Written answers
Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Control of Dogs
5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends conducting a review of the Control of Dogs Act 1986-1992 in view of the recent dog attack in County Wexford which left a...
- Departmental Strategies
10. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the National Outdoor Recreation Strategy. [61830/22]
- Departmental Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support that her Department has provided to organisations (details supplied) across the country; and if she will make a statement...
- Greenways Provision
18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the proposed works for the Mell Greenway, Drogheda, following the further engagement from her...
- Departmental Schemes
19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1150 of 12 July 2022, the number of applications that have been received and approved in County...
- Departmental Bodies
20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the most recent meeting of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57925/22]
- Departmental Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on any progress made in relation to multi-annual funding for the community, voluntary and charitable sectors. [62715/22]
- Ukraine War
23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the measures that have been taken by her Department to support Ukrainian refugees living in rural Ireland; and if...
- Departmental Funding
24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has been successful in her endeavours to secure additional funding from within Government for LIS; if she has reviewed local...
- Harbours and Piers
25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made with the development of improved pier facilities on Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin in 2022; and if...
- Departmental Schemes
26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to assist urban and rural community groups throughout the country through the various schemes...
- Departmental Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will examine a funding line for the upgrading of school buildings and adjacent lands where there is a shared access for the...
- Rural Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of applications for rural regeneration projects will be announced. [62469/22]
- Island Communities
30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update in relation to allocations under the community centre investment fund; when the scheme for new builds...
- Departmental Schemes
32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department is working to establish and support community groups, especially in rural areas; and if she will make a...
- Rural Schemes
33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way that her Department will support the development of the Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) site in Mountshannon, County Clare as a...
- Departmental Schemes
34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the specific supports that are available for an organisation (details supplied) across Ireland, in particular in relation to a number...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposals, if any, there are to implement programmes on a cross-Border basis that are of a particular importance to rural...
- Departmental Funding
36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that was provided to counties Cavan and Monaghan from her Department in 2021 and to date in 2022, broken down by project in...
- International Protection
37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has been informed by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when centres for persons...
- Control of Dogs
38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the controls that are currently in place in relation to keeping dangerous dog breeds; if she will outline the list of breeds that are...
- Departmental Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the money that has been allocated by her Department to the local authorities to date has been used and or if there is a blockage in...
- Departmental Strategies
40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an overview of her Department’s strategy to reverse population decline in rural areas. [62332/22]
- Road Projects
41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the rate of LIS completions per county to date in 2022; the outlook for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62786/22]
- Flexible Work Practices
42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if remote working hubs will be provided in rural areas. [62561/22]
- Departmental Funding
43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of centres belonging to an organisation (details supplied) that are supported by her Department by county; the Government...
- Road Projects
45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to address the backlog in local improvement scheme applications; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Energy Prices
46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to assist with the rising cost of energy facing many community organisations; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Budgets
47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital and current allocation to her Department for 2022; the expenditure to date of both the current and capital allocation...
- Departmental Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the community centre for Ballyvolane. [62693/22]
- Control of Dogs
49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to reviewing the existing laws under the Control of Dogs Act 1986; if she will appoint an expert panel...
- Broadband Infrastructure
50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential of the high-speed broadband network to create potential for rural development; and the...
- Departmental Schemes
51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if successful projects under the town and village renewal scheme will be announced before the end of 2022; and if she will make a...
- Energy Prices
52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received under the community support fund to deal with energy bills to date; and their county of origin in...
- Departmental Bodies
53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Taskforce, particularly the work being carried out in providing...
- Departmental Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when it is envisaged that Community Centre Investment Fund allocations will be discharged to the community groups and organisations for...
- Ukraine War
57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Ukrainian refugees that are being supported by her Department by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies
58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the north-east inner city task force. [60867/22]
- Departmental Strategies
60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the role that her Department is playing in the national drugs strategy. [62692/22]
- Departmental Schemes
61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the fund for tidy towns will increase to reflect the lower number of outdoor staff in local authority areas. [62548/22]
- Energy Prices
65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available to community centres facing rising energy bills. [62482/22]
- Departmental Schemes
66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62070/22]
- Rural Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has an early indication of the uptake of connected hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62744/22]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the strategies in place to mitigate against increased emissions in the event that certain sectors exceed the total...
