Written answers
Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Promotion
6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm the action that her Department is taking to market and promote the island of Ireland overseas as an attractive...
- Arts Policy
9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of organisations that have adopted the safe to create programme’s code of conduct; and if she will make a...
- Sports Facilities
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has engaged in any discussions with a sporting club (details supplied) with regards to the much-needed...
- Heritage Projects
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that are in place to promote the Famine walkway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3660/23]
- Culture Policy
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the night-time economy forum which she recently attended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3709/23]
- Arts Policy
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artists in Dublin Bay north that are in receipt of the basic income for the arts scheme. [3572/23]
- Departmental Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be increased funding or new funding streams for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Swimming Pools
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the campaign to have a permanent public pool constructed in Blessington, County Wicklow...
- Arts Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department intends to undertake a mid-term review of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Broadcasting Sector
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts she has made in respect of funding for independent, regional and community radio stations; if she will outline any...
- Arts Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department intends to re-open the basic income for the arts scheme for additional applications, given that approximately...
- Sports Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available to support athletes representing Ireland at international competitions with their travel and...
- Tourist Accommodation
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the incentives, if any, in place to encourage the provision of tourist accommodation in areas where a lack of such accommodation is...
- Foras na Gaeilge
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she is taking to ensure that Foras na Gaeilge can reopen the scéim forbartha líonra Gaeilge to accept...
- Sports Funding
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that sports clubs and associations in disadvantaged areas receive adequate support and funding. [3580/23]
- Arts Policy
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline plans for the funding of the necessary and planned works for a theatre (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Culture Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the work of the night-time economy forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3543/23]
- Irish Language
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to promote the use of the Irish language outside of Gaeltacht areas; if there are funding streams available through her...
- Coláistí Samhraidh
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na tacaíochtaí atá beartaithe aici a chur ar fáil do mhná tí na Gaeltachta chun a...
- Tourism Promotion
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to promote eco-tourism in Cork south-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3556/23]
- Arts Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she intends to respond to requests made by an organisation (details supplied) for greater Government support for musicians and...
- Tourist Accommodation
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her plans to regulate short-term letting providers; the reason for the delay for the implementation of same;...
- Departmental Reports
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the ‘Speak Up: A Call for Change’ report which was commissioned by an organisation (details supplied);...
- Culture Policy
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her future plans for the expansion of the Imbloc/Bridget of Faughart festival in the coming years; if specific funding for the...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén teagmháil a bhí aici le Údaras na Gaeltachta faoi Choláiste Íosagáin, Baile Mhuirne; an...
- Industrial Relations
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to concerns being raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé acu de na forálacha nach bhfuil i bhfeidhm fós d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 a...
- Sports Organisations
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with the GAA regarding the cost to the viewer of streaming club matches. [3615/23]
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas atá sé i gceist aici tacú le gealltanas fostaíochta fiche faoin gcéad laistigh d’Acht na...
- Tourism Schemes
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position in relation to the development of a Wild Atlantic Walkway, as included in the Programme for Government; and...
- Sport and Recreational Development
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details on the way the Government is encouraging national sporting bodies/organisations to actively promote integration,...
- Commissioners of Irish Lights
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has considered creating a funding line for lighthouses in order to enhance their tourism and accommodation value;...
- Sports Events
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the preparatory work her Department and its agencies are engaged with in promoting the women’s Irish...
- Gaeltacht Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon taighde déanta go fóill ar an tionchar sochtheangeolaíoch agus geilleagrach a bheidh ag teifigh...
- Sports Events
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the joint Ireland and UK bid to host the UEFA EURO 2028 competition. [3558/23]
- Arts Policy
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a report on the pilot basic income for artists scheme; if she intends to implement it for all artists; and if...
- Film Industry
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures her Department has committed to in 2023 to increase film production in Ireland; if she will support future investment...
- Sport and Recreational Development
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to be in a position to continue to assist the sporting sector given the increased importance of...
- An Coimisinéir Teanga
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad sonraí agus stádas an fheachtais earcaíochta maidir le Coimisinéir Teanga nua a cheapadh; agus an...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge a thabhairt ar ais, nó Scéim nua um Labhairt na Gaeilge a...
- Tourism Industry
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her Department have considered the Joint Oireachtas Committee report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in...
