Written answers

Tuesday, 22 November 2022

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      34. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe last met. [56704/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      38. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [54585/22]
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      50. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the COP27 Climate Change Conference. [56285/22]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ukraine War
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that Ireland is helping to ensure accountability for violations of international law and war crimes committed in Ukraine; and if he...
    • Middle East
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the Government's response to the refusal of the Israeli government to co-operate with an FBI investigation into the death...
    • Passport Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were processed in 2021; his plans to ensure that there are no delays in the processing of passports...
    • Disaster Response
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action that Ireland has taken in relation to the famine in the Horn of Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57644/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that are ongoing to restore the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57729/22]
    • Disaster Response
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland and the European Union will substantially increase humanitarian aid to countries in the Horn of Africa affected by severe famine...
    • Sports Events
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any public statement or had any communication with Qatar authorities regarding LGBTQ+ rights for visitors to the World Cup...
    • Official Engagements
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent attendance at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg. [57490/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the engagement between his Department's officials and the Welsh Commissioner for Future Generations. [54588/22]
    • Disaster Response
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the current situation in the Horn of Africa; Ireland's presence and engagement on the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 6 October 2022, if he will report on his Department's role in supporting the dialogue between the...
    • Ukraine War
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s response with regard to the Russian war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57849/22]
    • Passport Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made with regard to passport services in 2022. [57747/22]
    • Ukraine War
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the sanctions that are in place against third countries involvement in Russia’s war on Ukraine, especially those providing arms and...
    • Middle East
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [57718/22]
    • Diaspora Issues
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that he proposes to action the commitment to reaching "our next generation", as outlined in the diaspora strategy. [57746/22]
    • Passport Services
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conducted an assessment on the feasibility of opening a Passport Office in Northern Ireland. [57719/22]
    • Child Protection
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the UN and Ireland through its membership of the UN Security Council continue to remain alert to the various threats to...
    • Middle East
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the Government's response to the election in Israel of the most right-wing coalition in that country's history; and if he...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the details of the Government's response to the ceasefire in Tigray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57919/22]
    • Foreign Policy
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in the Western Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57844/22]
    • United Nations
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's remaining priorities before the end of its term on the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent United Nations committee decision to adopt a draft Palestinian resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the...
    • Official Engagements
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that he has had with the British Foreign Secretary since his recent appointment to his present position; and if he will make...
    • Middle East
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the sanctions that have been imposed by the European Union on Iran following recent events there; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Priorities
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his diplomatic priorities from now until the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57850/22]
    • Ukraine War
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the totality of supports in money and material given to support Ukraine to date; if Ireland has offered or provided any...
    • Disaster Response
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland continues to respond to the needs of poorer communities often beset by war, famine and national disasters; the...
    • Ukraine War
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent missile which struck a village in Poland killing two persons; the engagement that he has had with his EU...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of official diplomats from Russia present in Ireland; the breakdown of the positions held; the way that this presence...
    • Middle East
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish position on Israel's condemnation of so-called American "interference" in the fatal shooting of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Official Engagements
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with the British government on issues relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will...
    • Climate Change Policy
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the challenge of responding to the impact of climate change in Africa and the global strategy that is needed. [57741/22]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57459/22]
    • Ukraine War
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the Government's response to the UN report detailing evidence of torture and abuse of prisoners by both sides in the war...
    • Middle East
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with his European counterparts to discuss increases in violence in Palestine. [57760/22]
    • Official Engagements
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his latest engagements with the Russian Ambassador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57458/22]
    • Disaster Response
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that Ireland has provided to tackle the crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. [57626/22]
    • Official Engagements
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the UN Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 November 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in Myanmar; and the initiatives that are being taken by the international community to restore human...
    • Official Engagements
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any recent engagement that he has had with the ambassadors of Ukraine and Russia to Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the repression of the Uyghur people in China by the Chinese state; his plans on behalf of Ireland, given Ireland's position on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      147. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister at the British-Irish Council meeting. [57254/22]
    • Official Travel
      149. To ask the Taoiseach if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh climate change conference; the number who...
    • Cabinet Committees
      150. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a complete list of all Cabinet sub-committees; the membership of these committees; and the most recent date on which meetings were held. [57363/22]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      151. To ask the Taoiseach the timeline for the establishment of the Citizens' Assembly on the Future of Education; and if it is proposed to use the citizens' assembly to examine the future...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Official Travel
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh climate...
    • Work Permits
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will now accept applications for the re-activation employment permit from migrant fishers who were formerly...
    • Tourism Industry
      154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expand the visa eligibility criteria to non-EU nationals to fill hospitality and tourism vacancies, given the shortage in...
    • Work Permits
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on working permits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57539/22]
    • State Bodies
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which an organisation (details supplied) is supporting the objective of another organisation to promote woodturning...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total operational budget committed by the Government to grow remote social enterprise in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has received correspondence on alleged food fraud by a company (details supplied) that has received at least...
    • Departmental Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current staffing levels in IDA Ireland; and the offices, either head office or regional offices, in which these staff are...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current staffing levels at the local enterprise offices; and the offices in which these staff are located, in tabular form. [57984/22]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time staff vacancies, by job title, in the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court; the estimated...
