Written answers

Thursday, 8 December 2022

  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      9. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish an occupational injury scheme for healthcare workers with long Covid who were exposed to the virus in their workplace; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services
      12. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the children's disability network team for the Finglas area in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61101/22]
    • Health Services
      15. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61051/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      18. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting lists for orthopaedic and urology surgeries for disabilities which become more painful and inoperable over time; the actions that he...
    • Health Services
      19. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve and expand health services for older people in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61176/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      21. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours that will be provided for older people in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61353/22]
    • Health Services
      22. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are registered as patients under the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61303/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of public health nurses in the south Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60614/22]
    • EU Directives
      24. To ask the Minister for Health the work that is being carried out by his Department to address the serious concerns that have arisen in respect of the implementation of the EU medical device...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      25. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the chronic overcrowding in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61226/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      26. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in CHO 7; the number of vacant positions for public health nurses in CHO 7; the current recruitment process in place; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      27. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address the provision of services for persons with long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61024/22]
    • Emergency Departments
      29. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 20 October 2022, the status of the examination by his Department of the strategic assessment report regarding the...
    • Home Help Service
      30. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made by CHO 8 in Louth in 2022 to recruit and retain homecarers; the changes in the numbers of HSE-employed homecarers in the Louth area in...
    • Dental Services
      31. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding medical card patients availing of dental appointments and procedures (details supplied); the measures that he is putting in...
    • Health Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission is proposing that breast screening should be offered to women from the age of 45 years,...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      33. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further information on the new elective hospital in Cork; if he will outline the next steps in the process; the timeline for same; and if he...
    • Emergency Departments
      34. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has provided the resources to the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, that were identified in the HSE review of...
    • Health Services Staff
      35. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in enhancing the role of therapy assistants to provide treatment for children, particularly in disciplines where there...
    • Medicinal Products
      36. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, in conjunction with the HSE, has been in communication with the Health Products Regulatory Authority with respect to ongoing medicine...
    • Health Services Staff
      37. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of health professionals within the health services, including, but not limited to,...
    • Health Strategies
      38. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the public health reforms that he announced in April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60933/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      39. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and expand mental health services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61177/22]
    • Disability Services
      40. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of disability respite services in CHO 3 and CHO 5 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61049/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      41. To ask the Minister for Health the future role that the HSE owned Inisghile facility in Parteen, County Clare will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61132/22]
    • Health Services
      42. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of rapid review by a person (details supplied) into the CervicalCheck Report 2019 have been implemented in full; the number of the 4,088...
    • Health Services Staff
      43. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions in respect of section 39 workers and those who work with people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      44. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE funded therapists that have been allocated to special schools to date in 2022; the further measures and investment that is being made in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      45. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the endoscopy unit in Naas Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61178/22]
    • Hospital Procedures
      46. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures performed under the treatment abroad scheme in 2021 and to date in 2022; the breakdown of the types of procedures performed and their...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      47. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to reduce waiting lists for psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61029/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      48. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding finding a replacement GP to take over the general practice in Dunkineely, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      49. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that wheelchair users with lifelong conditions often have to re-apply for entitlements such as medical cards; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      50. To ask the Minister for Health the incentives that he has considered to overcome the shortage of carers in the Carrickmacross area. [61269/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      51. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he intends taking to ensure a more speedy delivery of the major projects outlined for Galway University Hospital in view of the critical deficiencies...
    • Disability Services
      52. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve respite care in County Longford following the recent rejection of a planning application in Newtowncastle; and if he will...
    • Community Care
      53. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he intends taking to ensure the HSE can deliver more rapidly on building projects, such as health centres, nursing homes and ambulance bases, for...
    • Home Care Packages
      54. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for putting home care on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61354/22]
    • Health Services
      55. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the nurse on Arranmore Island is no longer dedicated to the island on a full-time basis; the steps that are being taken to address the resulting...