- Gaeltacht Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new Gaeltachts since 2000; and the location of same. [3614/23]
- Tourism Schemes
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position in relation to The Gathering initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3665/23]
- Tourism Promotion
71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the plans there are in 2023 for the employment of a fulltime tourist officer in Dundalk, County Louth; and if...
- An Teanga Gaeilge
72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na bearta a dhéanfar chun rochtain níos fearr a chinntiú do phobail faoi mhíbhuntáiste agus do...
- Straitéisí Ranna
74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta faoina mbeidh an Straitéis Náisiúnta d'Ealaíona Teangabhunaithe na Gaeilge foilsithe agus...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Phairliminte 56942/22, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an tríú gné den obair...
- Tourism Promotion
77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is considering to promote domestic holidaying within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Heritage Sites
78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views with the condition of the Loughcrew cairns. [3537/23]
- Sport and Recreational Development
80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop high performance women’s sports in the near and long-term; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to change the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability so as to take sensory disabilities...
- Planning Issues
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 1 December 2022, the status of the development of the promised section 28...
- Housing Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rural one-off houses completed in each local authority area in 2022; the percentage of overall completions that...
- Mayoral Election
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the legislation for a directly elected mayor with executive functions in Limerick; the date for the publication...
- Rental Sector
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has for further reform in the rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3714/23]
- Water Services
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delays in the publication of measures considered by the rural water working group for inclusion in the...
- Housing Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the capital advance leasing facility scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Wastewater Treatment
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist communities in improving wastewater infrastructure. [3404/23]
- Official Engagements
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his trip to COP15; the pledges and commitments that were made on behalf of the Government at that...
- Urban Development
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next call for applications under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund will be made given the need for public...
- Housing Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the provision of affordable housing in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Schemes
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail, the expected increase in social housing applicants as a result of the recent changes to the income...
- Housing Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his plans to accelerate the servicing of housing land in order that councils can include plans for social...
- Electoral Process
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that the Government plans to encourage 16-to-18-year-olds to pre-register for the electoral register; and if he will...
- Housing Policy
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the owner occupier guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3710/23]
- Departmental Bodies
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of a report from the Commission on Housing; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on any work that is happening in his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service in relation to...
- Rental Sector
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the large delays experienced by renters who try to contact the Residential Tenancies Board to retrieve their...
- Housing Schemes
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Croí Cónaithe (cities) project has a limit on the total value of subsidy it will provide to successful...
- Housing Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable purchase and cost rental housing; if the targets set out in 2022...
- Housing Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a report on the operation of the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3517/23]
- Housing Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that house building in 2023 does not decrease. [3536/23]
- Planning Issues
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new draft rural planning guidelines; when it is expected that the public consultation will commence; the...
- Housing Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes delivered by each of the Cork local authorities; the number of homes being advanced through the...
- Urban Development
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Government’s plan for the future of Moore Street. [3535/23]
- Rental Sector
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is planning to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2023; what other measures will he put in place...
- Construction Industry
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the way the construction sector can increase the use of timber framed dwellings; and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Schemes
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any changes are likely to be made in relation to the price ceiling under the first home scheme; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes that were built in County Cork in the years 2021 and 2022. [3403/23]
- Defective Building Materials
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to ensure buildings built now and in the future are not defective; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rental Sector
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to review the legislation outlined in Section 34 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 as regards sale of...
- Housing Policy
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way he will ensure that all the people now eligible for social housing due to change in income limits will be put back on...
- Housing Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the projected total budget allocation available to the Croí Cónaithe (cities) project in 2023,...
- Housing Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people waiting on local authority housing list per local authority; the average waiting time per list; the use...
- Urban Development
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the regeneration of St. Andrews flat complex in the south inner city; and if he will make a...
- Heritage Sites
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the level of engagement his Department has had with Clare County Council to manage additional heritage...
- Rental Sector
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give consideration to increasing the rate of HAP in line with market rents; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Bodies
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on proposed changes to the operation of An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding given to local authorities to remedy mould and damp in 2022. [3600/23]
- Vacant Properties
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the recently announced Croí Cónaithe scheme for the refurbishing of derelict properties, why, if a...