    • Business Supports
      164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received by his Department for the emergency humanitarian support scheme for small businesses, sports...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Local Authorities
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of climate officers in local authorities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57881/22]
    • Energy Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a special windfall tax on excess profits from energy companies given the decision by the European...
    • Energy Conservation
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of the €300 billion approved by the European Union to accelerate the green transition that will be...
    • Official Travel
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm...
    • Energy Policy
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government policy on the import, regulation and use of HVO fuel and his position on the use of HVO fuel as an...
    • Electricity Grid
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rural and urban standing charges on electricity bills; the reason for the difference; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to install fibre broadband in a location (details supplied). [57530/22]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of the country’s electricity that he envisages solar panels could provide; when this can be...
    • Departmental Consultations
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date that each of the public consultations was launched by his Department; and the date that the results of the...
    • Legislative Measures
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address legislative matters raised in respect of solar energy in correspondence (details supplied); and if...
    • Environmental Schemes
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-cost loan scheme for energy upgrades will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Recycling Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm the recycling policy in relation to PVC and uPVC glass windows; the amount that went to landfill or...
    • Turbary Rights
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the channels through which persons with turbary rights can continue to sell turf; the fines that can...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the delivery of ORESS 1; the steps that are being taken to ensure that this timeline is met; and if he...
    • Waste Management
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his plans to ensure the provision of an organic waste bin as part of a waste collection...
    • Environmental Schemes
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that persons who are on invalidity pension are not included as eligible to benefit from the SEAI warmer...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed broadband will be available to a person (details supplied) given that their house appears to be the...
    • Electricity Grid
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive the electricity credit payment; the way that persons using coin...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to make grants available to SMEs to ensure that their websites are accessible for those with disabilities; if...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which local authority tenants can be supported and encouraged to install PV panels on the roofs of their...
    • Environmental Schemes
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that a person would be ineligible for energy efficiency upgrades, such as attic and wall insulation, if they...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review a matter regarding a landline (details supplied). [58065/22]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Policy
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he intends to support the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a replacement fuel in the transport sector; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that residents of Terenure and other areas will be adequately serviced by public transport for the two-year period...
    • Public Transport
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to make staff travel free to all transport workers on all forms of public transport; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to D1 licence holders; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 November 2022, if he will provide an update on the provision of EV chargers specifically...
    • Official Travel
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate...
    • Bus Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the route of the Rural Link bus managed from the Tipperary Rural Link office to accommodate persons from the Knock area...
    • Work Permits
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57338/22]
    • Departmental Priorities
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if studies have been conducted on the way that projects relating to BusConnects, MetroLink and the Royal Canal Greenway will impact local...
    • Transport Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Government policy on the increased use of HVO fuels in transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57383/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific criteria for inclusion of a project in the active travel funding administered by his Department. [57417/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a scheme is available for the restoration and repair of footpaths; and, if so, the grant limits under this scheme. [57418/22]
    • Road Projects
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if officials in his Department have been contacted by Cork City Council regarding the John F Connolly Road; if so, the date of this...
    • Traffic Management
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any guidance, circular or legislation governing the replacement of traffic lights; and if funding is available to local...
    • Bus Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a replacement service on the Tullamore to Athlone route (details supplied). [57435/22]
    • Rail Network
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all audio announcements and display announcement boards are fully working on all DART carriages; if not, when remaining announcement...
    • National Transport Authority
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will fund the installation of a shelter at a location (details supplied). [57579/22]
    • Aviation Industry
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Aer Rianta International, as a subsidiary of the Dublin Airport Authority, currently operates overseas retail spaces in either the...
    • Bus Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will consider extending the free travel currently offered to staff of Luas, Go Ahead and Dublin Bus...
    • Road Projects
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to Limerick City and County Council for restoration and maintenance of roads in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to...
    • Bus Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a bus stop at Maugheraboy, County Sligo, was excluded from the new 981 bus route from Coolaney to Sligo, even though it was...
    • Driver Test
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57948/22]
    • Departmental Programmes
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a safe routes to school programme 2021 for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of cycling infrastructure at a location (details supplied) in County Clare. [58011/22]
    • Bus Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet that is aged zero to one years old, between two and four years old, between five and...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has spent on road remarking and maintenance works on both the M50 and M4 in 2021 and to...
    • Bus Services
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to take urgent action to resolve the issues with the 8:30am and 9:30am 175 buses from Citywest which...
    • Road Projects
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a 2+2 lane dual carriageway is being considered for the N24 road improvement scheme between Cahir and Pallasgreen in County Tipperary;...
    • Road Tolls
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount paid in tolls in the past five years to date in regard to all tolled locations throughout the country without exception;...
    • National Transport Authority
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the NTA conduct gender and age audits of the NTA’s transport projects in the context of bus, rail, light...
    • Environmental Schemes
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it expected that the low emissions vehicle toll incentive scheme will be extended given that it is due to end on 31 December 2022....
    • Road Tolls
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was consulted about the proposed increase in toll charges; if he supports increasing toll charges at this time; and if he will make...
  • Department of Finance
    • Fuel Prices
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58007/22]
    • Official Travel
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on any help or initiatives being undertaken to help owners of thatched properties get insurance for these properties; and if he...
    • Business Supports
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the temporary business energy support scheme excludes businesses whose main source of energy is oil, particularly in rural areas where gas is...
    • Tax Code
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a two-tiered BIK system based on a person’s income, given the impact that the BIK changes introduced in Budget 2023...
