Written answers
Thursday, 1 December 2022
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the planning laws to ensure that they are strong enough to cover the destruction of natural...
- Housing Policy
9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the CALF review. [59798/22]
- Local Authorities
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government His plans, if any, to introduce guidelines, on a statutory basis or otherwise, to protect local media outlets from undue...
- Planning Issues
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact of the rising number of judicial reviews with regard to the delivery of much-needed housing; and if he...
- Local Authorities
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a report on the funding streams from his Department to local authorities; if the local authorities will be...
- Architectural Heritage
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plays any role in the protection of buildings from demolition which are of cultural significance in the...
- Local Government Reform
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the provision of maternity leave for local authority councillors; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on when the first housing units for persons with disabilities are expected to be completed under the national...
- Vacant Properties
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will urgently engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding vacant housing units which are owned...
- Architectural Heritage
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the range and nationwide impact of the built heritage investment scheme and the historic...
- Defective Building Materials
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government The measures that are being taken to alleviate the financial pressures faced by homeowners of defective properties. [48274/22]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised wind energy development guidelines will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58975/22]
- Housing Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing under Housing For All in Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Housing Policy
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has given consideration to the use of 3D printing technology and the possible benefits of same to the current...
- Housing Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes that have been built in County Cork to date in 2022. [59574/22]
- Homeless Persons Supports
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent record levels of persons accessing emergency accommodation; the action that he is taking to address the...
- Local Authorities
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that his Department has had with local county councils to ensure that local authority housing departments are...
- Defective Building Materials
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the defective concrete blocks scheme to open to affected households in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline progress to deliver affordable housing schemes for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Regulations
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the recently published EU nature restoration laws; the measures that the Government is putting...
- Heritage Sites
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department can financially support Clare County Council in its efforts to take over the running of Shannon Heritage...
- Site Acquisitions
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details in relation to the announcement that €100 million is being allocated to fund land legacy debt...
- Housing Schemes
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status on the croí cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59576/22]
- Housing Policy
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in the light of the new policy approach which recommends that Councils seek to buy homes with tenants in situ when there...
- Wastewater Treatment
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider under force majeure that grant aid would be payable for the better of all and the environment for persons...
- Housing Policy
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his efforts to assist the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg SDZ. [59800/22]
- Wastewater Treatment
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to advance a sewage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59864/22]
- Electoral Process
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is planned to adjust the local authority boundaries on foot of the recent Census results; and if he will make a...
- Rental Sector
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government The measures that are being taken to increase the number of rental properties on the market in the Cork south west area; and if...
- Housing Policy
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the CREL review. [59799/22]
- Housing Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is tracking social and affordable commencements; and if there has been any drop-off in such commencements to...
- Housing Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review two specific cases (details supplied) to ensure that these multi-unit complexes are purchased by local...
- Housing Schemes
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to review the HAP band rate applicable to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defective Building Materials
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that homeowners are waiting six months in some instances to receive a response from...
- Housing Schemes
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the safeguards that he will put in place to ensure that croí cónaithe aligns with the town centres-first policy and...
- Homeless Persons Supports
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address child homelessness. [59573/22]
- Housing Provision
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that will be completed by the local authority and by approved housing bodies; the number of affordable...
- Defective Building Materials
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on engagement between his Department and Mayo County Council regarding a scheme for the...
- Local Authorities
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made to date in reforming the method of providing Exchequer funding from his Department of local...
- Rental Sector
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to support tenants when the eviction ban ends in March 2023, given the stark increase in notices-to-quit...
- Housing Policy
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he is in a position to augment and accelerate the housing for all programme with a view to making serious...
- International Agreements
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 10 May 2022, if he has concluded consultations with other Departments on Ireland's...
- Defective Building Materials
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the survey conducted by an organisation (details supplied) of quarries in County Donegal. [59802/22]
- Housing Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide cost rental accommodation in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59833/22]
- Planning Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change planning objections to ensure that each person who lodges an objection proves their identity before...
