Written answers

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Losses
      62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the concrete actions taken by officials at his Department, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to intensify...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the current staffing levels at Enterprise Ireland Cork regional offices meet the demands for County Cork; and...
    • EU Directives
      69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 26 October 2022, the status of his Department’s work regarding the transposition of...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the pay and conditions of electricians and apprentice electricians working in the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Industrial Development
      73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that the Government and his Department are taking to address the regional imbalance with FDI investment and employment....
    • White Papers
      74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the planned White Paper on industrial policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62091/22]
    • Regional Development
      75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to support existing levels of employment in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Living Wage
      76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress of the programme for Government commitment to progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the...
    • Work Permits
      77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request that his Department place speech and language therapists and occupational therapists on the critical skills list;...
    • Enterprise Policy
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the midlands regional enterprise plan launched in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      79. 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 in counties Cavan and Monaghan in tabular...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he is taking to reduce approval times at the NSAI for new building technologies. [62086/22]
    • Insurance Industry
      81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on progress made on the action plan for insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Rights
      82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Duffy-Cahill report. [62085/22]
    • Departmental Bodies
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 27 October 2022, if he will provide a status update on the work of the cross-departmental...
    • Regional Development
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the regional enterprise fund will open for applications; if he will provide details of the eligibility criteria for same; and if...
    • EU Directives
      85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Council recently adopted a negotiating position on the corporate...
    • Employment Rights
      86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to review any provisions of the Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014 in respect of the requirement for employers to...
    • Work Permits
      87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the way that the Government is addressing and providing more employment opportunities to healthcare...
    • Departmental Meetings
      88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the engagement that he, along with his Department and the IDA, have had with the State’s tech sector in the...
    • Trade Missions
      89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current schedule for trade missions for 2023; if any adjustments will occur given the ongoing fuel crisis; and if he will make a...
    • Business Supports
      90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the new mandate for local enterprise offices will improve services to small business and enhance enterprise...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the impact of the student enterprise programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62051/22]
    • Joint Labour Committees
      94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department have any plans to strengthen the joint labour committees and employment agreements and orders. [62041/22]
    • Company Liquidations
      95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that former workers in a company (details supplied) have established that the company...
    • Departmental Schemes
      96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the early experience with the small company rescue scheme is demonstrating that it has the capacity to allow viable businesses...
    • Job Creation
      97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to promote, encourage and support investment leading to job creation in Ireland both in the FDI and...
    • Work Permits
      98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for non-working EEA nationals visas to be processed; the number of employment permits that have been awarded in counties...
    • Regional Development
      99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the site selection process for the new advance technology building between the IDA and Mayo County Council will conclude; if he...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the ways in which his Department is supporting small and medium sized enterprises and indigenous businesses to grow and expand; and...
    • Job Losses
      102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to monitor developments in the high-tech industry sector, with a view to ensuring insofar as is...
    • Departmental Bodies
      103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the delivery of a new IDA advanced facility in Kerry Technology Park, Tralee; the status of...
    • Job Creation
      104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new IDA and Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs in County Carlow to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits
      105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add bus drivers to the State’s critical skills shortage list to address the bus driver shortage in Ireland; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that employees benefit from the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement...
    • White Papers
      107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 27 October 2022, the status of the development of the White Paper on enterprise; the...
    • Industrial Relations
      108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company (details supplied) made him or his Department, aware that it was going to lock staff out of its Dublin office on 18...
    • International Agreements
      112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 27 October 2022, the status of his engagement at WTO and European Union level with regard...
    • Industrial Development
      114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed within IDA and Enterprise Ireland-backed companies in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the remote working strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regional Development
      116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on the implementation in the midlands region of IDA Ireland’s 2021-2024 strategy; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA will now go to tender for the construction of a new advance building at the IDA park at Marlinstown in Mullingar, in view...
    • Work Permits
      118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the limitation of work permits for farm labourers across the country; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Industrial Relations
      119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the next steps that he plans to take on foot of the Labour Employer Economic Forum High Level Group on Collective Bargaining Report;...
    • Work Permits
      120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any plans to review the current arrangements for work permits in carpentry and related trades; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Ukraine credit guarantee scheme is now open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62123/22]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the early take-up of the green transition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62104/22]
    • Human Rights
      123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 27 October 2022, the status of his Department’s engagement with the Department of...
    • Labour Market
      124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department monitors the number of persons entering various college courses or apprenticeships in order to evaluate potential...
    • Departmental Bodies
      125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that the IDA proposes to use and develop the land that it owns in Kanturk; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Labour Market
      128. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of persons currently employed in the manufacturing sector throughout the country. [62300/22]
    • Services Sector
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of persons currently employed in the services sector throughout the country. [62301/22]
    • Job Creation
      130. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline in detail the level of employment growth in quarter 3 2022 in counties Laois and Offaly, each of the midland counties and nationally in other...
    • Departmental Funding
      131. To ask the Taoiseach the funding that was provided to Limerick from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [61631/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020 [61658/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      133. To ask the Taoiseach if the additional €50 million shared island funding announced on 5 December 2022 includes an allocation to the City of Derry Airport for the reopening of the...
