Written answers

Tuesday, 6 December 2022

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Restorative Justice
      6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans there are to roll-out restorative programmes through the court system. [60546/22]
    • Family Law Cases
      9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the current waiting times for family law hearings at the Dublin Circuit Court. [60503/22]
    • Drug Dealing
      13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the Drugs Related Intimidation Reporting Programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recent comments from the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment suggesting that more...
    • Legislative Measures
      16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if occupiers' liability insurance legislation will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas before the end of 2022. [53879/22]
    • Asylum Seekers
      18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed the issue of an equal allocation of refugees and asylum seekers across all European countries, per capita...
    • An Garda Síochána
      19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members in County Louth who are CBD2 trained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60625/22]
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has concluded her deliberations in relation to the report into the death of a person (details supplied) and if she will...
    • Sentencing Policy
      21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the work that her Department has done on the appropriate levels of sentencing as embodied in our laws and in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have been recruited to date in 2022. [60500/22]
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to tackle the rise in anti-social behaviour in our capital city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60629/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí assigned to the Carlow district. [60555/22]
    • Immigration Policy
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the publication of the review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers and resulting improved permit...
    • Sentencing Policy
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase maximum sentences for assaults on gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60557/22]
    • Prison Service
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she intends taking to tackle overcrowding in our female prisons in Dublin and Limerick; if it is intended to provide...
    • Legislative Reviews
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 20 October 2022, the status of the independent review of part IV of the Criminal Law...
    • Prison Service
      35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budgetary and human resources that are available to the prison education service; and if there are any plans to ensure...
    • An Garda Síochána
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Bandon, Bantry and Clonakilty districts. [60513/22]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refuge spaces for victims/survivors of domestic violence/gender-based violence currently being funded by her...
    • An Garda Síochána
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Dublin districts that have retired to date in 2022. [60501/22]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the ongoing efforts to enable the rollout of CCTV systems for An Garda Síochána in urban areas;...
    • Private Security Authority
      43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the main benchmarks achieved by the Private Security Authority in 2021; her future plans, if any, for the...
    • Crime Data
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knife assaults recorded in each of the Dublin Garda divisions to date in 2022 [60504/22]
    • Immigration Policy
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the position of those workers, many of whom are presently working in sectors suffering chronic shortages of...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has engaged with the Garda Commissioner in preparation for the introduction of the power to seize scramblers...
    • An Garda Síochána
      47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met with the Garda Representative Association over concerns regarding changes in rostering [60309/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide her response to the annual report from an organisation (details supplied). [60306/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an update on the progress of the opening of a Garda station at Northern Cross, Dublin 17. [60508/22]
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the outcome of her meeting with the family of a person (details supplied); if she has considered their...
    • Crime Prevention
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on progress to date on implementing the Gerian Report by the Drogheda Implementation Board; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí assigned to the Bandon, Bantry and Clonakilty districts. [60514/22]
    • Legislative Measures
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections that are outstanding and...
    • Crime Prevention
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts to tackle crime as detailed in the Justice Plan for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the outcomes of her Department’s Resource Efficiency Action Plan; and if she will make a statement...
    • Crime Prevention
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with the Safer Meath Campaign at a public meeting on the growing concerns regarding crime and anti-social...
    • Drug Dealing
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she and her colleagues at international level remain focused on the need to ensure the cut-off of the...
    • Immigration Policy
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the timelines on the Irish Immigration Service website on processing times for applications are...
    • Prison Service
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the steps being taken by her Department to promote and to support the reduction of reoffending;...
    • Gambling Sector
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the progress made with regard to the establishment of the Gambling Regulatory Authority; and if she will...
    • Control of Dogs
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for dangerous dog offences/dog attacks over the past five years; the number of court orders issued for...
    • Crime Prevention
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the intentions of the Rural Safety Plan 2022-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60602/22]
    • Domestic Violence
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the number of domestic violence refuge spaces to date in 2022; if she will provide an update on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when gardaí can expect to have body worn cameras; the benefits she expects this development to bring; and if she will make...
    • Sentencing Policy
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if mandatory sentencing will be introduced on persons who assault or attack emergency service members; and if she will make a...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the interdepartmental group of the implementation bodies for the new DSGBV strategy; the membership of same; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications the Garda recruitment competition 2022 received; and the number of these applicants that are...
    • Courts Service
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of county registrars serving to date; the number of vacancies that exist to date; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Crime Prevention
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who retired from the force to date in 2022. [60506/22]
    • Public Inquiries
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied) almost two years ago; and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Contracts
      75. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and the nature of work involved; the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      76. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of the National Security Strategy. [60484/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      77. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement. [60737/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of business insurance injury claims that have been settled through Public Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) to date in...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects legislative changes to be enacted on the level of duty of care requirement under personal injury claims; when he...
    • Industrial Development
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the most recent data on the level of IDA supported jobs by county in tabular form; and the number of additional jobs...
    • Job Creation
      81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the most recent data on the level of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs by county in tabular form; and the number of...
    • Public Sector Staff
      82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the number of persons employed in all bodies/agencies under his remit, including the number of persons...
