Written answers

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the agreed gratuity payments will be paid to CE supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53771/22]
    • Budget 2023
      77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the various supports for carers in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58868/22]
    • State Pensions
      78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a State pension solution for long-term family carers, including progress on a family...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current wait time for a supplementary welfare allowance to be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Rates
      80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social protection incomes will be raised by €20 instead of €12 given the high cost of living and in view of...
    • Budget 2023
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she remains satisfied that all critical issues anticipated in Budget 2023 have been adequately dealt with...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on making the back-to-education allowance available to persons more than once, for instance, for women returning to...
    • Departmental Policies
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions that she has taken to implement the recommendations within the Indecon cost of disability report; and if she will...
    • Community Welfare Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-allocate community welfare officers back into the community in which they were originally placed, if not...
    • Child Poverty
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is concerned about the impact of the rising cost of living on child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to announce the agricultural schemes which will be disregarded with regard to farm assist scheme under the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to increase the income disregard for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that her Department uses data modelling to assess the impact of social welfare payment rates; the way that data is...
    • State Pensions
      90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed contributors who do not have sufficient contributions to warrant the payment of a pension; if she...
    • Departmental Policies
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recommendations have been made by the inter-departmental committee set-up to look at the Indecon cost of disability report;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing free travel passes to all persons with epilepsy who are not in receipt of a qualifying social...
    • Departmental Policies
      93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to carry out a consultation process as part of her Department’s work on addressing the cost of...
    • International Protection
      94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that she is supporting refugees and those who are seeking international protection to gain employment; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale of determining qualified child increases of €2 for children aged under and over 12 years given the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the various supports for pensioners in County Kerry in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on reforming the stillbirth registration process [59051/22]
    • Social Welfare Code
      98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends reforming incrementally the means testing that applies to many social welfare schemes to make it more equitable...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the various cost-of-living lump sum payments which are being administered by her Department;...
    • Departmental Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons who applied for the carer's allowance in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58970/22]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to review the operation of Intreo offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59126/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on long-term illness benefit for 12 months or longer will receive the Christmas bonus payment; when the bonus will...
    • State Pensions
      104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to increase the pension entitlements of full-time family carers. [59052/22]
    • Domestic Violence
      105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing a dedicated exceptional needs’ payment for costs related to persons fleeing domestic...
    • Irish Sign Language
      106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the voucher scheme for users of Irish sign language to access free ISL and English interpreting for social, educational...
    • Budget 2023
      107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that she is taking to identify persons who were on disability allowance to change due to training/education...
    • Departmental Strategies
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that her Department has carried out to increase work capacity among vulnerable cohorts including those in addiction...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the processing of additional needs’ payment applications; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the difference between the health qualifications to qualify for the invalidity pension and the disability allowance both...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the €500 once-off payment to people with a disability to include disabled persons who have...
    • Social Welfare Code
      113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the regulations around the back-to-school allowance to ensure that the allowance is available to a parent...
    • School Meals Programme
      114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to increase the funding for the school meals programme to take into account the increase in the costs of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Christmas bonus 2022 will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59110/22]
    • Social Welfare Code
      116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the threshold increase for the working family payment will come into effect. [59079/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that those in receipt of illness benefit were not awarded a double payment in line with other welfare schemes; and...
    • Fuel Poverty
      118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is concerned at the level of fuel poverty this winter in spite of the additional one-off payments made available by...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if participants on CE schemes with a disability will be included in the €500 top-up for people with disabilities; and...
    • Budget 2023
      120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the supports for families in Budget 2023; the impact that the changes she is making will have in respect...
    • Social Welfare Code
      122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce unemployment benefit based upon the previous employment income of a person. [59078/22]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who are on long-term illness benefit for 12 months or longer will receive the Christmas bonus payment; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is intended to bring the pay levels of CE supervisors in line with other public sector employees with similar...
    • Departmental Policies
      126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will be bringing forward a new customer charter and customer action plan; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate the trends in the number seeking jobseeker payments; the number who are being facilitated into pathways...
    • Budget 2023
      130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the various supports for people with disabilities in Budget 2023; the way that this aligns with ongoing...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance to ensure that it is available to all recipients of social...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the rural social scheme top-up of €5 announced in Budget 2023 to €20 to keep pace with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the current waiting times at the appeals office and if additional resources will be allocated to it; and...
    • Domestic Violence
      135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently review cases whereby victims of domestic and coercive abuse who are accessing refuge services but who do...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the back-to-work enterprise allowance in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of these...
    • Social Welfare Code
      138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider removing the means test for carer’s allowance in the case of a parent who gives up full-time...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Official Engagements
      139. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [58887/22]
    • State Bodies
      140. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of payments made to barristers by the Chief State Solicitors Office in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [58994/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      141. To ask the Taoiseach the number of access officers who are employed in his Department, responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reducing the cost of work permit renewals in view of the cost-of-living crisis. [59359/22]
    • EU Directives
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ireland's position on the proposed new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned by the planned departure of an organisation (details supplied) from Ireland; if he has assessed, along with the...
    • Employment Rights
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of an employment regulation order for security workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
    • Departmental Data
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who have received a fine not exceeding €5,000 as per the Protection of Employment Act 1977 for failing...
