Written answers
Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Department of Defence
- Ukraine War
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops that are to be deployed as part of the Ukraine training detachment from the EU; the arrangements for their safety and...
- Defence Forces
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital works planned for military installations in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58384/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the emergency aeromedical service in Athlone and those who assisted with mandatory hotel quarantine will receive the €1,000...
- Air Corps
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he plans to extend the runway at Baldonnel Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58335/22]
- Defence Forces
23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the technical pay agreement for the Defence Forces agreed in 2019. [57493/22]
- Naval Service
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the recruitment and retention crisis in the Irish Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57622/22]
- Defence Forces
28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of Project V1 - Review of Pay Structures in the High Level Implementation plan Strengthening our Defence Forces. [58283/22]
- Air Corps
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department plans to review the tech pay and allowance and the specific service commitment schemes for aircraft technicians within the Air...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the delayed payment of the Covid recognition payment to the Defence Forces. [57492/22]
- Defence Forces
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the Defence Forces’ office of reserve affairs to be established; the proposed structure of same; and if he will make a...
- Strategic Infrastructure
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in relation to plans for the protection of critical State infrastructure in the coming months and years; and if...
- Emergency Planning
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to improve the capacity of the Office of Emergency Planning in view of the increasing frequency and impact of adverse weather events...
- Defence Forces
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he proposes to improve the conditions of service for Defence Forces medical officers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Official Engagements
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide further clarity on the purpose and function of his attendance as a keynote speaker at the "Building the Ecosystem" event in...
- Defence Forces
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an updated report on the progress that is being made on the further evaluation that is being carried out on the issue of long...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Legislative Measures
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to bring forth legislation that will standardise the teaching of relationship and sexual education across all publicly funded Irish...
- School Staff
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that two...
- Schools Building Projects
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on building works at a school (details supplied). [58212/22]
- Education Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and or supervision that are available for teachers who are dealing with trauma and traumatised students on a regular basis. [58416/22]
- Educational Disadvantage
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools with DEIS status by county in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [58415/22]
- Special Educational Needs
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs officers that have been appointed to County Tipperary; the reason that there is no full-time SENOs...
- School Transport
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school bus transport appeals process; if her attention has been drawn to reports that numerous children who previously...
- School Admissions
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which an adequacy of school places exists for children in all areas throughout the country including County Kildare and with...
- Schools Building Projects
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision by her Department not to secure additional adjacent land in Buncrana, County Donegal, for adequate outdoor green...
- Teacher Training
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will set the intake cap for primary teacher training courses in public universities; if she will consider raising the cap to allow more...
- School Enrolments
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there will be sufficient places in secondary schools in east Cork to accommodate student enrolment numbers for September...
- Special Educational Needs
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that she is taking to improve July Provision in advance of summer 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58433/22]
- School Accommodation
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage positively with a school (details supplied) regarding the future needs of the school and how best to progress; and...
- School Funding
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 562 of 8 November 2022, if a circular will be sent to schools with information on additional capitation...
- Departmental Expenditure
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spending by her Department on in-service training of teachers and on leadership development programmes; and if she will set out her...
- Schools Building Projects
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school build for a school (details supplied) given that it has been in its temporary location for the past three years; and...
- Education and Training Boards
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for the creation of new schools which fall under the remit of the City of Dublin Education and Training Board. [58407/22]
- Schools Building Projects
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new build for a school (details supplied); and if an autism class will be open for the 2023 school year. [58414/22]
- School Transport
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct a review of the school transportation crisis that occurred during the start of the 2022/2023 academic year as a...
- School Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the introduction of psychology counsellors in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57457/22]
- Special Educational Needs
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of pupils currently accessing SEN units in primary and post-primary schools in the Louth and the east Meath catchment area; if...
- Departmental Schemes
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to address the restrictions in the redress scheme for victims of historical school abuses. [58132/22]
- School Staff
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the reintroduction of an allowance for teachers on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57967/22]
- School Facilities
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage positively with a school (details supplied) regarding the construction of a new gymnasium and sports hall; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made on the opening of autism and special educational needs' units in secondary schools under the Education (Admission...
- School Staff
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the difficulties filling vacancies in schools (details supplied). [57495/22]
- School Transport
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a review of the provision of school bus services; if efforts are ongoing to provide for students that qualify for a seat in...
- Schools Building Projects
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school building for a school (details supplied); the efforts that her Department is making to ensure that students will...
- Educational Disadvantage
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on DEIS applications; when the process will re-open to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Education Policy
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that there are sufficient Irish-speaking schools in south Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staff
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to deal with teacher shortages given that larger classes are being combined with no substitute teachers to cover...