    • Northern Ireland
      134. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the shared island programme since its establishment in 2020; the key initiatives taken; and his assessment of their impact to date. [61718/22]
    • Cabinet Committees
      135. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail all Cabinet Committee meetings in whatever form to date in 2022, by date and meeting name in tabular form. [62078/22]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      136. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the French President, Emanuel Macron. [60898/22]
    • Labour Market
      137. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on employment rates. [61737/22]
    • Official Engagements
      139. To ask the Taoiseach the protocol for Ministers visiting counties and constituencies in respect of extending invitations to local councillors and Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Business Supports
      140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that he has to extend financial supports to businesses involved in import substitution from outside the EU; and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61647/22]
    • Business Supports
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that has been taken to boost Ireland’s economic competitiveness since 27 June 2020. [61719/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61745/22]
    • Business Supports
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the full range of financial supports that are available to SMEs excluding grants or vouchers for IT and websites;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in filling the vacant CEO post at IDA Ireland. [61884/22]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views that a company (details supplied) has reneged on a WRC agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61948/22]
    • Low Pay Commission
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 26 October 2022, the status of the report by the Low Pay Commission on universal basic...
    • Visa Applications
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when visa applications for non-EU nationals looking to work in the agricultural farming sector will reopen; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 6 December 2022, his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail by date all of the meetings that he has had with Enterprise Ireland and the IDA since he took office in tabular...
    • Trade Relations
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Ireland’s economic activity with Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57628/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the promised humanitarian assistance fund for those who were affected by flooding in Cork on 16...
    • Business Supports
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if financial supports or grants are available for a young person who wishes to establish a milk recording business in County...
    • Energy Prices
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to monitor the impact of rising energy prices on the retail sector; the extent to which Government...
    • Job Creation
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated total number of jobs believed to have accrued from foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Business Supports
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which IDA assistance remains available to the manufacturing sector throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Job Creation
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which diversification throughout the manufacturing and services sectors has resulted in increased employment; and if he...
    • Business Supports
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to liaise with both the manufacturing and services sector with a view to continued identification of...
    • Northern Ireland
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to monitor trade between here and Northern Ireland; the degree to which any particular indicators...
    • Industrial Development
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the manufacturing and services sectors grew in County Kildare in each of the past three years to date; and if he...
    • Business Supports
      164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to liaise with both the manufacturing and services sectors to identify with the concerns of both...
    • Labour Market
      165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that will be taken to ensure the availability of sufficient personnel to take up positions in the workplace; the extent to...
    • Business Supports
      166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the incentives currently available for small and start-up enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62310/22]
    • Exports Growth
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which new markets for Irish exports overseas are being sourced on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Labour Market
      168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department can encourage the return of Irish immigrants currently based abroad with a view to meeting...
    • Brexit Issues
      169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to address issues arising from Brexit with particular reference to both the manufacturing and...
    • Work Permits
      171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of work permits issued to non-EU applicants in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Official Travel
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will list the job title and Department of all those who attended COP 27 as part of the Irish delegation. [61704/22]
    • Waste Management
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to recent polling (details supplied) which shows that the upcoming latte levy would...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports or arrangements that have been made to ensure that persons in rented accommodation who do not have a MRP...
    • Departmental Policies
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61648/22]
    • Cost of Living Issues
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in relation to the treatment of vulnerable users and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the ESB announcement that a 50% price hike in its rates for electric vehicle...
    • Energy Prices
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the reduction in wholesale energy costs will be reflected in domestic energy customers' bills; and if he will make...
    • Waste Management
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the decision by domestic waste collection operators to increase their standing...
    • Climate Action Plan
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made on climate action since 27 June 2020. [61783/22]
    • Waste Management
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the cost to households has been considered as part of the new deposit return scheme in cases in which a person will...
    • Departmental Investigations
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department’s investigations of the HSE cyberattack in May 2021; if a foreign power was...
    • Energy Prices
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce financial supports for residents reliant on district energy systems in the form of one-off energy...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made on broadband provision since 27 June 2020. [61810/22]
    • Business Supports
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the business supports that are in place or planned for independent fuel merchants as Ireland transitions away from...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of biomethane injection points by Gas Networks Ireland; if he will provide an outline of the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the 2023 guidelines for the better energy communities scheme will be finalised and published; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Industry
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current procedure and upcoming changes to the regulation surrounding the burning of old scrub and bushes off...
    • Fuel Prices
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent doubling in costs of wood pellets; his views on whether this is a matter which needs to be...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that some 700 national schools that have been assigned to NBI for the provision of broadband; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if retrospective energy credit will be paid to those Traveller families who were eligible for the first round of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if provision has been made or will be made for credible floating offshore wind projects to be expedited on a par with...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Communications
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on the communications received by his Department from the vessel owners of the Hebble Sand dredge ship currently...
    • Electric Vehicles
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied) regarding the ESB electric vehicle price hike. [62241/22]
    • Parking Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons with dementia and or their families, carers and so on are eligible for the parking permit to allow them to park in disabled...
    • Departmental Meetings
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meetings that have been held by Departments regarding the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites. [62358/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61660/22]
    • Transport Costs
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at the increase in charges by private bus operators (details supplied) which commuters rely on in the west of Ireland...