- Air Quality
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an overview of locations in which there are publicly-owned air-quality monitoring devices in Ireland;...
- Environmental Schemes
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implementation process with regard to the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Broadband Plan
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of high-speed broadband under the national broadband plan, in the...
- Climate Change Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that the projected global population growth outlined in the UN’s recent report, and Ireland’s need...
- Energy Infrastructure
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the Celtic Interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62024/22]
- Illegal Dumping
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that his Department is taking to tackle the issue of illegal dumping; if CCTV is being used to combat this...
- Departmental Data
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of one-stop contractors that have been approved in counties Cavan and Monaghan and north County Meath; and...
- Cybersecurity Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the way he expects Ireland’s cybersecurity infrastructure to change in 2023; and if he will make a...
- Renewable Energy Generation
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to help build a green hydrogen sector in Ireland; if he will outline the targets for green...
- National Broadband Plan
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in County Meath; the target number of homes...
- Programme for Government
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Programme for Government commitments that have been achieved to date; the commitments with regards to broadband...
- Departmental Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis that his Department has carried out into the operation of the community category in RESS 1 and RESS 2; the...
- Grant Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of grants allocated under the national retrofitting scheme. [61734/22]
- Energy Prices
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if mechanisms exist to reimburse residential customers of district heating schemes who pay for domestic energy at a...
- Departmental Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that the plastic bottle scheme will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62784/22]
- National Broadband Plan
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he proposes to augment the provision of high-speed, high-quality broadband in all areas throughout...
- Air Quality
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the required establishment of dedicated resources within regional lead authorities to...
- Environmental Policy
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland continues to make sufficient inroads on emission reduction and the provision of alternative...
- National Broadband Plan
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of broadband in counties Cavan and Monaghan and north County Meath. [62559/22]
- Climate Action Plan
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the Climate Action Plan. [62827/22]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can provide any estimates of the added C02 emissions from current and planned data centres with similar or...
- Environmental Policy
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a strategy on ammonia fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62340/22]
- Energy Policy
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current work that is being undertaken by his Department on security of energy supply (details supplied); if his...
- Energy Prices
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department have made any progress with respect to supporting full-time residents in mobile homes by...
- Energy Infrastructure
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that the current cold snap informs the Government of energy security and grid capability; and if he will make a...
- Exploration Industry
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the exploitation and exploration of new fields of oil or gas in Irish waters from existing...
- Public Sector Staff
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of employees at an organisation (details supplied), including details of full-time and seasonal staff; and...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the policy implications of the ESRI's assessment of the embodied emissions in Irish imports; and...
- Exploration Industry
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he would support drilling at a location (details supplied) at no cost or risk to the State; and if he will make a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received any early indications of the trend in emissions during 2022 and the factors influencing those...
- Renewable Energy Generation
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of offshore renewable facilities delivered to date in 2022. [62690/22]
- Energy Conservation
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to promote the insulation of homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57926/22]
- Renewable Energy Generation
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated revenue that would have been generated had the €120/MWh cap on renewable electricity generation...
- Energy Infrastructure
117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government supports the siting and building of LNG facilities in this State, specifically in Shannon and Cork in...
- EU Meetings
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the agenda highlights of the Environment Council to be held in Brussels on 20 December...
- National Broadband Plan
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 8 November 2022, the status of the promised statutory guidelines for the...
- Departmental Strategies
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline a detailed timeline for the delivery of the Digital Connectivity Strategy; if he will provide an...
- Energy Conservation
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the better energy warmer homes scheme; and if he is considering adding additional measures to the scheme...
- Departmental Bodies
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the District Heating Steering Group will finalise its first set of recommendations; if he plans to publish those...
- State Bodies
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years,...
- National Broadband Plan
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the National Broadband Plan. [62691/22]
- Departmental Strategies
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the national clear air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62475/22]
- Departmental Schemes
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants that are available to support individuals, businesses, public organisations and community groups to install...