    • Departmental Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the unemployment figures for County Clare including a comparison with the figures nationally; the actions he will...
    • Departmental Strategies
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the list of existing strategies that fall under his Department; the status of implementation of each strategy; and...
    • Enterprise Policy
      92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of the Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of his Department's People Strategy 2021-2024; and if he will...
    • Job Creation
      95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts that are being made to capture the job opportunities associated with the move to electric vehicles and in particular the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current staffing levels at Enterprise Ireland’s overseas offices and where these staff are located in tabular form. [60655/22]
    • Industrial Development
      97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current staffing levels at IDA Ireland’s overseas offices and where these staff are located in tabular form. [60656/22]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of business support schemes funded by his Department; the amount of funding allocated for each scheme in...
    • Job Losses
      99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of...
    • Departmental Staff
      100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall...
    • Work Permits
      101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will approve a work permit (details supplied). [60749/22]
    • EU Directives
      103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a policy issue raised by constituents regarding the new corporate sustainability due diligence directive (details...
    • Work Permits
      104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 160, 161, 163, 164 and 166 of 1 December 2022, the position of the person, who having secured...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when reliable broadband connectivity will be installed in east Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Conservation
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the SEAI are currently advertising on e-tenders for contractors to carry out works under the better energy warmer...
    • Energy Policy
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the incentives that are in place to encourage persons to transfer to more sustainable sources of home heating such as...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in view of action 22.5 in the Housing for All Updated Action Plan published in November 2022 the action that he will...
    • Fuel Poverty
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is considering further support payments to households in order to assist in meeting increased fuel...
    • Energy Conservation
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) was ruled ineligible for the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Fuel Poverty
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in order to expedite a grant for a person (details...
    • Departmental Strategies
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2019-2024;...
    • Recycling Policy
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the exclusion of glass bottles in the recently announced deposit return scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Usage
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new smart meters that have had to be replaced due to being faulty since the beginning of the programme;...
    • Energy Conservation
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if extenuating priority consideration can be given to applicants for the one stop shop full grant house BER improvement...
    • Energy Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for when the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of installing solar PV panels in every domestic house in the country; the estimated surplus energy...
    • Postal Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to establish an Ombudsman for the Post Office network, considering the vital role that post offices play...
    • Energy Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for a disconnection moratorium for all low-income households in respect of the energy crisis; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Policy
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and or his officials have engaged with the insurance providers in respect of the insurability of electric bikes and electric...
    • Tax Code
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are in place to regulate and monitor the composition of aviation fuel sold in Ireland in order to calculate more...
    • Public Transport
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that real-time passenger information and automatic vehicle location is available for Bus Eíreann services but not for...
    • School Transport
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the active travel scheme to include active travel measures to be carried out at schools located in rural areas which do...
    • Aviation Industry
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of passengers in each of Ireland’s regional airports in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in...
    • Driver Test
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected to facilitate an appointment for a driving test in the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking employment...
    • Road Network
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding allocated for the maintenance of regional and local roads by local authority, since 27 June 2020, in tabular...
    • Transport Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding allocated for the development of new walking and cycling infrastructure by local authority, since 27 June...
    • Airport Security
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are issues relating to the number of airport police or gardaí deployed at Dublin Airport; and if he will explain the reason...
    • Public Transport
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of a bus service to enable young people in Beara, County Cork access day services in...
    • Driver Test
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that a driving test centre in Skiberreen will have two full-time equivalent testers working from January...
    • Public Transport
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of bus stations in County Tipperary that are included in the Public Transport Accessibly Programme; the type of works...
    • Road Projects
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can provide an update concerning the design and environmental evaluation of the N24 road improvement scheme between Cahir and...
    • Driver Test
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); if a driving test will be expedited; and if he...
    • Road Projects
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the balance that will be funded by the Department of Transport for the non-national road element of the R407 Sallins Bypass and...
    • Haulage Industry
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the introduction of the licensed haulage emergency support scheme for the months of November to April...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin Airport Authority have been issued with a warning letter by the planning...
    • Driver Licences
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the licence that is required in order to drive an e-bike on public roads; the training that will be required prior to obtaining a...
    • Departmental Policies
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clarification will be provided on the regulation of e-bikes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60712/22]
    • Driver Test
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in relation to the delivery of a public service (details supplied); the...
    • Public Transport
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under...
    • Driver Test
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary Question No. 221 of 29 November 2022, the number of new permanent driver testers that have been allocated within...
    • Road Tolls
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue that was collected from private toll operators throughout the country in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if advice or assistance will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Car Test
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the extraordinarily long wait times for NCT tests - for example, currently six months in the test centre in Kells, County...
    • Driver Test
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently review an application by a person (details supplied) waiting on a driving test for work purposes; and if he will make...
    • Road Network
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Government body that is responsible for the maintenance of public rights of way not created under the Planning and Development Act...
    • Departmental Schemes
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of his Department in the Transport Working Group review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if he can...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme in particular. [61005/22]
    • Insurance Industry
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the Action Plan on Insurance Reform has been so successful in reducing motor insurance premiums but premiums for business insurance, which...
