Written answers

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he will implement the Programme for Government commitment to respond to the annexation of occupied Palestine by Israel. [4381/23]
    • Northern Ireland
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with an organisation (details supplied) in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider opening a full-time resident Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4402/23]
    • Passport Services
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the turnaround processing times given on his Department’s passport website; and if he will make a statement on...
    • British-Irish Co-operation
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the recent British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61853/22]
    • Passport Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Tipperary that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4398/23]
    • Ukraine War
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of the Russian Federation abducting Ukrainian children from their families and removing them to Russia was discussed at the...
    • Middle East
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; if he has had any contact with his government regarding Palestine, the...
    • Human Rights
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action being taken in relation to the ongoing detention of a person (details supplied) in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Relations
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Irish-Canadian relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4411/23]
    • Foreign Policy
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing situation in Haiti; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4412/23]
    • Official Engagements
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with the Russian Ambassador to Ireland since assuming his new position; if so, if he will provide details of any such...
    • Middle East
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions Ireland and the European Union are taking in relation to recent political events in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disaster Response
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the Government’s response to the ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa; and if he will make a statement...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by his Department to respond to the violence and aggression by Azerbaijan towards Armenia, including the invasion of...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his Department’s emigrant support programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4399/23]
    • European Union
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ukraine's integration in the EU. [4457/23]
    • Trade Promotion
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role his Department plays in advancing Ireland’s trading interests; how it utilises the diaspora in relation to this aim; and if...
    • Ukraine War
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of aid that Ireland has provided to the Ukrainian Government; his plans to support the Ukrainian economy given the ongoing...
    • Passport Services
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to review and improve the current system for applying for new passports and renewals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Union
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the EU’s enlargement projects. [4458/23]
    • Ukraine War
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an inventory of non-lethal supports that have been provided by Ireland to Ukraine, within a foreign policy context; and...
    • Diaspora Issues
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Diaspora Strategy, 2020-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4393/23]
    • Religious Persecution
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department is taking to combat global Christian persecution. [4434/23]
    • Ukraine War
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he intends to make to try and prevent further escalation of the war in Ukraine in his new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the Government’s response to the newly announced EU civilian mission to Armenia; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current state of negotiation between the EU and the UK on finding an agreed settlement on the Northern Ireland protocol;...
    • Official Travel
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his appearance at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tirana. [62026/22]
    • Passport Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Westmeath that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action being taken in relation to the ongoing detention of opposition activists in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the engagements he has had at EU or UN level regarding a Palestinian driver who was reportedly pepper sprayed and shot by the...
    • United Nations
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland’s major achievements as a member of the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ukraine War
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland can do more to assist Ukraine to defend itself militarily against the brutal aggression of the Russian invading army and Russian...
    • Passport Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken to ensure that the delays experienced in processing of passports in 2022 will not be repeated in 2023, with...
    • Ukraine War
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how Ireland is pursuing accountability for violations of international law and war crimes committed in Ukraine; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Carlow that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4233/23]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Seanad Reform
      142. To ask the Taoiseach if he will bring forward proposals to reform Seanad Éireann. [3980/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      143. To ask the Taoiseach the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; and the annual salary they are being paid. [4132/23]
    • Official Travel
      144. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his Department (details supplied)...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • International Bodies
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid to the European Space Agency in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual...
    • Trade Promotion
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Australian companies that IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up in the State in the years 2021, 2022...
    • Departmental Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of...
    • Departmental Policies
      169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to expand the semiconductor and microelectronics sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/23]
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of occasions on which the Health and Safety Authority has prosecuted or sought prosecution of an employer for workplace...
    • Job Creation
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the jobs announcements made by Ministers in his Department in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the companies involved; the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Pension Provisions
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if pensioners (details supplied) will receive a pension increase as promised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress being made in achieving the target to deep retrofit 500,000 houses by 2030; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an annual support of €75 will be introduced for persons with lifelong, long-term medical incontinence to...
    • Departmental Staff
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December...
    • Official Travel
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies...
    • Energy Policy
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the hydrogen strategy will be published; the objectives it is likely to contain; and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Conservation
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in Dublin south central that have applied for the fully-funded energy upgrade in the past two...