- Just Transition
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the European Commission will formally adopt the Territorial Just Transition Plan and the accompanying programme,...
- Energy Infrastructure
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when work on the Celtic interconnector cable will commence. [62460/22]
- Departmental Consultations
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the consultation on private wire direct-line renewables will be released; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made to date to ensure that areas without mobile phone signals get mobile phone coverage;...
- National Broadband Plan
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the roll-out of high-speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan will reach Kiskeam, County Cork. [62461/22]
- Renewable Energy Generation
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that his Department plans to support the development of electricity generation by floating offshore wind...
- National Broadband Plan
137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the roll-out of National Broadband Plan connections and service in local schools in counties Laois...
- Four Day Week
138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the success of the four-day week research project carried out by an organisation (details supplied),...
- Renewable Energy Generation
139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that he is supporting the production of renewable fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62790/22]
- Grant Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that the timeline in the processing and approval of applications for grant aid for retrofitting of...
- Environmental Policy
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on introducing a moratorium on new data centre connections in the context of energy security and carbon...
- Departmental Strategies
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the progress of the implementation of the local Digital Strategy in each county as detailed under the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Funding
145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that was provided by county from his Department in 2022, broken down by project in tabular form. [62872/22]
- Enterprise Policy
146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will make regulations under section 7 of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996, in view of...
- Renewable Energy Generation
148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has discussed with Enterprise Ireland the way to stimulate the establishment of indigenous businesses in the renewable energy...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Cybersecurity Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on Ireland's cybersecurity infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57654/22]
- Broadband Infrastructure
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that his Department has specifically made with regard to delivering the National Broadband Plan. [56456/22]
- Energy Policy
153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he has had further dialogue with his colleagues across Europe, with particular reference to...
- Broadband Infrastructure
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government clawbacks in respect of the National Broadband Plan will not be diminished as a result of...
- Energy Usage
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the up-to-date position regarding supports for pay-as-you-go gas and electricity customers to protect them from...
- Renewable Energy Generation
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that he plans to increase renewables to meet 80% of Ireland's electricity needs by 2030; and if he will make a...
- Energy Infrastructure
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will build a strategy in conjunction with the European Commission to fund and construct an Atlantic electricity...
- Energy Policy
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will establish an offshore renewable development authority similar to the Industrial Development Authority that...
- Energy Production
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish a green hydrogen strategy involving the emerging industry across the EU as well as key domestic...
- Broadband Infrastructure
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to assist local broadband providers in competing for public sector contracts. [62974/22]
- Environmental Policy
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he and his Department continue to examine the fullest possible extent to which all measures can...
- Renewable Energy Generation
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to explore electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by way of wind,...
- Broadband Infrastructure
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new broadband connections in the past twelve months to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Production
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects to rely on onshore and offshore wind-generated electricity over the next ten years; the...
- Environmental Policy
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the main areas of environmental protection deemed at present to be urgent; the action in hand or proposed to deal with...
- Climate Change Policy
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the success to date in meeting carbon reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63007/22]
- Waste Management
176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular...
- Energy Production
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the cost of producing electricity here currently compares with other countries throughout Europe, with...
- Departmental Budgets
178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the budget allocated to his Department remains adequate to meet the costs of the targets set in...
- Departmental Meetings
179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the cross-jurisdictional collaboration which took place in 2022 between his Department and the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Ports Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that are in place to develop the port infrastructure to enable the deployment of offshore wind farms, particularly along...
- Bus Services
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a complaint (details supplied) in relation to bus services to the Knocklyon area; and if he will make...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated total cost to the State and total length of time remaining on the M1 toll contract; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarification on why a person who has a free travel pass is charged to bring their bike onto a bus (details supplied);...
- Departmental Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was provided for cycling facilities in Waterford city in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62928/22]
- Dublin Bus
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of antisocial incidents on Dublin Bus by individual bus routes and by month in each of the past 18 months that resulted in bus...
