Written answers

Thursday, 17 November 2022

  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any progress has been made on development of a financial support scheme for Irish women’s soccer to provide a funding...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that her Department intends to protect referees at local matches from physical and verbal abuse; the engagement that has...
    • Equality Issues
      11. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the provisions that are in place to ensure that artists who are members of the Travelling community are properly represented and...
    • Film Industry
      14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns recently raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the buy-out...
    • Sports Funding
      16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that County Louth received the lowest level of funding in the country through the Sport Ireland Dormant Account Funding...
    • Legislative Measures
      19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views that more legislation needs to be implemented to protect an independent media sector in Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht briseadh síos sonrach a dhéanamh ar an maoiniú breise d'Údarás na Gaeltachta fógartha i...
    • Oifigí Roinne
      22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Phairliminte 47576/22, stádas an ghrúpa idir-rannach atá ag obair chun cúrsaí...
    • Tourism Industry
      23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outlook for the 2023 tourism year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56894/22]
    • Oifigí Roinne
      24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 47575/22, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas an grúpa oibre a bunaíodh mar...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad a dhéanfar chun a chinntiú go mbeidh rochtain níos fearr ag pobail faoi mhíbhuntáiste ar an nGaeilge...
    • Departmental Policies
      26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her Department's work to reform Ireland's night-time economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Events
      27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on Ireland's participation in a joint bid to host Euro 2028. [56829/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an interim report in respect of the work of her Department under the shared island dialogue. [56854/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the provision of a night-time economy manager in Drogheda to help develop a night-time economy strategy; when the...
    • Sports Facilities
      30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the development of a velodrome on the National Sport Campus. [56833/22]
    • Coláistí Samhraidh
      31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá aici chun tacú le teaghlaigh breis tithe a chur in oiriúint lena bheith ar fáil do na...
    • Tourism Policy
      32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she would be in favour of the extension of Ireland's Ancient East marketing brand to include counties such as Antrim, Armagh and...
    • Irish Language
      34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts that are being taken by her Department to promote the Irish language in public settings; the steps that she is taking...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional resources could be made available for Sport Ireland, in order to encourage the participation of young persons,...
    • Tourism Policy
      36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that are being considered to develop the Lee Valley as a stand-alone destination for domestic and international...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider dramatically increasing the number of participants in the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if she...
    • Sports Funding
      38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to sporting clubs and associations to deal with the rising cost of energy; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Policies
      39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to pursue the mission statement of her Department under each heading, with a view to ensuring the...
    • Arts Policy
      40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the work completed under the safe-to-create programme. [56831/22]
    • Departmental Bodies
      42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the National Famine Commemoration Committee last met; if a rotation of venue by province remains the policy for the National...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if specific funding along with the peace plus programme will be available over the next few years to develop cross-Border tourism...
    • Sports Funding
      44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a report in relation to the large-scale sports capital programme by the overall list of the grants that have...
    • Arts Policy
      45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which funding provided by her Department in the arts sector is helping revitalise rural Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Sports Events
      46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline her proposals in respect of a current bid by Ireland to host a Tour de France stage. [56855/22]
    • Culture Policy
      47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to maximise Ireland's culture at home and abroad, with a view to ensuring maximum benefit...
    • Tourism Industry
      48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the prospect of the introduction of varying VAT rates for different parts of the tourism sector; if she intends to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 26 April 2022, if the national swimming strategy working group has been established;...
    • Sports Funding
      50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to financially support the Irish women's football team following their success in getting to the World Cup finals in...
    • Coláistí Samhraidh
      52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas An tAthbhreithniú ar chás na gcoláistí samhraidh; cathain a...
    • Sports Facilities
      53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which climate action, adaptation and sustainability will be considered and prioritised in the development of the sports...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that her Department is taking to increase female participation in Irish sports at a local and professional level; and...
    • Sports Facilities
      55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Munster football centre of excellence in Glanmire; the interaction that she has had with an organisation (details...
    • Tourism Industry
      56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the hospitality measures that are in place for the tourism industry for 2023 given the fact that many hotels are being used as...