    • State Bodies
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current staffing levels at Enterprise Ireland; and the offices, either head office or regional offices, where these staff are...
    • Departmental Contracts
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning...
    • Ministerial Staff
      154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • State Bodies
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any review of EPA operations has been conducted with a view to improving the efficiency of the organisation; his...
    • Energy Policy
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the electricity credit will be applied to units in student accommodation to ensure that students...
    • Mining Industry
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that he has allowed and given prospecting licences in a number of counties; the rationale for same; and if...
    • Energy Prices
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that he is taking to resolve the situation where tenants of a social housing trust (details supplied) who...
    • Mining Industry
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has visited two locations (details supplied) and witnessed the destruction and damage caused at these locations...
    • Climate Change Policy
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the implementation of section 14(7) of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous...
    • Waste Management
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to persons living in areas where there is no competition for waste collection; if the local...
    • Energy Conservation
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that the financial supports for HubController, which had been financially supported by the SSEI, have been...
    • Departmental Strategies
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that he will publish the national hydrogen strategy before the end of 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Fuel Sales
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if coal sourced in Columbia is for sale in this country; if this product is legal in this State; if not, the efforts...
    • Energy Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action that the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities proposes to take against gas companies which disconnect...
    • Energy Conservation
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the SEAI better energy communities grant scheme funded by his Department will open for applications given that...
    • Departmental Staff
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to...
    • Energy Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will increase the solar pv grant payment available for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Conservation
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland on benchmark pricing for retrofitting given that...
    • Air Quality
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to air quality issues in Ennis (details supplied); his plans to address these issues;...
    • Energy Prices
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on urgent concerns relating to new additional energy related costs in relation to a person (details...
    • National Broadband Plan
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the rollout of the national broadband scheme. [59553/22]
    • Energy Policy
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislation that governs district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59566/22]
    • Local Authorities
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the statutory guidelines for local authority climate action plans, which will include the guidelines for...
    • Departmental Contracts
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any payment is outstanding or has been made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to a company (details supplied) or any other entity in...
    • Aviation Industry
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of west-bound flights from Dublin Airport which deviate from their designated flight path by turning south over Dublin 15....
    • Driver Test
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving test slots available in each of the test centres in County Galway in tabular form; the reason for the reduced...
    • Bus Services
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding bus regularity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the opening of Kishogue train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58856/22]
    • Bus Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a bus shelter is provided at the bus stop at Main Street, Ballynacargy, County Westmeath (details supplied). [58898/22]
    • Rail Network
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options that are available to residents where Irish Rail is not complying with its noise mitigation policy when carrying out...
    • Aviation Industry
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that he has to initiate domestic development and production of sustainable aviation fuel; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the deterioration in the service provided by the 726 bus to the airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Éireann
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 19 October 2022, if he will re-engage with the NTA and Bus Éireann regarding the...
    • Coast Guard Service
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times that the coastguard helicopter has been deployed or dispatched to the Galway city and Galway bay area in each of the...
    • Rail Network
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the investments and service improvements that have been made on the Dublin-Waterford train line since 1 January 2020....
    • Departmental Policies
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on introducing a ban on car advertising and sponsorship. [59049/22]
    • Bus Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to address the number of buses on McKee Avenue, Finglas, given that they are causing disruption to...
    • Haulage Industry
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider re-introducing the licensed haulage emergency support scheme for the months of November to April as a specific assist...
    • Driver Test
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driving test in the test centre in Skibbereen, County Cork; the average length of waiting time for a...
    • International Agreements
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the State will ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety. [59222/22]
    • Electric Vehicles
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland electric vehicles home charger grant was refused retrospectively in the case of a...
    • Dublin Bus
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinstate the Dublin Bus Kilcock to Dublin service. [59265/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
    • Transport Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that he intends to classify electric scooters in relation to the use of footpaths, cycle lanes, speed limits and insurance...
    • Bus Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues with the reliability of the service provided by a company (details supplied); if his attention...
    • Transport Policy
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work being done by his Department to allow Leap cards to be saved to a digital wallet, and to expand...
    • Departmental Meetings
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that he or his Department have not met a company (details supplied) in relation to emission reduction in fossil fuels of up to...
    • Driver Licences
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to reimbursing persons over the age of 70 years who qualify for a free driving licence yet who are...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with TII regarding suggestions for an exit (details supplied) in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dublin Bus
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the repeated failures of Dublin Bus buses to turn up; if he agrees that driver shortages are the key factor driving it; and...
    • Driver Test
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests cancelled by the Road Safety Authority in the past six months in each county in tabular form; the number of...
    • Road Network
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet at an early date with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59567/22]
    • Ministerial Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official...
  • Department of Finance
    • Climate Change Policy
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to adopting climate change principles to deter carbon offshoring and thereby reduce global emissions in order to underpin...
    • EU Regulations
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58720/22]
    • Insurance Industry
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the planned departure of an organisation (details supplied) from Ireland; if he has had any discussions with the Central Bank of Ireland...
    • Tax Code
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing VAT on household energy bills that is gas, electricity and home heating oil to 9% from beginning of January...
    • Business Supports
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if the temporary business energy support scheme has been approved by the European Commission. [59095/22]
    • Tax Code
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he recognises biofuels as a fossil fuel; if biofuels will be subjected to carbon tax or excise duty if they are used for home heating; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his...
