Written answers

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are available to incentivise farmers to erect solar panels on rooftops and to establish anaerobic digestion schemes;...
    • Fishing Industry
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the atypical working scheme for non-EEA crew will now enable vessels under 15 metres in length to hire non-EEA crew given that...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that is being provided for the roll-out of the new CAP Strategic Plan to support farm investment and encourage climate and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the ramping-up of energy production on Irish farms and in particular, the use of anaerobic digesters. [53252/22]
    • Live Exports
      82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a livestock vessel (details supplied) did not dock at Alexandria port on 13 October 2022 as was authorised by him, but...
    • Animal Diseases
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when provision will be made in the TB compensation scheme to provide for realistic payments for pedigree animals that are depopulated;...
    • Agriculture Industry
      84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the efforts by his Department to address issues regarding farmer mental health given that a recent study to coincide...
    • Food Security
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to maintain and develop food security in Ireland given the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on European food...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 26 May 2022 and No. 133 of 31 March 2022, the progress that has been made to date in...
    • Forestry Sector
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the forestry programme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53246/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to liaise with the energy and climate reduction sectors to ensure that both agriculture production...
    • Forestry Sector
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that he is taking in response to backlogs in the forestry licensing system. [53208/22]
    • Control of Horses
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is sufficient legislation to deal with the challenge of wandering and stray horses in urban areas; and...
    • Animal Diseases
      93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation payments will be increased in respect of the depopulation of animals and herds due to TB; if particular provision...
    • Forestry Sector
      94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any measures to introduce a new ash dieback scheme for impacted landowners will be included in the new forestry programme; and if...
    • Agriculture Industry
      95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken efforts to measure the average percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser in each of the past five...
    • Veterinary Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the veterinary industry regarding the considerable shortage of qualified vets; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who availed of a grant under the sheep welfare scheme in 2022. [53060/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to facilitate farmers’ trading carbon credits; if he intends to establish a verifiable framework to record and...
    • Brexit Issues
      101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the destination of Irish agri-food exports post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52960/22]
    • Trade Agreements
      102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with his ministerial colleagues regarding the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. [53095/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of efforts to address the backlog in forestry licence issuance and meeting afforestation targets; and if he will make a...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the impact of the revised CAP on agriculture production and exports given that Ireland...
    • Forestry Sector
      105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are financial supports and premia in the new forestry plan for those with ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Control of Horses
      106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses that were seized and-or impounded for trespass and for non-compliance with chipping law and regulation by county...
    • Fishing Industry
      107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the current distribution of the mackerel allocation aligns with the State’s obligations under Article 17 of the...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the allocations in Budget 2023 to his Department will help tackle the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in relation to research with regard to the development of varieties of ash trees that will be resistant...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider expanding the number of equine groups partaking in the discussions on the exact entry criteria and...
    • Animal Welfare
      111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his plans to target the sale and distribution of animals through illicit puppy farms; and if he will make a statement...
    • Trade Agreements
      112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the announced increases in the Brazilian national herd comparable to the total cattle population in this State; and any...
    • Fishing Industry
      113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 28 September 2022, the details of any analysis carried out by his Department regarding...
    • Brexit Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the funding levels in Budget 2023 for public marine infrastructure. [53211/22]
    • Cost of Living Issues
      115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that his Department has taken to reduce the economic burden on farmers as a result of the rapid increase in the cost of...
    • Forestry Sector
      116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the continued failure to meet forestry licence issuance and afforestation targets. [53174/22]
    • Fishing Industry
      117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made, along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to reinstate access for...
    • Food Security
      118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on Ireland’s food security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53322/22]
    • Animal Diseases
      119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration that was given to the additional cost associated with complying with new TB regulations; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to make supports available for those wishing to introduce solar energy generation on their farms; and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that Ireland’s agriculture sector will reach its emissions reduction goals. [53259/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding information relating to gas security for dairy processors in view of record gas shortages in the EU; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of basic payments that have been issued to farmers to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Industry
      126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers leaving the sector on an annual basis over the past ten years. [53056/22]
    • Horticulture Sector
      127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in implementing the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticultural...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum number of applicants who will be accepted into the agri-climate rural environment scheme; the closing date for the...
    • Trade Agreements
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the UK-Australia beef trade deal; and the effect that it will have on Ireland. [53257/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts that have been made to form a sheep industry group recommended in the wool feasibility study published in July 2022; and...
    • Forestry Sector
      132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a report of the reconstitution and underplanting ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to resolve the unfair situation regarding the group of farmers known as the so-called ‘forgotten...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by farmers regarding the ACRES scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Marine Environment
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the biodiversity impact on marine life of failing to change to renewable energy sources over carbon-based energy...
    • Fishing Industry
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who availed of the grant under the straw incorporation measure in 2021. [53059/22]
    • Tax Code
      143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the inclusion of farmland in active use in the residential zoned land tax; if he has engaged with the Minister for...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends extending the closing date for lodging applications under the new agri-climate rural environment scheme in view of the...
    • Undefined
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any plans currently in place to ensure food security in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the measures that are in place to reduce the backlog in felling and planting licence applications; and if he...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be made available under the new CAP for the dairy beef calf programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      148. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons currently working in the Government press office and the Merrion Street content team in tabular form. [52769/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who received a general employment permit for a sector (details supplied) since the start of 2017 who applied...
    • Departmental Staff
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form....
    • Work Permits
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm that his Department is currently accepting new employment permit applications for the role of dairy farm...
    • Departmental Properties
      154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if he...