    • Driver Test
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in each testing centre in tabular form. [61724/22]
    • Cycling Facilities
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the active travel corridor that was supposed to be constructed from the Sallins bypass to the new school at Millennium...
    • Rail Network
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new plans for the metropolitan rail network proposed for Cork; if he will outline the plans for infrastructure improvements and...
    • Public Transport
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key initiatives taken to improve transport services in both urban and rural Ireland since 27 June 2020. [61768/22]
    • Aviation Industry
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure that European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, aviation licences are recognised by the Civil...
    • Bus Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when half-price fares will be operable on private buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61832/22]
    • Aviation Industry
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a mechanism for a person to claim a refund for the cost of a flight that did operate but that they did not take due to Covid...
    • Bus Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional PSO funded Bus Éireann services that will be provided by location in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Coast Guard Service
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a new Coast Guard building in Howth; and the amount that his Department has spent on this project to date. [61888/22]
    • Bus Services
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when each of the remaining parts of the BusConnects Dublin programme will come into operation. [61889/22]
    • Road Projects
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if project Bruce will take into consideration plans to establish an M50 resilience road; if he has plans to toll the proposed new route;...
    • Bus Services
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the programme for Government commitment to ensure that private bus operators and the National Transport Authority operate...
    • Driver Test
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the RSA driver theory test does not provide full result details to those who are sitting the test; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports that some vehicle insurance companies are suggesting that vehicle owners should obtain a...
    • Disability Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an individual transport service will commence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61990/22]
    • Public Transport
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the concept of transport hubs in towns with the location of all public transport services, information on such services,...
    • Departmental Meetings
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail all meetings that he and or his departmental officials have had with the NTA since he took office; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider matters raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of train schedules; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 29 November 2022, the current waiting times for driving tests in Loughrea, Tuam, Clifden,...
    • Rail Network
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time staff by job title working in the planning operations department of Iarnród Éireann as of 1 January...
    • Bus Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers who have used Dublin Bus route 40D in both directions in the years 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form....
    • Driver Test
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of current waiting times for driving tests for B category vehicles in all north Dublin test centres, to include the number of...
    • Taxi Licences
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of delays in the National Transport Authority extending the life of taxis beyond the ten-year age limit for vehicles and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Sports Funding
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with the Minister for Finance to ensure that joint ventures operating all weather pitches such as a company (details supplied) owned and...
    • Departmental Policies
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61649/22]
    • Banking Sector
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an historical schedule of annual costs to date regarding the management of commercial properties in Russia and Ukraine on behalf of the...
    • Consumer Protection
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of legislative or consumer protection code provisions with respect to chargebacks, authorised push payment fraud and fraud...
    • Departmental Schemes
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will carry out a review of the fuel grant for disabled drivers (details supplied) in view of the fact that no such review has been carried out within...
    • Tax Code
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance when the changes to income tax announced in budget 2023 are coming into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61749/22]
    • Financial Services
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61906/22]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of audits initiated by the Revenue Commissioners during the years 2016 to 2021 and to 1 December 2022, by reason category that is, screening,...
    • Tax Code
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty that the increase in benefit-in-kind tax is having on persons who require a car for work, who have no other...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of transactions and-or auctions that a company (details supplied) was involved in, in respect of IBRC's holding of National...
    • Tax Code
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes in the VAT directive that was agreed in April 2022, which allowed for a reduced rate to apply to the supply of sport or physical exercise classes,...
    • Insurance Coverage
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the continued lack of insurance providers for community groups; if consideration has been given to the State providing...
    • Tax Exemptions
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance if polythene covers for growing maize are exempt from VAT regardless of whether the traditional oxo-degradable film or the newer compostable film is used; and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax relief for relevant donations for the purchase of land for community and-or recreation facilities for community groups...
    • Tax Code
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that a person (details supplied) is taxed as a single person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62211/22]
    • Financial Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints to the Ombudsman for Financial Services in the past three years; the number of these that were deemed ineligible for being out of...
    • Company Law
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment that has been carried out by his Department on a recent European Court of Justice ruling, Judgment of the Court in Joined Cases C-37/20,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Policies
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61655/22]
    • Pension Provisions
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to backdate the pension payments of those who were retired during the banking collapse of 2007 and 2008 and who had their...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of modular housing units for housing Ukrainian refugees and or asylum seekers that were commenced under the contract signed...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action that he has taken to enhance and expand public investment since 27 June 2020. [61717/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will raise the issue of access to the swimming pool in the Garda College with the Garda Commissioner given the lack of engagement...
    • Public Sector Staff
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies there are currently at clerical officer and executive officer grade; and the number of appointments at each of...
    • Office of Public Works
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated amount of money that the OPW will spend on the refurbishment and fit out costs to the new Garda premises at 13 Upper...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Government Procurement plans to publish its approach and timeline in relation to the type of cloud services that are...
    • Flood Risk Management
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 29 November 2022, the action that is being taken to address flooding at a property (details...
    • EU Funding
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if smaller size funding for local organisations of approximately €50,000 will be available under the new PEACE PLUS funding; and...