    • Departmental Policies
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding financial supports to the Irish magazine sector in view of the fact that VAT was abolished for Irish newspapers; and if he will make a...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if the NTMA, or the State in general, has any exposure to, or investments in crypto-assets; the safeguards that are in place to prevent such exposures; and if...
    • Banking Sector
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of payments made by the Central Bank to online companies for the delivery of scam messages and fraud awareness adverts in each of the years...
    • Credit Unions
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance when additional measures will be implemented to enable credit unions to provide an extended range of financial services; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official Garda driver in his...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Ukraine War
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current estimated cost of supporting Ukrainian refugees in Ireland, noting that Ireland has contributed over €20 million to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning in...
    • Public Sector Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will...
    • Departmental Websites
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the timeline for making Government Departments and other public sector body websites digitally accessible to users...
    • Pension Provisions
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of increases that public sector pensioners will receive following the Government pay deal review; and if he will outline...
    • Public Sector Pay
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the recent increase of 1% effective from 1 October 2022 under the Building Momentum agreement due to retired civil...
    • Public Sector Staff
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies there are currently at Administrative Officer grade; the number of appointments at this grade planned for 2023;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW and An Garda Síochána have identified a site for the development of a new Garda station at Laytown, County Meath;...
    • Departmental Staff
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
    • Ministerial Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official...
    • Flood Risk Management
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action that can be taken on the River Clodiagh which has been flooding in the Borrisoleigh area in recent weeks and causing damage...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht a shonrú i dtaobh cé mhéad oifigeach pleanála teanga atá tar éis éirí as a bpost roimh...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici a chinntiú go dtabharfaidh athbhreithniú cuimsitheach Choimisiún na Meán aird...
    • Inland Fisheries
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated annually for specific projects (details supplied) by county in each of the past ten years; the stage of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the night time economy pilot for the nine cities and towns announced in October 2022; and if she will provide a...
    • Departmental Projects
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will agree to her Department conducting a review of the agreement between France and audiovisual media service providers...
    • Departmental Staff
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
    • Departmental Contracts
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in her Department, including the cost of private...
    • Ministerial Staff
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Electoral Process
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline any proposed changes to the process of voter registration; the details that are required on voter...
    • Defective Building Materials
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is his intention that houses badly affected by the defective blocks issue in County Wexford will be included in the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service is monitoring the number of cormorants on the river barrow and other waterway...
    • Local Authorities
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of grant funding provided to Mayo County Council under measure 8 of the multi-annual rural water programme 2009-2021...
    • Rental Sector
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed interim enforcement measures for short-term lettings; if he will provide an...
    • Housing Schemes
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the individual capital allocation to each of the housing programmes funded by his Department, including SHIP, CALF, CAS and so...
    • Rental Sector
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with stakeholders involved in attempts to deliver cost...
    • Housing Provision
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out the LDA’s affordable housing targets for 2022, including cost-rental and affordable purchase and...
    • Departmental Reports
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish the Q3 social housing output report. [58792/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of amendments that have been made to the Planning and Development Act 2000. [58880/22]
    • Fire Service
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that the fire brigade has been called to incidents involving persons entering or attempting to enter the...
    • Fire Stations
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire stations which have been closed in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and the...
    • Local Authorities
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current salary scale of the chief executive officer in each local authority in tabular form. [59017/22]
    • Housing Policy
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that he has to provide support to tenants of local authority housing in light of the cost-of-living crisis; and if...
    • Defective Building Materials
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will initiate a campaign of awareness for homebuyers, solicitors and estate agents on the need for a structural test of...
    • Housing Schemes
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the croí cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant; the breakdown by county of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the immediate testing of foundations of homes (details supplied) in County Donegal to provide reassurance and...
    • Fire Service
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of the current National Retained Firefighters' Association of Ireland model will take place (details supplied);...
    • Defective Building Materials
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are in place to support homeowners (details supplied) in County Wexford who are facing catastrophic damage...
    • Electoral Process
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend gender quotas to local authority elections in line with the recommendations of the recent Women’s...
    • Departmental Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people...
    • Housing Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government Housing his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59344/22]
    • Building Regulations
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the Building Regulations part B (Fire Safety) will be released for public consultation. [59415/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the details of part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 whereby social housing tenants can purchase...
    • Housing Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons currently waiting to be homed who have selected a location within the Dublin Fingal constituency; and if...
    • Vacant Properties
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties in need of repair under the remit of Fingal County Council within the Dublin Fingal...
    • Local Authorities
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Council administration staff allocated to the housing department in Fingal County Council with responsibility...
    • Housing Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants receiving homeless HAP through Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants and tenants who have declared themselves homeless to Fingal County Council in 2021 and to...
    • Housing Schemes
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that successful applications under the croí cónaithe scheme are categorised by each local...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 11 October 2022, the conservation measures that apply from the NPWS list of...
    • Housing Schemes
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify the most suitable scheme available to assist a person in a situation (details supplied) in purchasing a...
    • Legislative Measures
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planned reforms to planning laws will include measures to protect access to the countryside and to reform the law governing...
    • Heritage Sites
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to update the National Monuments Act 1930; his views on the need to create an enforcement mechanism to require the...
    • Housing Policy
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a process has been established for the development of the "new framework for joint co-operative policy making and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private...