    • Business Supports
      57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the night-time economy support scheme. [56837/22]
    • Sports Funding
      58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update in relation to interactions with the IABA; the current position with regards to future funding for...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Phairliminte 47573/22 cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an tríú gné den obair...
    • Culture Policy
      60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 29 September 2022, the status of the legacy framework arising from Galway 2020; when...
    • Sports Events
      61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the development of a major events strategy. [56830/22]
    • Sports Funding
      62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the €35 million fund for sports clubs and organisations to help them meet energy costs, as...
    • Budget 2023
      63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there was a reduction in the budget allocation for arts and culture in budget 2023; the implications of such a...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      72. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that his Department is supporting all those who have arrived seeking international protection to date in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the measures that he has implemented to tackle the cost of childcare; and if he will make a...
    • Domestic Violence
      77. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects paid domestic violence leave to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Resource Centres
      78. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if support can be provided to a family resource centre (details supplied) in Killeshandra. [56881/22]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage amount that investment in early years has increased by in each of the past eight years; the total...
    • Residential Institutions
      80. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the proposed national centre for research and remembrance in respect of survivors of institutional...
    • International Protection
      81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to the report by an organisation (details supplied) concerning urgent action to address...
    • Employment Rights
      82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that new mothers who are in employment lack suitable times and spaces...
    • Direct Provision System
      84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to recent media reports that Government plans to end direct provision by 2024 are...
    • Departmental Strategies
      86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status with respect to the national strategy for women and girls, the migrant integration strategy...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his Department's plans for an agency which will drive forward the development of...
    • Adoption Services
      92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests that have been made for information under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022,...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date under the community sponsorship programme; his plans to further develop...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on progress towards implementation of the new Employee Regulation Order for the early years'...
    • Adoption Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in response to difficulties by persons in accessing their personal information under...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the discussions that his Department is having to address the concerns of ECCE providers over the core funding...
    • Residential Institutions
      98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to engage with survivors concerning the forthcoming intervention at the Tuam site...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that adequate capital funding is available over the next few years to assist in the provision...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are dependent on disability benefit are living...
    • Ukraine War
      101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals from Ukraine who are being housed in private properties where the owner is in receipt...
    • International Protection
      102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the requirements for Garda vetting and other training or qualifications for staff in...
    • Gender Equality
      103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on advancements to date with regard to mandatory returns under gender pay gap legislation; and...
    • Planning Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the establishment of a working group with the Department of Housing, Local Government and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with religious congregations and church leaders to date as regards...
    • Departmental Strategies
      106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the anti-racism strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56949/22]
    • Departmental Priorities
      107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will initiate a thorough investigation in the form of a non-statutory State inquiry into illegal adoptions...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to address the staff shortage issues in childcare facilities; and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will undertake the development of a national policy and framework on the recognition and consultation of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the proposed reforms to the national childcare scheme will take effect from January 2023; and if he will make...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to expand the provisions of flexible working and remote working contained in the Work Life Balance...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the latest level of take-up of the core funding model for childcare for providers; if any need to adapt the...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details concerning his engagement with disabled persons' organisations concerning the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare services that have signed a core funding contract to date; the average payment to a...
    • Asylum Seekers
      122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional supports that he has put in place to ensure that communities that have welcomed refugees and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had discussions with his Ministerial colleagues on the impact of long-Covid on children and their...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended to ratify the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the little book bag initiative; the number of books that have been distributed;...
    • Children in Care
      128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that he has had with Ministerial colleagues since Budget 2023 on increasing the payments to...
    • Asylum Seekers
      129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional supports that he has put in place to ensure that local communities in counties Cavan and Monaghan...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Business Supports
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors have been excluded from applying for funding...
    • Labour Market
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the workforce drain, in particular, the high numbers of young persons emigrating; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Relations
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has initiated the stakeholder consultation regarding International Labour Organisation Convention No. 190; the...
    • Business Supports
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the holiday entitlements of employees under the employment wage subsidy scheme; and the way in which it should...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Exploration Industry
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the issuance of an extended exploration licence to a company (details supplied); if this decision was...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 136
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made in setting up structures for a deposit return scheme; when is it expected to commence;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications that have been received to date for grants to install EV chargers in the car parks of multi-unit residential...