- School Costs
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on reports that some secondary schools are charging parents to have their child put on a waiting list for the school. [58417/22]
- Education Policy
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that she has made to date in bringing school completion officers back under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58432/22]
- State Examinations
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is taking measures to fast-track the reform of the Leaving Certificate. [58418/22]
- School Staff
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that she intends to address the recruitment issues in schools, particularly in the cities and the commuter belt around Dublin; and if she...
- National Educational Psychological Service
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 17 May 2022, if NEPS assessments are still being undertaken through a school (details supplied); if...
- Special Educational Needs
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for assistive technology for students with special educational needs received by the National Council for Special...
- School Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that...
- Special Educational Needs
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the availability of ASD specific school places at primary school level in the Dublin mid-west area; and if she will make a...
- Education Policy
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 77 and 138 of 11 October 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of a new policy on...
- Educational Disadvantage
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding that has been provided for the DEIS Programme in 2022; the projected drawdown on this funding at end year; the total funding...
- Special Educational Needs
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have classes open for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58392/22]
- School Accommodation
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the serious school building repair, maintenance, security and facilities needs at a school (details supplied),...
- Special Educational Needs
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her Department’s review of the summer programme, formerly known as the July provision; if she will provide details of the...
- School Transport
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants from County Monaghan for the school transport scheme who have yet to receive a bus ticket. [57720/22]
- School Enrolments
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing issue of the very high number of primary students with no secondary school places in east Cork;...
- School Facilities
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that she has taken to ensure that sufficient fresh air is provided in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that she is taking to record the number of individual students with special education needs transitioning to post-primary education...
- Educational Disadvantage
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will have further consideration given at an early date to inclusion of more schools in the DEIS Programme, particularly schools who...
- National Educational Psychological Service
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that she will take, in conjunction with the relevant Departments, to ensure that doctoral students of educational psychology are...
- Special Educational Needs
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made on increasing ASD units for schools in Ballincollig; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58428/22]
- Education Policy
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the commitment to a comprehensive Irish language strategy from early years, through school to third level; and...
- School Transport
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date in reforming the school bus service; the estimated cost of this service in 2022 and the provision for...
- Schools Building Projects
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the permanent new school build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Examinations
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the timing of the release of the State exam results. [57494/22]
- School Facilities
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on the capital provision of general purpose and sporting halls; the level of funding allocated from 2020 to date; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for admission to the summer provision programme; the way that the criteria have changed over the expansion of the scheme; the number...
- Educational Disadvantage
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) will be revised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58213/22]
- School Curriculum
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the primary school curriculum; and when she expects the curriculum to be published and...
- Special Educational Needs
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made by her Department in the establishment of a special school specific to the east Cork area; and if she will make a...
- School Funding
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate funding to provide for the envisaged increase in student numbers at a school (details supplied) in time for the 2023-2024...
- Schools Building Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the deep anger amongst parents and teachers at a school (details supplied) at the failure of her Department to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended for Ireland to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 183 on maternity care. [58545/22]
- EU Directives
147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ireland's position on the proposed new corporate sustainability due diligence directive; if he will negotiate to strengthen this...
- Work Permits
148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his plans to relax the rules on work visas for certain categories of qualified persons where there is a shortage...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being put in place to ensure that Travellers who pay their rent directly to local authorities have access...
- Grant Payments
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned and-or unspent...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58483/22]
- Driver Licences
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter relating to a driving licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Car Test
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put protections in place for motorists who have had to book an NCT test past their expiry date, taking into consideration the...
- Driver Test
161. 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. [58523/22]
- Road Tolls
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the contract with a company (details supplied) that operates the toll on the M1 at Julianstown, County Meath and the...
- Electric Vehicles
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline any plans to provide grant aid to hauliers seeking to convert their fleet to low emission vehicles, including gas,...
- Departmental Funding
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned and or unspent in part or in full...
- Road Safety Authority
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of court proceedings that the Road Safety Authority has taken against licensed haulage operators since its inception, in...
- Road Tolls
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of toll road contracts; the date that each contract was signed; the date that each contract expired in tabular...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal has been appointed following the resignation of the previous board; if his commitment that a comprehensive...
- Tax Code
171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58498/22]
- Business Supports
174. To ask the Minister for Finance when the new temporary business energy support scheme will be operational and open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58617/22]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Burial Grounds
175. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of correspondence and discussions that her Department and the authorities of Dublin University Trinity College have...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct Donegal County Council to provide urgent funding for temporary accommodation for families affected by the...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of technical staff who work in a part-time capacity in NPWS's marine ecology team, including specialists in...
- Housing Schemes
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if support is available for a young couple who have recently bought a rural cottage that requires some work (details...
- Housing Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends extending the period for local authorities to purchase homes in which a tenant is in situ into the year to...
- Defective Building Materials
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any issue with persons who have been accepted on to the defective concrete blocks grant...