    • Agriculture Supports
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government intends to extend stock relief for young, trained farmers beyond mid-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57809/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which in a person’s tax liability in respect of PUP is calculated if they are married and self-employed; if he will clarify the person...
    • State Savings Schemes
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland should have an individual savings allowance system, including the stocks and shares individual savings allowance as is the case...
    • Departmental Priorities
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that the capital gains tax allowance and capital gains tax in Ireland is vastly lower than that in Northern Ireland; if...
    • Insurance Industry
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the matter of decreasing insurance premiums for retired individuals no longer commuting to and from work by car; if this is a...
    • Tax Code
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated if the local property tax rate increased to 0.50% for properties valued at over €1.05 million...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the national coastal change management strategy steering group on coastal erosion at Pilmore Beach, County Cork;...
    • Pension Provisions
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the considerations given by her Department with regard to individuals who have retired on a supplementary pension,...
    • Public Appointments Service
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the Public Appointments Service continues to advertise posts that include a requirement that the applicant must be a...
    • State Properties
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the use of a facility (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will liaise with the relevant local authority in order to...
    • Official Travel
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate...
    • Legal Aid
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restore FEMPI cuts to the fees of free legal aid service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57358/22]
    • National Development Plan
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the full list of public-private partnerships that are currently agreed as part of the national development plan...
    • Office of Public Works
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time vacancies by job title currently in Kilkenny Castle; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Reviews
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department will conduct and updated version of the spending review of apprenticeships published in 2019; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Priorities
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is intended to advertise and appoint a person to the recently announced role of night-time advisor for County Longford....
    • Official Travel
      260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh...
    • Ceisteanna Craolacháin
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta roimh dheireadh na bliana faoina bhfuil sí ag súil leis an tuarascáil ó Údarás...
    • Tourism Industry
      262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will advocate for the expansion of the visa eligibility criteria to non-EU nationals to fill hospitality and tourism...
    • Official Engagements
      263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates in 2022 when she had bilateral meetings with the CEO of an organisation (details supplied). [57571/22]
    • State Bodies
      264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next appointments to the board of Screen Ireland are due to take place, as well as the procedure for the appointment...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any consideration will be given to removing the broadcast levy paid by independent radio stations; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Data
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid by motorists in public car parking including kerbside throughout Dublin city in each of the past five years to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total drawdown from the defective block remediation fund; if he will provide a further...
    • Housing Schemes
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grounds on which a local authority can evict an RAS tenant since the introduction of the eviction ban. [57255/22]
    • House Prices
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation which would ensure that for house listing websites and estate letting agents every...
    • Housing Policy
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the freehold title to properties arising from the guidance issued by his Department to local authorities in April 2009 on...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available for local authority frontline staff in the homeless sections such as training in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of expenditure by his Department on public relations advice since he assumed office, broken down by the amount paid...
    • Housing Provision
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of AHF homes, CREL homes, LDA cost rental homes, and any other homes to be delivered via the affordable...
    • Official Travel
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh...
    • Housing Provision
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if current and future residents in accommodation provided by the International Protection and Accommodation Service are...
    • Departmental Schemes
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on grants and assistance for owners of thatched properties including any proposed assistance to...
    • Turf Cutting
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reissue correspondence to a person (details supplied) on the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme with a...
    • Departmental Priorities
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new local authority-led pledge call for vacant properties and holiday homes for the temporary housing of refugees...
    • Housing Policy
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income thresholds for County Longford will be revised upwards. [57405/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the scheme that is in place for the return of long-term voids by local authorities. [57406/22]
    • Water Services
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 28 September 2022, if his Department has received correspondence from Cork City...
    • Departmental Meetings
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates that he, or officials in his Department have met with each local authority to ensure that the affordable housing...
    • Water Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body that has responsibility for the clearing of gullies blocked by leaves; and his views on whether there is a...
    • Housing Schemes
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the croí cónaithe towns fund that have been received; the number approved; and the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if garden rooms are excluded under the adaptation grant scheme. [57430/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when firefighters employed by Dublin Fire Brigade will receive the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been received for the croí cónaithe cities fund; the number that have been...
    • Derelict Sites
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will urgently correspond with an organisation (details supplied) regarding two derelict properties which are...
    • Rental Sector
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to amend Section 12 of Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to ensure that tenants are not prohibited from hanging...
    • Housing Policy
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will explain the rationale behind affordable housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of approval for a house (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57636/22]
    • Referendum Campaigns
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed timeline going forward for the proposed referendum on housing to take place given the closure of the public...
    • Heritage Schemes
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if works as provided for under the built heritage investment scheme for Tipperary County Council to mitigate issues of damp in...
    • Fire Service
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on a matter in relation to the Irish retained fire service (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Mayoral Election
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the legislation for a directly-elected mayor in Limerick; and the date for the publication of the legislation....
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct An Bord Pleanála to review the appeal from an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the 19.5...
    • Legislative Measures
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the recent provisions in the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 as passed by Dáil...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any work to offer additional support to homeless services in Galway city and county given the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale behind the decision to exclude terraced and semi-detached houses with respect to the recent working group...
    • Housing Policy
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of housing Circular 41/2012 is underway; if so, when it will be ready; and if not, if his Department will...