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the parliamentary activities allowance is audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62346/22]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Cycling Facilities
      276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that Arthur’s Way can be listed as a cycle route along the Grand Canal towpath and partially on roads in the...
    • Departmental Policies
      277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61659/22]
    • Departmental Properties
      278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a lease for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61727/22]
    • Arts Policy
      279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that have been taken to strengthen and develop the arts and culture sectors since 27 June 2020. [61784/22]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current members of the Irish Museum of Modern Art; the Minister who appointed each member; and the current remuneration of...
    • Sports Funding
      281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that Sport Ireland has provided to the Irish Bowling Association in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil a fhios aici go bhfuil fostaithe de chuid Fhoras na Gaeilge sa Stát seo ag íoc ÁSPC d'Aicme A agus...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the additional €2.5 million in sound and vision funding will include a provision for spending in news and current...
    • Food Promotion
      285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update with regards to activity regarding the Fáilte Ireland Food and Drink Strategy 2018-2023; and if...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to strengthen and develop sports facilities and organisations since 27 June 2020. [62171/22]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Emergency Accommodation
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that have been taken to bring the Old Baggot Street Hospital into use as accommodation for refugees given there is...
    • Departmental Funding
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants or supports are available for research projects (details supplied); the way that funding can be availed of; and if...
    • Rental Sector
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the standards in rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Policies
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61653/22]
    • Housing Provision
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of cost rental and affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date via Croí Cónaithe...
    • Departmental Projects
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular...
    • Housing Schemes
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on RAS, HAP, and long term-leasing to date in 2022, broken down by local authority in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing capital underspend to date in 2022; the amount that he expects will be carried forward into 2023; if this will...
    • Vacant Sites
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites identified in each local authority area to date in 2022; the amounts levied in each area under the...
    • Fire Safety
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the fire safety defects uncovered at Phoenix Park Racecourse; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether modular units like those being constructed for Ukrainian refugees could also be used for social housing...
    • Housing Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the situation in relation to a couple who are named tenants in a social housing house but who become...
    • Domestic Violence
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarification will be provided regarding a situation of domestic violence in cases in which a person can have their...
    • Planning Issues
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that he has taken further to a number of allegations of conflicts of interest regarding currently serving board...
    • Housing Policy
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to extend the fresh start principle for home loans with local authorities, to ensure...
    • Local Authorities
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have legal authority to raise rents specifically for the intention of ringfencing the rent increase to...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the current loophole in the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010 which permits hunting of deer with one dog should be removed as...
    • Water Services
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the rural water programme will be published given that this programme is vital for extensions to local...
    • Housing Policy
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on progress to honour a commitment made in the Joint Policy Statement on Housing Options for our...
    • Planning Issues
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the recommendations that have or have not been completed from the review of An Bord Pleanála published...
    • Housing Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planned social housing output in County Tipperary for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [62073/22]
    • Planning Issues
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to SI 309 of 2022 which provides for planning exemptions for temporary accommodation for displaced Ukrainians, if...
    • Housing Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) was only offered 60% of a local authority home loan, despite meeting all the criteria...
    • Vacant Properties
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had the opportunity to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the vacant apartments in New...
    • Departmental Schemes
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the built heritage investment scheme allocation for Knocklofty House, Clonmel, has been returned to his Department. [62209/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the length of the tenancy for a cost-rental scheme (details supplied) under the Land...
    • Legislative Measures
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out a list of all Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bills introduced and passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regional homeless forum covering counties Cork and Kerry last met. [62278/22]
    • Housing Policy
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department intends to review and change current regulations to include a specific percentage of wheelchair liveable...
    • Legislative Programme
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will consider the amendments made to the Wildlife Amendment Bill 2016 in Seanad Éireann; when he will complete...
    • Housing Schemes
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 23 November 2022, the local authorities that have online choice-based lettings in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Policies
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61650/22]
    • Consular Services
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the existence of so-called police stations operated by Chinese authorities; if such police stations exist...
    • Ukraine War
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the sanctions that have been imposed by the EU on Belarus following on from Belarus’s involvement in the war with...
    • Official Engagements
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Ireland in early 2023. [61886/22]
    • Northern Ireland
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent changes introduced to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill by the British government during its second reading in the...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for Foreign Birth Registration can be progressed based on the information submitted (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Policies
      328. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61645/22]
    • Defence Forces
      329. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of any instances of near misses, or where safety reviews were carried out into incidents which occurred during live...
    • Protected Disclosures
      332. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied at the way in which the protected disclosure section of the Department operates; if he is satisfied with the way in which...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teacher Training
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that she has to reintroduce the higher diploma in education, shorten the two-year professional master of education to a one-year...
    • Departmental Policies
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61646/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [61671/22]
    • Flood Risk Management
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can suggest a funding scheme or grant that would allow for a school (details supplied) to address constant flooding in its...
    • Child and Family Agency
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she supports the proposed restructuring of Tusla given the policy and finance remit of education welfare services sits in her Department; and...
    • School Transport
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school transport service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61691/22]
    • School Staff
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that she has achieved to date in bringing school completion officers back within her Department's remit; if her attention has been...