- Housing Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider expanding the repair-and-lease scheme to include properties renovated for affordable private rental; and if...
- Housing Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to all local authorities to ensure that they will buy homes if tenants are in receipt of notices to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update regarding the HEA call for expressions of interest to create more places for student vets; and if he will make a...
- Technological Universities
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a report on the way in which IT Carlow is integrating into the South East Technological University. [59818/22]
- Further and Higher Education
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of SUSI grants appeals; the number of appeals which are still outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Technological Universities
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of the new campus of the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest at Coonagh, County Limerick; and...
- Further and Higher Education
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of cross-Departmental engagement that his Department is engaged in, particularly in respect of the critical skills occupation list,...
- Student Accommodation
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposed timeline to implement proposals relating to a new model whereby the State would assist in relation to the provision of student...
- Further and Higher Education
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new further education and training campus on the grounds of a location (details supplied) in Galway city; and if he...
- Research and Development
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to associate membership of CERN; if so, if he will outline a timeframe for joining; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further and Higher Education
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 18 October 2022, if the operational guidelines working group has presented its report; and if he will...
- Adult Education Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on an adult education tutors pay scale; and when the relevant trade unions (details supplied) can expect a Department of Public...
- Further and Higher Education
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Health to increase the number of graduates from clinical therapies, including but not...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na céimeanna atá sé chun glacadh lena chinntiú go mbeidh soláthar dóthanach de chúrsaí rite...
- Further and Higher Education
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans to further develop further and higher education and training for the hospitality sector to entice more persons to...
- Student Accommodation
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in supporting third-level institutions in their building of student accommodation; and...
- Further and Higher Education
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The way in which he will address the chronic shortage of veterinary medicine places; if he will outline a timeframe for delivering additional...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider establishing a fund for which sectoral organisations should submit proposals to develop a coordinated approach to recruiting...
- Further and Higher Education
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The extent to which he continues to identify and cater for the demand in terms of graduates in the academic or technical areas, with a view to...
- Student Accommodation
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the details of any plans to increase the availability and affordability of student accommodation. [59578/22]
- Further and Higher Education
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department’s efforts to increase mental health supports in education settings; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Accommodation
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposal for the inclusion of a provision under the rent-a-room scheme to allow pensioners who are medical...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59696/22]
- Further and Higher Education
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on increasing transfer rates from FET to degree programmes; if he will outline in particular any progress made in...
- Student Accommodation
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase on-campus accommodation for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59697/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the case of a teacher (details supplied) who teaches an autism class in a school which has four other unfilled...
- Business Supports
162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to make grants available to SMEs to ensure that their websites are accessible for those with disabilities; if it will...
- Work Permits
163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a work permit to continue working as an SNA will be examined; if any...
- Employment Rights
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can detail any steps taken by his Department to date to ensure the ERO for the security sector is enforced and implemented; the...
- Departmental Contracts
168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and...
- Legislative Measures
169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide clarity on sections 6 and 9 of the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Act 2014; if it is Enterprise Ireland...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Conservation
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will instruct his Department to investigate a case (details supplied) in relation to the warmth and wellbeing...
- Energy Production
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment If any windfall tax will be applied to electricity generation companies for 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reports
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59982/22]
- Departmental Contracts
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Schemes
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied) in relation to an application for a rebate; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a Safe Routes to School Programme 2021 for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cycling Facilities
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been provided for cycling facilities in Kildare in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Car Test
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the extraordinary delay for drivers seeking to book a national car test; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Projects
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made with the Athy distributor road; the target date for the opening of the road; and if he will make a statement on...
- Coast Guard Service
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on the provision of a new Coast Guard station in Killaloe, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Contracts
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Policies
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to introduce a service cheque (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59919/22]
- Revenue Commissioners
183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can arrange for the capacity to upload photos to be increased on Revenue.ie current given that the maximum is 5mb which is inadequate. [59946/22]
- National Treasury Management Agency
184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on Louth County Councils plans to develop phase 1 of the Northern Cross Route in Drogheda using NTMA funding; if he will provide...
