Written answers
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Citizens' Assembly
16. To ask the Taoiseach the proposed running order of citizens' assemblies. [60892/22]
- Departmental Bodies
38. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [3344/23]
- World Economic Forum
39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum; if he will provide a list all those who attended; the role of each; the full cost to the taxpayer for the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Funding
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding that was allocated to the credit guarantee scheme by his Department in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
- Departmental Data
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs over the past five years per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Local Authorities
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the granting of controlled burning permits by local authorities; if his attention has...
- Environmental Schemes
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the invalidity pension is a qualifying payment for the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Environmental Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his efforts to provide for packaging-free zones in supermarkets; and if he will make a...
- Renewable Energy Generation
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered the French government's steps to introduce solar panels on all car parks in France; and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will survey the use and demand on the current 13.35 Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort train service; if there are any current...
- Airport Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is funding the DAA to purchase land (details supplied); if he is concerned that this will create a monopoly in terms of...
- Taxi Licences
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated timeline for the assessment of stage 1 applications and for applicants to be invited to move to stage 2 of the process...
- Driver Test
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby driving test candidates have been refused tests due to NCT expirations on their vehicle,...
- Bus Services
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average installation cost of a sheltered bus stop. [3619/23]
- Department of Finance
- Inflation Rate
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the considerations that his Department is giving with regard to further anti-inflationary measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56476/22]
- Tax Data
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the expected overpayment of income tax by PAYE workers in each of the years 2019 to 2022; the steps that the Revenue...
- Tax Collection
80. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding a tax payment (details supplied). [3450/23]
- Disability Services
81. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal will be set up and operating again given that it has not been operating since late 2021; the way is it...
- Legislative Measures
83. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, and the timelines involved, to publish legislation securing access to cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3742/23]
- Financial Services
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessments that have been undertaken and will be undertaken with regards to the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears, including the suite of alternative...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a prison officer can apply for a transfer to another Department within the civil service; and if so, the mechanisms that are in place...
- Ethics in Public Office
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform and or upgrade enforcement sanctions and actions that SIPO may take in respect of non-disclosure and or...
- Housing Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the first tranche of rapid-delivery homes will be delivered; the total estimated cost per rapid delivery home,...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) can expect to have salary increments owed to them paid; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tourist Accommodation
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details of the Fáilte Ireland registration process for short-term lets will be available; and if she will make a...
- Sports Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she intends to provide additional financial assistance to an organisation (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Tourist Accommodation
92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that there will be sufficient holiday accommodation available to meet the demand of holiday visitors to Ireland...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an gcostas a bheadh i gceist chun Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge a...
- Pleanáil Teanga
94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Phairliminte 569322/22, an ndearbhóidh sí go bhfuil oifigeach pleanála teanga ceaptha i mBearna agus...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the details of the scheme to rectify defective apartments will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on unsold affordable homes; the number of homes currently occupied by social housing tenants; and...
- Departmental Bodies
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of the unencumbered mortgage departmental working group; the number of times this...
- Tourist Accommodation
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if short-term lets that can prove they have been operating as holiday lets for seven years or more will receive short-term...
- Defective Building Materials
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons who paid for remediation works in respect of pyrite damage can access the fund established for retrospective...
- Wastewater Treatment
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what supports will be put in place to assist Irish Water and local authorities to develop up-to-date sewage treatment...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 594 and 595 of 18 January 2023, if he views the staff complement of the embassy of Saudi Arabia in...
- Foreign Policy
105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will proscribe an organisation (details supplied) in Iran; if European Union foreign ministers have examined the case for proscribing...
- British-Irish Co-operation
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the recent British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3460/23]
- Foreign Birth Registration (1 comment)
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update with regard to efforts to develop primary radar within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the progress made in respect of the proposed building programme at a school (details supplied); if her attention has been...
- School Staff
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 18 January 2023, in respect of the concerns and requests by an organisation (details supplied), if...
- School Transport
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school bus transport for siblings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3502/23]
- Mental Health Services
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service in each of the years 2018 to 2022; the number of NEPS...
- School Accommodation
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided in relation to the proposed amalgamation of three secondary schools into one complex (details supplied); and if...
- School Staff
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved their SNA post, in view of the fact that it meets the criteria for same; and if...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Company Closures
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that all available supports are made available to the employees of a company (details supplied) affected...
- Social Welfare Payments
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that data is not available for the average wait times for additional needs' payments; and her views on whether...
- Community Employment Schemes
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions No. 681 of 8 November 2022, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this issue is...
- Pension Provisions
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Community Employment Schemes
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request that the Secretary General of her Department considers correcting the public record (details supplied);...
- Rental Sector
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that a rent allowance issue will be resolved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the situation regarding entitlement to a reduced rate of the State Pension (Contributory); the number of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the living alone allowance. [3681/23]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is intended to secure approval to extend the abhaile scheme indefinitely, given the rising need for this service; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those in receipt of disability allowance are permitted up to €50,000...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Vacant Sites
128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any future plans for a site (details supplied) in Dublin; and if so, if he will outline these...