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the personal injuries guidelines on awards granted by PIAB; the way that the guidelines have impacted awards granted through the courts; the...
    • Insurance Industry
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that up to 16 providers are competing in the motor insurance market, but there is far less competition in the business liability insurance sector;...
    • Tax Code
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if biofuels used in home heating are subject to carbon tax; if biofuels used in home heating are subject to excise duties; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Risk Management
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that once a flood relief scheme is officially complete that insurers cannot refuse to provide flood insurance or charge...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to a mortgage services provider (details supplied) increasing standard variable rates on some loans to 6.5%. [60368/22]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the definition applied by the Revenue Commissioners in the context of categorising persons as self-employed and or as contractors. [60384/22]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Primary Medical Certificate Board; the number of applications that are waiting to be processed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Claims Agency
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the manner in which the State Claims Agency deals with claims for compensation arising from damage to private property by State...
    • Public Sector Pay
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the average wage, the average industrial wage, and the average public sector wage for each year from 1997 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance when the transfer of deposits account holders took place (details supplied); the person or body that approved same; and when this occurred. [60823/22]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Residential Property Services has been transferred to the LDA; if so, when this transfer happened; the number of residential units held...
    • Departmental Reviews
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his Department’s progress reviewing the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme as part of the Mid-Term Review...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that the ESB, the Office of Public Works and Waterways Ireland have in place to prepare for floods along the River Shannon;...
    • Departmental Offices
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any properties owned or managed by the Office of Public Works have been designated or refurbished as accommodation centres for those...
    • Flood Risk Management
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if work on land belonging to a person (details supplied) will be facilitated during the winter months rather than having to wait until...
    • Departmental Funding
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total allocation of European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) for Ireland for 2021-2027; the amount of funding allocated to each...
    • Flood Risk Management
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [60375/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under...
    • Departmental Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basic salaries for TDs and Senators for each year from 1997 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60754/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sick leave entitlements of public servants who get long-Covid and if he plans to extend the leave period of support in light of the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funds allocated per county to applicants under the under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme since 27...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the most recent data on the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs by county respectively in tabular form; the...
    • Departmental Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the WTE staff by job title working in the marketing department of the National Concert Hall as of 29 November 2022; the WTE staff...
    • Tourism Industry
      203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next appointment to the Board of Fáilte Ireland is due to take place; the procedure for the appointment process; and...
    • Irish Language
      204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 in...
    • Museum Projects
      205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a response will issue to a query raised by a person (details supplied) regarding access to an artefact in the National Museum...
    • Departmental Policies
      206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans regarding financial supports to the Irish magazine sector in view of the fact that VAT was abolished for Irish...
    • Departmental Staff
      207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall...
    • Departmental Funding
      208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she intends providing Exchequer or licence funding to commercial radio stations that provide a designated amount of national...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Architectural Heritage
      209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding and or grant assistance that may be available for the restoration, renovation and or refurbishments of churches...
    • Flood Risk Management
      210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that each local authority along the River Shannon has in place to prepare for flooding along the course of the...
    • Local Authorities
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will increase the funding allocation for Tipperary County Council housing adaptation grants to allow the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will reply to a letter from persons (details supplied) considering matters within his ministerial remit; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of commencement notices for new residential homes received; number of new housing completions and new...
    • Departmental Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of funding allocated to local authorities for the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; the list of towns...
    • Derelict Sites
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sites on the derelict register in County Clare; the levies collected on same, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a full list of all available supports for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60342/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the marine and commercial activities prohibited or restricted in marine special areas of conservation....
    • Foreshore Issues
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the number of foreshore licences granted monthly between the period 1 January 2019 and 31...
    • Office of the Planning Regulator
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time staff vacancies by job title in the Office of the Planning Regulator as of 29 November 2022; and when...
    • Housing Schemes
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s total current spend on schemes (details supplied) in 2021 and 2022 (to date), in tabular form; and if...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide funding for a municipal wastewater treatment plant for Abbeyknockmoy, County Galway to allow the proper...
    • Departmental Meetings
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when meetings will resume between his Department and FACE Ireland which previously occurred every quarter. [60469/22]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the inspector’s report into (details supplied), its finances and structures which...
    • Housing Schemes
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional gross and net annual cost to the state of every €1,000 increase to the social housing eligibility income...
    • Departmental Strategies
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government Heritage when the National Landscape Strategy 2015-2025 (action No. 3) guidelines are to be published for local landscape...
    • Peace Commissioners
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to allow Peace Commissioners to sign and witness affidavits for social housing applications; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts...
    • Housing Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that persons applying for social housing or a social housing transfer due to a disability or medical grounds must...
    • Departmental Projects
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a project (details supplied) will be completed and opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60858/22]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the inquiry that was initiated in 2019 into (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can advise if the improvement works in lieu of social housing scheme will be reopened to new applications; and if he...
    • Housing Policy
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the means test for housing aid for older people, which is calculated through total household income, will be reviewed with...