- Tax Rebates
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT rebate that is paid to a farmer in relation to the VAT on the sale of timber from a site is based on the gross price received for the timber; and...
- Departmental Contracts
186. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of the work involved;...
- EU Directives
187. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the State implements the EU Directive on Payment Accounts' Directive 2014/92/EU obligation that "payment accounts with basic features are...
- Consumer Rights
188. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that the State protects the consumers' right to use cash as a means of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60097/22]
- Tax Collection
189. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that a person (details supplied) can deal with a letter received from the Revenue Commissioners in respect of property tax; and if he will make a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- State Properties
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the long-awaited transfer of ownership of the historic Westgate House, Drogheda County Louth; and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Invasive Species Policy
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are being taken to protect fish stocks within the River Barrow and other waterways from the proliferation of...
- Housing Schemes
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for serviced sites in west Cork and their locations. [60145/22]
- Housing Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that is being made under project Tosaigh to bring sites with outstanding permissions forward to deliver homes at...
- Ukraine War
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures, if any, under the remit of his Department that he proposes to introduce to address the needs of persons arriving...
- Departmental Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of the shared island local authority development funding scheme; and if he will make...
- Housing Schemes
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals relating to financial assistance packages for first-time buyers or renovators that have been brought to his...
- North-South Co-operation
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work that has been carried out in recent months on developing the Narrow Water Bridge; and the...
- Housing Schemes
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans if any he has to increase the grants payable under the housing aid for older people scheme and the housing...
- Housing Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority-leased homes, broken down by local authority between new first tenancies and existing...
- Regeneration Projects
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the long-awaited and much-delayed Westgate vision plan for Drogheda; the expected key project...
- Rental Sector
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rent inspections that took place in County Kildare in 2021 to date in 2022; the number of private rent...
- Fire Stations
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the long-awaited new fire station for Dunleer, County Louth; the location and details of the...
- Ukraine War
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available to local authorities to support the community response forum in each area to coordinate local measures...
- Housing Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of part V lease agreements that have been agreed to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Traveller Accommodation
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the caravan loan scheme for Traveller families was extended nationwide; if this is based on the objective need to provide...
- Housing Schemes
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that is available from his Department to help local authorities deal with outstanding issues of mould and damp in...
- Housing Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to meet future housing demand at all levels notwithstanding the existence of many challenges;...
- Housing Schemes
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he might provide serviced sites to local authorities at a reasonable cost in an effort to meet the ongoing...
- Homeless Accommodation
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to address the issue of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60062/22]
- Housing Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he expects to be in a position to meet rural housing requirements in all counties where there is an...
- Housing Schemes
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable and social houses that are due to be completed within the next two years, by local authority; the...
- Construction Industry
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the investigations or steps he is taking to consider the pricing differences between the cost of building materials in Europe...
- Water Services
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to address the significant delay issues in terms of house building companies securing engagement...
- Heritage Sites
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status that should apply to a castle structure (details supplied) which forms part of a private landholding; the State...
- Traffic Management
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the proposal to alleviate traffic congestion in Naas, County Kildare by way of inner or...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
238. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited given that the issue date is three days after the applicant (details supplied) is due to travel to a...
- Human Rights
239. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who it is alleged has been imprisoned in Pakistan for the crime...
- Departmental Contracts
240. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of...
- Human Rights
242. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will defer the decision to reopen the Irish Embassy in Tehran given the ruthless suppression of human rights by the regime in Iran,...
- Passport Services
243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); if all documentation required has been supplied; and if...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
244. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces Colour Vision Working Group has concluded its review of the colour vision requirements for joining the Defence Forces; if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will commence for a student (details supplied) with additional needs. [59896/22]
- Special Educational Needs
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process where a family can ensure siblings (details supplied) with additional needs are in the same school. [59900/22]
- Schools Building Projects
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59925/22]
- School Admissions
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place can be facilitated in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59938/22]
- Schools Building Projects
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with the new premises for a school (details supplied) in Monasterevin; the target date for opening; and if she will make...