- Rail Network
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tickets sold for the Dublin-Dundalk train line to date in 2022; if he will provide a breakdown of tickets sold between...
- Dublin Bus
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to have the Dublin Bus route H1 included on 24-7 routes during 2023. [62931/22]
- Coast Guard Service
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the staff and volunteer complement at Doolin coastguard unit; if he is satisfied that this unit is...
- Bus Services
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify whether the 226X service in County Cork has been reduced. [62979/22]
- Public Transport
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that night-time transport options in urban areas will be able to meet increased demand during the Christmas period;...
- Departmental Projects
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of the current greenway and blueway projects broken down by section; the current status of each section;...
- Road Projects
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the landscape and management plans that are in place to help combat climate change by maximising the use of roadside...
- Bus Services
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and-or the National Transport Authority have conducted a survey in respect of delivering a regular bus service to link Leixlip and...
- Coast Guard Service
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish an independent inquiry into the management of the Irish Coast Guard. [63127/22]
- Bus Services
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his engagement with Bus Éireann and commercial bus operators to address the issue of securing drivers; and if he will make a...
- Electric Vehicles
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his engagement with local authorities to progress their plans for EV charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Banking Sector
202. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates of the board meetings of a bank (details supplied) that the independent non-executive director to the bank attended in 2021 and 2022 on his behalf;...
- Tax Exemptions
203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove land that has been actively farmed from liability for the vacant zoned land tax; and if his Department is reviewing this. [62907/22]
- Tax Collection
204. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on retaining the 9% tourism VAT rate for all of 2023 to support the hospitality sector. [62978/22]
- Business Supports
205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the new temporary business energy support scheme; the number of applications that have been accepted to date; the average...
- Credit Unions
206. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is proposed to lower the requirement for credit unions to retain 10% of deposits, given that other countries in Europe have a requirement of 3% or 4%...
- Banking Sector
207. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the work of the Banking Forum to date; if specific consideration is being given to the need to ensure that large parts of rural Ireland are not...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Private Partnerships
208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the projections for future growth in expenditure related to PPP charges that includes all planned PPP projects at...
- National Archives
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 8 September 2020, if his officials can provide an update on this search; if the search has...
- Flood Risk Management
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to approve the confirmation process for the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; when construction will commence on this...
- National Lottery
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for the annual publication in a national newspaper of details of the disbursement of "Funds for Good Causes", in...
- Flood Risk Management
212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the risk of flooding in Sutton and Baldoyle has been assessed a part of his nationwide flood assessment; if measures are being...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Expenditure
213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are regulations in place to ensure that smaller and local media organisations are included in advertising campaigns run...
- Tourism Industry
214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2021 annual report for Tourism Ireland will be published. [62923/22]
- Heritage Sites
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that are available to citizens to assist them to meet the costs for the unveiling of a plaque (details...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Appointments to State Boards
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the establishment, recruitment and implementation of the new body, the Maritime Area...
- Fire Service
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if some members of the Dublin Fire Brigade have been excluded from the €1,000 bonus for front-line workers; if so, the...
- Housing Schemes
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the higher social housing income thresholds will come into effect. [62862/22]
- Departmental Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that there will be a substantial financial allocation for the 2023 housing voids programme in view of its...
- International Protection
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to issue a call for larger properties for the housing of refugees, as was issued in respect of pledged...
- Planning Issues
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his reason for proposing to block residents' associations from taking High Court actions against planning decisions; if he...
- Heritage Promotion
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist Clare County Council manage and operate Shannon Heritage. [63108/22]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied); if the application could be escalated...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Training
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for replacing the higher diploma in education in 2014 with a two-year master's degree in education; if any review of this programme...
- School Accommodation
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62860/22]
- Education Welfare Service
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details regarding resources for educational welfare officers allocated to County Wicklow; if all posts are currently filled; and if she will...
- School Equipment
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools per county that have high-efficiency particulate absorbing, HEPA, filters installed in classrooms in tabular form. [62905/22]
- School Transport
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) who has applied for a taxi service transport for school will receive this; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the system for the allocation of hours based on complex needs under the special education teacher allocation; the way that the data for complex...