- Urban Development
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the regeneration of Pearse House flat complex in the south inner city; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the targets for 2023 for the construction of public housing on land owned by Louth County Council; the 2023...
- State Bodies
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to provide additional funding to An Bord Pleanála to assist in alleviating the backlog in their caseload...
- Housing Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which extra methods and means can be employed to provide extra housing in sufficient volume to meet requirements...
- Wastewater Treatment
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action his Department intends taking in respect of approximately 500 standalone sewage treatment plants, which were...
- Rental Sector
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recently published Eurostat data showing that rents in Ireland rents are rising at one of the fastest rates...
- Emergency Accommodation
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent record levels of people accessing emergency accommodation; the action he is taking to address this;...
- Departmental Policies
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop a mechanism for evaluating embodied carbon in our existing building stock; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full updated brief on the Narrow Water Bridge project, including expected commencement dates, expected...
- Housing Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes available in County Mayo for the delivery of affordable housing; the affordable housing targets for 2023, and...
- Planning Issues
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the principal changes to apartment design standards set out in the Guidelines for Planning Authorities...
- Departmental Schemes
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the cap on the housing aid for older persons grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/23]
- Housing Policy
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can identify through the various local authorities suitably developed sites on which builders can be...
- Defective Building Materials
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce urgent amendments to the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act...
- Rental Sector
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that a mechanism is put in place for councils/AHBs to buy homes where there is a notice to quit and the...
- Wastewater Treatment
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress he has made to date on progressing the pilot scheme for unsewered villages; the up-to-date position on progress...
- Housing Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide affordable purchase and cost rental housing in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on...
- Traveller Accommodation
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the 32 recommendations from the Expert Group Report on Traveller...
- Departmental Schemes
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's allocation to local authorities in 2023 for schemes (details supplied), including when the local authorities...
- Planning Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the introduction of proposed planning reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/23]
- Housing Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg SDZ, St. Michael's Estate, O‘Devaney...
- Planning Issues
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the new regulations that will require a changing places toilet to be included in certain buildings as...
- Departmental Data
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing budget allocated per local authority; the housing budget not spent by local authorities in each of the years 2017...
- Planning Issues
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the planning regime designed to make it easier to develop renewable energy; and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Infrastructure
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the transposition into Irish law of Article 8 of the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive and the...
- Electricity Supply Board
176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the ongoing ESB utilities delays for new builds; when these delays are expected to be addressed; and if...
- Broadband Infrastructure
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for when a universal service obligation scheme will be introduced in respect of the provision of high...
- Sustainable Energy Communities
179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider establishing a pilot project to test the approach of having sustainability coaches in local...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Ukraine War
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the challenges Ukrainian refugees are experiencing in accessing car insurance due to the...
- Public Transport
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if community transport providers are permitted to charge active retirement groups for their services; and if he will make a statement on...
- Electric Vehicles
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage of legislation to regulate the use of electric bikes; if such legislation will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints for assault, anti-social behaviour, sexual misconduct and drug use on the Luas from 2018 to 2022; the number of...
- Taxi Regulations
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what consultation process his Department had with the National Transport Authority prior to the press release of the rural hackney pilot...
- Road Safety
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports of significant travel safety issues related to deer population in the vicinity of Colligan,...
- Departmental Funding
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will contribute funding along with the Department of Rural and Community Development for local improvement schemes, the...
- Road Projects
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest timeline from TII on the delayed upgrade on the N22 between Killarney and Farranfore, given the route selection was to take...
- Electric Vehicles
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the regulations around e-scooters will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3852/23]
- National Car Test
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the enabling legislation that set up the National Car Testing Service allows for a rebate on the cost of a test. [3861/23]
- Airport Policy
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if charges at airports are subject to oversight or approval to prevent overcharging by near monopoly operators. [3872/23]
- National Car Test
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reform the national car test; his plans to move away from a first date on which a vehicle is registered in the context of...
- Air Services
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has concluded his consideration of the air connectivity review, which is a commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement,...
- Road Projects
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided for the widening of the R154 and R159 Kilnaleck to Killeshandra regional road in the interests of...
- Department of Finance
- Energy Prices
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if community clubs and halls are eligible to apply for the temporary business energy support scheme; if he plans to provide specific supports for such...