- School Textbooks
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the free primary book scheme that was announced in Budget 2023, will be rolled out in a timely and affordable manner. [59978/22]
- Special Educational Needs
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty that schools in south Kildare have in contacting the local SENO; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional classrooms will be built in locations in which planning permission is already in place but funding approval is needed for the build...
- School Facilities
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification on the perimeter of a school (details supplied) for the purposes of accessing a green area for the students,...
- Departmental Contracts
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of the...
- Schools Building Projects
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when access to an autism class in mainstream education can be made available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pensions
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the Roadmap for Social Inclusion objective on the implementation of benchmarking the State...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government will reintroduce the enhanced Covid sick pay scheme of €350 per week; and if she will make a...
- State Pensions
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 25 October 2022, if she will provide an example of the rate mix of averaging and...
- Public Services Card
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options that are available to a person who cannot go into an Intreo centre to get a public services card due to severe...
- Social Welfare Benefits
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59932/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a carer’s allowance bonus was paid into the old account of a person (details supplied) and not into...
- Public Sector Pensions
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions that are being taken by her Department in relation to pension and employment rights of self-employed contractors...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient contributions to qualify for an invalidity pension; and if their application...
- School Meals Programme
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total underspend or overspend against the estimate provided for school meals in 2021 and to date in 2022; the reason for...
- Employment Support Services
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the population in the catchment area of each Intreo office in the country in tabular form. [60038/22]
- Departmental Contracts
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts...
- State Pensions
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pro-rata pension might be payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the refusal of an application for a disability allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the activities that his Department has engaged in to deliver additional accommodation opportunities for those...
- Childcare Services
286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will introduce a temporary inflation payment scheme for the childcare sector, similar to the nursing home...
- Direct Provision System
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth His plans to abolish direct provision; when this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Protection
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of time that persons will be accommodated in a hotel (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Departmental Bodies
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work being undertaken to establish a refugee agency as per the White Paper recommendations on...
- Departmental Contracts
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted...
- International Protection
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by county of the number and cost of the beds that his Department contracted for asylum seekers in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Industrial Relations
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of work to address a range of industrial relations issues related to adult education tutors; the reason that this process has not been...
- Student Accommodation
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the activity that is being considered by his Department and the local authority to target vacant buildings in terms of providing additional...
- Further and Higher Education
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that students who qualify for learning supports in primary, secondary and higher education, lose all these supports if they go to...
- Teacher Training
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the Minister for Education on the issue of increasing the cap on primary teacher training places in public HEIs given that...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprentices currently available; the extent to which this is sufficient to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement...
- Education and Training Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he is satisfied that adequate provision continues to be made arising from his discussions with the academic and technical...
- Departmental Contracts
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of the...
- Education and Training Provision
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the creation of a new further education and training college in Galway to consolidate the provision by the Galway and Roscommon...
- Third Level Fees
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that part-time students are excluded from the reduction in student fees outlined in Budget 2023; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Status
309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in granting a person (details supplied) recognition under the undocumented scheme, given that their...
- Family Reunification
310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 26 of 20 October 2022, if the process of contacting proposers, whether to notify them of...
- Private Security Authority
312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can clarify if the PSA must take account of EROs approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas in its regulating of private...
- Student Visas
313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update in respect of allowing persons studying in Ireland under a student visa to work more than 20...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total funding awarded over the years 2020 to date through the Dormant Account Funds by funding amount, organisation, and...
- Departmental Schemes
315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if property seized by gardaí and authorised for disposal by the courts can be made available to community groups through...
- Departmental Reviews
316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Working Group to Examine the Disregard of Convictions for Certain Qualifying Offences...
- Departmental Consultations
317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions that she has had to date with unions representing civilian staff working with An Garda Síochána in...
- Domestic Violence
318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare who have received additional training to deal with domestic violence; the stations...
- Departmental Policies
319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements that have been put in place for persons who want to open a bank account who do not have a passport or driving...