    • Housing Schemes
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the counties that currently have the homelessness rate of HAP available to persons in need in their respective counties; and...
    • Wildlife Protection
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has been monitoring the effects of the climate crisis on bird nesting habits; if so, if he will detail the...
    • Housing Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the maximum purchase property ceiling band for Tipperary under the first homes scheme; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding allocation for the disabled persons' grant scheme by local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Naturalisation Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58085/22]
    • State Visits
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Government has advised the President to extend an invitation to President elect of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to take part in...
    • Repatriation Costs
      320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57264/22]
    • Official Travel
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration will be completed for a person (details supplied); the date that this application was received by his...
    • Official Engagements
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the British Government to ensure that persons travelling across Ireland will not be subject to...
    • Travel Documents
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with his counterparts in the United States of America as to the reason that an Irish couple who travel to the USA...
    • Northern Ireland
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the way to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland. [56480/22]
    • Brexit Issues
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest position in regard to Brexit, with particular reference to an improvement in Anglo-Irish relations. [49947/22]
    • Foreign Policy
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the possibility of world food shortages has engaged the international community at the highest level; his level of...
    • Passport Services
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports applications that were made through Irish Embassy in Cairo, Ankara and Abu Dhabi in each of the years 2020, 2021...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has plans to introduce an embassy in Palestine. [57872/22]
    • Foreign Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which his attention and that of his head-of-government colleagues across Europe has been drawn to the prospect of a world-wide...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made to date on resolving the issue of undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will make a statement...
    • United Nations
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been to date on the UNCCD Great Green Wall project and Ireland's engagement with UNCCD; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the ongoing work by Ireland and the EU to bring about stability in the Sahel region of Africa; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a foreign birth registration, who has been waiting for over a year; the...
    • Passport Services
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58002/22]
    • Human Rights
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to highlight issues such as the trafficking of women and children throughout the globe...
    • Irish Aid
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish Aid continues to be made available throughout the globe with particular reference to those areas most seriously in...
    • Human Rights
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor through the UN and EU, the various war zones across the globe in an effort to...
    • European Union
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union is alert to the threats to the security of the Union and possible future members; and if he will make...
    • Human Rights
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which human rights abuses continue to take place in Iran; the degree to which the authorities are being made aware of...
    • European Union
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which enlargement of the European Union continues; the action that has been taken to encourage applicant countries; and if he...
    • Foreign Policy
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to target areas of starvation or famine throughout the world; the efforts that are...
    • Brexit Issues
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continue to encourage North-South trade in the context of the post-Brexit era; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Terrorism
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continue to monitor the activities and development of Al Shabaab and Boko Haram; and if he...
    • United Nations
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts are being made at international level to ensure the influence of the United Nations continues to prevail...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish embassies abroad, diplomatic missions or other representatives continue to promote Irish trade throughout the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      358. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains confident that submarine communication networks are protected against sabotage; and if he will make a statement...
    • Official Travel
      359. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change...
    • Ukraine War
      360. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any assessment was carried out prior to determining that existing buildings in Columb Barracks Mullingar were not suitable to house Ukrainian...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      361. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the current patrols and monitoring off the south coast of Ireland to safeguard the communications cabling in Irish...
    • Departmental Data
      362. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to become qualified air traffic controllers; and when these persons will be qualified in tabular...
    • Defence Forces
      363. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans to improve the conditions of service for Defence Forces medical officers given the difficulties in retaining this critical capability...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools which will get solar panels; the number of schools on an annual basis that will be fitted with free solar PV panels...
    • School Transport
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) in County Cork who is approved under the school transport scheme for children with special educational needs...
    • School Enrolments
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged and will engage with a school (details supplied) on the matter of school enrolments and pupil numbers in September...
    • School Accommodation
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place in a special class or an ASD unit will be made available for a child (details supplied) in a second-level school in east Cork; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence from a group (details supplied); if a response will issue to same; and the steps that she is taking to...
    • Official Travel
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change...
    • Irish Language
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Irish language education in secondary schools is placing enough emphasis on spoken Irish and giving due recognition to native Irish speakers...
    • School Transport
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department's school transport scheme has engaged with local private operators to provide a school transport service for persons (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in respect of the approval for the new primary school for Blarney, County Cork which involves the amalgamation of the two...
    • School Transport
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a school bus service (details supplied); the steps that she will take to resolve this matter...
    • Schools Building Projects
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when remedial works on schools (details supplied) in County Meath which is a legacy from the original build in 2015, will be commenced and...
    • School Accommodation
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the temporary arrangements for schools (details supplied) in County Meath for physical accommodation to house the expected increased staff and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) and the requirement for special classes; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the timetable for the delivery on the new scheme to provide free books for primary school students (details supplied); the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location that a school (details supplied) will be moving to; and when the move will take place. [57461/22]
    • School Discipline
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to instances of bag searches by teaching staff at a location (details supplied); and if advice from her...
    • School Uniforms
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is permitted to introduce and implement a non-school jacket policy; and the protocols in respect of schools and their uniform policy. [57476/22]
    • School Admissions
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the pressure of the lack of secondary school places in the Clondalkin area for the next academic year; and if...