    • Driver Test
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite a driving test for an employee (details supplied) who cannot get to work unless they can drive; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Priorities
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 21 April 2021, if consultants have been appointed for the purposes of providing a pedestrian...
    • Company Registration
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a matter for a retailer (details supplied). [57114/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he requires the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive to sign off on the publication of the All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review,...
    • Rail Network
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals that he has put to the Government in relation to the upgrade of the rail line from Foynes to Limerick; the decisions that...
    • Bus Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bus companies that were fined by the NTA due to the fact that they did not comply with their public service obligations in providing...
    • Electric Vehicles
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that it is intended to classify electric scooters in the context of use of cycle lanes, speed restrictions and obligations to get...
    • Bus Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated investment to date in the Dublin BusConnects initiative; the estimated final cost; and the expected impact when it is fully...
    • Road Safety
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of disqualification court orders received from the Courts Service per year from 2017 to date in 2022 in which the RSA could...
    • Departmental Reports
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the report from the public consultation on proposed small public service vehicle (contingency measure – vehicle supply)...
  • Department of Finance
    • Revenue Commissioners
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that are taken by the Revenue Commissioners Customs Officers to ensure that dogs which have been stolen are not being exported abroad. [57058/22]
    • Tax Code
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to removing VAT from the supply and installation of solar panels to assist those who wish to be more eco-friendly; and if he...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals that were heard in relation to the 'Seize and Release' VRT enforcement procedure for each of the years 2015 to 2021; the number of such...
    • Rental Sector
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if landlords who are exempt from registering with the RTB due to falling under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Acts of 1982 and 1983 will be able to...
    • Economic Policy
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if expenditure from the National Surplus (Exceptional Contingencies) Reserve Fund is classed as general Government expenditure and subject to EU fiscal rules;...
    • Departmental Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the total rental income declared by non-tax residents as part of their form 11 tax return each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the proposed changes to section 6 of the Finance Act 2019 regarding benefit-in-kind, given that the changes will impact negatively on...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work in which the OPW is engaged to develop a flood relief plan for the Clontarf seafront; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Artists' Remuneration
      165. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [56836/22]
    • Sports Funding
      166. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support a matter (details supplied). [57194/22]
    • Tourism Industry
      167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is in dialogue with the tourism sector; the extent to which particular areas of concern have been...
    • Departmental Policies
      168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has received representations from the tourism, culture and arts sectors in connection with the need to...
    • Tourism Industry
      169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to support the tourism sector through the medium of Irish culture at home and abroad, with...
    • Arts Council
      170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to promote the arts in its various forms in this country, both professional and amateur; and if...
    • Social Media
      171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can influence practice and high standards throughout social media in the future; and if she will make a...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the emphasis that she expects to place on sport in the coming year, with particular reference to the need of facilities in all...
    • Tourism Industry
      174. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which Ireland’s traditional culture of welcome, friendship and support continues notwithstanding worldwide...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will indicate the sporting organisations throughout the country that were impeded from meeting their targets arising from...
    • Sports Funding
      177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 16 December 2021, when her officials will furnish her with the review of the LSSIF...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Ukraine War
      181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties that have been refurbished for use as accommodation for Ukrainians. [57090/22]
    • Cost of Living Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional money will be given for housing grants for disability modifications due to the high costs of materials; and if...
    • Fire Service
      183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of chief fire officers, senior assistant chiefs and fire officers that are in the retained fire service across the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the reason that South Dublin County Council did not build the housing promised to residents of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the outcome of the audit on quarries that he ordered arising from the defective blocks scandal. [57105/22]
    • Derelict Sites
      187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [57119/22]
    • Water Quality
      188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm that his Department, and by extension, the State is on track to achieve their legal obligations by the final...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an obligation on approved housing bodies to conduct virtual property inspections at the request of a local...