    • Industrial Development
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the full list of sites theIDA holds in its land bank; the locations of these sites; their size in hectares and...
    • Work Permits
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a case again (details supplied); if he will advise his official that despite the Parliamentary Question reply no...
    • Human Rights
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out any investigation or received any briefing into the conduct of an Irish company (details supplied)...
    • Energy Prices
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53031/22]
    • Industrial Development
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data centre projects in which IDA Ireland have invested over the past ten years; and the volume of funding in tabular...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to provide target supports to self-employed disabled people and disabled entrepreneurs. [53271/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the expected impact of the Sick Leave Act 2022; the number of businesses that currently pay sick pay for a...
    • Employment Rights
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that his Department is taking to ensure that the security industry employment regulation order in relation to the minimum...
    • Intellectual Property
      166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to improve the intellectual property rights of performers and actors in this State to match the rights and royalties...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the total training budget allocated in 2021 to the 31 local enterprise offices for their local training initiatives...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Expenditure
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the total budget in 2021 allocated to the funding of staff roles, including part payments for centre...
    • National Broadband Plan
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the European Commission’s definition of ‘high speed broadband’ increasing from 30 Mbps would...
    • Energy Conservation
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons who are living in stone cottages and farmhouses have been...
    • Energy Prices
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average annual cost of electricity and gas charged to households since 1990 to date; and the way that the cost...
    • Departmental Staff
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in...
    • National Broadband Plan
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement that has occurred between National Broadband Ireland and third-party broadband companies in relation to...
    • National Postcode System
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) will be provided with an Eircode for a new property before the next scheduled update of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a matter in relation to the installation of a photovoltaic system (details supplied) will be examined; if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 4 October 2022, if there are any outstanding approvals of superannuation...
    • Energy Policy
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the energy regulator stating that it has no function in dealing with former...
    • Electricity Supply
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of domestic electricity disconnections that have occurred due to non-payment of account in County Donegal in...
    • Energy Prices
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the details of the EU energy package; the way that this €40 billion redeployment of regional...
    • Energy Policy
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the sale and supply of bituminous coal; and if he will make a...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to the use of vertical-axis wind turbines throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Air Quality
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to improve air quality in Glanmire, County Cork. [53147/22]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Minister for Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of reviewing...
    • Energy Policy
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the purchase of emergency generation capacity and mobile turbines; the total cost...
    • Energy Prices
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the CRU regarding energy companies increasing their standing charge at a time of unprecedented...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in Kyle, Cloughjordan, County Tipperary (details supplied); if the acquisition...
    • Energy Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider withdrawing Ireland from the Energy Charter Treaty, noting that Italy has already withdrawn and...
    • Energy Conservation
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that persons who are in receipt of the blind pension and invalidity pension are not automatically eligible...
    • Climate Change Policy
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions, if any, that have been taken to inform relevant bodies of their obligations under section 15 of the...
    • National Postcode System
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to ensure that new Eircodes are assigned in a timely manner rather than in batches every...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made to date in the roll-out of fast charging points for electric vehicles across the country; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to deliver a town bus service in Clonmel, County Tipperary, given that Clonmel is now included in the...
    • National Development Plan
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of priority projects in his Department under the national development plan. [52690/22]
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an aircraft (details supplied) that arrived at Shannon Airport on 13 October 2022 and left on 14 October 2022, was approved to...
    • Rail Network
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide a list of DART stations with CCTV-monitored bicycle parking in tabular form. [52717/22]
    • Departmental Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the “exceptional file” also known as the ghost file generated by his Department’s...
    • Legislative Measures
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 1 March 2022, in which he advises that things are “progressing”, if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52791/22]
    • Departmental Properties
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of properties that are being leased by his Department that are currently vacant; and if he will provide a list of such...
    • School Transport
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the safe-routes-to-school programme. [52920/22]
    • Driver Test
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of the current appeals process for contesting a failed driving test due to alleged faulty brake lights;...
    • Bus Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a new bus route from Carlow to New Ross route A62; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52978/22]
    • Departmental Projects
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study of Metrolink south west Dublin is included within the Budget for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering implementing a Leap-90 system for Galway city, given that passengers must transfer buses in Eyre Square...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend section 81 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to allow for the use of CCTV evidence in cases of parking in bus lanes, parking...
    • Bus Services
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the issues caused by delays in the 17 and 75 bus routes (details supplied); if he will ensure that...
    • Cycling Policy
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider issuing a directive that cyclists and scooter users should have bells on their bicycle or scooter for safety reasons...
    • Bus Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the poor service provided by company (details supplied) on many of its routes, including late and cancelled...
    • Electric Vehicles
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for his Department and the Local Government Management Agency to publish plans to deliver EV charging...
    • Dublin Bus
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant positions currently in Dublin Bus, noting the ongoing recruitment campaign to recruit 450 drivers and 50 mechanics...
    • Bus Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of hybrid, electric and hydrogen buses that will be delivered in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [53184/22]
    • Driver Test
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus and heavy goods vehicles driving tests that were carried out in each driving test centre within County Tipperary in...
    • Public Transport
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration that is being given to bringing forward a standalone feasibility study into light rail, including very light rail in...
    • Rail Network
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to carry out a feasibility study for a dual railway line between Mullingar and Maynooth. [53329/22]
    • Bus Services
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of an application for funding for a town bus service for Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cycling Policy
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that County Galway was excluded from pathfinder funding for cycling and active travel projects; and if he will make a...