- School Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will establish a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers who wish to relocate to enable them to keep their permanent...
- Departmental Policies
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a policy issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to the ongoing teacher retention crisis; her plans, if any, for...
- School Enrolments
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils who are enrolled in a school after 30 September will be included in enrolment numbers of that school for capitation purposes in cases...
- State Examinations
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when appeals submitted to the Independent Appeals Scrutineers which had to be submitted by 21 October 2022 in respect of students who sat the...
- Special Educational Needs
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 29 November 2022, if she will provide an update on girls with special educational needs in...
- Departmental Communications
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the new circular issued to schools banning the use of resources or materials produced or funded by the alcohol industry for...
- Educational Disadvantage
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to provide additional supports for school and college students who are homeless,...
- Disadvantaged Status
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of DEIS appeals that have been received by county and location; the reason for refusals in tabular form; the mechanism by which...
- Departmental Policies
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered establishing a national voluntary redeployment panel to allow teachers who wish to relocate to keep their permanent and...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if support will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) who has yet to receive a backdated payment...
- Social Welfare Appeals
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a supplementary welfare exceptional needs appeal by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Payments
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for applications for exceptional needs payments; the steps that she is taking to shorten the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an entitlement for a carer's allowance is being reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Birth Certificates
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline any changes to the registration of new births; if parents are now required to present themselves at an...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims submitted and the number of persons who have received enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19; the number...
- Departmental Staff
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time medical assessors working in her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
- State Pensions
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has a mixed social welfare record consisting of A, B and D contributions and can satisfy the minimum...
- Social Welfare Benefits
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pensions
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been able to obtain a full contributory State pension; the way this can be...
- Social Welfare Payments
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a child benefit payment for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any potential funding streams are available to a centre (details supplied) for the targeted youth...
- Departmental Schemes
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the national disability inclusion strategy transport working group approved the review of the disabled...
- Adoption Services
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to correspondence being issued to persons (details supplied) advising that they...
- Departmental Strategies
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the strategies that he will pursue to tackle the growing racism and ignorance of multiculturalism in Ireland; if...
- Youth Services
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the application process for the UBU Your Place - Your Space scheme; if the scheme is...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will clarify a number of points (details supplied) on the ratification on the Optional Protocol of the UN...
- Childcare Services
267. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to ensure the provision of additional creche and childcare facilities in Kinsale,...
- Child and Family Agency
268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the attention of Tusla has been drawn to the housing and safety situation in the case of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Schemes
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications will be accepted for Innovate for Ireland, a new partnership between industry and the Government to recruit and retain research...
- Education and Training Boards
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of guidance counsellors directly employed by the Louth-Meath Education and Training Board in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date...
- Departmental Reviews
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date with the review of the terms and conditions of employment of PhD worker students; when it is expected...
- Educational Disadvantage
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider fully funding further education courses for persons on disability allowance and invalidity pension to enable them to upskill...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be called to progress their electrical apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62948/22]
- Education Welfare Service
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to provide additional supports for school and college students who are homeless,...
- Third Level Admissions
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional third level places will be provided for all therapy courses, in view of the difficulties in recruiting therapists; and if he will...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives that will be undertaken to promote student mobility North-South and South-North; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Costs
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63129/22]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the visa requirements for Colombian visitors entering Ireland compared to other EU member states; and if...
- Residency Permits
280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are delays in the processing of stamp 4 extensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62833/22]
- Visa Applications
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62852/22]
- An Garda Síochána
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the contract for the issuing of new ballistic vests for front-line gardaí will be put out to tender. [62924/22]
- Road Traffic Offences
284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were successfully prosecuted in the Meath Garda division for driving a vehicle without a valid...
- Prison Service
285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inmates currently detained in the Irish Prison Service who are solely being held on remand for between four and...
- Residency Permits
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering dispensing with the requirement that all non-EEA researchers who undertake research activities on a...
- Prison Service
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-body searches carried out in Irish prisons in each of the past five years; the circumstances that arise that...
