Written answers
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the French President. [60877/22]
- Departmental Functions
2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [60878/22]
- Cabinet Committees
3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [60879/22]
- Departmental Reports
7. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the new report published by his Department on The Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [61293/22]
- Cabinet Committees
8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with Planning and Marine Development will next meet. [61294/22]
- EU Data
9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid since the start of the 33rd...
- Cabinet Committees
10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine. [62595/22]
- Social Media
11. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62771/22]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62410/22]
- Departmental Strategies
16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Enterprise Digital Advisory Board to be established to support enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence will oversee the...
- EU Data
19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department,...
- Enterprise Support Services
20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a further round of funding (details supplied) will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62612/22]
- National Standards Authority of Ireland
21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to the NSAI in each of the years 2019 to date. [62651/22]
- Consumer Protection
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support available to customers who had paid into Christmas clubs (details supplied) prior to their closure. [62654/22]
- Social Media
25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62802/22]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding given under the Green Schools Initiative in Cork by school in the years 2019 to date respectively in tabular...
- EU Data
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his...
- Energy Conservation
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposals, if any, to introduce additional financial supports for persons, particularly for those on low incomes,...
- Departmental Correspondence
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the €600 energy grant given that they are living off the grid; and...
- Departmental Legal Cases
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of threats of legal action and or legal cases that have been brought against the State by energy investors...
- Public Sector Pensions
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has a role in deciding whether the pension fund in the State bodies under his authority are providing sufficient...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a limited company that is not part of the European Emissions Trading Scheme can offset carbon emissions' through...
- Climate Change Negotiations
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 8 November 2022, the details of the community project which was successful...
- Mining Industry
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if licences for drilling at a mine (details supplied) have been suspended; if it is the case that new licences are not...
- Just Transition
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that he has taken to support the Just Transition process since 27 June 2020. [62782/22]
- Social Media
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position on the M/N20 Limerick to Cork road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62401/22]
- EU Data
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next TII funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62608/22]
- Departmental Policies
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned introduction of a policy framework for unmanned aircraft systems; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the M20. [62682/22]
- Departmental Funding
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the allocation of active travel funds in Cork city with a status on each project allocated funding in...
- Local Authorities
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the local authorities that have utilised the NTA walkability audit tool. [62685/22]
- Road Network
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on shared spaces for cyclists and pedestrians; and his views on whether these represent the optimum in the public realm design....
- Road Projects
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Northern Ring Road in Cork. [62688/22]
- Departmental Schemes
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the licensed hauliers emergency support scheme will be reintroduced from November 2022 until April 2023 (details supplied); and if he...
- Social Media
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62814/22]
- Aviation Industry
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that have been taken to support and strengthen the aviation sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2023; and if he will...
- Department of Finance
- EU Data
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid since the start of...
- Tax Code
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department carried out an impact assessment on the change to benefit-in-kind (details supplied). [62445/22]
- Enterprise Support Services
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if the temporary business energy support scheme will be extended to cover businesses that use LPG in areas not served by piped gas (details supplied); and if...
- Tax Code
55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether spousal maintenance should be tax deductible as is child maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62577/22]
- Tax Credits
56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether both single parents should be able to avail of the single parent tax credit in a situation in which one parent has primary custody but the...
- Banking Sector
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed with the banks the issue of persons not being able to purchase homes because they are deemed too old to qualify for a mortgage. [62656/22]
- Social Media
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62804/22]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- EU Data
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that public servants who contracted long-Covid due to their work commitments and who will be unable to resume...
- Social Media
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62810/22]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Culture Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she agrees that the Book of Kells should be in public ownership and available for all to access free of charge; and if she will...
- EU Data
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department,...
- Departmental Schemes
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that has been allocated under the night-time economy pilot scheme to date, broken down by county; and if she...
- Arts Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 25 October 2022, if she will clarify the reason that the list of grantees of the live...
- Departmental Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated amount in euros that was allocated for the recently announced redevelopment of the National Concert Hall; the way...
- Arts Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the proposals outlined in an article (details supplied); if she intends to give consideration to...
- Straitéisí Ranna
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon chomhairliúchán déanta ag a Roinn le hearnáil scannánaíochta na Gaeilge agus le...
- Media Sector
70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions that have been taken to support and strengthen the media sector since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Media
71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62813/22]
- Tourism Policy
72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions that have been taken to support and strengthen the tourism sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2023; and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Data
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent approvals by provider to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62655/22]
- Water Services
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the risk to public health caused by blockages on private drains which are no longer...