    • Mental Health Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing multi-annual funding for the mental health unit in Bantry General Hospital. [60993/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      57. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current recruitment and retention crisis in the context of front-line specialist medical personnel across all healthcare...
    • Health Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to build on the progress in reducing the mortality rate from cancer further given that there has been a 10% reduction...
    • Departmental Funding
      59. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be given to each of the drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023. [61282/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have Ozempic added to the drugs payment scheme for those with a medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60613/22]
    • Qualifications Recognition
      61. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of fully qualified and competent Ukrainian dentists who are unable to practice in Ireland due to Quality and Qualifications...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      62. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the delivery of the 96-bed medical ward block replacement accommodation at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      63. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an independent investigation into the performance and service provision of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      64. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions his Department is taking to secure dental services for medical card holders in County Wexford; when the current dental treatment services scheme...
    • Health Services
      65. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce legislation to allow a mobile supervised injecting centre while the approved injecting centre is being delayed; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the action plan for University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61306/22]
    • Disability Services
      67. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the provision of disability respite services in CHO 4 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61023/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      69. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the non–EU rural GP programme; if his Department and the Government are supportive of same; if the strategic review of...
    • Nursing Homes
      70. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated under each individual scheme of support for nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he will ensure that this funding is...
    • Disability Services
      71. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community disability network teams in Dublin Mid-West; the staffing levels per team; the location of each team; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 20 October 2022, the expected timeline for when he will bring the memorandum regarding the new elective hospital for...
    • Health Services
      75. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for a new model of dementia care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61050/22]
    • Disability Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic lack of services within the children's disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Assessments
      78. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the improvements in the context of early intervention with children who have need for assessments and for therapeutic intervention. [60832/22]
    • Disability Services
      79. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and expand disability health services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61180/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      81. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is proposed to expand GP services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61179/22]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      82. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of more beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61307/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      83. To ask the Minister for Health the status of phase 2 of the new hospital development on the campus of the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are set to benefit from the national Traveller health action plan; the details of what is contained within the action plan; and if he...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      85. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); the details of the update in 2021 of the options appraisal for model 4 hospital services...
    • Home Help Service
      86. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase home help hours for the elderly; the steps that are being taken to increase the number of homecare workers; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the wait time for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy assessments in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      89. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to further develop dementia services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61036/22]
    • Disability Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a community neurorehabilitation team in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61366/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      91. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the efforts to ensure that the 35 children with cystic fibrosis who have been excluded from the Katrio drug therapy treatment will have...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      92. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which every effort is being made, similar to the co-ordinated efforts displayed in the fight against Covid-19, to ensure the recovery of the...
    • Primary Care Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and expand primary care services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61181/22]
    • Abortion Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work carried out by a person (details supplied) on the report into the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act) 2018; and if he...
    • Emergency Departments
      95. To ask the Minister for Health if he will cancel the planned closure of the emergency department at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan given the pressure within the health service; and if a...
    • Disability Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in recruiting much-needed therapists for areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan to provide treatment for children who...
    • Mental Health Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment and recruitment of a full-time paediatric dietician to the child and adolescent mental health services at Arden House in County...
    • Health Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the operation of the treatment abroad scheme; his plans to improve and streamline the operation of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      99. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects the HSE to reach its target of over 130,000 net reduction in waiting lists per the 2022 waiting list action plan; the net reduction and addition...
    • Disability Services
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the delivery of community neurorehabilitation teams across each of the CHO areas; the steps that have been taken to address barriers in...
    • Health Services Staff
      102. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lack of affordable accommodation is severely affecting recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives; and...
    • Disability Services
      104. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a community neurorehabilitation team in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61035/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      106. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make hormone replacement therapy, HRT, medication free for persons going through menopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61093/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      107. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2023 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61073/22]
    • Hospital Services
      108. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with or meet constituents in County Meath regarding the future of Navan hospital. [60796/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the potential closure of a GP service in Blarney, County Cork; the status of the proposed primary care centre for Blarney; and the timeline for...