    • Haulage Industry
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the measures that he is taking to support hauliers with the increasing price of fuel; if there are plans...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an alternative option for sending the W62 route from Tallaght to Newcastle on to Adamstown train station via the...
    • Road Safety Authority
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to allow for the recruitment of additional driver testers particularly within County Offaly where there is...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the service regularity of the 33X-bus in north County Dublin, as there has been a noticeable reduction in...
    • Aviation Industry
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the open recruitment competition for the new CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority will commence; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the taxation system which may act as an obstacle to increasing (the development of solar energy aimed at farmers and persons with suitable...
    • Tax Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected from non-tax resident landlords on their rental income in Ireland each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52780/22]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that there is no appeals mechanism for the refusal of an application for a primary medical certificate; when will he reinstate the disabled...
    • Legal Tender
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position regarding coinage and bank notes as legal tender in the State; if shops, restaurants, pubs, cinemas and traders in general are legally...
    • Tax Code
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification in relation to benefit-in-kind on company cars (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53028/22]
    • Tax Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised by each local authority since the introduction of the local property tax, by year, amount eligible to raise before local-adjustment factor...
    • Tax Code
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if the agriculture sector will be exempt from the concrete levy due to the nature of its business and the large quantities of concrete that are required for...
    • Financial Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with banks and or the Central Bank in respect of the timeframes that the banks have set for borrowers to draw down mortgages once approval...
    • Official Engagements
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he had a bilateral meeting with the US Federal Reserve Board Chairperson, Mr Jerome Powell during his recent visit to Washington DC. [53188/22]
    • Tax Code
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the benefit-in-kind by 40% which will reduce the income for workers who need a company vehicle to carry out their duty; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which a percentage of the section 481 tax relief for film production can be obtained up front in advance of production; and the way that this...
    • Tax Code
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider requesting the Revenue Commissioners to streamline and simplify the online filing of form 11s to include a method to automatically...
    • Tax Reliefs
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue foregone through tax reliefs related to airplane leasing by income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, value added tax, gift...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Development Plan
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects that have been removed from the priority list under the national development plan. [52691/22]
    • Flood Risk Management
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 4 October 2022, if he will provide a further update on the selection of a contractor for the...
    • Departmental Staff
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52786/22]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clearly outline the maximum lump sum and pension benefits payable for civil and public service retirees in all grades from...
    • Departmental Properties
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if he will...
    • Education and Training Boards
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science's reply to Parliamentary Question 140 of 18...
    • National Lottery
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52957/22]
    • Office of Public Works
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the plans of the Office of Public Works for a site (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Appointments Service
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans, if any, to reform the commission for public service appointments to ensure that public appointments can be done in a timely...
    • Tax Collection
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of expenditure from the revenue gained by carbon tax. [53345/22]
    • Flood Risk Management
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supports that are available to homeowners that have been impacted by flooding in the past and who can no longer obtain flood...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Film Industry
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify the authority or function Fís Éireann holds as a State body to make decisions relating to the...
    • Departmental Staff
      281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons working in her Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form....
    • Census of Population
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider making the 1926 census public in the near future, rather than waiting for the 100-year mark as is custom in...
    • Sports Events
      283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to host a reception for the Irish women’s football team following their success in getting to the World...
    • Film Industry
      284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the growing number of film studios applying for and being granted planning permission across...
    • Arts Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the overall 8,206 eligible applicants for the basic income for the arts scheme and of the 584 recipients described...
    • Culture Night
      287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the overall spend on Culture Night 2022; the total number of artists, performers and workers that participated and received...
    • Arts Centres
      288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been provided to a project (details supplied); the funding commitment, if any, that has been committed...
    • Sports Events
      289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she intends to develop and publish a policy on the hosting of international sports events that will align the efforts of...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if works will be carried out on a bridge in the Black Valley, Killarney (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Schemes
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government has plans to re-evaluate the way in which local authority housing tenant’s rent rates are calculated...
    • Derelict Sites
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a dwelling can be deemed as derelict by a local authority under the Derelict Sites Act 1990, when the property is in fact...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines or plans that the Government has in place to ensure that there is a comprehensive and meaningful consultation...
    • Departmental Staff
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular...
    • Housing Provision
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been delivered to date via the serviced sites fund, affordable housing fund,...
    • Building Regulations
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of authorised officers under Article 11 of the European Union (Construction Products) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No....
    • Wildlife Regulations
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next obligatory Report on the Status of Ireland’s Seabirds to the EU Commission is due to be completed and...
    • Housing Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of one-off houses purchased by each local authority in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have recently been given an instruction to purchase one-off houses for tenants with a notice to quit or...
    • Local Authorities
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that will be given to local authorities to employ disability officers by local authority in tabular form. [52936/22]
    • Housing Policy
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the income threshold for social housing was increased in only five of 31 local authority areas; if he will...
    • Building Regulations
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet an association (details supplied) in relation to amending Part M of the Building Regulations; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he and his Department are taking to meet their public sector duties under Article 19 of the United Nations CRPD,...
    • Building Regulations
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for not including dwelling design for wheelchair users to a UD ++ standard in the design manual for quality...
    • Water Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will carry out an audit on the response times between Irish Water and local authorities; if his Department...
    • Housing Schemes
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to provide housing-with-care accommodation schemes in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local adjustment factor for each local authority since the introduction of the local property tax by local authority, year...
    • Housing Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the progress that has been made to date on the preparation of a remediation scheme for apartments with...