- Student Visas
320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the position of a person on a graduate visa 1G; if any restrictions are placed on such a visa holder when...
- Immigration Policy
321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 24 November 2022, if a person (details supplied) who has refugee status can avail...
- Departmental Contracts
322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and...
- Departmental Data
323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in...
- An Garda Síochána
324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the retirement age for gardaí at Garda and Sergeant rank will be increased taking into account the need to retain...
- Legislative Measures
326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which legally held gun club licence holders are likely to not be impeded by legislation now being considered; if...
- Immigration Status
327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 status will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60131/22]
- Naturalisation Applications
328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be granted naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60136/22]
- Department of Health
- Insurance Coverage
329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Insurance Authority makes comparisons between valid, existing, to be discontinued policies and other policies available on...
- Health Services Staff
330. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO-5 given that at present only 15% of the entire area of CHO5 has access to neuro-rehabilitation...
- Medical Cards
331. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency status will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); if a full medical card will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disabilities Assessments
333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional CDNT psychologists that would be required in the north Tipperary area to clear the current waiting list of 339 children in a...
- Home Help Service
334. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is in need of a carer to assist them in their home but who is unable to source any carer and lives in an island setting has any entitlement to...
- Disability Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent residential living and or care can be facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59931/22]
- Mental Health Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, following a GP referral to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update with respect to the progression of the 50-bed St. Joseph’s Hospital development in Ardee, County Louth; when the project is...
- Dental Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the exodus of dentists from the dental treatment services scheme; his plans to deal with the long waiting lists; and if he will make a...
- Ambulance Service
339. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in County Kildare; the number ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59950/22]
- Health Services Staff
340. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that his Department and the Health Service Executive have provided to organisations (details supplied) in relation to nursing and midwifery...
- Substance Misuse
341. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract of the midland youth drug and alcohol service will be extended beyond December 2022; his plans to ensure that such services are available in...
- Health Service Executive
342. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in filling the vacancy of the CEO of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59966/22]
- Covid-19 Tests
343. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that Covid-19 testing is being wound down in the midlands given that we are heading into winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services
344. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a placement. [59969/22]
- Care Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health if the capacity of the new building of Monasterevin day care will exceed the current capacity of the service; his plans to address this; and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
348. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that have been given to the establishment of a long-Covid clinic in the Southeast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59991/22]
- Health Services Staff
350. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made with respect to recruitment of occupational therapists in County Louth; if neighbouring areas with suitable levels of occupational...
- Nursing Homes
352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of facilities that have closed and ceased operations by name and location since the payments were awarded, of the recent TAPS payments of nearly...
- Mental Health Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60001/22]
- Hospital Staff
354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish trained doctors and Irish trained nurses employed by the HSE in UHL hospital group in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [60003/22]
- General Practitioner Services
356. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available to a person whose general practitioner does not provide smear tests; if the HSE keeps a list of general practitioners that offer...
- Mental Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of security costs associated with the HSE facility (details supplied) from 2019 to 2022 inclusive, including the projected cost...
- Health Services Staff
363. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO-9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60109/22]
- Healthcare Policy
364. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that persons are made aware of the risks of respiratory syncytial virus to vulnerable groups, such as babies; the...
- Hospital Staff
365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by non-consultant hospital doctors (details supplied); his response to same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can qualify for emergency treatment, currently not available under the GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60133/22]
- Emergency Departments
369. To ask the Minister for Health the average accident and emergency waiting time in each accident and emergency in the country for the month of November 2022; the number of patients that have...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horticulture Sector
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to ensure the availability of horticultural peat for use in the domestic horticultural sector. [56644/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land (details supplied) will be deemed uphill land and be exempt from individual fencing if a landowner is applying for a premium...
- Fishing Industry
373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 15 November 2022, which of the listed non-expiry licence are currently operational; the...
- Departmental Contracts
374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Services
375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will immediately release funds from the small-scale capital works programme in order to bring public toilets at a location...
- Departmental Contracts
376. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature...