- Naturalisation Applications
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has the reckonable residency to now apply for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement...
- An Garda Síochána
289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations without access to broadband in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Policy
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants. [63060/22]
- Family Law Cases (1 comment)
291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 9 November 2022, if there has been any further progress in the consultation...
- Visa Applications
292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an alternative system for registration for Stamp 4 can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Domestic Violence
293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional domestic violence refuge places provided to date in 2023; and the counties within which they are...
- Department of Health
- Medicinal Products
295. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of rare and orphan drugs currently being evaluated for use in Ireland; the length of time that normally required for this process; the drugs...
- Eating Disorders
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the nine community eating disorder teams expected to be operational by the end of 2022; if this target has been delivered; if...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
299. To ask the Minister for Health the expected cost overrun for the construction and operation of a facility (details supplied) that was due to open in December 2021; the final cost of the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
300. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department is taking to ensure all front-line workers employed by a Section 39 have received the promised pandemic bonus of €1,000...
- Medicinal Products
301. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the prescription of a medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62848/22]
- Vaccination Programme
302. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccines will be made available to children under five years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62850/22]
- Health Services Staff
303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible Section 38 employees who have not yet received the payment; the steps they must take...
- Care Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health if all avenues are being pursued to facilitate the full home care package as required in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Centres
305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all primary care centres, specifying whether a GP is operating out of the centre in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 8 December 2022, if he has the power to mandate an independent investigation into individualised services under the...
- Emergency Departments
309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans for a new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62874/22]
- Hospital Charges
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the situation whereby long-stay contribution hospital charges are being applied in cases in which home support has been awarded but where...
- Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation with district nursing on Tory island (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62880/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62881/22]
- Medicinal Products
313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including supplements and over-the-counter medicine that are prescribed by a doctor, on the drug medical schemes in view of the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
314. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [62883/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
315. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the €2.2 million allocated for the development of long-Covid services in 2022 that was spent exclusively on long-Covid services; the...
- Health Services Staff
318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the payments for thousands of front-line workers (details supplied) which have been approved and all steps have been taken by staff to provide...
- Hospital Staff
320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no paediatric neurologist in UHL; when it is likely that a neurologist will be appointed; and if he...
- Health Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
322. To ask the Minister for Health further to the response of An Taoiseach to questions on promised legislation on 30 November 2022 regarding the long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital, the...
- Health Services Staff
323. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of staff working in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, who have received their Covid recognition payment; and when the remaining eligible staff will...
- Infectious Diseases
324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the infectious diseases clinical programme; the status of the establishment of a network of infectious diseases clinics; the number...
- Pharmacy Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time pharmacists and senior pharmacists working in the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date...
- Hospital Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health if the new National Children's Hospital will have the capacity and specialist staff to carry out heart and lung transplants for children aged under 16 years....
- Hospital Appointments Status
327. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent surgery will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62941/22]
- Nursing Education
328. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on implementing the recommendations from the McHugh report on the conditions and allowances of student nurses and midwives; and...
- Healthcare Policy
332. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the long-term illness scheme covers medication associated with intellectual disability and does not cover medication and other medical...
- Health Services
333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of adult ADHD services in CHO4. [63013/22]
- Nursing Homes
334. To ask the Minister for Health the additional financial supports that will be provided for small-scale nursing home providers in view of the substantial additional costs incurred recently by...
- Disability Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health when additional health care places will be provided to an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63020/22]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were on the physiotherapy waiting list for each LHO area as of 1 December 2022, or the latest date available; the number waiting less...
- Mental Health Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each Local Health Office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment as of 1 December 2022 or the...
- Home Help Service
355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 December 2022 or the latest date available; the way that compares to target...
- Nursing Homes
356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 December 2022 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
- Medical Cards
357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2022; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
- Hospital Services
358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at the end of November 2022 for each public and voluntary hospital; and the total number to date in 2022, in tabular form....
- Emergency Departments
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during November 2022; the total number to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months for treatment for both Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street...