    • Departmental Schemes
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the UK fuel allowance will be considered as an eligible payment for the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises in County Mayo connected to high-speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan by the end of...
    • Energy Policy
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to publish a national hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4544/23]
    • Departmental Priorities
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he intends to launch a public consultation on the use of private wires; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish and approve the updated guidelines for the 2023 better energy communities' scheme. [4606/23]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out a comparison between the benefits in relation to the €100 million EV charging plan announced...
    • Bus Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide interim funding for the provision of a bus service to enable young people in Beara, County Cork, to access day...
    • Electric Vehicles
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made in achieving the target for one million electric vehicles by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Heritage Sites
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on negotiations between Government and Clare County Council on the transfer of the Clare Shannon Heritage...
    • Bus Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the next phase of the BusConnects project; the status of the replacement of the number 9, 11 and 83 bus...
    • Road Projects
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the Government’s commitment to help progress the proposed upgrade of the A5 road in Northern Ireland; and if he...
    • National Car Test
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed new NCT centre for Shannon, County Clare, will be operational; if he will provide details of its location; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual...
    • Road Network
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the repair works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4155/23]
    • Driver Test
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times for D category vehicle driving tests at all driving test centres in County Kildare in tabular form. [4197/23]
    • State Bodies
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann generated through sales of refurbishments sold on intercity rail trains in 2019; and the amount...
    • Rail Network
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers on a route (details supplied). [4225/23]
    • Official Travel
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Public Transport
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to including proposals for the extension of the DART to Wicklow town in the current project remit for the...
    • National Car Test
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify whether the contract to provide NCT services was put to tender in 2020, or if it was rolled over as part of continuity...
    • Air Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a resolution will be made in respect of a refund for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4315/23]
    • Departmental Reviews
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to publish the strategic rail review. [4348/23]
    • Airport Policy
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department's attention has been drawn to a location at Shannon Airport (details supplied); and if the location meets the ICAO and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all electric and hybrid vehicles in operation in Ireland are required to be fitted with acoustic vehicle alerting systems; if so, the...
    • Official Engagements
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet with a number of organisations (details supplied) to discuss their concerns regarding the Road Traffic and Roads Bill...
    • Bus Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the costs involved for those commuting daily from County Leitrim on the Bus Éireann service from...
    • Road Projects
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average time for a project to go from gate zero to gate six construction; and the timelines involved in previous projects in the past...
    • Bus Services
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports that the 102 bus from Malahide to Sutton has frequently not turned up, leaving passengers...
    • Rail Network
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Government’s commitment to delivering the MetroLink project; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Customs and Excise
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the personal duty-free alcohol and tobacco product limits between the Ireland and UK duty-free zone; how these limits are enforced by the appropriate...
    • Rental Sector
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the rapid exit of very small landlords from the housing market, who typically have rent added to personal income to be taxed at the top...
    • Customs and Excise
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is giving consideration to extending the cut to excise duty on petrol and diesel beyond the end of February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Exchequer Payments
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure there is no repeat of the unauthorised release of funds from the central fund of the Exchequer which took place on 28 October 2022 [3981/23]
    • Departmental Meetings
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials within his Department have met with representatives of the tobacco industry, contrary to Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco...
    • Business Supports
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in relation to the temporary business energy support scheme (details supplied) and the application of same to the charity sector;...
    • Tax Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the total receipts from the 2% betting tax for 2019, 2020 and 2021; the breakdown between retail, online and phone betting amounts, respectively; and if he...
    • Business Supports
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid-19 loan scheme is being replaced by another similar type of loan, rather than a sudden wind-up of the scheme, given that the scheme has now...
    • Customs and Excise
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that are in place to ensure that materials from United Kingdom passing through Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland are captured for...
    • Tax Code
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a VAT-related matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4042/23]
    • Vehicle Registration
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce personalised number plates for cars, given that this is common in other European Union member states and in the United Kingdom (details...
    • Tax Code
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the situation whereby a young worker, already struggling with exorbitant rent, the high cost of fuel, and a cost-of-living...
    • Departmental Schemes
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review is currently being undertaken of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme; if so, the status of that review; and if...
    • Tax Code
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider keeping the VAT rate at 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3879/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they are being...
