun sub-district...
- An Garda Síochána
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each of the Cork stations now and at their peak. [52331/22]
- Crime Prevention
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the details of the newly launched rural safety plan 2022-2024; the planned outcomes of same; and if she will...
- Data Protection
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when additional commissioners will be appointed to the Data Protection Commission; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Courts Service
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projects which will be funded by the capital allocations to the Courts Service in Budget 2023; and if she will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí recruited for each station in the County Cork from January to date in 2022; and if she will make a...
- Crime Prevention
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work of her Department in tackling drug-related intimidation and reporting. [52410/22]
- An Garda Síochána
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are fully trained in high-speed driving and pursuit in the Blanchardstown, Finglas and Cabra area....
- Sentencing Policy
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on actions in the Justice Plan 2022 regarding reform of sentencing; and if she will make a...
- Legislative Measures
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to strengthen trespassing laws, to add more protection to the property owner; the efforts that her Department is...
- Antisocial Behaviour
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will carry out a review in respect of the current measures available and their effectiveness in dealing with, addressing...
- An Garda Síochána
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is concerned by the number of instances of ramming of Garda vehicles annually; her views that such actions warrant being...
- Antisocial Behaviour
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Operation Tombola will run prior to Halloween 2022; the way in which her Department plans to tackle anti-social behaviour in...
- An Garda Síochána
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles in the Garda fleet that are electric, by vehicle type and station in tabular form; the percentage of...
- Department of Health
- Primary Care Centres
82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned Ballyhaunis primary care centre which had a scheduled operational date of Q4 in 2021, but which continues to be on...
- Hospital Services
85. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the finalisation of a terms of reference and the appointment of an independent chair to commence a review of the radiation therapy...
- Health Services Staff
87. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it will cost the Exchequer to bring the pay of workers in Section 39 organisations in line with public service pay agreements Building...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
88. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of long-Covid supports for children; his views on whether current supports are sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
90. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further information on the €900,000 allocated to Cork and Galway for a paediatric neurology service; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Facilities
92. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the various hospital building/extension/replacement programmes in County Kildare and throughout the country with particular reference to the...
- Hospital Staff
94. To ask the Minister for Health if there has ever been a survey done of non-consultant/SPR hospital doctors on their working conditions, number of consecutive days worked and their annual...
- Disability Services
96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the funding allocated by his Department in Budget 2023 for the provision of therapy services in schools; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Facilities
98. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a new elective hospital in Merlin Park, Galway; the timeline for the completion of the project; if this is phase one of the new...
- Disability Services
99. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progressing disability services roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52172/22]
- General Practitioner Services
100. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide a greater level of training for general practitioners across Ireland. [52236/22]
- Mental Health Services
101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the full roll-out of early intervention in psychosis services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52302/22]
- Primary Care Services
102. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the long-delayed x-ray facilities to be up and running in Tuam primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51143/22]
- Mental Health Services
103. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-evaluate the eligibility criteria currently being used by the HSE mental health services for counsellor / therapist positions which seem to be...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
104. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined, to ensure the safety of nurses and...
- Disability Services
105. To ask the Minister for Health the action that he intends to take concerning the ongoing inability to staff the disability network teams; the impact that is having on early intervention for...
- National Children's Hospital
106. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for electronic health records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52303/22]
- Hospital Facilities
107. To ask the Minister for Health if a contractor has been appointed to construct the new building at Midleton Community Hospital; if so, when he expects work to commence; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
108. To ask the Minister for Health when the cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio will be available for all children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52162/22]
- Health Services Staff
109. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will commence the process of prioritising the allocation announced in Budget 2023 of the 136 additional staff such as speech and language...
- Health Services
110. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national screening programme for structural heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51147/22]
- Vaccination Programme
111. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more detail on his Budget 2023 commitment of €12.3 million to facilitate catch-up programmes for human papillomavirus vaccine to...
- Hospital Staff
112. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the long waiting lists for treatment due to a chronic shortage of radiation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
116. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the RCSI Hospital Group with regard to expanding the operational opening times of the minor injuries' unit at Monaghan...