    • State Examinations
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest data on the number of Irish examination exemptions for students of the junior and leaving certificate; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for SNA, bus escort and DES supports for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) who is attending an autism unit in County Sligo but has yet to receive confirmation of...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements that are necessary to allow those with teaching qualifications from Ukraine to teach at Irish primary and secondary level...
    • School Transport
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of two children (details supplied) with extenuating circumstances who have yet to receive an update with regard to...
    • School Funding
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to assist schools with their energy bills this winter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61834/22]
    • School Management
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management of a school (details supplied) that was established as a regional school solution for two school planning areas has...
    • School Staff
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements necessary to allow the appointment of a home-school community liaison to a school; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update from her Department and the NCSE on admissions to special schools and special classes in September 2023; the number...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to delays in processing applications by the Teaching Council; if she will clarify that there is only one member...
    • School Staff
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are on secondment from schools to the TES section of her Department. [61943/22]
    • School Admissions
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct a school (details supplied) to revoke its decision to refuse an admission form, thereby allowing a student to be admitted,...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a person (details supplied) who has a secondary school job awaiting them, and which they cannot commence due to the fact that...
    • Special Educational Needs
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the contents of an educational file (details supplied); her views on whether this child is entitled to more SET support than...
    • Departmental Funding
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding stream in her Department which would be best for to apply for by a school (details supplied) in order to deal with the ongoing hazard...
    • Teacher Training
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the reasoning a student who is studying for a Master's in education and providing substitution in a school cannot receive...
    • School Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives that she has taken to provide reduced class sizes at primary school level since 27 June 2020; the additional funding...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives that she has taken to tackle educational disadvantage since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive...
    • Special Educational Needs
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives that she has taken to improve the quality of special needs education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • School Transport
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a pupil (details supplied) for a special transport grant; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Boards
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being taken by her Department to promote and maintain the growth of the ETB sector (details supplied). [62261/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans for a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and value of granted and declined applications approved for incremental credit for primary and secondary teachers by county in each of...
    • School Enrolments
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that she has to address the shortfall in secondary school places in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Education and Training Boards
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that she has had with an ETB (details supplied) regarding increasing the number of secondary school places; and if she will make...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if steps will be taken to address an anomaly whereby a recipient of a non-contributory pension will not be able to rent out...
    • School Meals Programme
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 8 November 2022, if the independent evaluation of the school meals programme to...
    • Departmental Policies
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61657/22]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the pay and terms of the community employment supervisors (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total spend on rent supplement to date in 2022, broken down by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a disallowance of carer’s allowance and carer’s support in respect of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of the working family payment will receive the Christmas bonus payment to social welfare recipients; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new income thresholds for fuel allowance are coming into effect on 1 January 2023; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has an entitlement to any cost-of-living payments announced in budget 2023;...
    • Bus Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of inspections of road passenger bus services involved in the free travel scheme that were conducted by...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a fuel allowance application of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in liaising with her counterpart in Hungary with a view to assessing contributions for the purpose of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in undertaking review in the case of a child (details supplied) who has been assessed as having ADHD,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available to a person (details supplied). [61860/22]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports that are available in the interim to an individual who is awaiting the result of a post-mortem...
    • Departmental Reviews
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the means review project 2022; the persons and the number of recipients that were included in this...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will provide support for a person (details supplied); and if she will provide an update on any outstanding...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees with An Taoiseach (details supplied) that it is not the Government's intention to deny the €500 lump-sum...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an appeal mechanism for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim who, by virtue of reaching the age of 66...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for additional needs payment and exceptional needs payment by county to date in 2022; and the...
    • Live Register
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance; the number of recipients of jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average processing times for all social welfare payments; the number of applications received for each payment;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an approved payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on their invalidity pension claim; and if she will...
    • Community Welfare Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in County Tipperary in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and the...
    • Departmental Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time for processing additional needs payment applications in County Tipperary in each of the years 2019 to 2021...
    • Departmental Circulars
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the directives or circulars from her Department that have issued to State-funded services, including MABS, regarding the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any discretion in relation to the provision of the Christmas bonus to persons on illness benefit (details...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rental income is classed as working or self-employment, when a person over 65 years of age has ceased their full-time work...
    • Live Register
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who moved from jobseeker’s transitional payment each year between the years 2013 to 2021 and to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any discretion is applied in cases in which an applicant for the fuel allowance payment is very marginally over the income...
    • Departmental Policies
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an overview of the key social protection improvements announced since 27 June 2020; and if she will make...
    • Community Welfare Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of locations in the State that offer a drop-in centre where a community welfare officer would be available; the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Schemes
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the working group to publish proposals in respect of Government-funded transport and mobility...
    • International Protection
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the obligation on Ireland to take in an uncapped number of applicants seeking international...
    • Departmental Policies
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Abuse
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the recent independent review into historical abuse within an organisation (details...
    • Ukraine War
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is no longer undertaking commercial letting agreements for housing of Ukrainian refugees...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will engage with a service provider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role of the family resource centre national forum; the membership of same; the number of times that the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a person (details supplied) with their personal records. [61865/22]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the channels of consultation and communication with community groups regarding development of the Equestrian...
    • Ukraine War
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe within which Ukrainian refugees who have received rehoming letters from his Department are...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the unit 81 development on the Cookstown Road in Tallaght; and if he will make a...