    • Ministerial Staff
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Data
      302. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of documents that his Department has authenticated, apostilled and legalised in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in...
    • Pension Provisions
      303. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied), who was employed in his Department for over 30 years and who feels...
    • Passport Services
      304. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58812/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consular Services
      306. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the consular assistance that he and his officials have provided to the family of a person (details supplied); the...
    • Passport Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time staff by grade working in the Passport Office as of 1 January 2022 and 22 November 2022, in tabular form. [59016/22]
    • Departmental Websites
      308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that his Department’s website was not updated until 7 October 2022 with information relating to the fact that travellers...
    • Official Engagements
      309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the South African ambassador to Ireland in the past six months. [59074/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      310. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
    • Passport Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the length of time that it is currently taking for postal applications for passports to be processed; if the timeframe has increased or...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application which was submitted on the 2 September 2021 by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning in his...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      316. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish peacekeepers currently serving overseas. [59002/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      320. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of access officers responsible for providing, or arranging for, and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities...
    • Defence Forces
      321. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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 hand the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      322. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning in his...
    • Ministerial Staff
      323. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the Civil Service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official Garda...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for providing a secretarial allowance to principals who act as secretariat to the board of management at their school; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine access to an autism class in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58694/22]
    • School Accommodation
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if serious consideration will be given to enabling a school (details supplied), which has had a delay in planning and construction, to put...
    • Education Policy
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposed reconfiguration of primary schools in Raheny. [58763/22]
    • School Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58784/22]
    • School Staff
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 15 November 2022, if her attention has been drawn to requests to make deputy principals...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 513 of 15 November 2022, if her Department intends to allow special schools to avail of DEIS supports....
    • School Accommodation
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) has had plans for special education classrooms rejected given that the school is unable to place a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of a new school (details supplied) for Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58874/22]
    • School Transport
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a family (details supplied) under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent school building for a secondary school (details supplied); the stage that the tender is at; the estimated timeframe for...
    • School Transport
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs school transport grant (details supplied). [58912/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details for the reason that students (details supplied) are having to source and pay a psychologist to complete an...
    • School Staff
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work that is under way to improve pay for school caretakers; the stage that the process is at; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency works application by a school (details supplied) to carry out urgent roof repairs. [59048/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building application (details supplied); if she will provide details of any engagement that her Department has had with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to review methods of assessment of special educational needs. [59097/22]
    • School Transport
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will have a taxi service to a special school reinstated. [59119/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list each provider by location in County Mayo in which children with special educational needs can access placements in Early...
    • School Transport
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school transport grant application submitted on the 20 September 2022 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Staff
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities...
    • School Staff
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [59320/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new build project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59338/22]
    • School Transport
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional school transport tickets that have been issued in County Wexford following the additional funding provided in Budget...
    • Schools Building Projects
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied). [59386/22]
    • Education Policy
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to address the lack of mixed primary schools in the Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 areas in view of the significant...
    • School Transport
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application for a new school bus service in respect of a person (details supplied); if she will ensure a speedy...
    • School Accommodation
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the emergency works application from a school (details supplied) in respect of fencing needed to fence off a...
    • School Transport
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school transport is provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59497/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a project (details supplied); the reason for the delay regarding the commencement of work on this school; and if...
    • School Transport
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects to receive the results of the review of the school transport system; when any recommendations will be implemented; and if she...
    • State Examinations
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that she has to review the criteria of 12 words per minute in written dictation for access to a word processor for State exams; and if...
    • Departmental Properties
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to take ownership of a parish hall (details supplied); the type of management structure her Department plans to put in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in her Department, including the cost of private cleaning in her...
    • Ministerial Staff
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official Garda...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification on a matter in relation to a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the gratuity payment to community employment supervisors who have applied has been awarded; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of exceptional needs' payment application in the case of a person (details...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPSN application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58701/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if fuel allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [58747/22]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the free travel scheme to persons with epilepsy; and if she will make a...
    • Budget 2023
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the various supports for persons with disabilities in Budget 2023; the way that this aligns with ongoing...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the fuel allowance was discontinued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the income threshold...
    • State Pensions
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that foster parents and carers are not entitled to the State pension if she is giving consideration to addressing...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the maximum pension benefits including the increase for a qualified adult are now being paid in full to persons (details...
    • Community Welfare Services
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are being made available to community welfare officers in counties Cavan and Monaghan, given the increase...
    • State Pensions
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount of overpayments of contributory and non-contributory old age pension paid to persons following their death...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when the claim was received by her Department and when a...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to parliamentary question Nos. 614 of 5 July, 617 of 12 July, 1212 and 1259 of 26 July 2022, if she will provide an...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that persons on disability benefit were excluded from receiving the once-off payment of €500 cost-of-living...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated total amount in euro that was allegedly taken in fraudulent or suspected fraudulent pandemic unemployment...
    • State Pensions
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the State pension (non-contributory) for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Services Card
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has feedback on the number of applications online to complete application for the public services card that result in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Clare in receipt of the fuel allowance at the end of 2020, at the end of 2021 and the figure...
    • Dental Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is eligible for dental services under the treatment scheme; and if she will...