- Health Services Staff
117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional 23 specialist nurses in adult neurology services that will be allocated to the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when publicly funded IVF services will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51384/22]
- Health Services Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or hospitals have ever conducted exit interviews on doctors leaving the Irish medical system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51720/22]
- Disability Services
121. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish an action plan for implementation of the Disability Capacity Review recommendations relevant to the specialist services; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
122. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in private nursing homes will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52419/22]
- Healthcare Policy
124. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether Ireland's national action plan on antimicrobial resistance is sufficiently robust to address the significant issue of antimicrobial...
- Health Services Staff
125. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional 23 specialist nurses in adult neurology services who will be allocated to Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes
126. To ask the Minister for Health when additional supports will be provided to small-scale nursing home providers in view of the substantial pressures on such providers due to increased costs...
- Health Services Staff
127. To ask the Minister for Health if the manpower planning exercise for Ireland's health service needs has identified the most immediate gaps to be filled and the longer-term needs; and if he...
- Emergency Departments
128. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a report (details supplied) into the conditions at University Hospital Limerick. [52052/22]
- Dental Services
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the 2022 budgets for the dental treatment services scheme, school dental scheme and the public PRSI-based scheme in CHO8. [52179/22]
- General Practitioner Services
130. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure there is sufficient GP capacity in light of the free GP care provided in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
- Vaccination Programme
131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the winter flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/22]
- Emergency Departments
132. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 12 July 2022, if the examination by his Department of the HSE’s strategic assessment report regarding the...
- Hospital Facilities
133. To ask the Minister for Health if the winter plans will result in any permanent increase in acute hospital bed numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52420/22]
- General Practitioner Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he proposes to take to increase the number of general practitioners in rural areas. [52235/22]
- Hospital Facilities
135. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the elective hospital in Cork; and when it will be fully operational. [52394/22]
- Disability Services
136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in both CHO1 and CHO2; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in WTE terms approved...
- Hospital Staff
137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the independent review into the radiation therapy profession following agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission last year between an...
- Health Services Staff
138. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nurses who have retired before reaching retirement age in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [51706/22]
- General Practitioner Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had recently with an organisation (details supplied). [51609/22]
- Dental Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for dental services for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52301/22]
- Departmental Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 11 October 2022, if the position of chief health and social care professionals' officer will be established in his...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the new capacity planned for the coming year in clearing waiting lists within the public system and through the NTPF; the estimated number...
- Disability Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that he is putting in place to deliver the specialist neurology required to meet the current demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand endoscopy services in Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52430/22]
- Medical Cards
147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that some persons who are diagnosed with lifelong conditions which render them eligible for a medical card often have to re-apply for a medical...
- Health Services Staff
148. To ask the Minister for Health if a locum audiologist will be put in place in Kerry to cover the public audiologist currently on maternity leave; if he will detail the impact this uncovered...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide timelines for the expected publication of a report (details supplied) and any other details, further to his acknowledgement that he received...
- Health Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health the vacant positions currently in primary care in counties Cavan and Monaghan for children waiting for occupational therapy, speech and language support and...
- Health Services Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the engagements that his Department has had with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science, the HSE and the...
- Emergency Departments
152. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being considered in the short-term to alleviate current long wait times in the accident-and-emergency department of Cork University...
- Health Services
153. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been any official studies into vaping and young persons and the effects of vaping on them. [51648/22]
- Disability Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the community rehabilitation teams in CHO6 and CHO7; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff, in WTE...
- Health Services Staff
156. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nurses currently on sick leave; the number who cite stress as the reason for their leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on the CAMHS waiting list nationally; the number waiting for care for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pharmacy Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding pharmacist services currently provided, in order to aid in alleviating the pressures currently experienced with GP services and...
- Health Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health the next steps that his Department will take in the development of a national diabetes register given that funding has been provided under Budget 2023; and if...