    • Home Care Packages
      110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his plans to address the shortage of home care provision by the HSE in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61231/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the deficiency in terms of vacancies being filled in the west Clare primary care team; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail his Department’s efforts to address long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60236/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      113. To ask the Minister for Health the way that he intends to speed up the recruitment process of qualified personnel within health organisations (details supplied). [61268/22]
    • Health Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of dementia day care centres; the number currently being provided; the plans that are in place for future provision; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the closure of a centre (details supplied) in Midleton, County Cork; if he will provide an update on the ongoing supports being...
    • Health Services
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all women who choose to have home births are supported in their decision. [60994/22]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Industry
      121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has to change the over-representation of females at lower grades within farming bodies and their under-representation at...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department will select the 50,000 farmers that will take part in the pilot scheme for the digital sustainability...
    • Trade Missions
      127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s plan for trade missions for the remainder of 2022; his Department’s priority markets for 2023; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have signed up to the ACRES scheme. [61058/22]
    • Food Prices
      129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined the potential impact of below-cost selling of agricultural products in various multiples; and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policies that he is putting in place to help farmers achieve sectoral emissions targets in a just manner. [60999/22]
    • Inshore Fisheries
      131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that the Common Fisheries Policy supports inshore fishers. [61001/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the plans for the sheep sector in 2023. [61218/22]
    • Organic Farming
      136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the initiatives that his Department is developing to increase the number of organic farms in the State; and if...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way allocations in budget 2023 to the Department will help to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and rising energy costs; and if he...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date regarding the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; if the reform will address the historic...
    • Brexit Issues
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the Irish agrifood industry has adapted post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60615/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the way that he proposes to ensure that farmers who were heretofore participants on the Burrenbeo...
    • Fishing Industry
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the fisheries discussion at the recent meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, held in Brussels on 21...
    • Farm Safety
      142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department ensures that such works with respect to the installation of PV solar panels funded by Department payments are...
    • Tillage Sector
      143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the call by an organisation (details supplied) to set up a new Food Vision tillage group. [61003/22]
    • Hare Coursing
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the Bill in the name of this Deputy on hare coursing; and if he will support a ban on hare coursing. [61372/22]
    • Food Promotion
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a ban on the advertisement of meat, as in the city of Haarlem, due to its negative impact on the environment; and...
    • Forestry Sector
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce appropriate measures to ensure there is a proper spread of forestry throughout the country in view of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules that apply within his Department for staff and officials who leave for roles in the private sector; the cooling-off periods...
    • Departmental Funding
      150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the funding provided by his Department to Teagasc for the acquisition of a series of flux towers; the purpose of these...
    • Agriculture Supports
      151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being taken to ensure that farmers are aware of supports available to them if struggling with their well-being;...
    • Harbours and Piers
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date with the dredging at Ros an Mhíl fishery harbour and the development of a deep-water...
    • Forestry Sector
      153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a land use strategy is being developed within which aspirations for forestry for the protection of biodiversity, climate,...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to address the programme For Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the scheme for the forgotten farmers. [61223/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the cultural barriers preventing women taking over family farms; the steps his Department will take to support women in...
    • Agriculture Supports
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in budget 2023 to support young farmers. [61336/22]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the anticipated steps needed in order to implement carbon farming as a reliable source of income for farmers; and...
    • Tillage Sector
      160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out the details of the two new tillage-focused research projects that were recently announced; when the projects will...
    • Horticulture Sector
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of efforts to support the horticulture sector with particular regard to those dependent on peat; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that farmers in co-operation areas can access the same level of funding per hectare under the ACRES...
    • Departmental Reports
      163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 25 October 2022, the status of the establishment of the wool council; if the promised...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the measures that he is putting in place to ensure that the agricultural sector meets its sectoral...