    • State Pensions
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) has had their State pension (non-contributory) reduced; if this will be reviewed;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received a grant to purchase a hearing aid under her Department’s medical appliances scheme...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Language
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is the option to engage with the Department through Irish under current legislation; and if so, if she will direct...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59107/22]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a former community employment, CE, supervisor (details supplied) who had to retire early on health grounds and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of domiciliary care allowance applications that are approved on first application, appeal and any subsequent...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that recipients of disability allowance, blind pension or invalidity pension who are on community employment...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether departmental guidelines were not intended to have the adverse consequences that have occurred in the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) that was lodged in respect of a domiciliary care allowance will be accepted given...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her engagement with stakeholders regarding the provision of an occupational pension for community employment supervisors; and...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in October 2021 and October 2022;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which documentation, including medical evidence, has been furnished to her Department in connection with the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been living alone in Ireland for 19 years and who is in receipt of €215 per week in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on a disability allowance to be completed; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence of 28 October 2022 with her office (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby participants on social schemes who are eligible for the Christmas bonus but happen to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance section 317 review (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeal submitted by this Deputy on behalf of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved given the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person applying for fuel allowance has to meet all four conditions in relation to who they reside with, or if satisfying...
    • Social Welfare Code
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to making the recent lump sum disability support payment an annual payment; considering...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the most recent figure for the number of carers in receipt of the carer's allowance excluding those on a...
    • Departmental Policies
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to meet the requirements of persons with insufficient income to meet...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which social welfare appeals by applicants can be expedited in order to ensure that hardship does not occur;...
    • State Pensions
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which self-employed or other contributions in respect of State pension applications to her Department have been...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the waiting time for decision in respect of applications for various social welfare payments has been...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for a carer's allowance will be re-examined in the case of a person (details supplied) who had previously...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare appeals office will confirm receipt of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details...
    • Departmental Contracts
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in her Department, including the cost of private...
    • Ministerial Staff
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when assisted decision-making will become law and allow people to move on without the huge costs involved in...
    • Departmental Policies
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the progress of the high-level proposals for a national centre for research and remembrance...
    • Ukraine War
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has availed of all of the accommodation offers that were made to his Department (details...
    • Gender Equality
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the monitoring mechanisms which are in place to ensure compliance with the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021...
    • Departmental Funding
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the closing date for the building block improvement grant scheduled for Friday 25...
    • Child Abuse
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the sanctions that are in place or those that he intends to put in place with respect to professionals who have...
    • Gender Equality
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised website portal will include overall breakdowns and averages of the gender pay gap across all...
    • Direct Provision System
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times emergency services were called to incidents in direct provision centres in the State in each...
    • Ukraine War
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of communal space for an organisation (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a service provider (details supplied) will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Family Agency
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of agency staff that have been converted to WTE Tusla employees in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if...
    • International Protection
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of persons currently in the International Protection...
    • Ukraine War
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payment will issue to a company (details supplied) that has been providing accommodation for Ukrainian...
    • After-School Support Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider supporting the after-school education support programme in the North Wall area of Dublin by...
    • Departmental Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and...
    • International Protection
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application has been received or made regarding the establishment of a direct provision centre or...
    • Childcare Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to review the operations and workings of the core funding model and ECCE funding to childcare...
    • Asylum Seekers
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 17 November 2022, if the mentioned training has been provided...
    • International Agreements
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended for Ireland to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 156 on work life balance....
    • Childcare Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the issues of capitation and core funding;...
    • International Protection
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels that the State is currently utilising to accommodate Ukrainians and other international...
    • Childcare Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to improve creche and childcare provision in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas given the current...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence of 26 September 2022 with his office (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Contracts
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments to service providers (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Seekers
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the situation regarding a location (details supplied) for accommodation of persons seeking...
    • Ukraine War
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels or accommodation centres housing Ukrainian refugees that have not been paid or have...
    • Children in Care
      524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the rates of pay for foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Costs
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that students who have to repeat a year during their degree course will not be able to avail of the reduced registration fees when...
    • Education and Training Boards
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on concerns raised (details supplied); if he will arrange for the appropriate officials to progress a meeting request in respect of the...
    • Education Costs
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students studying graduate entry medicine at University College Dublin can apply and avail of scholarships; if not, the reason therefore; and...
    • Adult Education Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 19 May 2022, if she will provide an update on a joint proposal (details supplied) aimed at resolving...
    • Third Level Education
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-law courses in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59168/22]
    • Third Level Admissions
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were accepted onto undergraduate law courses following the completion of a level 5 pre-law course in each year since...
    • Departmental Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the anticipated increased administrative burden on SUSI in order to process the €500 fee reduction for...
    • Legislative Process
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the working group will be established to examine the issues in relation to the legislative process, transitional arrangements and...
    • Departmental Projects
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of bundle 1 of the Higher Education Public Private Partnership Programme particularly in relation to the status of each project; if it...
    • Departmental Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-nursing courses in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Admissions
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were accepted onto undergraduate nursing courses following the completion of a level 5 pre-nursing course in 2021-2022...
    • Departmental Staff
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities...
    • Third Level Fees
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the process to obtain the €1,000 refund for college fees as recently announced in Budget 2023; if he will consider...
    • Research Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update and the date on which all Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council PhDs will receive the promised...
    • Departmental Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with a disability who have begun third level education by county in the academic year 2022-2023, in tabular form. [59554/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning in his...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the adjudication of residency status and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited given the...