- Hospice Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health his views on plans for a second palliative care bed at the St Joseph’s Care campus in Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52450/22]
- Dental Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that medical card holders can avail of dentistry services which are currently unavailable at this time due to an ongoing dispute...
- Hospital Staff
163. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing breakdown at West Kerry Community Hospital; the way this compares with the numbers at the start of this year; if extra beds will be opened...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
164. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the 50% increase in radiation therapy treatment waiting lists for cancer patients and the shortage of radiation therapists to carry out...
- Substance Misuse
165. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the reopening of Keltoi. [52393/22]
- Dental Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health the 2022 budgets for the dental treatment services scheme, school dental scheme and the public PRSI-based scheme in counties Laois and Offaly. [52180/22]
- Health Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the yearly spend on sepsis awareness in the past five years; his plans to raise awareness of sepsis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52371/22]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop new healthcare infrastructure in the mid-west to match the demographic targets set out in Ireland 2040, the national planning framework;...
- General Practitioner Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that he has taken to address the shortfall in GP provision, including out-of-hours services, within the north-east region. [52118/22]
- Disability Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in CHO8; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in WTE terms approved for each team;...
- Medical Cards
172. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the dental treatment services scheme; if the additional funding allocated by his Department to this scheme in the past six months has...
- Disability Services
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in CHO9; the locations in which each team is based; the number of staff, in WTE terms, approved for each...
- Health Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts to prepare the health system for increased demand over the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51379/22]
- Disability Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish the disability capacity review action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50739/22]
- Nursing Homes
178. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be introduced to eliminate the differential in payments to nursing homes across different geographical areas under the Nursing Homes...
- Health Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussion in relation to multi-annual funding for community projects especially those in Section 38 and Section 39 organisations. [44555/22]
- Health Services Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who have been recruited into the HSE since 1 June 2022; the measures that he is undertaking to recruit and retain nurses and...
- Hospital Overcrowding
182. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the dangerous under-staffing and overcrowding conditions in the Mater Hospital recently highlighted by an organisation...
- Disability Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in both CHO6 and CHO7; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff, in WTE terms,...
- General Practitioner Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address GP shortages. [51610/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Meetings
186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the meetings that he and or his officials have had with a company (details supplied) to date in...
- Data Centres
187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's policy in respect of supporting data centres in Ireland in the context of the decarbonisation and digitalisation of...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Telecommunications Services
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a possibility of mobile phone and broadband blackouts this winter which could leave people unable to make...
- Energy Conservation
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will intervene in a case to allow a family (details supplied) in County Kerry whose house has been without...
- Energy Prices
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the way that the energy credit can be claimed if a person uses so little that the credit rests in...
- Data Centres
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of data centres in Ireland that are not connected to the grid and that use on-site fossil fuel to generate...
- Electricity Generation
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount (GWh) of electricity produced from coal at Moneypoint power station in the period January to September 2021,...
- Departmental Meetings
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the engagement he had with (details supplied) prior to their withdrawal from the Irish wind energy...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the three-month grant draw-down period for eSPSV scheme grants given the wait times for new electric vehicles (details...
- Driver Test
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the need for bus and lorry drivers to sit a CPC course on a yearly basis and to pay for the courses themselves; and if he...
- Road Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the strategic assessment report submitted by Kilkenny County Council for the next phase of the ring road will be expedited and...
- Public Transport
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission a full feasibility study into light rail for Galway, including very light rail; and if he will make a statement on...
- Cycling Facilities
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the usage statistics for the individual stations of the Limerick bike scheme that are available between 2016 and 2022;...
- Bus Services
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bus service from Naas via Sallins and Maynooth to Blanchardstown can be augmented given that the bus is heavily overcrowded...
- Department of Finance
- Fuel Prices
204. To ask the Minister for Finance the action that is being taken by his Department to help keep down the cost of diesel and petrol which is used by the commercial sector, in view of the fact...
- Financial Services
205. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that mortgage holders whose mortgages were sold by mainstream banks are now subjected to punitive interest rates by the mortgage purchaser without...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
206. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment who will be expected to pay back tax this year and in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [52492/22]
- Financial Services
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in relation to the regulation of companies (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these companies...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 4 October 2022, if the attention of his Department has been drawn to any flood risks...