- Health Strategies
362. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives that will be undertaken within a health care programme in 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63050/22]
- Abortion Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health if the independent evaluation of the experiences of abortion service providers by Manchester Metropolitan University will be published by the end of the year....
- Home Care Packages
365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours for older persons being provided in each LHO area to date in 2022; the way that this compares to each LHO in 2020; and if...
- Departmental Legal Cases
366. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in 2021; the number of cases that...
- State Claims Agency
368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims ongoing by the State Claims Agency in relation to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis in relation to failings in the CervicalCheck...
- Hospital Equipment
369. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the public MRI scanner at Wexford General Hospital; the expected timeframe for delivery of the scanner; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
370. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Scoping Report on Training, Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers in Ireland undertaken by an organisation...
- Hospital Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 156 of 7 December 2022, the rationale for referencing a study (details supplied) in his previous answer regarding nurse...
- Primary Care Centres
372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the primary care centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; the current timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63074/22]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [63075/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on an acute hospital waiting list by age category, hospital, speciality and time waiting in tabular form. [63086/22]
- Health Services
385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current policy on home births; the number of midwives providing this service by county; the steps that are being taken to expand this...
- Hospital Staff
386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapist posts by hospital; the number of vacant posts; the steps that are being taken to address staff shortages; the adequacy of the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
387. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for initial referrals in respect of each urology clinic in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63096/22]
- Hospital Staff
389. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in respect of allowing flexibility for reduced hours for nurses and midwives in circumstances in which they have other caring duties at home; if...
- Medicinal Products
390. To ask the Minister for Health the drugs that are currently available and approved by the HSE for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and other similar conditions, the medication which is...
- Disability Services
391. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 8 December 2022, the details regarding a timeline for the establishment of a local community neurorehabilitation...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Expenditure
392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to persons (details supplied); the reason for the delay in this regard; and if he will make a statement on...
- Renewable Energy Generation
393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are available to farmers to install solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62855/22]
- Forestry Sector
394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62890/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a date for the announcement of the forgotten farmer's scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62906/22]
- Harbours and Piers
396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that will be available for minor pier upgrades at a location (details supplied) in the future; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1299 of 8 November 2022, the outcome of his Department's review of a number of investment...
- Agriculture Schemes
398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on allowing exceptions for rare breed farmers to the proposed suckler carbon efficiency programme due to the inherent...
- Fishing Industry
399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the producer organisations relating to the fishing sectors, including the number of members in each...
- Forestry Sector
400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who had to cease willow production will receive compensation payments under the Just Transition Programme due to the...
- Departmental Funding
402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided for forestry research to date in 2022; the estimated level of funding to be provided for such work in...
- Departmental Data
403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date in preparing data on the sequestration of carbon by hedgerows to ensure the inclusion of...
- Forestry Sector
404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if existing forestry approvals can transfer seamlessly into the new afforestation and roads schemes; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the process by which an organisation can apply for the Pobal community services programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rural Schemes
415. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when individual groups (details supplied) will receive the €2,000 grant to help with running costs; and if she will make a...
- Broadband Infrastructure
416. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of free Wi-Fi in public spaces. [62503/22]
- Community Development Projects
417. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she expects to continue to support community investment throughout County Kildare in 2023; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
419. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of funding allocated to various groups throughout the country under the schemes available through her Department in...
- Departmental Reviews
420. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which all regions throughout the country continue to be the subject matter of examination by her Department, with a view...
- Rural Recreation Policy
421. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which various recreational walk schemes throughout the country continue to be expanded by county; and if she will make a...
- Regional Development
422. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to strive for an even spread of development, job locations and digital hubs...
- Community Development Projects
423. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department continues to monitor urban and rural community activity, with a view to addressing issues arising...
- Social Isolation
424. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department expect to be able to assist those suffering from social isolation in urban or rural...
- Departmental Funding
426. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of awards made by her Department under the town and village renewal scheme throughout the country; her expectations in...
- Local Development Companies
431. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local development companies in Ireland that have a debt from any previous LEADER programme; the financial amount of those debts by...