    • Rights of Way
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of his Department in maintaining public rights of way for the purpose of recreational walkers.; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the rising number of elderly people living on the brink of homelessness (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Policies
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on ensuring that all marine protected areas only begin 500 meters offshore. [61014/22]
    • Departmental Regulations
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on introducing regulations concerning the use of rock-breaking equipment. [61015/22]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish as a priority the Traveller accommodation authority and oversee national delivery to address supply,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Registration of Births
      256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an application for a foreign birth registration will be processed (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s relationship with Nicaragua; if there is regular contact with officials from that country; and if he will...
    • Consular Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2022 on which the Irish Consul General and or Vice Consul General in Chicago visited Detroit in the State of Michigan; and the...
    • Departmental Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 29 November 2022, if he will provide a sectoral breakdown as between pharmaceutical, financial...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the proposed reopening of the Irish Embassy in Tehran in 2023; his views that this should be deferred in...
    • Departmental Staff
      262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the...
    • Departmental Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the panel that makes the decisions regarding the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and the criteria on...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60981/22]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      269. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the competition for the new roster for election monitoring will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60996/22]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider allowing all members of the Defence Forces, both veterans and serving members, to purchase the Michael Collins commemorative...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Child Abuse
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration is being given at Government level to seizure of archival material held by a Religious Order (details supplied) in respect...
    • School Staff
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by organisations (details supplied) in respect of the effect of a lack of housing on the delivery of education...
    • State Examinations
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to providing different levels for leaving certificate students similar to the three levels provided for junior...
    • School Enrolments
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fifth class places currently available in primary schools in an area (details supplied). [60190/22]
    • School Transport
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the available supports related to school transport for students who cannot obtain a school place in their locality during the school year and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application by a school (details supplied) to relocate to a new site at Kilcornan, Clarinbridge, County Galway; when a...
    • School Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she intends to take to ensure that substitute teachers are available for national schools in the Dublin area; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when assistive technology which was approved for a child (details supplied) will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60252/22]
    • School Transport
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if handover of a road to Donegal County Council could be arranged so as it can be properly maintained (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional SNAs hired since 27 June 2020, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60297/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special class places since 27 June 2020, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers since 27 June 2020, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60299/22]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the expenditure on new school buildings and refurbishment of existing buildings since 27 June 2020, by county in tabular form; and...
    • School Transport
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scenario with respect to the school transport scheme where the children attend a Gaelscoil which is not inside their catchment boundary area;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to introduce increased training for teachers to promote awareness of dyspraxia in the classroom; if she plans to increase supports...
    • School Enrolments
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children now enrolled in a college (details supplied) following a section 29 appeal whereby they could not secure a place in a...
    • School Admissions
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a local school place will be facilitated in the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60442/22]
    • School Curriculum
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions her Department has in place to educate students on safe internet use, particularly with regards to social media platforms and the...
    • State Examinations
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a review of the present format for the Leaving Certificate course, whereby traditionally the Leaving...
    • School Admissions
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place can be facilitated for a pupil (details supplied) whose family now face the prospect of having three children in three...
    • School Transport
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided to children in (details supplied) County Mayo in view of the fact that these children have not been able...
    • Special Educational Needs
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and resources that are available to children with dyspraxia in primary schools in counties Longford and Westmeath. [60473/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension to a school (details supplied) to provide capacity for 1,300 pupils and a four classroom SEN base; the...
    • School Accommodation
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the recommendation from her Department to remove the school site objective on the phase 3 Golden Ridge site in Rush, County Dublin...
    • School Facilities
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will finalise an agreement for the provision of car parking for teachers and staff of a school (details supplied). [60701/22]
    • School Staff
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that is available for a school (details supplied) which needs assistance to keep the school clean. [60717/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60718/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall under the...
    • School Transport
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) who applied for a bus ticket on 25 April 2022 for transport to school will receive this ticket; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter in relation to EAL hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60775/22]
    • School Transport
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a person eligible for school transport who applied on time and has not been provided with school transport (details...
    • School Textbooks
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the free primary book scheme that was announced as part of budget 2023; how and when the scheme will be rolled out; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60922/22]
    • School Accommodation
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Department’s plans to accommodate increased student numbers in the event that a new school build (details supplied) will not be...
    • Departmental Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports, grants and otherwise that are available for afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60946/22]
    • Schools Administration
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will write to the leaders of all religious orders that run and have run schools to remind them of their obligation to retain all records...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to financially assist persons who have anaphylactic food allergies to support them to purchase foods that are safe...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be issued with the carer's support lump sum that was issued recently; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grants or payments that can be made to a person (details supplied). [60188/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a fuel allowance application was refused in the case of a person (details supplied), if the decision can be...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government is actively engaging with community employment scheme supervisors regarding pay and conditions; and, if so,...
    • Social Welfare Code
      339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow paid voluntary contributions to be reckonable for treatment benefit; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has enough PRSI contributions to avail of the PRSI treatment benefit specifically free hearing...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if individuals who qualify for the living alone allowance can be considered for the fuel allowance if they are over the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the age limit of a child for parents (details supplied) claiming job seekers transitional payment while...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support changes to the operation of community employment schemes to allow those who turn 66 years of age to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to extend the fuel allowance to persons on a scheme (details supplied). [60278/22]
    • Citizens Information Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that citizens information outreach programmes have ceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60321/22]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when community employment ex-gratia payments are to be processed; and if it will be in 2022. [60357/22]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means testing system to qualify for carers allowance to consider applicants with income that can vary...