    • Local Authorities
      191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57195/22]
    • Housing Policy
      192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he may be in a position to alter the income thresholds for eligibility for local authority housing, given...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn the fact that two US military personnel from US Cyber Command or other cyber operations have been operating...
    • Human Rights
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that Ireland has taken to address human rights violations in Bahrain at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva; the actions that...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval vessels that have been bought from New Zealand in 2021 and 2022; if he is satisfied that the State has the capacity to store...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Enrolments
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 10 November 2022, if she will confirm that Castlelyon Green, Newcastle is in the catchment area for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made for an ASD class by a school (details supplied) given that over 20 children from the area have had to go to...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a submission by a school (details supplied); if a decision will be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the works being carried out at a school (details supplied). [57095/22]
    • Departmental Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education places available at primary school level in Dublin in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [57097/22]
    • School Transport
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided to an eligible student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57104/22]
    • Teacher Training
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 9 November 2022, the reason that an invitation for tenders to establish a single supplier contract...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57118/22]
    • School Transport
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that persons with e-mail addresses (details supplied) were not issued with emails to confirm their registration for a bus ticket in...
    • State Examinations
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a timescale for implementation of the Leaving Certificate reform process has been put in place. [57186/22]
    • School Admissions
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is reducing its class numbers for junior infants for 2023, causing...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make provision for those on illness benefit to receive a double week's payment in December 2022, and for them to...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who are currently in receipt of a training allowance after having transferred from the disability allowance or the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to address the payscales and current pay rates of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a claim for a disability allowance which is under review will be expedited and approved in the name of a person (details...
    • Employment Support Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Carrick-on-Suir Intreo office is set to re-open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57133/22]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supplementary welfare allowance will be paid to the amount claimed by a person (details supplied). [57136/22]
    • Departmental Priorities
      233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that he will take to ensure that online queries raised through MyWelfare accounts are responded to in a reasonable...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the household benefits given their various illnesses; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • School Attendance
      236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support a matter (details supplied). [57196/22]
    • International Protection
      237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number people seeking international protection in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57090/22]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when childminders will be added to the national childcare scheme; if an interim measure will be introduced in...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the views outlined by the United Nations special rapporteurs on 23 September...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can provide a mediator in instances in which an ECCE provider and or an employee in an ECCE...
    • International Protection
      245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in the International Protection Accommodation Services by grade in tabular form; the number...
    • Child Protection
      246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he is satisfied that the rights of children are adequately protected by all institutions of...
    • Departmental Policies
      252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which efforts continue in relation to integration with particular reference to the need to ensure...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Social Welfare Payments
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether students who are attending the National Learning Network, who were awarded the disability allowance, should receive the...
    • Departmental Funding
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount in Government funding allocated to the student assistance fund for the academic years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a situation involving a person (details supplied) who is having difficulty gaining a college placement for their...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Employment Rights
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the licence issued on 17 July 2022 to a company (details supplied) has been reviewed in view of Private Security Authority...
    • Budget 2023
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set out the amount allocated in Budget 2023 to update ICT in her Department; the amounts to be allocated to...
    • Departmental Staff
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has calculated a death gratuity payment owed to a deceased member of staff (details supplied) given that the...
    • Departmental Data
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles which have been stolen in each of the past five years in the Dublin metropolitan region including to...
    • Probate Applications
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time that is taken from application to grant of probate in each of the past five years; if work has been...
    • Citizenship Applications
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current wait time for a decision on a citizenship application from when a person first applies to the issuing of the final...
    • Asylum Seekers
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average number of decisions on applications for asylum that are made each month; the number of applications for asylum that...
    • An Garda Síochána
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and other support staff in each of the northside of Dublin Garda stations; and the way that...
    • Legislative Measures
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to amend or repeal the Forcible Entry Act 1381. [57192/22]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the number of drivers involved per year; the...
    • Family Reunification
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for family reunification might be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Visa Applications
      272. 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) currently attending a school and in...
  • Department of Health
    • Primary Care Centres
      275. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary health care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57238/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      277. To ask the Minister for Health when private nursing home staff will receive their Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57039/22]
    • Care Services
      279. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the list of approved home support providers supplied is incomplete (details supplied); if he will provide an...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      280. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to financially assist persons who have coeliac disease in purchasing food in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload and number of staff attached to the Clonmel community disability network team; the number of children awaiting intervention with the Clonmel...