- International Protection
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in International Protection Accommodation Services by grade and division, in tabular form;...
- Ukraine War
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a homeowner (details supplied) who has made their property available to accommodate Ukrainian...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of registered preschool providers in the country; the number of these that provide the EECE programme...
- Emergency Accommodation
138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all community facilities, hotels and similar accommodation that have been used for...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Fees
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided in relation to a matter (details supplied) regarding student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a refusal of a visa will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); when a visa is likely to issue;...
- Citizenship Applications
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Appointments
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place for the appointment of a State solicitor to west Cork to replace a person (details supplied) who...
- Residency Permits
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3513/23]
- Visa Applications
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if visa applications by persons (details supplied) will be processed. [3547/23]
- Human Trafficking
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of referrals added to the national referral mechanism in this jurisdiction in the context of human trafficking in...
- Department of Health
- Primary Medical Certificates
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application by a person (details supplied) for a primary medical certificate; and when they can expect a decision on their...
- Medicinal Products
155. To ask the Minister for Health when a drug (details supplied) will be available again, in view of the fact that this is having a very negative effect on persons who were prescribed the drug...
- Health Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that a child (details supplied) will begin their specialist orthodontic treatment given that they were first assessed on 8 June 2018; and...
- Health Services Staff
158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing Covid-19 recognition payments; when he expects outstanding payments to be made to frontline workers in private nursing...
- Community Care
159. To ask the Minister for Health if and when funding will be made available to fund CHO5 for a community neuro-rehabilitation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/23]
- Hospital Facilities
160. To ask the Minister for Health the details of former nursing accommodation blocks in each public hospital in the country; and the current use and state of repair of each in tabular form....
- Disabilities Assessments
161. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of assessment of needs' applications that were received in 2022; the amount per CHO; the number that are incomplete; and the number that have...
- Health Services Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new clinical leadership posts that have been created under the national oral health policy; the number that have been filled to date; the number...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting dermatology in CHO1 by county and hospital in tabular form; the new services or technologies that have been deployed...
- Primary Care Centres
164. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO5 that provide walk-in dentistry services and the locations of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health the specific training that is available to general practitioners for the identification and treatment of Lyme disease; the awareness campaigns that will be in...
- Hospital Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant ophthalmologists at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2020 to 2022, and to date in 2023; the...
- Disability Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the capital build programme to deliver a new disability centre in Waterford in conjunction with a charity (details supplied); the timeline for...
- Hospital Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all services being offered at St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick on Suir; the operating hours of each; the number of staff...
- Medicinal Products
169. To ask the Minister for Health if Saxenda will be approved for persons covered by a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3464/23]
- Hospital Facilities
170. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking 20 weeks for testing of routine samples at University Hospital Waterford; the efforts that are being made to reduce this time given the...
- Infectious Diseases
171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died from Covid and the flu, respectively in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3466/23]
- Medicinal Products
173. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have the medication saxenda liraglutide made available under their medical card, given their medical treatment for cancer;...
- Health Services Staff
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider sponsoring medical, nursing and paramedical students on condition of providing two years contracted employment with the public health...
- Disability Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the motorised transport grant for new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3515/23]
- Dental Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health if a dentist who is registered in both Ireland and the United Kingdom is obliged to notify the Dental Council if they are struck off in the UK; if they are...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
177. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has still not been paid the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the acreage for land use and square meterage for building use that will be required for the planned elective hospitals in Cork...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the overall national radiology waiting lists by hospital and scan type (details supplied) by quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2022,...
- Departmental Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of electronic referrals to lung rapid access clinics by month in each of the years 2019 to in 2023, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [3602/23]
- Health Service Executive
188. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2023 HSE Services Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3608/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issuing of the pandemic bonus payment to two healthcare workers (details supplied). [3632/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
190. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) will receive the part needed for their wheelchair in the allotted delay period of 11 weeks indicated in a representation made on...
- Medicinal Products
191. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3638/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
192. To ask the Minister for Health the action 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 Service Executive
193. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 5 April 2022, the reason a buy-and-leaseback arrangement is preferred rather than the HSE retaining full ownership...
- Departmental Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of persons diagnosed with all cancers (details supplied) from 2012 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3685/23]
- Health Services Staff
204. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 6 December 2022, the geographical spread of all GP leads onboarded and in advanced stage of recruitment in CHO3,...
- Departmental Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in this Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [3735/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Farm Inspections
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding farm inspections in bad weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forestry Sector
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if clarification will be provided on the proposed sale of lands by Coillte (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Bodies
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara; and the location in which they are employed. [3503/23]
- Horticulture Sector
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is planning to support growing exports deriving from the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Industrial Relations
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a matter in relation to pay issues at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding schemes in her Department which have funded communities in urban areas; and the monetary value of that funding in 2019,...