    • State Bodies
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of appeal; if they are operational; the current processing time; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria that one must meet to qualify for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4165/23]
    • Tax Code
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield by introducing an additional 5% income tax surcharge on the portion of individuals' income above €175,000. [4206/23]
    • Official Travel
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his Department (details...
    • Departmental Schemes
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a person (details supplied) to get extra financial support for a car. [4270/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will identify the amendments that were made on the foot of a statement (details supplied); the date of these amendments; the relevant legislation that...
    • Customs and Excise
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance if the diesel rebate scheme will continue for the duration of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/23]
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that lost tax clearance certs in the past 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, juxtaposed to the number in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance if the duty payable in the context of Stamp Duty Consolidation Act 1999, must be calculated according to the total market value of the debts or...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4625/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the number that qualified for the special assignee relief programme in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, disaggregated by FDI industry sector, in tabular form;...
    • European Union
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention been drawn to an article in the media (details supplied) reporting that planes had been purchased by the Russian state airline Aeroflot; if...
    • Insurance Industry
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to cases of car insurance quotes increasing significantly from previous years, despite no significant change in the...
    • Departmental Policies
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance if, his Department will consider conducting a comprehensive spill over analysis of the possible effects of Ireland’s current tax system on developing...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Recycling Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the roll-out of the deposit return scheme; the number of retailers who have signed up to the scheme; if he will provide an...
    • Office of Public Works
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers for each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month in 2022, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary...
    • Office of Public Works
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time qualified tree surgeons employed by the OPW as of 24 January 2023. [4196/23]
    • Official Travel
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of...
    • Public Parks
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in respect of the bandstand in Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; the estimated reopening of same; and a schedule...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all procurement competitions in which companies owned by a person (details supplied) won contracts since...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4626/23]
    • Office of Public Works
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the goods and services procured by the Office of Public Works in each of the years 2014 to 2022, inclusive, from companies (details...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Staff
      295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of advisers who have taken up employment in her Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the National Concert Hall. [4191/23]
    • Sports Organisations
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last spoke formally to the president and-or director general of the GAA. [4192/23]
    • Culture Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will open bilateral discussions with her British counterpart regarding Irish artefacts held in British institutions and...
    • Official Travel
      299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide data associated with her Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the...
    • Departmental Funding
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for an organisation (details supplied) to travel to a competition. [4271/23]
    • Sports Funding
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on grants for 2023 (details supplied). [4358/23]
    • Sports Organisations
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) for 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update with regards to the tourism business continuity scheme for 2021 and 2022, in tabular form, detailing...
    • Departmental Strategies
      308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected timeline to finalise the national swimming strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4701/23]
    • Tourist Accommodation
      309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4779/23]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 23 June 2022, the status of the work of the Galway social housing task force; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the review actions outlined in the 2021 Review of the Mortgage to Rent Scheme for...
    • Housing Policy
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Cost of Construction Study, including its terms of reference, its scope, the person who is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update with regard to the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to retained Fire Service workers...
    • State Bodies
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of the current board members of An Bord Pleanála; and when he expects the full board to be in place. [3971/23]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide modular homes to address the number of persons in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of council mortgage applications, approvals and drawdowns in 2022, broken down by local authority; the average...
    • Departmental Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the mortgage to rent scheme; if it is working as designed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application currently with his Department to sanction an up-to-date sewerage scheme in the Broadford area of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to make an announcement on the allocated 2023 budget for housing adaptation grants for older people and people...
    • Defective Building Materials
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons who carried out remediation works but no longer own a unit affected by construction defects will be eligible for...
    • Ukraine War
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that those who have been approved to offer their homes to Ukrainian families...
    • Housing Schemes
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if submissions have been received from Clare County Council under the local authority affordable purchase scheme since July...
    • Departmental Staff
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the...
    • Electoral Commission
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he anticipates the review of the boundaries for elections on foot of the most recent census. [4152/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if housing aid for older persons to repair damaged external plastering will be considered by local authorities (details...
    • Derelict Sites
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 18 October 2022 the status of the progress of the focused working group; and if...
    • Domestic Violence
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 18 October 2022, what happens in an instance in which a woman who can avail of...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of beds made available and accessed in County Clare under the cold weather initiative in winter 2022-2023; and if...