    • General Practitioner Services
      283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on Budget 2023, which announced that free GP visit cards would be extended to children aged six and seven years of age by the end...
    • Hospital Procedures
      284. To ask the Minister for Health if Children's Health Ireland has contacted Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital regarding the cessation of funding for paediatric procedures relating to rehabilitation...
    • Disability Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department is taking to ensure the long-term sustainability of Wexford Disability Service Windmill Therapeutic; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with a representative body (details supplied) with a view to ensuring that medical card or GP visit card holders will not be...
    • Hospital Services
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that infusion clinics are being cancelled in Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; if it is planned to retain or to move the service; and...
    • Abortion Services
      288. To ask the Minister for Health if telemedicine consultations will continue or be curtailed for persons seeking access to medical termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      289. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57099/22]
    • Departmental Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the number of complaints that have been made to HSE local health offices regarding charges for phlebotomy services by local health office, in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the other options that are available to a person (details supplied) to obtain much needed hearing aids. [57112/22]
    • Abortion Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of telemedicine consultation for abortion services is not being withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57120/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the organisation or body that is in charge of decommissioning ambulances; the details of the policy in place as regards the decommissioning of...
    • Health Services Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering extending the payment for those health care workers who remain unwell and in cases in which they continue to remain unwell up...
    • Emergency Departments
      298. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland sought the use of medical students to work in emergency departments during the October 2022 bank holiday weekend at any of...
    • Medical Cards
      299. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends raising the income thresholds to qualify for a medical card for persons over 70 years of age in view of the 10% rate of inflation during the past...
    • Care Services
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies that have been contracted to deliver the home support scheme home help service from 2018 to date; the costs paid out for the delivery of...
    • Health Service Executive
      301. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will implement the 37.5 working week and the payment of overtime (details supplied) for a mental health nurse; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if the matter will be brought to attention of Rotunda Hospital; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service-users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville Adult Mental Health Services in east Cork who have availed of either...
    • Health Services Staff
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide dedicated dietitians to work with autistic children given that it is common for autistic children to have issues with food or eating; and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      305. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials have submitted their report regarding the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force to him. [57177/22]
    • Disability Services
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by his Department to support and increase the provision of disability respite in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the way that waiting lists compare now to the situation prior to the pandemic at the Mater, Beaumont, Cappagh, Temple Street and Blanchardstown; and the way...
    • Abortion Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 1 March 2022, if he intends to retain the practice of remote telemedicine consultations in respect of abortions;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare consultant contract negotiations; the details of the reported offer (details supplied); the timeline that he is working...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      310. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 18 October 2022, the timeline that he is working towards for the publication of his amendments to the Health...
    • Care Services
      313. To ask the Minister for Health when extra homecare help hours can be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57229/22]
    • Disability Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that all early intervention speech and language therapy has been removed from the Ballymun area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Diseases
      315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of badgers that were infected with TB of those that have been culled or vaccinated in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [57042/22]
    • Business Supports
      316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency funding that may be available to help alleviate the current energy bills crisis for companies in the primary...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland imports any live horses for slaughter in Ireland. [57082/22]
    • Court Judgments
      318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Court of Appeal judgement related to pair trawling inside the six nautical mile zone; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that valued the Curragh Racecourse site leading to a €9 million overspend. [57140/22]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) has been investigated following reports earlier in 2022 of it not having a register of members...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty applied to an application by persons (details supplied) to the young farmer capital investment scheme of TAMs II in...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an dul chun cinn atá déanta go dáta le forbairt céibh dhomhan mhara i Ros a Mhíl; cén uair a mheastar a...
    • Forestry Sector
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the amendment of forestry regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57245/22]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • State Properties
      325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has any plans to develop a historic building (details supplied) for the enhancement of the area and for the good of...
    • Community Development Projects
      326. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current funding allocated to Tullow Road community centre; and when the centre can expect to receive Carlow County Council's...