    • Housing Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all housing estates and properties not under the purview of local authorities; the number of...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available in Cork for survivors of institutional abuse who find themselves homeless. [53142/22]
    • Marine Environment
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on Ireland’s marine protected areas [53276/22]
    • Constitutional Amendments
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered to hold both the referendum on housing and the referendum on public ownership of water together; when it...
    • Planning Issues
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the consolidation of planning legislation planned for the last quarter of 2022 is to occur, taking into account the...
    • Housing Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the plan under the last quarter of 2022 to increase the borrowing capacity of the Housing Finance Agency to help...
    • Water Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will liaise with the Local Government Management Agency and the County and City Management Association with respect to...
    • Planning Issues
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of recommendations pertaining to county development plans that have been issued to him from the Office of the...
    • Housing Schemes
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he is aware of persons who apply under homeless housing assistance payment, HAP, in the jurisdiction of...
    • Environmental Policy
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the total number of tree preservation orders that are currently in place nationally; the number that...
    • Building Regulations
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the consultative committee on building regulations and fire safety; the number of meetings that the committee...
    • Local Authorities
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the total number of special amenity areas currently in place nationally; the number designated in the...
    • Animal Diseases
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 12 October 2022, if information regarding the investigation of swan mortalities at...
    • Local Area Plans
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Labre park redevelopment on the Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot; his plans for play space; and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Government in relation to the ongoing situation in Haiti and the widespread anti-government protests; and if his...
    • Departmental Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52781/22]
    • National Security Committee
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Fuzhou overseas police service station which has opened on Capel Street Dublin, as part of the...
    • Foreign Policy
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a recent speech by a person (details supplied) in which they compared Europe to a garden and the world to a jungle; his views...
    • Passport Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of passports in each month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53177/22]
    • Civil Registration Service
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on an application for a certificate of freedom to marry for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Common Travel Area
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with his UK counterpart the need to amend common travel area arrangements to ensure that persons who are resident in...
    • Visa Agreements
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made recent representations to his UK counterparts in relation to proposals to introduce a visa waiver programme which would...
    • Foreign Policy
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Algerian embassy and the Algerian government in connection with the disappearance of an Algerian...
    • United Nations
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the engagement that he has had at UN Security Council-level with regard to the ongoing crackdown on peaceful protest in Iran;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      353. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52776/22]
    • Departmental Properties
      354. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if he will provide...
    • Ukraine War
      356. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 18 October 2022, the locations in which the in-person meetings of the Ukraine defence contact group...
    • Defence Forces
      357. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in the UK excluding Northern Ireland in 2020,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      359. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department received a request for assistance from the HSE and the Department Heath during the Covid -19 pandemic for a specific nursing...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her assistance on a matter which has been passed between multiple departments relating to the lack of funding for trainee educational and child...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monetary value of the support that each school can avail of to install solar panels. [53574/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) that has been approved funding under the additional accommodation scheme will receive approval to go to tender;...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that exist for trainee educational and child psychologists in the earlier years of a course (details supplied); and if the NEPS will...
    • School Accommodation
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the issues presenting at a school (details supplied) as a consequence of two schools sharing the same...
    • Departmental Funding
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available from her Department to assist schools with the cost of school tours for pupils; if there are plans to establish a funding...
    • State Examinations
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2022 Junior Certificate exam results will be given to the students who sat the exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons working in her Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52777/22]
    • School Transport
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the process for allocating a school bus escort and or special needs assistant...
    • State Examinations
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review her Department’s decision that from September 2023, Leaving Certificate candidates will take paper 1 in Irish and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the situation in relation to substitution cover particularly for ASD classes at primary level (details supplied);...
    • Irish Language
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on efforts to develop an Irish language policy for the education system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding trainee educational psychologists; and if she will make...
    • School Admissions
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied); the options that are open to the parent to ensure that the child gets a school place;...
    • Departmental Properties
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant properties that are owned by her Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if she will provide...
    • School Staff
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a salary certificate will be expedited and issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52879/22]
    • School Admissions
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a school place for a Ukrainian child (details supplied) who is living in Fairways, Donabate and is unable to find a school...
    • School Transport
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket to attend a school in Carrickmacross as was the case in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence from a school principal (details supplied); if the project can receive State funding; if she will...
    • School Facilities
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the schedule for the commencement and completion of construction of the long-delayed college (details supplied) in view of...
    • School Textbooks
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending the free schoolbooks scheme to voluntary primary schools; if she will consider a mechanism to allow these schools...
    • School Transport
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that Bus Éireann has issued a generalised response to only one of 24 queries in relation to school transport (details supplied);...
    • School Staff
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on work that is underway to improve pay and terms and conditions for school caretakers similar to that achieved for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all required special needs' assistant supports are in place for a school (details supplied). [53226/22]
    • School Transport
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the provision of a school transport service for a student (details supplied). [53263/22]
    • Transport Policy
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special transport grant has been provided to a person (details supplied); the length of time that that they will have to wait for the...
    • School Transport
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that is being taken to address the current delays in the provision of SEN school transport in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the planning application by a school (details supplied) in north County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be reviewed for re-mapping for school transport given that it is located in Malahide, County Dublin and not...
    • School Patronage
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that her Department plays in the funding and management of Sudbury schools which are located around the country; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53304/22]
    • School Accommodation
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give favourable consideration to an application by Longford Westmeath ETB for a new HQ to be located at Columb Barrack, Mullingar....
    • School Transport
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for a school bus ticket can be re-assessed for a family (details supplied). [53362/22]
    • School Accommodation
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of proposals for an additional accommodation request from a school (details supplied); if her attention...