- Traffic Management
213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consent to amendments of the Phoenix Park bye laws by the Commissioners of the Office of Public Works in respect to allowing...
- Public Sector Pensions
214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the total expenditure by his Department on pension payments to former civil servants in each of the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- EU Directives
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the audio-visual media services directive will be fully transposed into Irish law; the details of the deadlines that will be...
- Tourism Industry
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of domestic and international tourists, respectively, visiting each county annually since 1 January 2010, in tabular...
- Arts Council
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the dance bursary award, distributed by the Arts Council in 2022, will be open again in 2023 for applications; and if she will...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an increase to the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and housing aid for older people...
- Traveller Accommodation
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on an application by Cork City Council to build firewalls in Traveller bays. [52488/22]
- Housing Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the funding put in place for local authorities allowing them to purchase properties from landlords, if he will...
- Construction Industry
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait time for approval by the National Standards Authority of Ireland of new biobased construction materials....
- Housing Schemes
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the criteria local authorities use when buying homes for social housing under the Social Housing...
- Planning Issues
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implications that the recent enquiry into the affairs of An Bord Pleanála have for the status of previous decisions...
- Housing Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the croí cónaithe scheme will be extended to cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52537/22]
- Housing Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in the insurance survey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52545/22]
- Planning Issues
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for processing submissions made to the housing supply clearing house; the status of an application made by a...
- Housing Schemes
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider issuing a circular to local authorities advising them that a degree of prioritisation be given to retained...
- Derelict Sites
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites on the derelict sites register of each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Meetings
237. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the interactions his Department has had with the visiting delegation from the Polisario Front of Western Sahara during their visit and if...
- Electricity Supply Board
238. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the quantity of coal that has been purchased by the ESB from the Cerrejón coalmine in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Birth Registration
239. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an application for a foreign birth registration will be processed (details supplied) the reason for the delay in processing the...
- Birth Certificates
240. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a lost foreign birth certificate will be re-issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing this new...
- Foreign Birth Registration
241. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied) when supporting documentation will be...
- Foreign Conflicts
242. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he and his officials have had with regard to the present civil war in Tigray, Ethiopia; the measures that are being taken at...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
243. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm that in the new Defence Forces structure that emerges as a result of the recommendations set out in the Report of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for a school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes; the total number of Irish-medium primary schools in Dublin by...
- School Enrolments
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the policy that the board of management in a school (details supplied) have in place regarding the...
- Schools Building Projects
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the funding for buildings at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52510/22]
- School Transport
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a 22-seater bus will be commissioned to accommodate students (details supplied) given that an additional 18-seater bus has been put in place...
- Departmental Data
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of the number of leases and annual expenditure on same for primary and secondary school buildings by county; and...
- State Examinations
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Junior Certificate results of 2022 will be issued to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52608/22]
- School Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time that it takes her Department to put a new teaching contract into payment; the reason that it is taking up to eight weeks to...
- School Transport
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the provision of a school bus ticket for a pupil (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Workplace Relations Commission
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a comment in relation to a WRC case (details supplied) which states that Dublin South MABS was in breach...
- School Meals Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding for school meals has been increased in line with inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52572/22]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if fuel allowance is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52643/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the €500 payment for people with disabilities to those who have moved to the State...
- Social Welfare Benefits
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all outstanding benefit payments due to a person (details supplied) will be paid immediately; and if she will confirm the...
- State Pensions
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a State pension in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved as three...
- Social Welfare Payments
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the correct payment option was not applied to a fuel allowance claim for a person (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if data (details supplied) in relation to the secondment of staff from her Department to the local employment service will be...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the wage subsidy scheme is not available to disabled people who are self-employed; if she will consider...