    • School Transport
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 20 September 2022, if she will provide an update and a commencement date with respect to a student...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills míniú a thabhairt ar cén fáth nár moladh ach deontas €800.70, sin timpeall €4.21 in aghaidh an lae,...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the matrix breakdown for the way that the DEIS status assessment was carried out with respect to a school (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Staff
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time staff by grade working in the forward planning and sites acquisition section within her Department as of 31 December 2020...
    • Scrúduithe Stáit
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills i gceist a tuairimí ar an bhaint dén scrúdú béil ón Teastas Sóisearach, ina tuairim an bhfuil bhagairt do...
    • Schools Building Projects
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a school (details supplied) in line with their processes for new schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Admissions
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of sixth class places available in primary schools; and the total number of first year places available in secondary schools in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria and process in relation to the appointment of special needs assistants and the allocation of SNA hours in primary schools; and if...
    • Education Policy
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that she will take to accelerate the provision of mixed-gender and non-denominational schooling in the Dublin area; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that she will take to expand the provision of special reading schools and or reading units in schools for children with significant...
    • Departmental Priorities
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide subvention for those studying educational psychology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57689/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for assistive technology for students with special educational needs by county received by the National Council for...
    • Energy Conservation
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the list of all schools that have been retrofitted under the school's energy retrofit pathfinder programme; the approximate...
    • School Facilities
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for the summer works programme for schools in 2023; the portion of this funding that will be dedicated to energy efficiency upgrades;...
    • Comhfhreagras Rannach
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills nuashonrú a thabhairt ar shaincheist – (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [57874/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can attend a school suitable for his requirements and who has yet to be...
    • School Transport
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all outstanding monies for school bus tickets have been refunded by Bus Éireann in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that three primary schools on the same campus (details supplied) have been selected for reconfiguration and divestment as...
    • Education Schemes
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the consultation process for the free schoolbooks scheme announced in Budget 2023; the categories of...
    • Irish Language
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any applications with her Department awaiting approval (details supplied); if so, the stage at which such applications are at; and...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Grant Payments
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a timeline for when the students who are in receipt of the disability support grant that missed the 14...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review the household benefits package, given the energy and cost-of-living crisis. [57256/22]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment participants who qualified for the CE scheme through disability allowance, blind pension...
    • Official Travel
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time for each application for social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs’ payment will be approved for a person (details supplied). [57400/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an issue in relation to salary payments will be clarified and resolved as in the case of a person (details supplied)....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a single person who is in receipt of the disability allowance loses their right to the allowance if they get married; and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57452/22]
    • State Bodies
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in relation to the ex-gratia payments for Fás supervisors; when the payment will be made; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that CE supervisors currently receive a pay rate of €11.01 per hour, which...
    • Civil Marriages
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Measures
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income limits set out in the Social Welfare Act 2021 will be increased in line with the cost-of-living increases in...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57507/22]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a potentially offensive contact name (details supplied) given to persons appealing a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the carer's allowance appeal of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that frontline workers who were asked to return to work back in the Irish...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is presently having their PRSI contribution credited is in receipt of such...
    • Redundancy Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a redundancy and insolvency repayment request in respect of a company (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the household benefit, fuel allowance and living alone applications for a person (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail the considerations given by her Department with regard to individuals who may see a reduction in their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of supplementary welfare allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of persons currently on a community employment scheme or training allowance having previously been in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an additional needs’ payment application by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizens Information Services
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that the Ballymun citizens' information office is operating on reduced hours and...
    • Departmental Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that the social welfare officer has been removed from Carrick-on-Suir; her views...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the social welfare cost-of-living bonus for persons on illness benefit long-term, given that many...
    • Departmental Schemes
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received by her Department for the humanitarian assistance scheme in relation to Christmas day...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the IPAS procurement team engagement with an accommodation provider (details...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a service (details supplied) refuse counselling to victims who...
    • International Protection
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that there have been delays in IPAS accommodation payments to a business (details supplied); the...
    • Ukraine War
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will issue in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) who has made an offer of...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding any training courses or any other professional development required for hotel managers...
    • Departmental Reviews
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Elliot Review, given the civil...
    • Official Travel
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the...
    • Local Authorities
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of funding for the refurbishment and retrofitting of playgrounds by local...
    • Departmental Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of naíonraí registered with his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the number...
    • Irish Sign Language
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarification will be provided in relation to a statement (details supplied) regarding the delay in...
    • Departmental Staff
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new additional staff recruited, as distinct from redeployed from within the Civil Service to staff...
    • Ukraine War
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of offers of accommodation to Ukrainians by individual households which remain open; and the number...
    • International Protection
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details of the recruitment process through IPAS; and if employment positions are...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HIQA inspections that have taken place at emergency accommodation facilities, family hubs,...
    • Departmental Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount recouped from community ELC and SAV services in the years 2020 and 2021, and to date in 2022, in...
    • Ukraine War
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the accommodation recognition payment for households accommodating Ukrainian refugees will be increased,...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58083/22]
    • State Properties
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans or proposals for modular homes in Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [58154/22]
    • Ukraine War
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is correct that contracts for accommodation for Ukrainians in private residences are currently under...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of people attending training with the National Learning Network but were transferred from a long-term...
    • Official Travel
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the climate change conference in Sharm...
    • Budget 2023
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which all refunds for students and apprentices as announced in Budget 2023 will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure in each year since 2018 on the accommodation allowance and meal allowance for apprentices, in tabular form; and the average...