    • Housing Schemes
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 1 December 2022, the instances in which the discretionary HAP rate can be applied;...
    • Local Authorities
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 10 November 2021, the number of local authorities that have ceased tenancies with...
    • Wildlife Rangers
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 30 additional full-time WTE conservation rangers, in tabular form. [4193/23]
    • Official Travel
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide data associated with his Department's air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any mechanism, either through the Approved Housing Body Regulatory Authority or any other means, for employees or...
    • Official Engagements
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been requested to visit Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon, by the Minister of State responsible for the OPW; if he...
    • Rental Sector
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the introduction of central credit register reporting of social housing rent arrears and missed payments...
    • Housing Policy
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether a single point of approval for mixed tenure social and affordable housing schemes has been put in place on...
    • Rental Sector
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide an update on the investigations currently being undertaken into an issue (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details regarding SI 664 of 2022, Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (Number 5) Regulations 2022; if...
    • Housing Schemes
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when eligible applicants under the first home scheme for self-build properties can apply, as announced in budget 2023; and if...
    • Waterways Issues
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position on the provision of an infrastructural project (details supplied) in County Kildare [4674/23]
    • Housing Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes completed by Monaghan County Council in 2022; the targeted figure for 2023; the...
    • Urban Development
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates on which his officials engaged in preliminary discussions on a possible compensation scheme for Moore Street...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional resources that his Department has provided to address the backlog of passports yet to be processed; and if there is a current...
    • Middle East
      354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Government will honour the commitment to recognise the State of Palestine. [3962/23]
    • Foreign Policy
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation in Myanmar/Burma; his further views on representations made on the matter by his Department; and if he will make...
    • Passport Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that the application has passed the target issue date and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary...
    • Passport Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in relation to the passport application of a child (details supplied). [4240/23]
    • Official Travel
      359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Middle East
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his last engagement with the Palestinian government was; and the content of that meeting. [4291/23]
    • Passport Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current backlog on new passport applications; the backlog on renewals; and if consideration is being given to purchasing an additional...
    • Official Engagements
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has had interaction with his European colleagues in regard to the various trouble spots affecting Europe, and the...
    • Ukraine War
      366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the European initiatives in support of the Ukrainian people in the wake of the unprovoked attack by Russia. [58430/22]
    • Official Engagements
      367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which he last met with the Russian Ambassador to Ireland. [58942/22]
    • Passport Services
      371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of outstanding passport applications on hand, including incomplete applications; the number on hand for more than one, two,...
    • Missing Persons
      372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if contact has been made with Spanish authorities in order to continue the search for a missing person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Northern Ireland
      373. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to engage with the authorities in Northern Ireland and the UK in the context of the restoration of the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to use Ireland’s position at EU/UN level to highlight outrages against women and children in the...
    • European Union
      376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he directly and through the European Union can continue to support EU applicant countries such as the Western Balkans,...
    • Human Rights
      377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he can use his good offices to address human rights abuses across the globe, with particular reference to well-known...
    • Ukraine War
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects the European Union to work cohesively towards ending the war in Ukraine with particular reference to the need...
    • Human Rights
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is conscious of the oppression of women in Afghanistan; the international community expects...
    • Foreign Policy
      380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continue to monitor the activities and development of Al Shabaab and Boko Haram; and if he...
    • Trade Promotion
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish embassies abroad, diplomatic missions or other representatives continue to promote Irish trade throughout the...
    • Disaster Response
      382. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to target areas of starvation or famine throughout the world; the efforts being...
    • Irish Aid
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the level of bilateral aid currently supported by this country; the locations at which this aid is targeted worldwide; and if...
    • Foreign Policy
      385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he can directly, through the EU and/or UN, influence colleagues throughout Europe and the developed world aware of the...
    • Human Rights
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which political or religious or other opponents of various regimes globally are currently in prison illegally; if efforts...
    • Passport Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the processing of passports has been upgraded to meet the requirements of applicants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, at international level, he continues to highlight the degree to which child soldiers, if any, continue to be used in...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent if any to which undocumented Irish in the US can expect to have their situations resolved; the extent if any to which he has had...