- Departmental Policies
199. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) on wealth in Ireland; the steps he is taking to address the unequal...
- Rental Sector
200. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter regarding the renter's tax credit (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3850/23]
- Tax Reliefs
201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider revisiting the policy change on benefit-in-kind rates on company vehicles as there is widespread concern that this change will have a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why the pension for a person (details supplied) has not been transferred; when this will be done considering that he finished with the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is anticipated to assist the sporting sector by way of grants or other means, given the need to assist in...
- Departmental Priorities
205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor developments in the media, with particular reference to the need to...
- Arts Policy
210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to continue to support the arts in the current year at local level by way of a...
- Culture Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects Irish culture to continue to be promoted for economic as well as cultural reasons in the course of...
- Arts Policy
212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to support the arts at local level by way of support for festivals and events...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the implementation of the wind energy planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wastewater Treatment
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider under force majeure the request for an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied) who applied for a...
- Fire Service
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role that his Department has in ensuring that funding is in place to meet the pay demands of the members of an...
- Housing Policy
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the National Development Plan commitments on social housing are currently being fulfilled by Housing for...
- Defective Building Materials
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend his proposals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3761/23]
- Departmental Reports
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the research by or on behalf of his Department into premature deaths of persons experiencing...
- Fire Service
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person who ultimately made the decision to exclude certain members of all ranks of Dublin Fire Brigade from the pandemic...
- Housing Schemes
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proof that is required under the Croí Cónaithe towns fund to show that a property is the applicant's principle...
- Departmental Data
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of Part V social housing units by local authority for 2020, 2021 and 2022. [3832/23]
- Constituency Commission
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Dáil Éireann constituency review following the most recent census; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Bodies
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities can expect guidelines from the working group on live streaming council meetings; and if he will make a...
- Vacant Properties
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the funding of €2.72 million to bring 74 vacant local authority houses back into use will be provided by his...
- Legislative Measures
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what sections of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 have yet to be commenced; if there is a timeline for the commencement of these...
- Building Regulations
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the proposed amendments to building regulations regarding fire safety and proposals in relation...
- Housing Policy
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which housing policy can and is being modified to deliver the end product at an accelerated pace; and if he will...
- Housing Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants on the various housing lists held by the various local authorities nationwide as of 1 January 2023;...
- Planning Issues
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps, if any, he has taken to improve the planning process in terms of more rapid determination of applications and...
- Housing Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding provided to Kildare County Council by way of direct grant to fund the building of new houses for suitably...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for a passport card for a person (details supplied) will be accepted in view of the circumstances in this case; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) can be given an urgent appointment to undergo an assessment for dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Policies
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that young persons, especially in schools and colleges, are not exposed to indirect advertising by drinks...
- School Accommodation
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a brief formulation report in respect of a school project in Maynooth; and the reason for the delay in issuing same (details...
- Healthcare Policy
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the Programme for Government 2020 commitment, the status of the roll-out of free, adequate, safe and suitable period products in all...
- Special Educational Needs
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3766/23]
- Schools Building Projects
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); when this school will be constructed given the recent population...
- Question Heading for question(s) 253
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3792/23]
- School Staff
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that post-primary teachers have no secure way to switch jobs; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Admissions
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) can be accommodated in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3806/23]
- School Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 18 January 2023, the counties in which the pilot scheme was deployed; and the dates that each scheme...
- School Transport
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the reasons a place on the school bus has not been approved in the case of a student (details supplied); if this route...
- Schools Refurbishment
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the situation regarding the minor works grants for schools for the 2023-2024 school year; when schools can expect payment for...
- Schools Building Projects
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school building project (details supplied); if the project will be expedited and the necessary funding provided; and if...
- Education Policy
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of comments made by An Uachtaráin if she will review his Department's guidance on students receiving homework; if she plans to issue...
- Special Educational Needs
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education submitted its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools in...
- Schools Building Projects
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a brief formulation report in respect of a school (details supplied) will issue and be shared with KWETB, given the project cannot move...
- School Transport
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport tickets will be facilitated in the case of the two sons of a person (details supplied); if their case will be considered as a...
- Special Educational Needs
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 19 January 2023, if the information requested in the original question will be provided; if not, if...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the accuracy of a statement made at a recent committee meeting regarding community employment scheme supervisors will be...