    • Trade Agreements
      165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with his ministerial colleagues regarding the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. [61129/22]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives that he is providing for renewable and innovative lower carbon solutions to food production. [61285/22]
    • Animal Welfare
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the programme for Government commitment which prioritises equine welfare and commits to a robust traceability system;...
    • Agriculture Industry
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that is being made with the on-farm investment scheme specifically in encouraging more women to farming; and if he will...
    • Fisheries Protection
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to reinstate access for...
    • Agriculture Industry
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategies that he has to increase the percentage of female farm holders from the current low level of 13.4% to a much higher...
    • Ukraine War
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the Irish agrifood industry has adapted since the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement...
    • Exports Growth
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new markets that have been opened up for farmers in each farming sector; the potential benefits these will deliver; the timeframe...
    • Animal Welfare
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to develop additional urban horse welfare programmes; the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of all horse deaths on Irish racecourses from 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and his views on whether Horse Racing...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department's review of the environmental impact assessment regulations; when he expects to bring an updated...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the necessary provisions to continue the hugely successful Burren programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Timber Supply
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned by the potential for xylella fastidiosa to spread through olive wood for sale in Ireland; the measures that are in...
    • Forestry Sector
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he intends to take to resolve lengthy delays in processing and fulfilling reconstitution and underplanting scheme...
    • Horticulture Sector
      179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide adequate supplies of peat to the horticultural industry following the publication of numerous reports on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to review the suckler cow scheme. [61059/22]
    • Inshore Fisheries
      181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 25 October 2022, the status of the programme for Government commitment to ensure inshore...
    • Departmental Reports
      182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the establishment of the wool council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61348/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the general feedback from farmers during his recent visit to County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61308/22]
    • Inshore Fisheries
      184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to support the inshore fishing sector. [61000/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his targets for new afforestation in 2023. [61127/22]
    • Legislative Programme
      186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when legislation providing for an electronic fertiliser register will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the finalised complete new forestry strategy will be published. [61184/22]
    • Animal Diseases
      188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when is it proposed to introduce revised compensation payments in respect of animals that are depopulated due to tuberculosis, TB; if...
    • Agriculture Supports
      189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the Government commitment to resolve the issue of support for the category of farmers known as forgotten farmers;...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to plans by Coillte to sell 9.8 ha of forest at Ardnagreehy, County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the basic payments scheme. [61219/22]
    • Fishing Industry
      192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist it with the cost of fuel crisis,...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Directives
      193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position that Ireland took at the 1 December 2022 meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council on COM/2022/71, the proposal for a...
    • Departmental Funding
      194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61575/22]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Conservation
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households in County Clare that have applied for SEAI grants since the latest tranche opened; the number...
    • International Agreements
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support calls for the development of a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Quality
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress of the national air quality strategy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department can facilitate a hybrid application involving a partnership between a community group and a State...
    • Energy Prices
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that a group of 95 apartment owners can avail of domestic rate electricity usage in respect of their...
    • Departmental Funding
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61576/22]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that learner drivers whose NCT certificate has expired can sit their test in their own car if they have proof of an...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will confirm the qualifications which will replace the QQI certificate for driving instructors; the body that will have...
    • National Car Test
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify a previous statement in respect of the number of vehicles tested per day by car testers at NCT sites; if previously...
    • Vehicle Testing
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a noise limit to which cars must adhere, particularly in cases where car exhausts have been modified in order to make greater...
    • Rail Network
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to proceed with the recommendations in the strategic rail review that relates to the State once the report is...
    • Taxi Licences
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local area hackney licences issued and operational at this time; if it is intended to increase the area of operation from a...
    • Road Network
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the route identification for the N3 to N4 link road; if traffic in Lucan, the sensitivities of the routes...
    • Departmental Funding
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61587/22]
  • Department of Finance
    • Interest Rates
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the reason that banks and other financial institutions in Ireland have not paid any interest on deposit accounts to customers relating...
    • Banking Sector
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest that has been paid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to...