    • School Transport
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53437/22]
    • State Examinations
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay by the State Examinations Commission in processing appeals submitted by Leaving Certificate students (details supplied)...
    • School Transport
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus service route (details supplied) in County Clare which was cancelled without notice will be reinstated as a matter of urgency...
    • School Patronage
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the need for a non-denominational, coeducational secondary school for the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment in...
    • School Enrolments
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 7 July 2022, if she will take steps to address the high level of boys who leave the Killester,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing a finished autism class in each school in Dublin 12 to serve as a model area in particular to address the need...
    • School Transport
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in an urgent school transport case for a child (details supplied). [53522/22]
    • School Curriculum
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department intends to issue a joint circular which explicitly states that schools should not use alcohol educational resources developed...
    • Special Educational Needs
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 19 October 2022, her plans to increase the number of generalised learning disability units to...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Rates
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to calls by an organisation (details supplied) to raise all core social protection rates by...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s benefit payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be extended and...
    • State Pensions
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will provide a record of the insurance contributions made by a person (details supplied); the way that the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that illness benefit recipients are excluded from the cost-of-living double payment, particularly those who are on...
    • Education and Training Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the training and progression programme for young adults with additional needs can be maintained and remain operational;...
    • Departmental Staff
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons working in her Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular...
    • State Pensions
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the employment income disregards for persons in receipt of non-contributory widow's pension;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that persons who have paid a certain contribution (details supplied) with limited income cannot qualify for the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52811/22]
    • Social Welfare Code
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance that her Department can provide a person (details supplied). [52812/22]
    • State Pensions
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and her Department have plans to revert the contribution eligibility criteria for the State pension (contributory) to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extra benefits announced in Budget 2023 for people on disability allowance will be available to those who have come...
    • State Pensions
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details on the way in which the total contribution approach for calculating pensions will be phased in...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52898/22]
    • Community Welfare Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans for community welfare services in south Donegal given that there is currently a post vacant and there are a number...
    • Social Welfare Code
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any assistance towards electricity and fuel bills is available to a person (details supplied) who is currently in receipt...
    • State Pensions
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the refusal of a pension (non-contributory) will be examined for a person (details supplied). [52948/22]
    • Social Welfare Code
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any further assistance is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52950/22]
    • State Pensions
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an issue (details supplied) in relation to D stamp pensioners; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that there is no supplementary welfare for persons on low income or who are in receipt of social welfare payments...
    • Fuel Prices
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider a decision in respect of eligibility for the disability allowance in cases in which the medical...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm that there has been no community welfare officer in the Tallaght Intreo office since 2020; and if not,...
    • Fuel Poverty
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase to the living alone allowance is calculable income when qualifying for the fuel allowance. [53078/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal by a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Costs
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects her Department to complete exploratory work regarding proposals from an organisation (details supplied); if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of an occupational private pension and who is living alone can apply for the living alone...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly in the Budget 2023 proposals in which participants on community employment schemes will...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the regime in which persons who work past the age of 66 years can continue to claim the contributory...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 October 2022, the basis on which long-Covid does not constitute a prescribed...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance in cases in which a person who is in receipt of a...
    • School Meals Programme
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 13 October 2022, 50745/22, if the review of the school meals programme includes...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is resident in Ireland (details supplied) and is working for an English company and therefore, paying tax and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if foster parents receive a backdated child benefit payment when their foster child is six months under their care; and if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if foster parents can apply for the back to school allowance for children in their care; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that illness benefit recipients are excluded from the autumn double payment and the Christmas bonus payment; if...
    • Community Welfare Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allocate more staff to the local community welfare offices to deal with the increased workload CWOs are...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the salaries for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Payments
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request a review into week pension rate for a person (details supplied) given that the weekly rate has recently...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow recipients of the old-age pension in cases in which a person is residing in the house with their parents to...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification on whether partial capacity recipients will be in a position to claim the €500...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a payment to her Department by the UK DHSS for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Public Services Card
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will arrange to have an appointment system put in place for a public service card procedures in view of the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Children in Care
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to increase the rates for foster parents given that rates have not increased in ten years. [53427/22]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding increases, if any, have been made to the Early Childhood Care and Education scheme since its...
    • Childcare Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstance of the closure of a school (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Ukraine War
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider providing a temporary structure for communal purposes for the 300 Ukrainian residents who...
    • Departmental Staff
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team...
    • Family Resource Centres
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that is available for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Language
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on efforts to develop an Irish language policy for the pre-school education system;...
    • Departmental Properties
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the long-term plans for a premises (details supplied) that is owned by the Housing Agency; and if he will make a...
    • Ukraine War
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation in a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Cork (details supplied), in...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the specific allocation to his Department in Budget 2023 for the implementation of the...
    • Ukraine War
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of communal space for an organisation (details supplied); and if...
    • Parental Leave
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase the age of a child for whom a parent wants to take parental leave to above 12...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is anything in the terms of the core funding agreement that precludes creche and Montessori schools...
    • Ukraine War
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to increase the accommodation recognition payment for households accommodating Ukrainian refugees...
    • Children in Care
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will shorten the time that foster parents have to wait to receive the child benefit payment...
    • Ukraine War
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees that Ireland has welcomed and accommodated since the invasion of their country...
    • Departmental Staff
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional staff members have been allocated to his Department to manage the increase in work...
    • Legislative Reviews
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 20 September 2022, if the proposed review of the Equality Acts will...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details from the records available to his Department of the number of persons who spend less...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Staff
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason retired persons with qualifying pensions at a college (details supplied) have not yet received the 1% pay increase that was granted in...