    • Children in Care
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the concrete plans that his Department has to pay additional allowances to foster carers who provide aftercare;...
    • Departmental Funding
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has increased the renewed 2023 core funding provided by his Department to non-early-learning and childcare...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a matter whereby a number of Ukrainians and other tenants resident in...
    • Legislative Programme
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be expected to commence; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action taken to support the childcare and early years sector since 27 June 2020. [62174/22]
    • Child and Family Agency
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has social workers available for emergency out-of-hours services in all areas in tabular form; if not,...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a payment for accommodation will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • International Protection
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital and current spend by his Department attributable to addressing the accommodation and other needs of...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 15 November 2022, the reason for the decrease for vendors and their...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Construction Industry
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continues to be made to meet staff shortages throughout the construction sector with particular reference to...
    • Departmental Policies
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61651/22]
    • Third Level Fees
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the reduction in the student contribution of €1,000 to students who have changed college course; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training capacity of each college of further education per apprenticeship type; and the total increase since 2020, in tabular form. [61873/22]
    • Third Level Fees
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will examine the situation of students in circumstances (details supplied) and admit them to the relief scheme of...
    • Grant Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why supporting documents were not accepted as evidence by SUSI for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any explanation can be given to students suffering from a diagnosis of dyscalculia where they are having to source and pay a psychologist to...
    • Third Level Admissions
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ukrainian students, living in Ireland, who will sit their senior cycle high-school state examinations in April 2023 that is the Ukrainian...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who have applied to work from home on a part-time or permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62141/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated total capital expenditure on further education; and the technological sector and universities in 2023, in tabular form. [62182/22]
    • Third Level Fees
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the €1,000 reduction in college is not applicable to those doing so-called part-time courses. [62190/22]
    • Third Level Education
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a document produced by a representative body (details supplied); and if he will urgently review this document...
    • Education and Training Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in skills and apprenticeships since 27 June 2020; the new initiatives undertaken; and the additional funding provided for them....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline whether she agrees that the requirement for a visa for Colombians to travel to Ireland should be lifted,...
    • Visa Applications
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in a decision in granting a tourist visa to a person (details supplied); when she expects that the...
    • Departmental Policies
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61654/22]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Consular Services
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the existence of so-called police stations operated by Chinese authorities; if such police...
    • Courts Service
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court; the date that the final report is expected to be submitted; and the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that the Garda Commissioner is taking generally to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in urban and rural areas...
    • Citizenship Applications
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to assigning additional staff to the citizenship division in her Department given that there is...
    • Immigration Status
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application as part of recent undocumented scheme in the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the number of drivers involved by year in each...
    • Immigration Status
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application as part of an undocumented scheme in the case of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been sought by the Garda Commissioner to replace any of the helicopters or aircraft in the Garda air support...
    • Domestic Violence
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic violence liaison officers currently in An Garda Síochána by division in tabular form. [61870/22]
    • Human Trafficking
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful convictions obtained under the Criminal Justice (Human Trafficking) Act in the years 2021 and to date...
    • An Garda Síochána
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to each Garda division as of 1 June 2021 and 5 December 2022, in tabular...
    • Immigration Policy
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider an appeals process for the regularisation scheme for undocumented people, to allow a degree of discretion...
    • Death Certificates
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that can be taken to speed up the issuing of a full death certificate in cases in which months have elapsed and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been sought by the Garda Commissioner for training in the Garda national public order unit level 2 to commence...
    • Citizenship Applications
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) submitted in December 2017. [61966/22]
    • Departmental Data
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if data are collected on the number of persons who have mental ill-health, addiction issues or disabilities, including...
    • Prison Service
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the criteria for the awarding of medals of merit to the staff of the Irish Prison Service. [62047/22]
    • Citizenship Applications
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for citizenship applications by EEA and non-EEA applicants, in tabular form. [62138/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she spoke with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (details supplied) during 2022. [62185/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of violent disorder offences reported to gardaí within the K district to date in 2022. [62186/22]
    • Departmental Budgets
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Criminal Assets Bureau in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [62188/22]
    • Gambling Sector
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for eligibility for the social inclusion fund established in the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; if a person...
    • Departmental Schemes
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for the community safety innovation fund that came from Dublin Mid-West; the number that were...
    • Pension Provisions
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an increase in pension payments will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 15 November 2022, the reason for the disproportionately high level of full-day...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue to a person (details supplied). [62157/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61633/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultant psychiatrist post for the south east in CHO 5 has been filled; the basis and tenure on which it has been filled; the length of time that the...
    • Medicinal Products
      530. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that pregnant women suffering from hyperemesis should have to see a consultant before receiving their reimbursement for...
    • Departmental Policies
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61652/22]
    • Proposed Legislation
      533. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation dealing with international surrogacy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61662/22]
    • Disability Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who having been referred to St. Gabriel’s CDNT Limerick for an ASD assessment has yet to receive...
    • Dental Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of dentistry practices in Galway that provide dental services to medical card holders under the dental treatment services scheme; and...
    • Medical Cards
      536. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to income limits to qualify for a GP card ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61681/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if the healthcare staff of an organisation (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 recognition payment; the category and cohort that they fall under; and...