    • Community Welfare Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time community welfare officers based in County Tipperary in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in...
    • State Pensions
      352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are in place for long-term carers who do not currently qualify for the State pension in anticipation of the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) living alone will not qualify for the living alone allowance; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the contributory pension application for a person (details supplied); when will a decision be made; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a recent application for disability allowance will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can set out his rationale for not providing persons in receipt of the State pension with the additional once off...
    • International Protection
      357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State pension entitlements that exist for a person claiming refugee status here along with a dependent adult; if a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those on illness benefit were not included in the recent cost of living payments; if consideration would be given...
    • State Pensions
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been declined a Qualified Adult Dependent payment may be entitled to a...
    • Pension Provisions
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures are in place to assist people who feel their pension was devalued by mismanagement through wind up, (details...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adapting the living-alone allowance criteria to allow a person to rent a room in their home to an...
    • State Pensions
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria to qualify for the State pension provision for long-term carers which is due to be introduced from January 2024;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the cost-of-living supports which are applicable for those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance....
    • Social Welfare Payments
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all recipients of carers allowance will receive the cost-of-living top-up paid in November. [60667/22]
    • Citizens Information Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to reopen an in-person Citizens Information Board office in a location (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include carer’s benefit in the long-term payments included in bilateral social security agreements with...
    • Departmental Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the waiting times in weeks for all ANP and ENP applications broken down per number of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a resource issue within her Department in relation to the processing of a disability allowance and invalidity...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the status of the appeals process for cases (details supplied) with regard to disability allowance and...
    • Departmental Staff
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for fuel allowance applications by month for 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Community Welfare Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff allocated to community welfare sections in each Intreo Office in County Donegal to process all...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a jobseeker’s allowance application for a person in County Mayo (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Data
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons referred to JobPath since it was established; and the total number of referred twice, three times...
    • Departmental Reviews
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will be reviewing JobPath now that referrals have ended. [60950/22]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs’ payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments that are available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61030/22]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the time limit for when a former nursing home can cease operation as a nursing home and commence operations as...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the work of the transport working group; when the review of the disabled drivers...
    • Departmental Meetings
      390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details of any meetings or engagements that he or his staff or bodies under the aegis of...
    • Childcare Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a childcare provider (details supplied) and its reopening support payment....
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Government’s plans to ratify the Optional Protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights...
    • Family Support Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will be in a position to aid a family resource centre (details supplied) with providing...
    • Youth Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services his Department provides for young people in each town in County Clare, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Family Resource Centres
      396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports he has made available for Family Resource Centres in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of hotel rooms which are currently being used to accommodate refugees from Ukraine and other...
    • Childcare Services
      399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if annual rates of core funding for the childcare sector will increase in line with inflation; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an application will be approved for an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make...
    • Children in Care
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have come through State care in each of the past ten years. [60811/22]
    • Direct Provision System
      406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in direct provision; and the number who entered the system in each of the past...
    • Children in Care
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are currently in the care of the State but not in foster care or residential care....
    • Third Level Fees
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that an official letter of qualification from a third level institution is no longer acceptable for...
    • Third Level Education
      412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason no backdated payment is permitted between the time a childcare worker can prove completion of level 7...
    • Departmental Funding
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial supports, grants and otherwise that are available for afterschool's; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency
      414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in the care of TUSLA who currently require residential services and are receiving those...
    • Departmental Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider his decision to cease funding for an initiative (details supplied) which serves Dublin 9...
    • Disability Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the adequacy of mobility supports for persons with a disability and on the adequacy of the disabled...
    • Departmental Data
      419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notifications of alleged sex abuse since 2020 (details supplied) which are yet to be investigated...
    • Departmental Funding
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing funding for a charity (details supplied) supporting adult survivors of childhood...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the sites that have been identified for modular buildings in County Longford in order to accommodate those...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Language Schools
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regulate English language schools and the employment of staff in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60784/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a person who is having difficulty gaining apprenticeship college placement closer to their place of...
    • Departmental Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in public institutes of higher education each year since 2011 including the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a student would not benefit from the €1,000 student contribution reduction announced in Budget 23; the criteria...
    • Third Level Fees
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) has been brought to her attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60270/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports his Department has in place in respect of further education and training centres under the auspices of Limerick and Clare Education...
    • Third Level Staff
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the election of the University of Limerick Governing Authority to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeships that have been approved for the year ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020, 31 December 2021 and to the...
    • Third Level Reform
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to entice those who are unemployed to enter the education system and upskill in order to pursue employment...
    • Ministerial Staff
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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...
    • Nursing Education
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the quotas for nursing students in both the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60728/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke...
    • Third Level Costs
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 29 November 2022, if there are plans to allow students who have to repeat a year apply to the...
    • Grant Payments
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications that were rejected on the basis that the pandemic unemployment payment brought their income over the threshold in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Youth Services
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the funding provision for youth diversion programmes. [60924/22]
    • Visa Applications
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will review the decision on an application for a holiday visa by a person (details supplied). [60158/22]
    • Citizenship Applications
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a holiday visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60274/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the number of additional gardaí hired since 27 June 2020, by county, in tabular form....