    • Departmental Staff
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52782/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 20 September 2022, if he will provide further details on the matter; and if he will make a statement...
    • Irish Language
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on efforts to develop an Irish language policy for the post-Leaving Certificate and tertiary education system; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if he will provide a...
    • Third Level Fees
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all third level students regardless of their SUSI entitlements will be eligible for the €1,000 reduction in student contribution fees...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that aircraft engineering apprentices who are in phase 2 of their training which must be completed in...
    • Third Level Fees
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for a SUSI grant on the grounds of parental estrangement in each of the past ten years and to date in...
    • Departmental Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding provided to each campus within the Atlantic Technology University under the student assistance fund allocation for...
    • Further and Higher Education
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are in place for students (details supplied) who are not a typical course drop-out who wish to return to the education system...
    • Third Level Fees
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if life-long learning students will be eligible for the reimbursement of fees which is being paid to full-time students (details supplied). [53158/22]
    • Research and Development
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the establishment of a centre of excellence for electronic vehicles in Mullingar. [53333/22]
    • Student Accommodation
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline and publish the borrowing framework for technological universities to provide for affordable housing. [53335/22]
    • Third Level Admissions
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the links that his Department has with the Department of Health and HSE to ensure that adequate college places are being made available each year...
    • Departmental Funding
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending criteria of eligibility for training supported under the national training fund; if he has considered a review of...
    • Research and Development
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Ireland remaining a highly-skilled economy, when State investment in research as a percentage of GDP is below the EU average. [53342/22]
    • Third Level Fees
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the student grant appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53431/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that his Department or Quality and Qualifications Ireland have in overseeing or accrediting the training provided by Fís...
    • Third Level Fees
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is correct that a person (details supplied) has been refused a SUSI grant despite being enrolled in a level 8 course in a higher education...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Multi Unit Development Act; if he will provide guidance on the criteria and thresholds that must be met...
    • An Garda Síochána
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda officers currently serving at each rank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52703/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons working in her Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular...
    • Citizenship Applications
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52907/22]
    • Residency Permits
      548. 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...
    • Citizenship Applications
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details...
    • Human Trafficking
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will overturn convictions for brothel-keeping on individuals who have subsequently been identified as victims...
    • Visa Applications
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to that has been made to date in the determination of applications in the case of persons (details supplied); when...
    • Departmental Data
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current occupancy rate in all of the State prisons; her views on the capacity in the Prison Service; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each divisional roads policing unit as of 30 April 2021 and 18 October 2022, in...
    • Coroners Service
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to county coroners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53041/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of high-powered unmarked motorcycles attached to the Garda fleet as of 31 March 2021 and 18 October 2022, in tabular...
    • Departmental Data
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for human trafficking for labour exploitation that have occurred since that offence first appeared...
    • Visa Applications
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has taken into consideration the possible impact of the recently enacted Birth and Information Tracing Act 2022 on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the staff census and workforce review of community disability network teams 2022, due to have been undertaken on 12 October 2022; the current...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting cataract surgery at University Hospital Limerick, following their...
    • Hospital Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no dedicated Parkinson’s consultant or team available in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the international scientific studies which informed his Department's decision to impose compulsory mask-wearing in certain settings during the...
    • Health Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the health centre in Rearcross, County Tipperary, has not reopened on Tuesdays as it regularly did prior to Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on screening and diagnostic waiting lists for cancer-related appointments, by location and by gender in tabular form; the number as of 10...
    • Health Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have his autism spectrum disorder assessment carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52723/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if the condition that mental illness is only covered by the long-term illness card for those under 16 years has been challenged by the Ombudsman as...
    • Mental Health Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 27 September 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the waiting times for those currently on the CAMHS waiting...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need in counties Roscommon and Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with children’s psychology services in counties Roscommon and Galway; the length of time they have been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of Covid-19 testing sites that are HSE-run in Dublin. [52742/22]
    • Health Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a weight management clinic (details supplied) has been suspended; and when the clinic will resume; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently attending a weight management clinic (details supplied) broken down by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been briefed by his officials in relation to other countries offering Covid booster vaccines to those under 50 years this winter (details supplied)....
    • Departmental Staff
      588. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of people working in the Department’s press office; communications team; and social media team. [52783/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Health when the new extension of a facility (details supplied) which is fully completed with 60 additional beds, will be fully operational; if the required number of...
    • Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in detail the number of additional step down-beds that will become available in each of the HSE operational areas from 1 November 2022,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current position in respect of the discharge of patients from hospitals to step-down facilities in cases in which the patient or their...
    • Departmental Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting physiotherapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the length of time that they have been on the waiting list; the...
    • Health Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that an organisation (details supplied) transferred its occupational therapy waiting list to the HSE in County Galway; if this has happened in other...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      596. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway; if the referral is an emergency referral; and if he...
    • National Children's Hospital
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will honour Dr. Kathleen Lynn by naming the new national children’s hospital after her, recognising both her role in paediatric health and her...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is now worse-off on their welfare payments due to increases in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 27 September 2022, the timeline for non-HSE and non-Section 39 organisations to receive their pandemic special...
    • Departmental Properties
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if he will provide a list of such...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further detail on the national diabetes registry provided for in Budget 2023; if there is a framework for the delivery of the registry; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified educational psychologists currently working within primary care services; the number of qualified educational psychologists currently...
    • Island Communities
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of health services on Arranmore island, for example the current community-registered nurse is not on the...
    • Health Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the public health nurse network in the Dublin west region; if there is a timeframe available regarding when the service will...