    • International Bodies
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a request for engagement with a group (details supplied) in light of ongoing negotiations on the World Health Organization's...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      540. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 4 October 2022, when the staff of a nursing home (details supplied) will receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      542. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 805 of 8 February and 737 of 17 May 2022, if the €1,000 pandemic bonus will be paid to healthcare assistants...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when the staff of a nursing home (details supplied), which closed down in October 2021, will be paid their Covid-19 pandemic bonus; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61700/22]
    • Disability Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health when recruitment will commence for a community neurorehabilitation team for CHO6 based in Bray, County Wicklow, given that funding for this team, which was...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 29 November 2022, the number of University of Limerick Hospital Group capital projects that the State has...
    • Nursing Homes
      547. To ask the Minister for Health when a community nursing home (details supplied) in County Cork will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61721/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of healthcare workers who have taken the Covid-19 booster in the past six months. [61733/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      550. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61750/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with Kerry addresses waiting for an orthopaedic consultation at University Hospital Kerry; the number of people with Kerry addresses...
    • Nursing Homes
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents who availed of the fair deal scheme; the total cost to the Exchequer in each of the past ten years; the average payment...
    • Dental Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding for HSE dental services in the past five years in County Tipperary; the number of children waiting for dental services in Tipperary; their...
    • Health Service Executive
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE has not published a performance assurance report since its June 2022 publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61766/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that ambulance response times per county or CHO are not deemed a key performance indicator for HIQA, the HSE or the NAS; if consideration is to be...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      560. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 17 November 2022, the number and details of private providers with whom the HSE has service arrangements that are...
    • Disability Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that HSE disability services have refused to fund a person (details supplied) for access to sheltered accommodation; the criteria that the...
    • Health Service Executive
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has had any discussions, formal or informal with a developer or other potential investor or State agency regarding the future use of the site or...
    • Mental Health Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022 and...
    • Health Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that residential care cannot be considered for a person (details supplied). [61808/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who having been first referred to University Hospital Limerick six years ago for cataract surgery has yet...
    • Departmental Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the total rent currently paid by the Health Service Executive per month and per year in Ennis, County Clare; if he will list all properties rented by the HSE...
    • Hospital Facilities
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transfer of the Central Mental Hospital to Portrane; when this will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61827/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if a report (details supplied) has been received by his Department; if the recommendations have been received; the effort that is being made to implement these...
    • Medical Cards
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing medical cards to those suffering with the genetic medical condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      574. To ask the Minister for Health when the extension of the under six free GP card will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61848/22]
    • Disability Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health when the long-promised community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6 will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61858/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to attract GPs to growing suburban areas such as Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61861/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the positions, titles and names of the persons currently working in the national foetal valproate syndrome assessment team; if they are geographically based;...
    • Health Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with Huntington's disease who were seen at memory assessment services and clinics in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022,...
    • Hospital Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the figures for recorded pressure sores, by community acquired pressure sores and hospital acquired pressure sores, between 2015 and 2020 at...
    • Healthcare Policy
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign of an organisation (details supplied) to establish a working group to develop a national hearing plan, as...
    • Disability Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in south Tipperary, CHO5, which is widely demanded and needed for the area;...
    • Health Services Staff
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if the 12.5% pay increase for fourth-year student nurses completing their 36-week internship will be in place for nursing interns starting placement in January...
    • Health Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61922/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      588. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a new diabetic insulin pump. [61927/22]
    • Home Help Service
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the home help of a person (details supplied) was removed in December 2021; and the number of home helps in the CHO5 area that were removed at...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      590. To ask the Minister for Health when a health care worker working with an organisation (details supplied) throughout the Covid-19 pandemic will receive the pandemic special recognition...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the assessment of need process; if assessments have recommenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61931/22]
    • Disability Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide support for a person (details supplied), given the considerable length of time that they have been on the CDNT wait list; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a representation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61935/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      596. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the current approximate four-year process to have a disease added to the newborn heel-prick test is sustainable; the steps that are being...
    • Health Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding travelling for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61946/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      599. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPV catch-up programme for females up to 25 years of age will be introduced as announced in May 2022. [61962/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the position of a social link provider in the Inchicore, Richmond Barracks primary health clinic has ceased (details supplied). [61977/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the primary care psychology service within the HSE in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61980/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons in CAMHS who are being treated online in a different country; the countries in which they are being treated; the way that this...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a procedure under the NTPF in a Dublin-based hospital; the reason for the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if class 3 medical stockings for vascular edema will be included on the medical card for those with a prescription; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment of needs appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61992/22]
    • Disability Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy and occupational therapy appointments for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      608. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 on 16 November 2022, to outline the staff vacancy rates for the two respite service providers in south Tipperary; the...
    • Medicinal Products
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that specific medicines for Addison’s disease used for hydrocortone and fludrocortisone be included and made available in the general...
    • Health Services
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take action to promote the expansion and accessibility of the heel-prick test, which is lifesaving for the most vulnerable newborns; and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists taking part in the dental treatment services scheme; the number who have discontinued in each of the past three years; his plans to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); if the results of the health technology assessment for evusheld have been circulated to the Covid-19...