    • Court Accommodation
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of investment in courthouses since 27 June 2020, by county in tabular form. [60285/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult caution notifications issued to persons by An Garda Síochána in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in...
    • Visa Agreements
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is an outlier in Europe in relation to Colombian nationals requiring a...
    • Alcohol Sales
      462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspections carried out by gardaí within the Tipperary division on pubs, clubs, nightclubs and so on to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new vehicles that have been assigned to Garda armed support units in 2021 and to-date in 2022; and the number of...
    • Prison Service
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2023 if 175 new recruit prison officers were recruited into the Irish Prison Service. [60399/22]
    • International Protection
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will assist a person (details supplied) to retrieve certificates that were surrendered to the International Protection...
    • Asylum Seekers
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have arrived in Ireland seeking asylum without the necessary travel documents such as a passport...
    • An Garda Síochána
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been recruited to An Garda Síochána through the Gaeilge stream during the most recent...
    • Courts Service
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update from the Courts Service on the progress of the e-probate project under the Courts Modernisation...
    • Crime Prevention
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will undertake a comprehensive review of economic crime, financial fraud and scamming given the increased...
    • Legislative Reviews
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the area of politically-exposed persons, as set out in the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist...
    • Peace Commissioners
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expand the responsibility of the role of Peace Commissioner and grant permission to sign and witness affidavits for...
    • Visa Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for decisions for paper and digital visa applications by type in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • EU Bodies
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is intended that Ireland would join the European Public Prosecution Office; if it is desirable that all EU Member States...
    • EU Directives
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her that her Department has taken to address the issues outlined in the formal notice of infringement procedures...
    • Data Protection
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has reservations regarding the scope of data collection associated with the provisions contained in the EU...
    • Residency Permits
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to update stamp 3 to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for asylum in Ireland that have been refused for each of the past ten years in real numbers and as...
    • Departmental Staff
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts...
    • An Garda Síochána
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of semi-automatic centre fire rifles that have been licensed by An Garda Síochána in each of the years...
    • Legislative Programme
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to reforming probate laws as they currently stand with a view to making the probate process...
    • An Garda Síochána
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a notification or any other such correspondence from the Garda Commissioner in relation to the location of...
    • Drug Dealing
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she together with the international community continue to converge on the illegal drug barons with a view...
    • An Garda Síochána
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which plans are in hand to increase recruitment to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement...
    • Crime Prevention
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the revised bail laws are successfully preventing crimes while the accused is on bail; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Data
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently on educational or rehabilitative courses while in prison; the extent to which the numbers...
    • Land Issues
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the need to provide for orderly and lawful methods of ensuring public access to recreational lands that are held...
    • Prison Service
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the introduction and implementation of the new Prison Service complaints policy; and if she will provide a copy...
    • Departmental Data
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints under each category heading made by prisoners in 2019 and to date in 2022; the details of the outcomes...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Promotion
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to banning or limiting the advertisement of junk food on State-owned transport, buildings and amenities; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      505. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 29 November 2022, if further details of the schemes (details supplied) referred to in the response will be...
    • Health Strategies
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug...
    • Health Services Staff
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60146/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to ensure that the persons who used the Dunkineely general practice will be affected as little as possible given its closure;...
    • Ambulance Service
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that have brought patients with Meath addresses to the accident and emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in...
    • Health Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be provided in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60152/22]
    • Departmental Consultations
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of the commission to examine care and supports for older people committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7 given that only 15% of persons have access to community...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that the Government is taking for immunocompromised persons who continue to cocoon to avoid Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO2 and in each CHO area in which a neuro-rehabilitation team has yet to be established; the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the appointment of a replacement GP for the GP who has tendered their resignation in Blarney, County Cork; the action that...
    • Dental Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the talks held with an organisation (details supplied) regarding medical card holders and their access to dental care; his views on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken by his Department and the HSE relative to a complaint made by the family of a person (details supplied); if a comprehensive...
    • Health Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be provided with respite care as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60198/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      524. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided a consultation appointment with a paediatrician at Cavan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in counties Monaghan and Cavan for children with disabilities; the proposals to increase these numbers; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of his proposals that will provide respite care facilities for children with disabilities in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care places for children with disabilities in each county or for the lowest available geographic unit; the number on waiting lists for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who following presentation at University Hospital Limerick was referred to Temple Street Hospital and has...
    • Health Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the existing community neuro-rehabilitation teams; the staffing complement of each team; the timeline for establishing a community...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the way that children of same-sex couples who were conceived outside a donor assisted human reproduction facility can gain a full legal relationship with both...
    • Departmental Schemes
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that long-term illnesses such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are not included in the long-term illness scheme; if he will review this...
    • Hospital Staff
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a wage enhancement claim lodged by a pharmacist (details supplied) working at UL's Nenagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-open the Mater Private Hospital to HSE patients given the backlog of critical cancer surgeries (details supplied). [60242/22]
    • Health Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of access to community neuro-rehabilitation teams in CHO 8, which impacts those living with neurological conditions...