- EU Data
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his...
- Local Authorities
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that each council will receive in tabular form in relation to the announcement...
- Housing Schemes
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider expanding the number of mortgage protection insurance providers available to local authority home loan...
- Legislative Reviews
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the scope of the review of section 25 of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019; when...
- Traveller Accommodation
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful and unsuccessful applications to the caravan loan scheme in relation to supporting the provision of...
- Rental Sector
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to ensure that those residing in digs have the same rights as those in traditional tenancies; and...
- Housing Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans that will rapidly shift the focus of building companies towards the building and renovating of social and...
- Vacant Properties
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the funding recouped by each local authority under the Voids Programme from 2018 to date; the number of...
- Electoral Process
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to undertake a review of the voting process to ensure compliance with the UNCRPD and universal design in...
- Housing Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that is being made with the roll-out of rapid build housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62600/22]
- Fire Stations
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on plans to open new fire stations nationwide within the next two years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authorities
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address issues raised in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62602/22]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning guidelines for early learning and childcare will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group will report on its initial findings and recommendations...
- Derelict Sites
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the derelict sites levies that are levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on each register on...
- Vacant Sites
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on each register for the...
- Departmental Data
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes sold by county in 2022. [62635/22]
- Regeneration Projects
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 5 May 2022, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 2C of the Northwest...
- Local Authorities
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful rightsizing applications by each local authority to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62642/22]
- Housing Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall percentage of social housing delivered under universal design principles to date in 2022. [62644/22]
- Planning Issues
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that he is taking to ensure that strategic development in areas is plan led and not developer led. [62646/22]
- Housing Policy
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department takes a role in ensuring that private developments purchased by local authorities for the provision of...
- Housing Schemes
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the maximum price has still not been issued for a development (details...
- Social Media
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the authorities in the United States in relation to the appointment by President Biden of a...
- EU Data
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid...
- Human Rights
120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of Indonesia’s new penal code with the Indonesian Government and the major problems relating to the...
- Passport Services
121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a policy issue raised by an Irish citizen living abroad relating to archaic list of professions allowed to witness Irish...
- Human Rights
122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise reports of the Iranian authorities shooting protestors and targeting women at the UN Security Council; and if he will make...
- Foreign Birth Registration
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth registration application number (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the treatment of political prisoners in Bahrain at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Media
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62805/22]
- Northern Ireland
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in communications with the with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland he has raised the need for the British government and...
- Department of Defence
- EU Data
130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid...
- Defence Forces
131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action that he will take to assist the overholding residents of an area (details supplied) in close proximity to the Curragh camp; and if he...
- Departmental Projects
133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an overview of the key defence initiatives announced since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62773/22]
- Social Media
134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62800/22]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD places in both primary and secondary schools in Dublin Bay North; if there are any plans to increase capacity; and if she will...
- School Transport
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a case (details supplied) raised with her Department. [62372/22]
- Special Educational Needs
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 1 December 2022, if all efforts are being made to ensure that the son of a person (details supplied)...
- School Transport
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the continuing lack of school transport for a family (details supplied); and if, in the circumstances she will intervene to...
- EU Data
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department, have paid...
- School Accommodation
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project in respect of the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she...
- School Transport
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) who has no school transport will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62493/22]
- Schools Building Projects
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new primary school for Adamstown, Lucan; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Patronage
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the process of divesting primary schools of religious patronage; the number of schools that have been fully...
- Child Abuse
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full update on her Department’s review of the official report provided after the consultation talks with industrial...
- Qualifications Recognition
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when previous graduates from the SNA national online training programme will have their award accredited retrospectively; and if she will make a...
- State Examinations
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the timetable for the 2023 Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Textbooks
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that independent booksellers are involved in the roll-out of the free schoolbook scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disadvantaged Status
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the DEIS programme in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62606/22]
- Schools Building Projects
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made to redevelop a primary school (details supplied) in Monasterevin, County Kildare; the investment committed for...
- School Staff
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to put in place a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers with permanent or contract of indefinite duration status, whereby...