    • Budget 2023
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the amount of the €4 million funding in Budget 2023 requested by an organisation (details supplied) that was allocated to it; and if...
    • Health Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the digital solutions that he is exploring to target speech and language waiting lists both for adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the digital solutions that he is exploring to target CAMHS waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52919/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that entresto and medications to treat hyperemesis gravidarum have not yet been added to the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment campaign to replace the outgoing CEO of the HSE; the process and timeframe for appointing a replacement; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that day-care services in Loughrea are provided at the purpose-built facility on the St. Brendan's campus only one day each week with the service...
    • Healthcare Policy
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address supports for diagnosed coeliac sufferers to purchase gluten free food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52979/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, County Cork; the dimensions of the bedrooms; the dimensions of the building;...
    • Residential Institutions
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently residing in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal; the number who are in single-occupancy rooms; the number who are in...
    • Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended that the National Gender Service Ireland will expand its service to treat Irish children and young persons who have been diagnosed with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52997/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the staff turnover rate in the HSE for 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by grade and by hospital group and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      623. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 18 October 2022, if he will outline the way that he concluded that the terminology used represents the most...
    • Health Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department regarding the provision of community-based vasectomy services; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time that it took to fill a consultant vacancy in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, from the initial application for...
    • Health Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the suspension of a service (details supplied); the action that is being taken to resume the service and reduce waiting...
    • Health Services Staff
      630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 11 November 2021, the average length of time that it took to recruit and fill a consultant post in each of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on a hospital waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53043/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on the reimbursement of a drug (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the process; if it has not been approved, if he...
    • Disability Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families that are currently waiting for an individual family service plan in children's disability network teams; the percentage of those waiting...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to locating a community garden in Dingle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53069/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53070/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      636. To ask the Minister for Health when circadin will be available on the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of optometrists working in primary care nationwide; the action that he will take to increase the resources for...
    • Health Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the waiting list of referrals for children for appointments with community ophthalmologists; the action that he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of healthmail and the uptake throughout Ireland's health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53075/22]
    • Health Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to move the HSE adult optical scheme authorisation process online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      641. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the latest review of the accident and emergency and acute care facilities at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath, and associated...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53121/22]
    • Departmental Data
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new patients who started anti-cancer therapy in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53129/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number of GP resources and funding allocated to out-of-hours urgent GP care in the recent winter service plan for 15,000...
    • Nursing Homes
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to avoid further private nursing homes closures following inflationary cost increases; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      650. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 4 October 2022, if he will provide details, in tabular form, relating to the panel of education assessors engaged...
    • Hospital Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor injuries units in hospitals across the State; the hours each minor injuries unit operate; the number of patients treated in each unit in...
    • Health Services Staff
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical specialist teams for older persons that have been established; the current staffing complement for each team; and the number of...
    • Community Care
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community resident placements that currently exist within CHO9; the number by provider; the names of providers providing these placements; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 12 October 2022, the dates on which Department officials liaised with the Mental Health Commission with regard to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      656. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 October 2022, if he will provide details of any pay scheme that may have been agreed by his Department for...
    • Health Services
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the services and or supports that are available to women in hospital following a miscarriage, in relation to pregnancy loss and stillbirth per CHO area; and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of needs’ that have been completed to date in 2022; the number of assessments awaiting completion; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in children's disability network teams 4, 5 and in east Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53266/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide shower chairs for people with disabilities who cannot stand on their own; if one will be provided for a person (details supplied); the...
    • Legislative Measures
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations that are in place for retailers who supply tanning and sun beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53294/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is engaging with the HSE for a public awareness campaign on the dangers of tanning and sun beds, especially for younger people; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if audits of compliance are carried out on retailers who offer tanning and sun beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53296/22]
    • Departmental Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnoses of melanoma that were made through the HSE in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the review process of the role of radiation therapists; when the recommendations will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Properties
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the disposal of land by the Department of Education to his Department to provide a primary health care centre in Collinstown, Dublin 22; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if required hearing aids are covered by a full medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) who appears to not be covered via PRSI stamps for same;...
    • Pharmacy Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a position of chief pharmacy officer within the HSE. [53327/22]
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the impact that the new assisted decision-making legislation will have on adults with extreme complex needs, whose...
    • Disability Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 4 October 2022, if he will address a part of the original question 'including, in the short terms, while...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      675. To ask the Minister for Health when all workers covered by the pandemic special recognition payment will receive their €1,000 payment; if a payment contractor has been appointed...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect admission for an angiogram to St. James's...
    • Disability Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years with an intellectual, physical or sensory disability, currently referred and waiting to be seen by an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who contracted long-Covid during their work as a nurse in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital will be provided with special leave with...
    • Hospital Facilities
      680. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether an elective hospital should be considered for Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52538/22]
    • Disability Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if new policy approaches are being considered for the delivery of therapy services to pupils who need them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      682. To ask the Minister for Health when staff who worked in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic period will receive their €1,000 bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Policy
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the rising incidence of perinatal mental illness in Ireland; the steps that he is taking to address this; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are adequate mental health supports for those experiencing perinatal mental health illness in each county; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Policy
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline an updated plan to tackle the incidence of perinatal mental health illness in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53419/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if an official group has been established to review the codeine prescription processes; the membership of this group; the parameters of the group; the date of...
    • Bus Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to a bus service. [53439/22]
    • Disability Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the immediate threat to service provision (details supplied) due to funding issues; the immediate plans that are in place to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review into the health service's response to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53443/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [53457/22]
    • Home Help Service
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if increased home help will be facilitated in the case a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53470/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in paying the Covid bonus to section 39 bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53472/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to ensure that nursing homes are able to afford rising energy costs this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      700. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) concerning the WHO Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and other...