    • Education Policy
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's views on whether there is a crisis in the English language education sector for students; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the proposals recently supported by the Cabinet to increase the supply of student accommodation, including...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices working across the public sector; the percentage this is of the total number of registered apprentices; and if he will...
    • Education and Training Boards
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the creation of a new further education and training college in Galway to consolidate the provision by the Galway and Roscommon...
    • Third Level Fees
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €1,000 refund on the student contribution will be given to those who have started a new course and have already completed a year of...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request SOLAS to ensure there is a placement in a Dublin-based college for an electrical apprentice; and if he will ensure they are...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for CCTV schemes; and the amount of funding drawn down, in tabular...
    • Travel Documents
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the documents or proof that are required from Ukrainian refugees entering Ireland to demonstrate they are genuinely Ukrainians...
    • Residency Permits
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that must be taken for an American citizen who wants to come to live in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Visa Applications
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of days within a calendar year an American citizen can spend in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Official Travel
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh...
    • Work Permits
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the necessary details of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers process to an organisation...
    • Citizenship Applications
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57337/22]
    • Legal Aid
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to restore financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, cuts to the fees of free legal aid service...
    • Departmental Data
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received, approved, refused and still being processed and appealed for the undocumented scheme...
    • International Protection
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons seeking international protection arriving from other EU member states or safe countries who have passed...
    • Departmental Properties
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the long-term plan for the old Cork prison, in view of the fact that it has been vacant for a number of years; her plans to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí will continue to record non-crime hate incidents in accordance with the online hate crime reporting facility...
    • Citizenship Applications
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57481/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2023 of purchasing five additional explosive detection dogs for the Garda dog unit. [57573/22]
    • Departmental Data
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asset profilers attached to Meath Garda division as of 30 November 2020 and 15 November 2022, in tabular form....
    • Electronic Tagging
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on a matter (details supplied). [57593/22]
    • Visa Applications
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on an application by a person (details supplied). [57616/22]
    • Work Permits
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the spouses of migrant workers on general work permits are able to access a work permit in the way that...
    • Departmental Data
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda cars and vans attached to Kilkenny and Carlow Division in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • An Garda Síochána
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of time typically taken to train a member of the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeals that the single person committee of inquiry for refusal of application of Irish citizenship on grounds of...
    • Immigration Policy
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to reopen the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants' scheme in the future; and, if not, if she...
    • Road Safety
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 324 and 325 of 6 October 2022, if she will provide a wider breakdown of the locations...
    • Control of Firearms
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an allowance will be made for persons in possession of a firearm (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the total yield earned from each safety camera zone under the Garda safety camera contract to date in 2022,...
    • Gambling Sector
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that a 24-hour ban on gambling advertising is not being considered under the Gambling Regulations Bill 2022; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of Garda CCTV schemes and community CCTV schemes; and the number of cameras in...
    • International Protection
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 24 March 2022, the number of review applications that have been received since the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [58087/22]
    • Crime Prevention
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are being pursued to ensure public order and safety on streets. [58128/22]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Strategies
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the impact that junk food marketing is having on children in Ireland (details supplied); if he will take steps to stop the...
    • Hospice Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current position of the south Westmeath Hospice facility. [57263/22]
    • Medical Cards
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place or that are planned to streamline the processing of medical card applications for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which an application can be submitted for a communication device for a person (details supplied); the timeframe for processing and making a...
    • Mental Health Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the establishment of the national psychology placement office as recommended in the HSE psychology report of...
    • Disability Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy for the management of urgent cases within children’s disability network teams; if a CNDT can carry out a diagnostic assessment...
    • Official Travel
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the...
    • Health Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any legal claims brought by women following consultations by telemedicine under section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of...
    • Dental Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 15 September 2022, if he will provide an update on the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment and appointment of a spinal surgery for Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin. [57371/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists to access CAMHS by CHO area in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and the waiting times involved to access these appointments....
    • Health Services Staff
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and...
    • Home Help Service
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive home support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57382/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number and grade of staff hired to work in the 91 CDNTs since the beginning of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57385/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the 'in loco parentis' rule in place for families availing of home nursing care; if he intends to abolish this rule; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of consistency in psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language and physiotherapy appointments for children with physical and...
    • Health Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the restoration of funding to the North Inner City Taskforce. [57411/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of staff in CHO8 who are still awaiting their bonus pandemic payment of €1,000. [57425/22]
    • Health Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for Midlands Youth Drug and Alcohol Service, given that the contract with an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of services...
    • Nursing Homes
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants in receipt of the fair deal scheme who opted to rent out their homes since the change in how this would affect their own contribution;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57465/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has been ranked the worst for transgender healthcare in the EU; if he will provide details of the...
    • Disability Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved for a person (details supplied) with disabilities to take-up a residential placement in County Tipperary; the reason for the...
    • Health Services Staff
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that plans for the redeployment of those working as Covid swabbers and testers for the HSE, who are due to finish up on 21 November 2022,...
    • Disability Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention places available in an area (details supplied) in County Cork. [57542/22]
    • Health Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the cutbacks in services (details supplied); when further funding will be allocated in order that those centres can reopen; when additional...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      614. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect an appointment for their awaited CT scan which is urgently required; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at early intervention in each CHO and LHO; and the cost of filling all vacancies, in tabular form. [57556/22]
    • Health Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a matter; if a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if agency workers in the HSE will still be able to receive the pandemic bonus payment if their employer does not apply for the funding for it; the way that...