- Departmental Data
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disabled people who availed of the wage subsidy scheme in each year from 2017 to 2021; the expenditure on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if child benefit will continue to be paid to a person (details supplied) who is in full-time education. [52549/22]
- Community Employment Schemes
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the payments that are due to a person (details supplied) will be issued to them as soon as possible. [52556/22]
- State Pensions
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52578/22]
- Employment Support Services
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the position of the local employment services in Clondalkin and Tallaght, specifically the reason that 39...
- Social Welfare Payments
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current weekly entitlement in respect of a payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if continued PRSI-based entitlements continue whilst the applicant is in receipt of invalidity pension in the case of a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum allowable income from employment while retaining disability allowance for a patient with a heart condition and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if fuel allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in regard to disability entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for working family payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Code
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection due to the cost of living crisis, her plans to reintroduce child benefit payments to those parents of children aged 18 to 22...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Schemes
283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the applications to date to the Magdalen laundries redress...
- Family Resource Centres
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to an increase in funding to all Family Resource Centres, so that all FRCs receive a minimum...
- DNA Database
285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider his position to set up a database to hold DNA samples of family members of those who were...
- Childcare Services
286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that childminders who have a service reference number for their premises are Tusla registered and...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if early years' service providers who provide early years education from their personal private residence are...
- Departmental Schemes
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Mother and Baby Institutions payment scheme will be extended to those who spent less than the prescribed...
- Childcare Services
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all early years and SAC services that are in receipt of the graduate premium. [52496/22]
- Direct Provision System
292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of the progress that has been made since the publication of a white...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices who failed a phase; and the number who dropped out in each of the past five years by phase in tabular form. [52506/22]
- Third Level Fees
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all third level students who are attending publicly funded third level colleges are entitled to the €1,000 cut in student fees,...
- Further and Higher Education
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which part-time students were unable to participate in an in-person graduation ceremony in...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic Violence
297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the interdepartmental group with responsibility for refuge provision in the State; and if she will make a...
- Statutory Instruments
298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has amended certain statutory instruments in Section 9 of the Garda Síochána Functions and Operational Areas...
- An Garda Síochána
299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits who have left the force within two years of completion of training in each of the years 2018...
- Rights of the Child
300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislative change is required in order to ensure that the paramount rights of children are fully vindicated and protected...
- Probation and Welfare Service
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a series of matters in relation to an organisation (details supplied) will be clarified; and if she will make a statement on...
- Family Reunification
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a join family visa lodged by a person (details supplied); the...
- Immigration Status
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Rights of the Child
305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to place on hold the current work/research underway in respect of parental alienation until her Department...
- Departmental Data
306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she and her Department are currently combatting organised crime; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which gardaí injured in the course of their duties are being compensated or are in course thereof; and if...
- Child Abuse
310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which investigations into child abuse continue vigorously in order to ensure the safety of children in the home...
- Prison Service
311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which educational or rehabilitative provision is being made for first-time offenders while in prison with a view...
- Departmental Data
312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons deemed to have committed further offences while on bail in each of the past ten years; and if she will...
- Child Protection
313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if private bus drivers who are engaged in the transportation of children are subject to Garda vetting. [52679/22]
- Department of Health
- Disability Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will carry-out a thorough national audit on those living with disabilities in this country which will help inform the Government on the needs...
- Medicinal Products
315. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has any plans to reintroduce the medication ozempic, for treatment for diabetes, to be covered under the medical card scheme or the drug...
- Departmental Strategies
316. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is developing a strategy for carers; if closer integration of the work of his Department with other agencies is envisaged; and...
- Departmental Projects
317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any progress made on the DRIVE project to build the capacity of communities to respond more effectively to drug-related...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
318. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 2021 application to the HSE to have the NovoPen 6 and the NovoPen Echo plus smart insulin pens included for reimbursement on the long-term...
- Vaccination Programme
319. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to roll-out an additional Covid-19 booster for the wider population. [52460/22]
- Health Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has any initiatives to run harm-reduction education programmes around addiction for young people. [47510/22]
- Disability Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the action that he is taking to improve children’s disability services. [49681/22]
- Health Services Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the pro-active measures that he and his Department are now taking to attract physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and...
