Written answers
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Schemes
46. To ask the Taoiseach if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies. [59664/22]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process for the inclusion of Eircode postcodes that were missed in the original surveys contained within amber...
- Departmental Consultations
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the private wire consultation paper; the reason for the delay in its publication; the impact this...
- Departmental Schemes
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test...
- Departmental Meetings
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county...
- Energy Prices
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59828/22]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason train station waiting rooms are closed to the public in wintertime, including at a location (details supplied); and if he will...
- Bus Services
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 404 bus terminus will be changed to the stop located at Cloonarkin Drive, Oranmore; if the bus stop located at Cloonarkin Drive,...
- Road Safety
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new speed limit guidance document for local authorities will be completed and issued to local authorities; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will...
- Dublin Airport Authority
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason staff are being charged to park cars for work in Cork Airport. [59667/22]
- Departmental Meetings
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings...
- Bus Services
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of reported incidents of public order reports of a sexual nature on Dublin Bus services for each of the past five years; and if...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Meetings
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since 2015 to date,...
- Tax Reliefs
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to making the section 481 tax credit conditional on compliance with an arrangement similar to that agreed by an organisation...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
72. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 17 November 2022, the specific data points from the Revenue Commissioners' data holdings, data analytics and risk...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is responsible for remedial works undertaken on waterways in the Cree, Doonbeg area of County Clare in...
- EU Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total quantum of Ireland's allocation as part of the recovery and resilience fund; the total amount drawn down to date; the date of...
- National Monuments
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the case for the preservation of the social and heritage values of a national monument (details supplied); and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will...
- Departmental Meetings
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Schemes
79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies; and if...
- Departmental Meetings
80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the attendance record of her Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board...
- Departmental Schemes
81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will seek assurances that the role of the night-time economy advisers will be decided by an open competition call to ensure...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- State Bodies
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he followed the procedure set out in section 105 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in appointing a new interim...
- Tax Code
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if farmers whose land is zoned as strategic residential reserve are liable for the tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Services
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a community group water scheme (details supplied); when Irish Water will apply the leak allowance on work carried...
- Housing Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current average processing time for an application under the Croí Cónaithe towns fund. [59635/22]
- Departmental Schemes
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and...
- Departmental Meetings
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development...
- Departmental Reports
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 28 September 2022, if he has received the report to date; if he will clarify...
- Housing Policy
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new income limits for social housing will become operational, given there is an urgent need to increase such...
- Housing Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of accessible units built in 2022 for people with disabilities in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will...
- Departmental Meetings
95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the plan for Ireland's participation in the European Union Assistance Mission Ukraine; and if he can provide a guarantee that...
- Departmental Schemes
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Meetings
99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request her Department's planning and building unit to engage with the principal and board of management of a school (details...
- School Transport
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to increase payment of the remote area grant towards the cost of private transport; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 18 October 2022, the status of the planning application for the permanent site for the school; and...
- Educational Disadvantage
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a DEIS application and school meals application for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will...
- Departmental Schemes
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building projects approved for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59673/22]
- Departmental Meetings
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the attendance record of her Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since...
- School Patronage
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details regarding the procedures for the making of a final decision on whether or not to proceed with a proposal to...
- Departmental Funding
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in...
- School Transport
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket as per previous years, in line with Government...
- School Admissions
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any policy relating to school admission for children with medical needs within their local area; and, if so, if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a process through which in the case of a child (details supplied), who has recently been diagnosed with a serious medical condition,...
- School Admissions
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to remedy a shortfall of places at a second level school campus in Maynooth, County Kildare; and the steps persons can...
- School Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a restructuring of the capitation grant scheme for primary schools to provide for additional support for smaller schools;...
- School Transport
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [59825/22]
- Departmental Reviews
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the guidelines on the use of schools for community use; the date the review will be completed; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Data
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children placed on reduced timetables in junior infants, senior infants and first class, across Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7 and...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59583/22]
- Community Welfare Services
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers employed by Intreo offices in Dublin South-Central over the past three years. [59628/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance and the living alone allowance increase will be extended to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry...
- Social Welfare Code
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the new income limits for over-70s fuel allowance to couples whose combined weekly income is under...
- Departmental Schemes
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies;...
- Departmental Meetings
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the attendance record of her Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development...