- Housing Schemes
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which applicants under his Department's first home and-or shared equity scheme can submit an application; and if he...
- Water Services
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the engagement that he has had with...
- Grant Payments
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned and or unspent in part...
- Legislative Measures
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the present position on the change in legislation required to remove the requirement for planning permission when replacing...
- Housing Schemes
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the HAP rates of the local authority providing the HAP apply if a person is availing of HAP to rent a property outside of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Council of Europe
187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's impact on the recent decision by the Council of Europe to hold a fourth summit; and if he will make a statement...
- Diplomatic Representation
188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who are employed in each foreign embassy based in Ireland as of 7 November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Official Engagements
189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he has had discussions with his EU colleagues regarding defence and security in view of recent events. [57726/22]
- Naval Service
191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Naval Service is being upgraded in line with the recent report; the extent to which recruitment is a major part of this...
- Defence Forces
198. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Army continues to be modernised in terms of its structure, efficacy and its ability to respond to emergencies, if and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pension Provisions
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when former staff members (details supplied) will receive the pension increase in respect of the Building Momentum Agreement; and if she will...
- School Equipment
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for assistive technology by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ukraine War
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ukrainian families are being informed of the obligation of Gaeltacht schools, under the Gaeltacht education policy, to teach through the...
- Special Educational Needs
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the special needs' class requirements at schools (details supplied) can be met in full in the short-term; and if she will...
- School Accommodation
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58522/22]
- Pleananna Oideachais
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills faoin líon daltaí in oideachas dara leibhéal le díolúine ó scrúdú sa Ghaeilge ach atá ag...
- School Admissions
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of students who applied to their local secondary schools (details supplied) did not...
- Schools Building Projects
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide the official approval and building formulation report, in order that the school building project at a school...
- Education Policy
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlement that students in primary school have in cases in which there is suspected dyslexia, to a professional assessment through the...
- School Transport
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the original management accounts for Bus Éireann school transport showing surpluses or deficits in each of the years 2007 to 2013 were...
- Special Educational Needs
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appropriate supports for a school and a SNA have been put in place for a student (details supplied). [58574/22]
- Schools Building Projects
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an official approval and building formulation report for a school (details supplied), in order that the school building...
- School Management
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that some principals who act as secretary to the Board of Management in their school receive the allowance for principals who act as...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Covid-19 capitation grant to provide for enhanced cleaning services and the purchase of necessary cleaning supplies in schools will be...
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad iarratas atá curtha isteach ar iompar scoile chun freastal ar Ghaelscoil agus Gaelcholáiste nó Aonad Gaeilge...
- Special Educational Needs
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which provision is being made for the accommodation of special needs' classes at schools (details supplied) given the influx of...
- Education Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she and her Department continue to assess the educational requirements in Maynooth, County Kildare with particular reference...
- Schools Building Projects
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if official approval and a building formulation report will be provided to the school authorities of a school (details supplied) to enable the...
- School Staff
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently employed at primary level throughout the country; the extent to which this meets requirements at the present...
- Schools Building Projects
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the replacement of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58676/22]
- Special Educational Needs
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs' classes and special needs' teachers continue to be available in all schools through the country given the need...
- School Transport
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the school transport system has been reviewed with a view to making such transport available to those who had access...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures that are currently in place or envisaged to combat school bullying in its various forms, without exception, at primary and...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Covid-19 Pandemic
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which Covid-19 will be recognised as an occupational illness in Ireland. [58602/22]
- Social Welfare Appeals
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58481/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to granting the cost-of-living disability support payment to those in receipt of partial...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government has any plans to remove the means test for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pensions
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a State pension (non-contributory) will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which persons (details supplied) are likely to benefit from Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her advice regarding a disability allowance payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that have been received under the additional needs' payment to date in 2022; the number of...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of the disability pension was not entitled to the bonus payment...
- Programme for Government
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the establishment of the commission to examine care and supports for older people committed to in the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance will be approved and backdated for a person (details supplied). [58573/22]
- Departmental Staff
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community officers in her Department by county. [58600/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of financial supports available to health care workers who suffer from long Covid following...
- Social Welfare Benefits
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- State Pensions
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a State pension (contributory) was received in her Department for a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal will be dealt with for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the repayment of a debt; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) has received their appropriate entitlements in respect of social welfare...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Gender Equality
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised website and portal includes overall breakdowns and averages of the gender pay gap across all...
- Child and Family Agency
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that psychotherapy is not currently embedded as one among many therapeutic services in Tusla child...
- Grant Payments
273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned or...
- Child and Family Agency
278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which Tusla is being rendered ineffective by other agencies, with particular reference to family...
- Child Protection
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis on which a public representative in a supportive capacity has been specifically excluded from a...