- Departmental Funding
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been given for capital projects by school in Cork in each of the past five years respectively in tabular form. [62663/22]
- Special Educational Needs
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of ASD secondary school unit places in Cork for 2023. [62664/22]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered reopening the Early Start Programme in order that new schools can apply. [62665/22]
- School Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Cork; and the number in 2020. [62666/22]
- School Transport
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that four months after school transport was granted to a student (details supplied), they still have no transport. [62725/22]
- Social Media
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62801/22]
- School Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered plans to introduce a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers, where teachers seeking voluntary redeployment...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) would be entitled to any assistance from community employment schemes with regard to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Social Welfare Payments
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason arrangements for double payment of social welfare recipients are not made on consecutive days up to 23 December...
- Social Welfare Benefits
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide clarity surrounding the new benefit payment for 65-year-olds (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- EU Data
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that her Department or agencies under the remit of her...
- Departmental Schemes
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she recognises the importance of saving the free hot meals scheme given that some of the children who depend on the meals...
- State Pensions
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to credit contributions for the period that they were in receipt...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the further supports that are available for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of disability allowance and who is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce supports for single fathers that they can avail of if the other parent is already in receipt of...
- Community Employment Schemes
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that community employment supervisors' long-standing pay claims are addressed; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Welfare Services
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of customers seeking assistance from community welfare officers in each Intreo office in the country in each of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an urgent needs' payment in Cork city. [62667/22]
- Community Welfare Services
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an appointment with a community welfare officer in Cork city. [62668/22]
- Community Employment Schemes
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of CE supervisors in Cork city. [62670/22]
- Departmental Data
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Cork city in receipt of child benefit to date in 2022. [62671/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Social Media
183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform....
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Bodies
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the meetings of the transport working group that have taken place in relation to transport...
- Departmental Schemes
186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 24 November 2022, if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the...
- EU Data
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit...
- Childcare Services
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department’s attention has been drawn to the additional funding that can be made available to...
- International Protection
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants currently accommodated in Citywest convention centre; of this...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new early years places funded through his Department's annual capital programme by year and by...
- Departmental Programmes
194. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the hot meals pilot in ELC commenced; the number of services that are currently benefitting from the pilot;...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in ensuring that funding for sessional childcare facilities and those wholly reliant...
- Disability Services
196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures and initiatives that he has taken to support disability rights and inclusion since 27 June 2020....
- Social Media
197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent...
- Department of Education and Skills
- EU Data
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid...
- Research and Development
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the research and innovation sectors since 27 June 2020; the new initiatives undertaken; and the additional funding provided...
- Student Accommodation
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications of affordable rents that third level institutions must abide by if they are to receive State funding for the building of...
- Third Level Staff
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update into the review of PhD stipends; when a report can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62541/22]
- Third Level Costs
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students of graduate entry medicine cannot receive funding from private banks or the SUSI grant;...
- Grant Payments
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is room for progress in the SUSI application process for those students who are estranged from their parents or are...
- Third Level Education
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 8 December 2022, if he will also request the presidents of social care providers in receipt of...
- Education and Training Boards
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 December 2022, if six ETBs (details supplied) spanning nine counties have no personal assistants...
- Grant Payments
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who is doing a repeat year of study is entitled to the €1,000 cost-of-living support grant to reduce their...
- Third Level Education
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the college campus on the north side of Cork city. [62657/22]
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports that there is no park-and-ride service for college students on the northside of Cork city. [62658/22]
- Departmental Data
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of citizen science projects funded through his Department to date in 2022. [62659/22]
- Third Level Admissions
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from the northside of Cork city attending Munster Technological University and University College Cork. [62660/22]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the current pay grades for apprentices; and if he intends to review these. [62661/22]
- Social Media
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62806/22]
- Third Level Costs
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 630 of 18 October 2022 and 511 of 4 October 2022, when students studying in Northern Ireland and Britain...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Reports
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the terms of reference in respect of a review of reports of Dóchas conducted by a person (details...
- An Garda Síochána
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet in the Galway division. [62389/22]
- EU Data
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that her Department or agencies under the remit of her...
- Coroners Service
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending the remit of her Department to Cork city coroner given the large caseload of the coroner; and if...
- Legal Services Regulation
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to proposals to establish a legal services commission; and the status of these proposals. [62490/22]
- Crime Data
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order incidents recorded in each county in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she...
- An Garda Síochána
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each county in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a...
- Antisocial Behaviour
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ASBOs handed down per county and by age group in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she...
- Departmental Data
229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau per county in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she...