    • Tax Code
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that if a person and their partner or spouse are non-resident and live in Northern Ireland, where that person has...
    • Departmental Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61577/22]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Oireachtas Members' Expenses
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose and dispensation schedule for the parliamentary activities allowance for members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61429/22]
    • State Properties
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that are in place for disused Garda stations, for example, Dalkey and Kill O’The Grange Garda stations; and if he will...
    • EU Funding
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flagship projects that will be developed in the western region following the announcement of €217 million in funding under...
    • Regeneration Projects
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Northern and Western Regional Assembly will be supporting the sustainable regeneration of towns and urban centres;...
    • Public Sector Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any flexibility with remote working for those employed in the public service who have medical complications and who want to...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total annual expenditure on PPP-related charges; if he will outline the projections for future growth in expenditure related to PPP...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tourism Industry
      225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the difference between accommodation that promotes itself as Fáilte Ireland-registered and Fáilte Ireland-approved; and...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that a person (details supplied) who applied for the basic income under the arts pilot scheme earlier this year was not...
    • Departmental Funding
      228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that was provided to Limerick from her Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61586/22]
    • Housing Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have an online choice based lettings system in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the means threshold for cost rental, in view of the recent increase in the threshold for social...
    • Disability Services
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of accessible units built for persons with disabilities in County Mayo in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the section 254 licensing system for telecommunications infrastructure; if he will consider amending the...
    • Housing Schemes
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the retrofit budget on a local authority basis to date in 2022, in tabular form; the quantum of money drawn...
    • Vacant Properties
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of an existing derelict structure that must be retained in order to avail of the vacant house grant; if an...
    • Departmental Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions currently granted in each local authority; the number of those that are commenced in...
    • Local Authorities
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 26 October 2022, if he is satisfied that the methodology being used to determine...
    • Departmental Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work of his Department’s working group on compact and sustainable growth; if that group still...
    • Planning Issues
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on any instances in 2021 or 2022 where the Office of the Planning Regulator identified an issue with a local...
    • Water Services
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has sought a report from Irish Water regarding a matter (details supplied) in County Dublin as per his powers under the...
    • Parking Provision
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation which regulates car parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61555/22]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ministerial consents that have been issued by his Department under ARC 02, activities requiring consent –...
    • Departmental Funding
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61581/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will change the criteria for the Croí Cónaithe scheme to include houses which have a functioning septic tank...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Funding
      246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61578/22]
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      247. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will consider changing the age limit to entice more people to join the Naval Service (details supplied). [61415/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      248. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61573/22]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out all moneys paid to barristers, including items such as letter writing and court appearances, including the dates on which...
    • School Transport
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding increased capacity for provision of school transport including where previous concessionary places had been made...
    • Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard iad na riachtanais iontrála Ghaeilge nach mór do mhac léinn a chomhlíonah chun áit a fháil ar...
    • School Accommodation
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in providing alternative upgraded accommodation to a special school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of children (details supplied) who have no school transport will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61542/22]
    • School Staff
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers in a Gaeltacht school lose any of their allowances where the parents vote to end the practice of immersive education; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61567/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that was provided to Limerick from her Department in 2022, broken down by project, in tabular form. [61574/22]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an additional pre-Christmas payment being made to pensioners who suffer with an illness related to their chest...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those in receipt of payments from her Department and undertaking training courses will be eligible for the disability...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will issue a decision on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [61407/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter relating to a person (details supplied) now in receipt of the training allowance; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if public service pension recipients (details supplied) will be incorporated into the qualifying cohort eligible to receive...
    • State Pensions
      267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61435/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the one-off payment of €500 to those in receipt of the State pension; and if not, the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of an alleged...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61510/22]
    • Postal Services
      272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of any discussions or consultations that she has had with representatives of postmasters in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61556/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding that was provided to Limerick from her Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61584/22]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Emergency Accommodation
      276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a serious matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61451/22]
    • Departmental Strategies
      279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new National Strategy for Women and Girls for 2022 to 2025 will be published; and if the study...