    • Immigration Status
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application as part of the recent undocumented scheme in the...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will engage with the charity regulator to establish if an organisation (details supplied) has made an...
    • Immigration Status
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 9 November 2022, the options now available to a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Data
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 since it came into force...
    • Family Law Cases
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if copies of reports, prepared pursuant to the family law area, are being routinely made available to all parties to the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the deployment of body cameras for An Garda Síochána. [58850/22]
    • Drug Dealing
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality number of drug dealing convictions under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for possession of drugs over a value of...
    • Data Protection
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to amend and commence section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018 to prevent the targeting of children in online...
    • An Garda Síochána
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí were called to scenes and incidents in emergency departments in the State in each of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons who have been fined for breaching Covid-19 travel restrictions since the start of the pandemic by...
    • Departmental Data
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons that were arrested for suspected fraud in the State in each of the past ten years to date in 2022....
    • An Garda Síochána
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents in domestic violence shelters in each of the past ten years...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years from 2020 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of drivers...
    • Departmental Data
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount in monetary value of drugs seized by gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [59000/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the way that the Garda vetting system functions; the length of time that the system goes back; and if the...
    • State Bodies
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount transferred from the Criminal Assets Bureau to the public purse in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022....
    • An Garda Síochána
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents involving persons entering or seeking to enter the river...
    • Prison Service
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign for psychologists to join the Irish Prison Service will be launched early in 2023. [59019/22]
    • Official Engagements
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the bilateral meetings she has had with her EU counterparts to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59020/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill; and when the Bill will move to the next stage. [59021/22]
    • Prison Service
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will instruct the Irish Prison Service to release the report into the death of a person (details supplied) to the Cork...
    • Gambling Sector
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for certificates of personal fitness from remote operators and terrestrial bookmakers not ordinarily...
    • An Garda Síochána
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans attached to the fleet in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the number of...
    • Prison Service
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy for family members to provide clothes to persons in prison; if they can be hand-delivered; if there will be any...
    • Spent Convictions
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the current situation for spent convictions for insurance related driving offences; if she has any plans...
    • Departmental Reports
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the terms of reference in respect of a review of reports of Dóchas conducted by a person (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people...
    • An Garda Síochána
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for assault on a garda in each of the past five years; and is she plans to bring forward legislation...
    • Public Sector Staff
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recruitment campaign for the additional Data Protection Commissioner posts will be advertised outside of the State or...
    • Immigration Policy
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date with the undocumented persons scheme, including a breakdown of those who have applied and have received a...
    • Domestic Violence
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are currently any plans to fund a new domestic violence refuge in the area of County Laois to help deal with the...
    • Commissions of Inquiry
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions that the single person committee of inquiry advised to disclose partial disclosure or full disclosure,...
    • Visa Applications
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it became a requirement to send original passport documents with performance C visa applications; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the new Bill to tackle hate crime and hate speech includes provisions to protect members of the LGBTQ+ community given the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence of 26 October 2022 with her office (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Ukraine War
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any visa or travel documents are required for a Ukrainian refugee to return to Ireland following a visit to the UK; the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in her Department, including the cost of private...
    • Ministerial Staff
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes
      601. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59418/22]
    • Public Sector Pay
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay restoration for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59480/22]
    • Departmental Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been treated for cataracts at Nenagh Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the number waiting for cataract treatment in...
    • Dental Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 1 March 2022, if he accepts that it is now impossible for medical card holders to find a dentist who will treat...
    • Healthcare Policy
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the expansion of the heel prick test for babies, in view of the fact that up to 40 medical conditions can be...
    • Departmental Reviews
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of recommendations set out in the MacCraith Review of the Cervical Check Screening Programme that have been implemented; if he will provide...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his Department's policy to supporting HSE employees with long-Covid; if he will ensure that payment continues for an advanced nurse...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      608. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58733/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the awarding of a radiology contract, specifically, a DEXA scanner, to a company (details supplied); if a tendering process was required for the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the boarding out model of care has been carried out recently; if so, if it comprised a review of the financial supports available to those...
    • Health Services Staff
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to take any measures to increase awareness of developmental co-ordination disorder, commonly known as dyspraxia, among medical and nursing staff;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if workers in Section 39 organisations, who provided day services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, will receive the Covid recognition payment that has and is...
    • Departmental Data
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if workers in Section 39 organisations will qualify for the proposed building momentum increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58756/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred in 2019 to the University Hospital Limerick for a tonsillectomy and is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      617. To ask the Minister for Health when cleaners that worked at UHL will receive their pandemic bonus payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58771/22]
    • Hospital Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been on a waiting list for emergency neurosurgery in each of the past five years; the length of time that people are waiting on...
    • Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of an outpatient clinic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [58813/22]
    • Dental Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of dental treatments that are covered under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public inquiry into nursing home deaths during Covid-19. [58827/22]
    • Health Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of persons who are waiting to be seen in the national gender service by CHO, LHO and age group; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who contracted long-Covid during their work as a nurse in Cavan General Hospital will continue be provided with special leave...
    • Health Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that lucentis, a drug for macular degeneration, is available to patients with private health insurance, but not to those on the general...
    • Hospital Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline workforce planning details to provide full restoration of day care services at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar to pre-pandemic levels...