    • Budget 2023
      701. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 12 October 2022, the breakdown of the allocations totalling €107.1 million bundled in line one...
    • Nursing Homes
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that were paid to individual nursing homes by his Department and the HSE, by name and location due to the effects of the Covid -19...
    • Mental Health Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists from County Mayo and CHO2, respectively, in 2021 and to date in 2022; the length of time that each child has...
    • Health Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a Libre sensor device in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not covered, unlike other blood glucose monitoring sensors....
    • Vaccination Programme
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations for children under five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53529/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if the mother-and-baby inpatient peri-natal mental health unit will be in place in Q4 of 2024, as outlined in Sharing the Vision; if a site has been chosen;...
    • Health Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the site make-up of the proposed primary health centre in Drimnagh; and the timeline for its construction and...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends to issue a joint circular which explicitly states that schools should not use alcohol educational resources developed by the alcohol...
    • Disability Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who were accommodated in congregated settings by gender in each HSE region in each of the years 2015 to 2021,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any policies issued by his Department or public bodies under his remit that refer to the importance of the bond between an infant...
    • Health Services Staff
      716. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the staff shortages of radiation therapists and its impact on radiation therapy cancer treatment services. [53587/22]
    • Health Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help persons with Lyme disease; the HSEs strategy on the disease given the increase in persons being diagnosed; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered any incentives for the development of solar energy aimed at farmers and persons with suitable land...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned following recent reporting of irregularities in the election process for the Irish Horse Board which is affiliated...
    • Brexit Supports
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when successful businesses will be awarded funding under the second call of the Brexit impact loan scheme for those in the agri-food...
    • Fishing Industry
      723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has not provided a fuel subsidy to Irish fishermen given that the French and Spanish governments have...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has ever sought to calculate the carbon or methane footprint of individual farms in the State; and if he will make...
    • Forestry Sector
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the details of the new forestry programme are not yet known in order for it to be marketed by stakeholders; and if he...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s working understanding of the definition of a family farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form....
    • Food Industry
      737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the establishment of a food ombudsman; the powers that this office will have to enforce the unfair...
    • Forestry Sector
      738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider allowing foresters to count their plantations in terms of carbon credits; if he will consider this course of...
    • Departmental Properties
      743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if he...
    • Fodder Crisis
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the national fodder and food security committee; if the committee has prepared an...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      746. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered any incentives for farmers who wish to rent their land for the development of solar energy; and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether European Union rules on afforestation are impacting Ireland’s ability to plant trees and meet its climate...
    • Fodder Crisis
      748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that he and his Department have had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding winter finishing and the impact...
    • Fishing Industry
      749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to reintroduce a quota on spurdog species in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52940/22]
    • Greyhound Industry
      750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in Euros and as a percentage of the horse and greyhound racing fund that was allocated and used for racehorse welfare,...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm, in specific terms, the amount that Horse Racing Ireland spent on equine welfare in 2020 and 2021 (details...
    • Animal Regulations
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of compliance notices issued in respect of the failure of owners to chip their horses since January 2013, in tabular form;...
    • Budget 2023
      760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in Budget 2023 to support young farmers. [53140/22]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investment by his Department in research and innovation that is focused on the delivery of climate action and solutions for...
    • Budget 2023
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are available to suckler beef and sheep farmers under Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a time extension for the submission of applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2023
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the funding levels in Budget 2023 for organic schemes, including a comparison with funding for those or...
    • Trade Agreements
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the UK-Australia beef trade deal and the effect that it will have on Ireland [53275/22]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the way that Ireland’s agriculture sector will reach it’s emissions reductions goals...
    • Redundancy Payments
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53315/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant support for agtech and dairy improvement that will be available in a scheme (details supplied), particularly for equipment...
    • Animal Diseases
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 12 October 2022, if officials in his Department conducted any tests or examinations in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the needs of the agri-food producing sector, with particular reference to the need to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the beneficial effect to the small and medium-sized farming community of recent supportive measures; the impact on...
    • Trade Promotion
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food and food products; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Safety
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farm safety continues to be a major issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53540/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the Irish dairy industry can invest with confidence, with particular reference to the need to maintain markets;...
    • Trade Promotion
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which Irish lamb continues to be a major competitor on world markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Industry
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the pig meat sector is adequately supported in a highly-competitive environment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Diseases
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the battle against bovine TB continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53546/22]
    • Veterinary Services
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which it is expected to make basic veterinary products available to the farming community through licensed providers as...
    • Agriculture Industry
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which employment continues in the agri-food and fishing sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53549/22]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      799. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the new LEADER programme 2023+; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      800. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons working in her Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form....
    • Departmental Properties
      801. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant properties that are owned by her Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if she...
    • Ukraine War
      803. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department has played in the integration of Ukrainian refugees into communities; if her Department and any agencies...
    • Departmental Schemes
      804. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful applicants to the community centre investment fund 2022 will be notified; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Development Projects
      805. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will ensure that the three local community development committees in County Cork are allocated proportionate funding in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      806. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of Kinnegad library and town park project, previously granted under the rural regeneration fund. [53339/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      810. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if officials in her Department will undertake a study of Kilkishen, County Clare, with the view to designating it as a Clár area;...
    • Departmental Funding
      811. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of funding allocated to men’s clubs across all schemes that were received by her Department; the amount of...

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