- Dental Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Departmental review of the dental medical card scheme; if a timeline can be provided for its completion; his plans to alleviate...
- Health Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government will call for an extension of medical device directive certificates (details supplied) until the notified body capacity is resolved, in order...
- Disability Services
327. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 12 October 2022, that recipients of the supplementary blind welfare allowance will receive a cost-of-living double...
- Nursing Homes
329. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of a closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in which the relatives of residents were only informed of its...
- Substance Misuse
330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, the national drug treatment reporting system: 2015-2021 drug...
- Legislative Measures
332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill 2022. [52553/22]
- Medicinal Products
333. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug plaquenil will be approved for use in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52558/22]
- Legislative Reviews
334. To ask the Minister for Health if the independent evaluation carried out by a university (details supplied) as part of the termination of pregnancy legislation review will be made publicly...
- Dental Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public-only dentists working in County Clare in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 and in October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52574/22]
- Mental Health Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the total money allocated to mental health in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52590/22]
- Substance Misuse
341. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that will be allocated to the progression of peer support and recovery services; the way in which it will be spent; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
342. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that will be allocated to the progression of the roll-out of more digital mental health supports; the way in which it will be spent; and...
- Eating Disorders
349. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding in budget 2023 that has been allocated for eating disorders, excluding existing levels of service; the way in which this funding will be...
- Mental Health Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding in budget 2023 that has been allocated for primary care psychology, excluding existing levels of service; the way in which this funding...
- Hospital Facilities
351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the ward at Letterkenny University Hospital that accommodate both haematology and oncology patients; and his plans to add to this number...
- Departmental Funding
353. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is satisfied that there are robust systems in place to prevent payments continuing to be issued under the GMS system to persons who are...
- Health Services
354. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52617/22]
- Disability Services
355. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision made in 2011 about congregated settings will be reversed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52625/22]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
356. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for an extension of the medical device directive and active implantable medical device directive certificates; and...
- Medical Cards
360. To ask the Minister for Health if and when full medical cards may be restored in the case of two persons (details supplied) whose medical needs are numerous and demanding; and if he will...
- Health Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the delivery of health services in the community and throughout the hospital service is geared to meet the challenges of the coming winter;...
- General Practitioner Services
364. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts are being made to replace GPs where the incumbents have retired leaving vacancies throughout the country; the number of such...
- Hospital Staff
365. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which nursing staff throughout the public hospital staff is adequate or otherwise to meet the requirements; and if he will make a statement on...
- Healthcare Policy
368. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the various changes and requirements needed to fully introduce Sláintecare are being pursued at present; and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Centres
371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres fully operational in County Kildare and throughout the country at the present time; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
372. To ask the Minister for Health the degree by which it is intended to reduce the numbers on hospital waiting lists by whatever means over the next twelve months; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Education
373. To ask the Minister for Health his response to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to nursing students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52677/22]
- Departmental Data
374. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time in County Louth for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52683/22]
- Medical Cards
375. To ask the Minister for Health when the expansion in the GP visit card and medical card scheme, as announced in Budget 2023, will be brought into effect; if there will be a recruitment...
- National Children's Hospital
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether the proposed tax on concrete and concrete products will incur additional cost with regard to the development of the new...
- Energy Prices
377. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a funding stream available for those in palliative care or those with medical devices that increases their electricity bills to support them in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected average annual payment for farmers participating in the agri-climate rural environmental scheme; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected area of afforestation which will be planted in November and December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Industry
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the cap on work permits in the meat processing sector will be increased as a matter of urgency given that some companies in the...
- Agriculture Industry
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals in the national dairy herd in each of the years 2003 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Horticulture Sector
385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers wholly or partly engaged in horticulture in the State; the number that were engaged in the activity from 1922...
- Agriculture Industry
386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers wholly or partly engaged in poultry production in the State; the number from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make...
- Forestry Sector
389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact date the financial incentives for the new forestry programme will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application to the community centre investment fund of a facility (details supplied).; and if she...