- An Garda Síochána
230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline plans to promote high-visibility policing over the Christmas period in Dublin and across Ireland; and if she will...
- Departmental Programmes
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an overview of the main law reforms initiated by her Department since 27 June 2020. [62780/22]
- Social Media
236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform....
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
237. To ask the Minister for Health the action that he will take to ensure that the pandemic bonus payment is paid to employees of private companies who have refused to complete the paperwork to...
- Health Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way families can access these services within their...
- Medicinal Products
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify that the cost of cariban, the treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum, can only be reimbursed if prescribed by a consultant; if reimbursement...
- Departmental Funding
246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate any schemes funded by his Department to assist community voluntary and Section 39 organisations towards the replacement of transport fleets...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason that carers and nurses who work in a healthcare setting (details supplied) are not being considered for the €1,000...
- Hospital Appointments Status
251. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had a number of dates for a procedure cancelled in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; when a new date...
- Medical Cards
252. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to allow those who hold a medical card as a result of getting a social security pension from the United Kingdom or working and paying social...
- EU Data
256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid since the start of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
257. To ask the Minister for Health when the special Covid pandemic bonus will be paid to healthcare staff who worked for private companies on the front line during the Covid pandemic given the...
- Health Services
259. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment to diagnose possible ADHD. [62440/22]
- Hospital Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health if a private hospital (details supplied) is taking patients off the public waiting list and carrying out cataract procedures for the HSE. [62441/22]
- Medicinal Products
261. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned about a paracetamol shortage in Ireland; the plans that his Department is putting in place to address the matter; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including Letterkenny University Hospital as a location for one of the recently announced surgical hubs; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the audit of TAPS payments undertaken by both the NTPF and the HSE; if so, if he will publish the audit in full; if the audit is not...
- Ambulance Service
273. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposal to establish an ambulance base at a location (details supplied); if a planning permission application has been made to date; the...
- Disability Services
274. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1071 of 8 November 2022, if he will report on the success or otherwise of the international recruitment campaign with...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the pain management clinic at Tallaght University Hospital for over one, two, three, four, and five years...
- National Children's Hospital
277. To ask the Minister for Health the current projected final cost of the National Children's Hospital; when the hospital is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the Children's Disability Network Team Staff Census and Workforce Review 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of the current BreastCheck screening process (details supplied) in conjunction with the National Screening Advisory Committee to...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
283. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the new elective hospital in Cork; and when this will be fully operational. [62695/22]
- Disability Services
284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CDNTs; and the number by role that is considered a full cohort in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time by residential addiction treatment facility. [62698/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork currently awaiting an appointment for audiology by waiting time in tabular form. [62699/22]
- Mental Health Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CAMHS teams; and the number by role that is considered a full cohort in tabular form. [62702/22]
- Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed supervised injection facilities in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. [62703/22]
- General Practitioner Services
292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a replacement GP service in Blarney. [62704/22]
- Medicinal Products
296. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to address the issue of shortage of supplies for penicillin; if pharmacists can have the facility to change prescriptions to...
- Mental Health Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of inpatient CAMHS beds in a facility (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Media
302. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62807/22]
- Mental Health Services
303. To ask the Minister for Health the Jigsaw services that are being offered in north Clondalkin, face-to-face and online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62816/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
304. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the payment of the special pandemic recognition award to non-HSE staff and non-Section 38 staff who are eligible for this...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Diseases
306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 25 March 2021, if he will review the reply (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is unfair that only successful applicants for the 2022 fodder support scheme are eligible to apply for the...
- EU Data
309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department,...
- Departmental Correspondence
310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received any correspondence from the Chinese government or representatives of that state in relation to the...
- EU Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the offshore islands have been included as a distinct entity in the new EMFAF operational programme; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that his Department has provided to Cork City Council for the control of horses to date in 2022. [62672/22]
- Social Media
314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62798/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that have been taken since 27 June 2020 to help and support farmers and the agriculture sector in meeting the challenge...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- EU Data
316. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department,...
- Departmental Schemes
317. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will publish the full list of projects supported by her Department under the building acquisition measure; if she will outline...
- Harbours and Piers
319. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 27 October 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of the pier on Inis...
- Departmental Funding
321. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 27 October 2022, the status of the development of the promised enhanced Community Centres...
- Community Development Projects
322. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress being made with the community hub in a premises (details supplied) in Monasterevin; the target date for its opening; and...
- Social Media
324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62811/22]