    • Home Care Packages
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive homecare packages delivered in CHO8 in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [57581/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff vacancies by job title in orthodontic services in County Meath; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form....
    • Hospital Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time tracheotomy nurses working in the Mater Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be...
    • Health Services Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to children’s disability network teams in the past 12 months, in tabular form by CHO and CDNT; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1497 of 26 April 2022, if he will provide an update on the project delivery for each item; the timeframe for delivery of...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal’s...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the timeframe for delivery of the project; the cost of the...
    • Departmental Data
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer screenings conducted by the HSE by type, by location for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of screenings which have...
    • Health Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to cancer screening services to date in 2022. [57591/22]
    • Emergency Departments
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for October 2022; the average...
    • Dental Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on public dental and orthodontic waiting lists in October 2022 by county, region and CHO, in tabular form; the numbers by...
    • Community Care
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each care service for October 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by...
    • Health Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason that an aspect of an agreed programme of care and rehabilitation for a person (details supplied) with a brain injury has been...
    • Departmental Funding
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57618/22]
    • Health Strategies
      643. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will refer the concerns to the HSE; and if the HSE will provide an update on this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce a mechanism for frontline workers to register for their pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health when the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital will return to full capacity; the plans that are in place to deal with the extremely long waiting lists for...
    • Health Services
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a health centre unit (details supplied) does not provide x-ray services to the local population for injuries to the body; the person or body...
    • Ambulance Service
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reform the recruitment processes for the National Ambulance Service to give greater recognition to prior learning and or prior experience; and if he...
    • Hospital Facilities
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment proposals at St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny in order to enlarge the footprint to support new and increased services; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric dermatologist attached to CHI, Temple Street in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of payment of the pandemic recognition payment to non-HSE employees; if all eligible frontline healthcare employees...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on waiting lists for procedures, including those on suspension or other lists, at the end of October 2022, by location in...
    • Disability Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT in tabular form; the average length of...
    • Mental Health Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO, and by age; and the length of wait in tabular form. [57784/22]
    • Departmental Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to a company (details supplied) regarding gastrointestinal scopes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57785/22]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the sum of payments made to a company (details supplied) in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57787/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57789/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type by hospital group and hospital in October 2022 in tabular form; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for October 2022, nationally and by ambulance region, in...
    • Health Services Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community...
    • Dental Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the DTSS for each month to date in 2022, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if agency workers who worked in HSE vaccination centres will receive the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57803/22]
    • Hospital Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location and by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57829/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      694. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who has recently been discharged from Blanchardstown Hospital and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      695. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent cranioplasty surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57898/22]
    • Health Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE plans relating to the retention of telemedicine as part of the care pathway for early medical abortion; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if the approved funding for residential care being provided by SOS Kilkenny for a person (details supplied) will be released immediately. [57908/22]
    • Health Strategies
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s strategy for protecting immunocompromised persons who cannot mount a response to a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if plans and supports are in place to assist vulnerable persons living at home who are reliant on essential medical equipment in the event that there are...
    • Health Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a facility (details supplied) is not open; if his Department will grant funding for same; if his Department has received an application from an...
    • Dental Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made in relation to resolving the current impasse with dentists providing services to the HSE, as many patients across the country...
    • Health Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if the support of a dietitian is available to persons living in Newcastle, County Dublin and Clondalkin, Dublin 22 who have recently been diagnosed as...
    • Vaccination Programme
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that first-year students from a school (details supplied) are being asked to travel to a HSE facility in Cherry Orchard to avail of the HPV vaccine...
    • Departmental Reviews
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the failure in leadership and management, the failure to tell the whole truth, the false reassurance and attempts to...
    • Health Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health when a reimbursement will be finalised for a person (details supplied) who has applied for the Cross Border Directive reimbursement; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57979/22]
    • Health Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [57989/22]
    • Disability Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting services in network 4 of the community disability network teams, broken down by the age of children and the number of years...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the registration of qualifications for a person (details supplied). [57997/22]
    • Health Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be expedited as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58001/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the totality of the amount drawn down of the temporary inflation payment scheme by the nursing home sector to date. [58003/22]
    • Medical Cards
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place or planned to streamline the processing of medical card applications for international protection applicants, similar to that...
    • Health Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for an assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58018/22]
    • Fire Safety
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the last time that an in-person external fire safety audit was carried out on behalf of the HSE in each hospital part of RCSI group; when the next in-person...
    • Hospital Staff
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant neurologist with a special interest in neurocognitive disorder for the...
    • Dental Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that persons should be afforded dental treatment and appliances by the dental hospital in accordance with function 4 (b) of its...
    • Departmental Funding
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any reduction in funding to the Midlands regional taskforce in Budget 2023. [58035/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      725. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect an appointment for their awaited CT scan which is urgently required. [58038/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant ambulance waiting times experienced by constituents in the Tipperary region; the average length of time...
    • Dental Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 990 of 8 November 2022, the way in which members of the public can access HSE assistance if they are unable to secure...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if contracted services, including contract cleaners, catering staff and security personnel, working in public hospitals will receive the Covid-19 recognition...