    • Disability Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years with an intellectual, physical or sensory disability, currently referred and waiting to be seen by the HSE who...
    • Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a public menopause clinic, by wait time and clinic, in tabular form. [60268/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if homecare support can be provided in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60279/22]
    • Health Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline any plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 15% of persons...
    • Hospital Admissions
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in prison, who have been referred for treatment to the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane; the longest length of time that a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and length of time waiting on assessments of need in County Clare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60346/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the provision of CAMHS dietician specialist services in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60347/22]
    • Health Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time that a gender identity development service (details supplied) has been paid to run clinics for Irish children at Crumlin children’s...
    • Hospital Staff
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that nurses in hospitals have been told that they are not getting premium pay for nurses for Christmas. [60353/22]
    • Hospital Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if there are figures from the maternity hospitals on the number of additional night's stay that were necessary for women and children in maternity hospitals...
    • Health Services Staff
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve the working conditions faced by occupational therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60358/22]
    • Hospital Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately work with the HSE in CHO4 to put in place a plan to ensure that none of the acute mental health unit beds in Bantry General Hospital are...
    • Health Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 322 of 10 November 2022 (details supplied), the service developments that took place between 8 June and 15 June 2017 such...
    • Disability Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to assist an organisation (details supplied) searching for suitable housing for assisted living for disabled adults. [60372/22]
    • Departmental Reports
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the McHugh report in relation to student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60382/22]
    • Health Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to supports for persons living with neurological conditions; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a fair deal application (details supplied). [60387/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to make more timely dyspraxia assessment services. [60390/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to Tipperary University Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [60400/22]
    • Hospital Procedures
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which fluorescence microscopy and threomboelastography are available for diagnostics and treatment. [60403/22]
    • Care Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if respite services have been discontinued temporarily at Ennistymon Community Hospital, County Clare; if so, the plans that are in place to have the services...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      585. To ask the Minister for Health further to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 22 November 2022, if clarification and advice will be provided in relation to a case where a...
    • Health Services Staff
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that housekeeping/domestics/cleaners nationally did not get awarded the job evaluation by the HSE; the reason for same; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an appeal of a special pandemic recognition award; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60419/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health peer support workers to be recruited by CHO area including trainee staff; the current number of peer support workers employed by...
    • Medicinal Products
      592. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 524 and 525 of 15 November 2022, the reason that a response has not been issued by the Health Service Executive; and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if section 38 healthcare employees who worked exclusively for a day service (details supplied) with residential day service users and onsite in Covid-19...
    • Health Services Staff
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of CHO areas that have community neuro-rehabilitation teams in place in tabular form; the date of establishment of the team; the WTE...
    • Dental Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the lack of dentists accepting medical card holders in County Kerry. [60447/22]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidences of coercive abortion which have been reported to sexual assault treatment units since 1 January 2019, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Hospital Staff
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent registrar will be appointed to the renal unit at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60450/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing registration PIN can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60462/22]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      602. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to provide funding to a foundation (details supplied) a charity that provides financial assistance directly to parents of children with...
    • Health Services Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons who provide essential work as hygiene cleaners, domestic staff, laundry workers, housekeeping...
    • Special Educational Needs
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are awaiting an assessment for dyspraxia by county in tabular form. [60472/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      606. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s position on the establishment of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60478/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy sessions will be provided in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60507/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason two hospitals in a group were approved funding (details supplied) but one hospital was left out; the reason that patients in one county are being...
    • Disability Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned establishment of a community neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60548/22]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an alliance of organisations (details supplied) seeking an increase in the legal age of sale of all forms of...
    • Care Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health when a care plan will be implemented for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60552/22]
    • Hospital Procedures
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to reimbursement for the costs incurred from a private medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the protected disclosures reported to the HSE regarding concerns raised about the individualised services provide by an...
    • Care Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if only eight individualised services are in HIQA designated centres and 42 are unregulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60592/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the creation of a national medicines reserve facility in Ireland specifically to help during a public health emergency, in...
    • Disability Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact only 15% of patients have access to community neuro-rehabilitation teams (details supplied); if steps will be taken...
    • Medicinal Products
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the need for Cariban to be initially prescribed by a consultant obstetrician for hyperemesis gravidarum sufferers in order for them to be...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and babies who have been discharged into the care of homeless services from maternity hospitals in the past three months; the number...
    • Hospital Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if there are figures from the maternity hospitals on the number of additional nights it was necessary for women and newborn children to stay in maternity...
    • Hospital Facilities
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to a hospital (details supplied) for the CT scanner replacement project; the status of the CT installation process outlining; and when the...
    • Care Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HIQA has not inspected a nursing unit (details supplied) following a request to do so by the provider, which requires additional bed capacity to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the formal capital investment proposal submitted for the provision of single room en-suite bed capacity at a hospital (details supplied) and a...
    • Hospital Investigations
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE are satisfied that corrective actions to non-compliant findings and HIQA key recommendations have been implemented following...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will outline the precise work completed on project review 1 tasks for a hospital (details supplied); if the HSE has submitted the preliminary...