    • Ukraine War
      280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application to provide housing for Ukrainian refugees to the Red Cross in the name of a person...
    • Departmental Funding
      283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant supports that are available to those carrying out apprenticeships for various trades required for the building of houses; the supports...
    • Third Level Fees
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will examine the issue of the reduction of third-level fees for a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Education
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 December 2022, if he will instruct the Higher Education Authority to include a criterion of...
    • Education and Training Boards
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of personal assistants employed, both directly and indirectly, by each ETB in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Education
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all the social care courses available and their status with regard to CORU registration in tabular form; and if he...
    • Third Level Costs
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 29 November 2022, if funding allocated to the student assistance fund can be used or applied for to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) is entitled to the €1,000 cost-of-living support payment for third level students; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61579/22]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Fishing Industry
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken by Government to combat the chronic deficiencies in victim identification and referral of human...
    • Judicial Appointments
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place that allow a member of the public to object to a barrister being appointed as a judge. [61436/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of the Garda stations in County Tipperary that have closed as part of the Garda district and station...
    • Direct Provision System
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the regularisation of a person (details supplied) who has been living in direct provision for more than...
    • Legislative Programme
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the independent commission on information retrieval Bill; and when she expects the heads to be...
    • Departmental Funding
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that was provided to Limerick from her Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61582/22]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding section 38 workers; if funding has been made available to ensure that these workers receive the pay awards agreed under the Building...
    • Food Promotion
      300. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to food advertisements targeting children by companies; and the way that he will combat same. [61370/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the considerable savings that the State may make by frontloading investment in mental health services, rather than the current funding model; if...
    • Substance Misuse
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the health diversion approach to drugs. [60536/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      303. To ask the Minister for Health if the pathfinder programme from the National Ambulance Service in Limerick will also cover County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61404/22]
    • Dental Services
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen for emergency care only at HSE dental clinics, broken down by county for each of the past four years; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      305. To ask the Minister for Health when approved home support will become available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61412/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61413/22]
    • Disability Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to establish a neuro-rehabilitation community team in CHO 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61419/22]
    • Primary Care Centres
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for primary care centres in Portlaoise; and if he will outline his plans, if any, in this regard. [61421/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on plans for a major extension of, and recruitment for, the health centre in Mountrath, County Laois. [61422/22]
    • Disability Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when a service for a child will be reinstated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61423/22]
    • Health Promotion
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61428/22]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) can be prioritised through the national treatment purchase scheme. [61434/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any financial supports or grants available from his Department for persons to set up a GP practice and health centre; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for ambulances for 999 calls in CHO9 for each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the 2018 HSE review of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61475/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of HSE contracts being awarded to a company linked to bribery (details supplied); the reason that the HSE continued...
    • Health Services Staff
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of the outstanding epilepsy nurse specialists agreed in 2018 as part of the valproate response project; and if...
    • Health Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of the proposed sodium valproate stakeholder group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61492/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount in euros that has been saved by his Department from moving from branded to generic medications in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to...
    • Nursing Education
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that he has not implemented all of the recommendations set out in an independent review by a person (details supplied) of matters relating to...
    • Health Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 16 November 2021, if a clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been completed to assess...
    • Nursing Education
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding student nurses; the reason that many of the recommendations of the McHugh report which were due to be implemented by September 2022 have...
    • Health Services Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding section 38 workers; if funding has been made available to ensure these workers receive the pay awards agreed under the Building Momentum...
    • Vaccination Programme
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Department, or representatives of the HSE have met or will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns on...
    • Disability Services
      333. To ask the Minister for Health when the remit of HIQA will be extended to disability day services. [61522/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a senior occupational therapist in Buncrana, County Donegal; when the position is expected to be...
    • Legislative Programme
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards that are in place for minors and for persons incapable of making legal decisions in the proposed the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem,...