- Child and Family Agency
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the in-camera rule applies in situations in which children and mothers are being...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Reviews
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected delivery date for the comprehensive skills review being undertaken by the OECD and commissioned by his Department; and if he will...
- Third Level Fees
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the €1,000 reduction in fees is not applied to master's or postgraduate courses; if he will consider extending this...
- Further and Higher Education
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that those with disabilities partaking in the National Learning Network are being excluded from receiving the disability allowance....
- Third Level Admissions
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns that for some third-level courses, particularly in medicine and related areas, and...
- Third Level Education
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the agreements reached between the Irish and UK governments post-Brexit provide that Irish students wishing to study at postgraduate level in...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to bring Operation Encompass to Ireland in line with the commitment to explore this in the...
- Visa Applications
292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that stamp 0 visas are not issued for three to five years as was the case previously in cases in which the...
- International Protection
293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is correct that a person with permission to remain on the basis of refugee status who wishes to change their name from...
- Grant Payments
294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned and or unspent in part...
- Family Law Cases
295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the use of the in-camera rule in family law proceedings as a means of enabling the procedure...
- Department of Health
- Legislative Measures
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the legislation that is in place in relation to the use and growing of cannabis (details supplied); if any changes in relation to same are...
- Health Service Executive
298. To ask the Minister for Health the current timeline for dealing with an occupation health grievance process for HSE employees; when the case of a person (details supplied) will be decided;...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
299. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has yet to publish its annual report and financial statements for 2021 as required by the Code of...
- Health Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for mammograms following referral by GPs and BreastCheck; if family history of breast cancer reduces the wait time; and if he will...
- Hospital Charges
301. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to cancel the debt of a person (details supplied) who will be unable to pay their hospital bill. [58510/22]
- Hospital Admissions
302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations for children and older adults afflicted with respiratory syncytial virus infection, recorded by hospital and month from...
- Health Promotion
303. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied); his views on the request by the organisations to ban all online marketing...
- Health Service Executive
304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 842 of 5 July 2022, if he will provide details on the way that a person (details supplied) can make a payment to buy-back...
- Hospital Services
305. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent withdrawal of the primary care paediatric courier services from general practice surgeries (details supplied) to...
- Legislative Measures
306. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58554/22]
- Healthcare Policy
307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national office for home support; the way that this will align with regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
308. To ask the Minister for Health when the action plan for the disability capacity review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58561/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
309. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing the Covid bonus payment to all eligible staff not directly employed by the HSE; if he will outline the specific steps that...
- Healthcare Policy
311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his response to the urgent appeal for funding and other supports outlined in correspondence to his Department from the Supported Care Homes...
- Medical Cards
312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a medical card to all children for whom the domiciliary care allowance is payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
313. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented at an early date to address the critical shortage of homecare workers which is causing severe problems in many areas with...
- Hospital Facilities
314. To ask the Minister for Health pursuant to the National Development Plan 2021-2030, if he will provide a status update on the development of the promised cancer care centre for Galway...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of financial supports available to health care workers who suffer from long-Covid following being infected with the virus in the...
- Medical Cards
316. To ask the Minister for Health when saxenda will be approved for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58612/22]
- Health Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to improve healthcare for trans persons, in view of the ranking by an organisation (details supplied) of Ireland as the worst...
- Medicinal Products
318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 831 of 18 October 2022, the number of times that his Department has met with the Health Products Regulatory Authority,...
- Legislative Measures
320. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline that he is working towards in progressing the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 through all stages of Dáil and...
- Proposed Legislation
321. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health insurance (amendment) Bill 2022, which was listed as a priority for drafting and publication in this session in the autumn 2022...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a full public inquiry into deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic at both public and private nursing and care homes; and if he...
- Vaccination Programme
323. To ask the Minister for Health when a vaccine compensation scheme will be introduced in this country to fast-track compensation for persons who have been damaged as a result of taking Covid...
- Medical Cards
324. To ask the Minister for Health when an emergency medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58688/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that his Department differentiates between male and female applicants for TAMS funding, given that 60% TAMS...
- Horse Racing Industry
329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will formally stand down the chairman, board and executive of Horse Sport Ireland and appoint independent investigators to...
- Forestry Sector
332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date that his Department began discussions with the nursery sector in relation to next forestry programme which is due to...
- Grant Payments
342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned and or unspent in part or in...
- Animal Feedstuffs
343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal feed samples taken to date in 2022; and the number of samples that were outside the tolerance levels. [58605/22]
- Forestry Sector
344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if forestry premiums will be available to UK-based investment companies that are partnered with semi-State companies in the next...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Programmes
347. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will re-examine the electoral divisions in the Clondalkin electoral area which are included in the Leader programme, in...
- Grant Payments
348. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned and or unspent in part or in...