    • Health Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons invited by the National Screening Service to partake in BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the overall national radiology waiting lists by hospital and scan type, that is, ultrasounds, CT scans and MRIs in tabular form. [60674/22]
    • Hospital Equipment
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI and CT scan machines by hospital; and the number that are operational, non-operational and broken respectively in tabular form. [60675/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of radiologists and radiology technicians working in Ireland, per head of population. [60676/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal; and the services to be provided there. [60707/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider as a matter of priority appointing a new Chief Pharmaceutical Officer to his Department who will be responsible for overseeing the...
    • Community Care
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in place in each CHO area; if it is his intention to establish such a team in each CHO area; if he will set...
    • Disability Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the staffing of Disability Network Teams in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60727/22]
    • Community Care
      648. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out community neuro-rehabilitation teams to each community health area; the timeframe he estimates that such teams will be in place in each...
    • Departmental Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park...
    • Community Care
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll out of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CH07; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60743/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      655. To ask the Minister for Health when frontline staff at a healthcare company (details supplied) will receive their Covid bonus payment. [60782/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on arrears owed to serving and retired senior HSE and voluntary hospital managers (details supplied) as provided for in the HSE...
    • Health Service Executive
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to investigate procurement procedures within the HSE to determine if there are any instances of the HSE being overcharged by private and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who contracted Covid-19 in a hospital setting on a monthly basis since the start of the pandemic. [60801/22]
    • Health Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lung cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60802/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from any charity or organisation expressing concerns over a perceived increase in mental ill health or suicide rate since he...
    • Health Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received any correspondence from general practitioners expressing concerns of a perceived increase or decrease in cancer diagnosis, late cancer...
    • Mental Health Services
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if the independently led prescribing audit recommended in the Maskey Report included within its remit children who were prescribed risperidone outside of...
    • Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be in place in CH09; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60841/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      673. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive a date for cataract surgery (details supplied) at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60844/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants who have left posts at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to date in 2022; the number and nature/discipline of the posts...
    • Medicinal Products
      678. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60851/22]
    • Disability Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress of introducing a transport support scheme to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport scheme; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional in-patient beds provided in each hospital in the South/South West Hospital Group since 27 June 2020; the number of additional day beds...
    • Ambulance Service
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns raised by ambulance drivers in respect of their own health and safety due to challenging rostering of shifts; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to make an announcement of a new hospital in Galway under the National Elective Ambulatory Care Strategy agreed last December by the Government...
    • Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team to be set up in CHO 4. [60909/22]
    • Nursing Homes
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions noting concerns that were made to HIQA regarding nursing homes from 2020 to date in 2022, by the type of concern and by county,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the waiting time for colposcopy appointments in Limerick is so long; the plans to improve the service availability; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering adding rare diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy. to the heel prick test for babies; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the dental treatment scheme; the number of dentists active in the scheme by county; the number of dentists who having...
    • Health Strategies
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021; the progress of the implementation of the strategy in CHO9; the action that he will take to...
    • Mental Health Services
      700. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 15 November 2022, the duration of placement already spent of each resident of a facility (details supplied) at the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      701. To ask the Minister for Health if an evaluation has been carried out of the procurement of supplies during the Covid pandemic to establish the successes and the disappointments of the...
    • Disability Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60991/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all persons with diabetes are provided medical equipment to monitor their sugar levels free-of-charge. [61016/22]
    • Health Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fully resource existing community neuro-rehabilitation teams and if he will set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in every CHO; and if he...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts that Bord na gCon awarded for the rehoming of dogs from January 2018 to November 2022; to whom were they...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for additional measures to be provided through ACRES for farmers on free-draining land who are limited by the...
    • EU Funding
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund-Operational Programme for Ireland prohibits a 50% advance of approved production and...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail each fishery harbour centre that was allocated capital funding since the formation of the current Government on 27...
    • EU Funding
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme since the formation of the current...
    • Fishing Industry
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figures for fish landed into all the local authority harbours in County Clare in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in...
    • Public Sector Staff
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding for Horse Racing Ireland can be allocated to urban horse rearing projects such as an equine club (details supplied); and...
    • Fishing Industry
      726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is intended to reintroduce a 16-mile exclusion zone for larger boats around the coast, particularly in view of the damage...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      727. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to review the Charities Act 2009 in particular section 6 of the Act. [60863/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      728. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when notice will be given to applicants in categories 2 and 3 under the community centres investment fund as to their outcome; and if...
    • Rural Schemes
      729. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities for all rural schemes provided by her Department, including town...
    • Digital Hubs
      731. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of hubs onboard in each county since the National Hub Network connectedhubs.ie was launched; the total amount of...
    • Rural Schemes
      732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount of funding allocated to local authorities for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; the towns in each county...
    • Departmental Schemes
      733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason (details supplied) do not appear to qualify for support pursuant to the CVESS scheme; if their application can be reviewed...
    • Departmental Projects
      734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when permission to proceed to tender will issue for a project (details supplied). [60440/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      735. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 804 of 25 October 2022, if applicants in categories 2 and 3 to the community centre investment...
    • Departmental Staff
      736. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under her Department whose contracts fall...

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