    • Ambulance Service
      337. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [61568/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61580/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      341. To ask the Minister for Health when he will implement a public-only consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61589/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      342. To ask the Minister for Health when he will appoint a new CEO for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61590/22]
    • Health Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the report into Cork University Maternity Hospital’s organ retention and disposal practices; when he will publish the human tissues...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the European Commission recommendation that member states recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease if contracted by healthcare...
    • Medical Cards
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a personal direction to ensure that patients with life-threatening illnesses are offered medical cards without incessant reviews on financial...
    • Health Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a special winter plan to cater for the homeless or those who find themselves unable to meet the challenges of the winter months for...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate emergency beds can be provided wherever required but particularly in accident and emergency hospitals on call where ambulances are queuing up while...
    • Medicinal Products
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains satisfied that reimbursement in respect of new and orphan drugs and other emergency drugs is sufficiently speedy and capable of meeting the...
    • Health Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the health services can be co-ordinated in such a way as to ensure a modern response to patients' needs in all areas throughout the...
    • Mental Health Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to augment child and adult mental health services in CHO 7; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken...
    • Medical Cards
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for medical cards granted in the past 12months to date; the number who were refused or who are under investigation in the same period;...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which hospital building programmes and extensions are sufficiently in hand to meet the urgent demand such as at Naas hospital, County Kildare and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the programme for the provision of primary care centres throughout County Kildare having regard to those already in operation, those planned and approved or...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he intends to set up an emergency management team to deal with overcrowding and hospital emergency departments with particular reference to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which outreach children’s hospital facilities are operational at present in Blanchardstown and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delay in dealing with the waiting lists of children seeking procedures for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61623/22]
    • Infectious Diseases
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the prevention of infectious diseases continues satisfactorily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61624/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the hospital building programme in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61625/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can take steps to counter the difficulties of obtaining and retaining professional staff throughout the health services; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children currently awaiting orthodontic treatment; when such services are likely to be provided; the timeline for same; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which surgery is readily available for the removal of cataracts in this jurisdiction; the number of such surgical interventions undertaken here...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised phase of the Naas hospital development plan will be activated in accordance with the original projections; when the facility will be...
    • Disability Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there has been no additional capacity added to disability residential services for children in south Tipperary for a period of five years; the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been facilitated to continue their GLAS participation given the...
    • Fishing Industry
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance that his Department can provide to a person (details supplied) and many other pensioners in cases where Coillte...
    • Animal Welfare
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that will be taken on the feedback obtained through the animal welfare seminar which was held on 5 October 2022; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can detail any meetings or discussions that he or his Department have had with persons who have resigned from the Burren...
    • Grant Payments
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a GLAS payment to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61533/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure by the Forestry Service for November 2022 compared with November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a full list of schemes to which farmers can apply in 2023 (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61571/22]
    • Agriculture Industry
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to encourage compliance to meet emission reduction targets while at the same time ensuring that the...
    • Fishing Industry
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to encourage the fishing industry with particular reference to ensuring that the...
    • Food Industry
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor and safeguard the interest of the agrifood sector given the sharp increase in...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor production costs in the pigmeat sector; the continued efforts in this...
    • Agriculture Industry
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor production costs in the poultry sector with particular reference to the...
    • Tillage Sector
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which cereal growing continues to be attractive here; if its viability is coming under pressure from other...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which efforts continue to maximise the reduction of carbon emissions in the agrifood sector without reducing...
    • Agriculture Industry
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the effects of Brexit on Ireland’s agrifood sector; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts ongoing by his Department to address issues relating to farmer mental health and well-being; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that Irish fishermen will retain their fishing entitlements into the future; and if he will...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Control of Dogs
      401. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the existing laws on the control of dogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61425/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that was provided to Limerick from her Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61583/22]
    • Community Development Projects
      406. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects all of the remaining categories in the community centre development fund to be announced; if she will provide an...