    • Medical Cards
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cards for people with terminal illness are available without a means test. [62077/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funds generated from the sale of the now-vacated Dundrum hospital site will be reinvested in mental health services; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm when the long-promised community neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO 6, to be based in Bray, County Wicklow will be established; and if he...
    • Health Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay or difficulty in reimbursing a person (details supplied) for treatment that she had abroad, in full accordance with the rules of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 25 October 2022, the timeline for workers in non-HSE and non-section 39 organisations to receive their pandemic...
    • Mental Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the treatment needed is provided for a child (details supplied) urgently within the inpatient care services. [62165/22]
    • Dental Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of dentists who are registered to provide services to patients with medical cards in counties Louth and Meath over the years 2019 to date in...
    • Public Inquiries
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to establish an independent public inquiry into the high numbers of deaths at a nursing home (details supplied) in east Cork; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant whole-time equivalent, WTE, consultant posts by speciality in each hospital part of the Children's Health Ireland, CHI, group; and when...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for aids and appliances in community healthcare organisation, CHO7. [62179/22]
    • Departmental Data
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory consultant posts at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62180/22]
    • Hospital Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown are receiving as part of the HSE 2022-2023 winter plan. [62181/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives that he has taken to develop and expand mental health services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;...
    • Care of the Elderly
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives that he has taken to develop and expand health services for older persons since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • Disability Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives that he has taken to develop and expand disability health services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive...
    • Primary Care Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives that he has taken to develop and expand primary care services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives that he has taken to develop and expand general practitioner services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive...
    • Hospital Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives that he has taken to develop and expand acute hospital services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;...
    • Health Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will define the term 'blue-light distance' when used in the context of maternity service, in particular the provision of home birth supports; if this is...
    • Departmental Reviews
      634. To ask the Minister for Health when the review and investigations into water births will be completed; the date that water births will be facilitated for those home-birthing; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the studies, analysis and evidence used to support the decision of the HSE to limit, due to safety concerns, all home-birth services outside...
    • International Protection
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that his Department has made to help address the mental health needs of persons who have arrived in Ireland under the Temporary Protection...
    • Healthcare Policy
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the availability of lactation consultants and supports nationwide; if he will outline plans for expansion of lactation supports; and if he...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children waiting for assessments of need broken down by the disability network team; the average waiting time for such assessments in each...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to Covid vaccines. [62276/22]
    • Medical Records
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available for a family to obtain medical records on a deceased relative where the relative was being cared for in a private nursing home...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for their special pandemic recognition award; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      652. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the medication Versatis 700mg medicated plaster under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62294/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that certain section 39 staff (details supplied) have been excluded from the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62329/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if staff at a nursing home (details supplied) have received the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62343/22]
    • Disability Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 15 November 2022, the length of time that these vacancies have existed for; the stage of the recruitment process...
    • Health and Safety
      661. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 15 November 2022, the measures that have been taken by his Department in respect of breaches under the Public...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Policies
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61643/22]
    • Animal Diseases
      663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 25 March 2021, the person who provided the information; if the matter of the...
    • Food Industry
      664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the agrifood sector has been strengthened and developed since 27 June 2020. [61720/22]
    • Animal Welfare
      665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the 2021 equine census figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61758/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      666. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers whose existing forestry is affected by ash dieback can access compensation or other financial support under the...
    • Fishing Industry
      670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the fisheries sector has been strengthened and developed since 27 June 2020. [61811/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to introduce a new scheme for farmers who did not qualify for installation aid (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Company Law
      673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) has an exception that would allow it to breach company law, given that it is a legal...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined [61967/22]
    • Animal Welfare
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases that have been taken section 38A of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in relation to costs incurred in...
    • Greyhound Industry
      677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that went to the Enniscorthy greyhound track from the horse and greyhound racing funds from 2016 to date in...
    • Agriculture Supports
      678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the level of grant-aid that is available for on farm production facilities in terms of capital grants for...
    • Fishing Industry
      679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify if EU financial subsidies for Irish fishermen are aligned to the periods that fish are spawning each year in...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct IHRB to publish the integrity racing statistics for 2021, making them available to the public (details supplied)....
    • Greyhound Industry
      681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs in the greyhound racing pool for each of the months January to December 2020 and each of the months January to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial supports or grants are available for a young person who wishes to establish a milk recording business in County...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      686. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grants or supports are available for research projects (details supplied); the way funding can be availed of; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Policies
      687. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61656/22]
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      688. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén staid reatha atá ag an bPolasaí Oileánda; cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i ndáil leis an...
    • Departmental Schemes
      689. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department intends informing the applicants for funding under the community centres investment fund whether they have been...
    • Control of Dogs
      690. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland that have been taken since the publication of the review; the number of...
    • Departmental Strategies
      691. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a progress report on the implementation of Our Rural Future. [61812/22]
    • Control of Dogs
      692. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an up-to-date account of the number of dog wardens employed by city and county councils, in tabular form; and if...
    • Legislative Reviews
      693. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Question No. 727 of 6 December 2022, if she intends to remedy the failure to fulfil statutory obligation under section 6 of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      694. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will clarify the reason projects (details supplied) were not successful in funding applications through the community centres...

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