    • Primary Care Centres
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a planned new primary care centre in a location (details supplied); the stage that this development is at; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at a centre (details supplied); and the length of time that each vacancy has existed. [58053/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in a centre (details supplied); the number of these beds currently occupied; the current waiting list for a bed in the unit; the current...
    • General Practitioner Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allocate a HSE-contracted GP to a town (details supplied) on a short-term basis given the increased population since 2017;...
    • Health Services Staff
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment was given to put in place a healthcare professional at a location (details supplied) in 2017; the reason that this did not happen; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of complications related to the most recent Covid-19 vaccine by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a particularly serious matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58058/22]
    • Disability Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a meeting request from an organisation (details supplied); if so, the response that he has issued; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to close any community mental health care setting in north Dublin (details supplied); if so, the timeline for its closure; his plans for...
    • Suicide Incidence
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have died by suicide under the age of 60 years by age and county in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of the broadcast watershed given that it has been four years since the passage of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018...
    • Hospital Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the schedule of delivery for the 321 acute beds due to be delivered in 2022 and 2023, as per the Winter Plan...
    • Health Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health If he will provide a detailed breakdown of the schedule of delivery for the 202 public community beds due to be delivered in 2022 and 2023, as per the Winter...
    • Departmental Reports
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the final report of the expert group on tort reform and the management of clinical negligence claims, published in December 2020; if he intends...
    • General Practitioner Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that those experiencing homelessness can access GP services (details supplied); his plans to develop appropriate...
    • Dental Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a new medical card scheme for dental treatment; the timeline that he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff in each children's disability network team in Dublin north and county, including social workers,...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a bed will be made available in Galway University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      754. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a walk-in warfarin clinic in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58115/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      756. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add antiphospholipid syndrome to the list of medical conditions that qualify under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for persons who require long-term oral...
    • Health Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by his Department on a project for Galway University Hospital (details supplied) that was forwarded to his Department for approval...
    • Health Service Executive
      762. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason no response has issued from the HSE to this query which was sent to them on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to the waiting times in pain management clinic in Sligo University Hospital; if there are plans to address the capacity...
    • Primary Care Services
      766. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the general practitioner who runs the practice in Dunkineely Health Centre, Dunkineely, County Donegal, has...
    • Health Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will ensure that a response issues; and if he will address the...
    • Medical Cards
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction that all medical card holders be entitled to the entresto heart drug, regardless of their LVEF level, given that a person (details...
    • Medicinal Products
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to approve the drug (details supplied); the criteria used to disapprove the drug; and his views on the lack of access to the drug in Ireland,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      770. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation that persons who are immunocompromised and who are prevented from ending the quarantine face, despite the lifting of Covid-19...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Circulars
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has issued any guidelines to local authorities to cease using weed killers containing glyphosate; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any intending recipient of the forgotten farmers scheme will need to meet all six qualifying points of the scheme; and if not, if...
    • Education Schemes
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the requirement for a level 6 qualification for the forgotten farmers scheme will have to be in agriculture; and if not, if, for...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a person (details supplied) has not received their GLAS payment. [57290/22]
    • Veterinary Services
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the increase in average veterinary costs to rehome a retired greyhound from €126 in 2018 to €202 in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57305/22]
    • Official Travel
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate...
    • Forestry Sector
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the present position on the change in legislation to remove the requirement for planning permission when replacing dead and dying ash...
    • Construction Industry
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 29 April 2021, if he will increase the rate of payment under TAMS to reflect the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is collaborating with other Departments with regard to the remit of the fishery harbour centres given their...
    • Agriculture Industry
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a herd number will be transferred to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greyhound Industry
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that an incorrect figure of €15,600, which included coursing pups, for the number of pups born in 2019 was provided...
    • Fishing Industry
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to appoint additional full-time fisheries attaché to the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended timeline to make payments to those affected by the landslide at Shass mountain in County Leitrim; and if he will make a...
    • Veterinary Services
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if veterinary medicinal products are covered by the Irish Protocol of the UK Withdrawal Agreement; if not, the time at which any...
    • Brexit Issues
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any issue that may arise in relation to the importation of veterinary medicinal products from the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in respect of his Department’s investigation into the death of approximately 400 bull calves in...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider changing the criterial for the ACRES scheme to allow flock keepers to make applications as many farms throughout...
    • Animal Diseases
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will change the current regime to ensure that scans are accepted as proof of a cow being in-calf in cases of TB outbreaks as...
    • Land Issues
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department can clarify if Coillte plans to sell land for a development (details supplied) in east Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carried out an investigation into the discovery of greyhound remains in a bog in Newbridge in August 2022; if...
    • Greyhound Industry
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured at races and trials to date in 2022. [57992/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57996/22]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      801. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the energy-costs supports that are available to churches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58041/22]
    • Official Travel
      803. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she or any officials from her Department or from bodies under the aegis of her Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate...
    • Sports Facilities
      804. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of funding that her Department made available for the provision of sports courts and or all-weather...
    • Grant Payments
      805. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all of the supports that are available to the community and voluntary sector to deal with rising...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      806. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time vacancies by job title in the Charities Regulator as of 15 November 2022; when these vacancies will be filled...
    • Community Development Projects
      807. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will issue to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57988/22]
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      810. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if approved housing bodies are eligible to apply for support under the community and voluntary energy support scheme; and if she will...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      811. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on a fund (details supplied) to assist community and voluntary organisations that are struggling with...

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