    • Health Services Staff
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the situation with respect to the registration and regulation of psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58862/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 20 September 2022, if mental health treatment will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9;...
    • Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of five specialist menopause clinics, following the opening of one such clinic in the National Maternity Hospital earlier in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the date ranges from 1 March 2020 to date that licensed premises were legally prohibited from opening as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [58899/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether any capital funding or supports have been contributed to the construction or maintenance of the primary care centre on the Navan...
    • Health Promotion
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the results of the HSE investigation into the recreational use of nitrous oxide canisters by young people; the programmes...
    • Proposed Legislation
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public health obesity Bill, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58921/22]
    • Health Promotion
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the latest edition of the code of standards for advertising and marketing communications has had the desired effect when it comes to...
    • Departmental Funding
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process through which individuals can seek funding from the HSE in order to be reimbursed, having obtained surgeries or other medical treatments...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an offer by a private consultant surgeon (details supplied) to assist with surgeries at a hospital due to lengthy waiting...
    • Nursing Homes
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) in relation to costs for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58933/22]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget per month and the amount spent per year on paediatric aids and appliances by an organisation (details supplied) in CHO5, in 2020 and 2021, in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in CHO5 which covers south Tipperary; the length of time that they have been...
    • Medical Cards
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government plans to include the coverage of prescribed high doses of vitamin B2 under the national medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been allocated to University Hospital Kerry under the winter plan; the way that this compares to other hospitals in the South/South West...
    • Departmental Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have begun chemotherapy treatment in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58977/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new persons added to the CAMHS waiting list in each of the past five years. [58978/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that ambulances were dispatched in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58982/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that he has met with the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) since he took office; and the dates on which these meetings took place....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who died from suspected or confirmed Covid-19 in nursing homes in the State since the start of the pandemic. [58987/22]
    • Home Help Service
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons in the country currently in receipt of home help excluding family carers. [58988/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the average amount that is paid by the State to homecare agencies for one hour of care to one individual care recipient. [58989/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons or families who have taken cases and issued letters of claim against the State in relation to the death of their loved one from Covid-19...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to date of the cyber-attack on the HSE; the projected estimated total cost of rectifying the damage done by the attack; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if he outline where a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology; when services will...
    • Hospital Staff
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time midwives working in the maternity unit of St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if this...
    • Health Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address waiting times for children seeking to undergo an ADHD assessment, in particular in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update when the report on the audit into CAMHS by the HSE will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59032/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal for a Section 38 hospital on a council-owned site in Limerick; the engagements that he has had with a private...
    • Departmental Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all publicly-funded hospitals, by model and hospital group. [59036/22]
    • Ukraine War
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements that he has had with the Dental Council of Ireland in relation to Ukrainian dentists now living in Ireland; the steps being taken to accelerate...
    • Assisted Suicide
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish a special Oireachtas committee to examine voluntary assisted dying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59039/22]
    • Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for a person (details supplied) who needs a medical procedure, given that services are currently not provided in Ireland. [59045/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      676. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccine for babies and children under five years will be made available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59050/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons attached to Cork University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the hours per week that these...
    • Health Services Staff
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase the number of number of higher specialist training posts by 3%; the estimated number of additional posts that would result; and...
    • Hospital Charges
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised by charges in minor injuries units by unit in the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59072/22]
    • Hospital Equipment
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of PET CT scanners that are available in Ireland in HSE and non-HSE hospitals; the name of each hospital; the number of scanners in each in...
    • Health Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that his Department has made to identify the infrastructural requirements for rolling out radioligand therapy in Ireland including the...
    • Medicinal Products
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated with lutathera in Ireland and under the HSE's treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59088/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends on making a submission indicating Ireland's interest in participating in the EU4Health Joint Action for Diabetes and Cardiovascular...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      684. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultation process will commence regarding the €10 million in funding allocated in Budget 2023 towards publicly funded IVF treatment; when...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      686. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment date from a hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the total estimated monthly budget and annual expenditure on paediatric aids and appliances by the resource allocation groups in CHO3 per RAG group for each of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      688. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for pain injections. [59137/22]
    • Home Help Service
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent home care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59163/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in each health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59171/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if the purchase of a house for use as a 24-hour staffed mental health facility in Midleton, County Cork has been completed by the HSE; if he will provide its...
    • Health Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the measures and additional supports that the HSE is putting in place to assist GP practices and others across County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not received their frontline worker payments. [59262/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his...
    • Dental Services
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to increase the numbers of dentists accepting medical card patients in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      696. To ask the Minister for Health when sacituzumab-govitecan will be approved for use by the HSE to urgently assist patients with cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if new development funding for mental health will be released by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in order that funding can be used for new...
    • Disability Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be allowed to remain with the same service in the Tralee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59326/22]
    • Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the ability of the Tallaght University Hospital neurofibromatosis clinic to continue to accept referrals for new patients; if he will ensure...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      701. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59348/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the date that the pay increase, as discussed by Government and unions, will be implemented in relation to HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59354/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the way that inheritance that has been disclaimed by an applicant for the fair deal scheme is treated; if this can be disregarded and not treated as an asset...
    • Nursing Homes
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on phase two of plans to review the nursing home regulatory model, which was due to commence in quarter three of 2022 as per the...