- School Meals Programme
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 25 October 2022, the status of the review of the school meals programme; if the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects her Department to complete exploratory work regarding proposals received from an organisation (details...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Ukraine War
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify an issue in relation to accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); and if he...
- Departmental Meetings
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will meet the residents and committee that have organised the recent protests in the East Wall area of...
- Departmental Policies
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to real engagement and consultations with local people before refugees and asylum seekers are...
- Departmental Data
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees and asylum seekers who have been located in each local authority area; the number of...
- Ukraine War
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) in relation to Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a company (details supplied) will be paid under the Beneficiaries of the Temporary Protection order; and if...
- Departmental Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means...
- Departmental Meetings
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county...
- Ukraine War
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has failed to respond to a series of requests made regarding the property of a person...
- Departmental Schemes
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an accommodation provider (details supplied) will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Meetings
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to applicants for apprenticeships with learning difficulties; the types of supports available; if these are provided by...
- Departmental Funding
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in...
- Departmental Reviews
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of State supports for PhD researchers; the terms of reference of the review; the expected timeline for the completion of...
- Student Accommodation
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to provide assistance for the construction of student accommodation on identified public sites in return for affordable rates...
- Departmental Consultations
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 18 October 2022, if he will provide a status update on the work of the working group focused on...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to finalise the capital expenditure plan for his Department for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59823/22]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Expenditure
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to date of her Department's public campaign in relation to the sharing of intimate images without consent; the...
- Visa Applications
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a decision on a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Data
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community service orders issued over the past three years, by court district. [59629/22]
- Departmental Schemes
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies; and...
- Departmental Meetings
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the attendance record of her Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development...
- Extradition Arrangements
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extraditions from this State in 2021 to 27 November 2022, by nationality of person and the destination the to...
- An Garda Síochána
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí on secondment outside the State, by location; and the number of police officers from other...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 bonus payment for a person (details supplied); the reason the payment has not been received; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Policy
169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move to an informed consent model for transgender healthcare provision, which would be led by GPs in the community; if he will provide details of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to reduce a 52-week wait for an endometriosis excision surgery, considering that further delay to this type of surgery may...
- Disabilities Assessments
171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the significant delay in providing a necessary assessment of needs and psychology appointment for a child (details supplied); when they...
- Hospital Appointments Status
172. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be contacted for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59609/22]
- General Practitioner Services
173. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol regarding the charge which may be made by a GP for a repeat prescription that is issued without a consultation; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Executive
174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has rehired a person (details supplied) who was heavily criticised in the investigation into the organ retention scandal in the mid-2000s;...
- Health Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact persons seeking cervical screening from CervicalCheck centres are being refused appointments if they are not...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
176. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work following Covid...
- Home Care Packages
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages; the number experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay in accessing home care;...
- Departmental Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of delayed discharges per hospital, in tabular form; and his views on the actions being taken to reduce this number. [59644/22]
- Health Services Staff
180. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the regulation of psychologists with CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59647/22]
- Departmental Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for a PET scan at St. James's...
- Departmental Meetings
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since 2015 to date,...
- Health Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for the Northern Ireland healthcare scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Substance Misuse
185. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in tabular form; and...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing back-up power supply batteries for hydraulic beds with pressure mattresses for home-based HSE patients using HSE supplied...
- Hospital Appointments Status
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59796/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
188. To ask the Minister for Health if a pandemic special recognition payment declaration has been received from a person (details supplied). [59826/22]
- Health Services Staff
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions in each CHO area; the number of vacant public health nurse positions in each CHO area and the specific geographic...
- Hospital Trusts
191. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the fact an organisation (details supplied) retained ownership of the Herbert Wing of St. Vincent’s University Hospital...
- Hospital Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public health nurses in a CHO have been moved to Cherry Orchard Hospital. [59854/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horse Racing Industry
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will question the IHRB in relation to the undisclosed compensation (details supplied); the amount that was paid; by whom the...
- Departmental Schemes
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he...
- Brexit Supports
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will intervene with Bord Iascaigh Mhara in the case of a person (details supplied) to have funding released...
- Departmental Meetings
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Schemes
197. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of her Department for which a means test applies; and if she...
- Departmental Meetings
198. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the attendance record of her Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board...