- Social Welfare Payments
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to the method of payment for a jobseeker's benefit recipient (details supplied) and the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any financial assistance that a child (details supplied) can be given to allow them to avail of a private...
- Social Welfare Payments
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an emergency payment/supplementary welfare allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who is...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Birth Certificates
271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if extra resources, particularly personnel, are now in place to deal with the significant backlog of...
- Emergency Accommodation
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently review the situation regarding accommodation for families (details supplied) to ensure that...
- Ukraine War
273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when accommodation providers for Ukrainian refugees across the country, who are experiencing delays with...
- Departmental Inquiries
274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of the work of a person (details supplied) in respect of historical...
- International Protection
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person and their children (details supplied) currently being provided with temporary accommodation via the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a location (details supplied) of an apprenticeship can be changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3777/23]
- Further and Higher Education
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a student grant application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3881/23]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Road Safety
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 18 January 2023, the number of fixed charge notices issued in respect of persons...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women's refuges in Ireland; the locations of these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/23]
- Visa Applications
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances in which a person (details supplied) can apply for a visa to enter the country; and if he will make...
- Peace Commissioners
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail what is considered a serious offence that would prevent the appointment of a Peace Commissioner; the process by which...
- An Garda Síochána
283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps An Garda Síochána is taking to address the issue of bike theft in Dublin as highlighted by a recent...
- Visa Applications
284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3815/23]
- Departmental Schemes
285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for a scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- An Garda Síochána
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents in which a person was arrested by a member of An Garda Síochána who had apprehended the...
- Residency Permits
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Visa Applications
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the refusal of visa applications in the case of persons (details supplied); the process to be followed to appeal...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3763/23]
- Question Heading for question(s) 290
290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3764/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
291. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3765/23]
- Care Services
292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of full-time residential care for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3773/23]
- Hospital Procedures
293. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of overall patients currently waiting longer than the recommended timeframe for cancer surgery (details supplied) in tabular form;...
- Hospital Facilities
304. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a proposed 60-bed unit planned for St. Patrick’s Hospital Cashel; the reasons for its delay; if he will provide an update...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
305. To ask the Minister for Health if he and officials from his Department will meet with representatives from the Mater long-Covid clinic (details supplied) and will he make a statement in...
- Medical Cards
306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason different rates of funding are being paid in respect of wigs and hair pieces to medical card holders residing in different areas in the country; if...
- Hospital Services
307. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the length of time women are waiting for biopsy results that are sent to a laboratory in Waterford, and that it is a serious...
- Health Services Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3807/23]
- Hospital Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project for paramedics to treat patients in Mallow General Hospital; the number participating in the project to date; and the funding...
- Departmental Correspondence
310. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive services. [3809/23]
- Departmental Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to assist persons to receive necessary medical treatment that is not available in Ireland or in the United States; if so, the person in...
- Care Services
312. To ask the Minister for Health what options are open to ensure the allocation of a social worker for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3826/23]
- Hospital Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a private patient (details supplied) has not received the results of a test which was performed on 5 October 2022 and has been told they will not...
- Mental Health Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the length of time persons are...
- Hospital Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health when the provision of bone density scans was first suspended in Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; the reason they were suspended; if any patients...
- Mental Health Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the mental health crisis de-escalation team in Limerick; the number of positions that are filled; the number of positions that...
- Health Service Executive
317. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria one must meet in order to qualify for free orthodontic treatment from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3892/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Section 39 agencies that have not submitted the necessary paperwork which would ensure payment of €1,000 pandemic bonus to frontline...
- Health Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a change in the ownership or operation of an out-of-hours service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3896/23]
- Medical Cards
321. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card renewal can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3919/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Policies
323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what are the standard regulations relating to quarantine for pets brought into Ireland; the basis on which they were returned to...
- Fishing Industry
324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently meet with representatives of the Irish fishing industry to discuss their serious concerns about the Brexit...
- Forestry Sector
325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 7,343 hectares referred to by his Department as ready for planting is based on a 100% conversion rate, with the assumption...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Energy Prices
333. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available for community halls and clubs from her Department, especially in relation to energy costs and the...
- Men's Sheds
334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what assistance is available to an organisation (details supplied) with set-up costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