    • Departmental Data
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card eligibility reviews carried out on persons over 70 years of age in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Hospital Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long wait times facing attendees of Tallaght University Hospital's accident and emergency department; and his views on...
    • Healthcare Policy
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the position of Ireland in relation to a World Health Organisation proposal for a pandemic treaty; if he will advocate to bring about a people-centred legal...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the front-line pandemic bonus payment still outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59421/22]
    • Medical Cards
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the medical card appeal of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59430/22]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the regional fertility hubs that are fully operational in November 2022; the number of patients who have been seen in each hub in the first nine...
    • Dental Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the avenues open to a child (details supplied) to get expensive dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59466/22]
    • Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59473/22]
    • Hospital Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) under the care of Portiuncula University Hospitals cardiology and paediatric teams is now classed as a new patient...
    • Disability Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 11 October 2022, what qualifies as a meaningful contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59489/22]
    • Disease Management
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the contents of correspondence submitted (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on proposals to address concerns outlined....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to pay the special leave with pay for Covid-19 to staff as agreed earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      727. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment in Project Ireland 2040 for a new cancer centre at University Hospital, Galway will be progressed; the current status of the project; the...
    • Hospital Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he received the working group review of accident and emergency and acute services at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; the meetings or discussions...
    • Hospital Facilities
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily running cost of an in-patient hospital bed in a model 1, 2, 3 and model 4 hospital respectively based on data from the HSE Healthcare Pricing...
    • Departmental Data
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age group (details supplied). [59503/22]
    • Hospital Transfers
      731. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Sligo University Hospital to Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a nursing home bed under the NTPF in the public and private sector respectively, inclusive of patient charges; the average cost to...
    • National Children's Hospital
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that will be in place, if any, to offer significantly reduced or free car parking in the National Children's Hospital for families bringing...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if a ban on flavours, other than tobacco, will be included in the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Health Strategies
      735. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan for 2023 onwards will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59514/22]
    • Departmental Data
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of annual inpatient cases that attended the Mater Hospital for cancer services in the years 2019 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing funding for nursing home support scheme applications following the award of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [59522/22]
    • Health Services
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to improve the approach to women's healthcare in GP practices, particularly training in respect of menopause; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Coverage
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the population with private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59560/22]
    • Health Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the quality assurance process in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in respect of laboratory services for cervical screening; the...
    • Home Help Service
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of home help staff currently available to work in each area of CHO4, including a breakdown of the numbers employed on...
    • Legislative Measures
      747. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the Health Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 will be published. [59571/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning in his Department, the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      749. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the Civil Service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official Garda driver in his...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if previous forestry can be used for the new ACRES scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58698/22]
    • Greyhound Industry
      751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of each action in the case of a non-coursing greyhound; if the fees for each respective transaction are paid to an...
    • Forestry Sector
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the overhead and margin percentage used by the forest service of his Department in the afforestation grant rates for the next...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include members of an organisation (details supplied) in any stakeholder group or forum being set up to implement the CAP...
    • Forestry Sector
      763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department provides supporting or operational funds to assist forestry industry representation groups; and if he will make a...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the financial contribution made by an organisation (details supplied) to the redevelopment of a racecourse, given...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers will be eligible to apply for the new suckler cow scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58821/22]
    • Commonage Land Use
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the number of entitlements increasing from 35 to 44 on the Doon commonage, located in the electoral division of...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request HSI to outline the rationale for the severance pay and costs within Horse Sport Ireland (details supplied). [58826/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the details of all the support schemes in the next forestry programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal in the case of persons (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited and a positive decision issued...
    • Forestry Sector
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Woodland Environmental Fund will continue in the next forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58869/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer qualifies under the forgotten farmer scheme initiative, the benefits that will be accrued by those farmers; and if he...
    • Forestry Sector
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State-owned forestry company Coillte is partnering in a joint venture with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Greyhound Industry
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds that were microchipped and tattooed in Ireland from 2010 to 2021 and to date 2022, as recorded...
    • Agriculture Supports
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements in the national reserve for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59106/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal in relation to a decision made under the BEEP scheme in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and...
    • Land Issues
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the classification of a parcel of land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59166/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who afforested land in each of the years 2014 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of hectares planted; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) received severance-related remuneration upon their resignation from an organisation; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of hectares of afforestation in the State; the percentage of land cover this comprises; if these figures are...
    • Departmental Staff
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
    • Fishing Industry
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department introduced a quota management system for the hook and line mackerel fishery with just under 180 tonnes of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [59453/22]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence of 4 November 2022 with his office (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of some retired Coillte staff (details supplied) regarding the lack of increase in...
    • Horticulture Sector
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effects the continued shortage of peat is having on the mushroom and horticulture sectors; and the measures his Department is...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an organisation's (details supplied) application for producer organisation status. [59568/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning...
    • Ministerial Staff
      801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the Civil Service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Land Issues
      802. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to take into public ownership parts of the countryside and mountainous areas that are not in regular private use to...
    • Fishing Industry
      803. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58825/22]
    • Rural Schemes
      804. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59077/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      806. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      807. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the eligibility criteria for the community and voluntary sector energy support scheme to include organisations that...
    • Departmental Contracts
      810. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in her Department, including the cost of private cleaning...
    • Ministerial Staff
      811. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the employment status in the Civil Service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an...

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