    • Human Rights
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government is taking to raise at an EU level the issue of the continued unjust detention of a person (details supplied);...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If he will provide an update on plans to open an Irish Embassy in Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4777/23]
  • Department of Defence
    • Illegal Dumping
      394. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress being made in remediating the area in the vicinity of Donnelly’s Hollow on the Curragh of Kildare which was the subject of...
    • Defence Forces
      395. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces members currently seconded to other bodies, by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      396. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they...
    • Departmental Properties
      397. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the refurbishment works that will be carried out at both Casement Aerodrome and Haulbowline Naval Base during 2023; and the nature of works that...
    • Defence Forces
      398. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of horses that joined the Defence Forces equitation school in 2022; the number of horses that left the equitation school during 2022;...
    • Official Travel
      399. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Defence Forces
      400. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when operational schedules for the rifle range at Gormanston Army Camp will return to regular publication (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Air Corps
      404. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current total strength of Air Corps personnel; the breakdown of the number of qualified military pilots, cadet pilots in training, qualified...
    • Naval Service
      405. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service operations and patrols which have been cancelled to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces
      406. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of women in the Defence Forces, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4520/23]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teacher Training
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that professional masters in primary education students with a college (details supplied) are facing...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to create separate qualification criteria for home tutors with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Admissions
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and projected capacity of each school in the South Kildare constituency, including the Portarlington area of County Laois, in tabular...
    • Public Sector Staff
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any person was awarded incremental credit for previous teaching service at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health and Safety
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the serious health, safety and well-being issues that are arising at a school (details supplied) as a result of an...
    • Departmental Projects
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an urgent update regarding the provision of works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 683 of 18 January 2023, if she will confirm that if a person had not instituted legal proceedings before 1...
    • Departmental Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of submissions to the NCCA Junior Cycle social personal and health education curriculum consultation received from parents who...
    • Departmental Funding
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a building project in the name of a school (details supplied). [4104/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in her Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they...
    • Departmental Projects
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4157/23]
    • Public Sector Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if steps will be taken to resolve an issue regarding the payment of a salary to a teacher (details supplied). [4189/23]
    • Official Travel
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide data associated with her Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of her...
    • Departmental Projects
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the location and timeframe for the building of a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [4288/23]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has records of all casual employment carried out by teachers for the purposes of a teacher applying for their pension, that can...
    • School Uniforms
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options, if any, open to parents who have been given no option but to purchase crested school jumpers from one supplier as part of their...
    • Property Registration
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding a property (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4357/23]
    • School Transport
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be approved for a school transport grant to a special school given recent documented experience with the...
    • School Accommodation
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the school transport review within her Department; if in the interim, she will provide clarity on the school transport...
    • State Examinations
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the Leaving Certificate 2023 results will be issued; if a date cannot be confirmed, the current expectation as to the timing;...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps for teachers who qualify and undertake induction in the six-county system to have their qualifications recognised by the Teaching...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) was included in the bundle of schools tendered in June 2022 with a view to commencing the project onsite in early...
    • Education Schemes
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that guidelines on the Summer Provision Programme 2022 were issued to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4591/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of what constitutes an education resource/support for a child with special educational needs; to detail how a child with SEN can...
    • Departmental Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school-teaching panels in County Kildare by town, in tabular form, detailing the number of personnel available in each one...
    • School Accommodation
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence of the new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new ASD unit for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a stage 1a report was submitted...
    • School Accommodation
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date status of the provision of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Facilities
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with the provision of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with the provision of a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on how a community can propose a school bus route where a large number of school children have been identified as in need for...
    • School Accommodation
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for completion of the current renovation works at a school (details supplied). [4684/23]
    • Departmental Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of enrolments in primary and post-primary schools; the total number of whole-time equivalent teaching posts in each of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is currently no SENO in an area (details supplied) at present; when it is likely that this post will be filled; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the lack of accommodation for practical subjects and other facilities in a school (details...
    • School Textbooks
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the free schoolbooks scheme for primary school children will commence in September 2023. [4726/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Covid cleaning grant for schools will be continued for term 2; and when the payment schedule will issue. [4727/23]
    • School Transport
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that her Department is taking to deal with cases in which a child has been allocated a seat through the free bus ticket scheme but...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider permitting persons with an accredited teaching English as foreign language certificate to substitute as support staff in...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for a PPS number in 2021 and 2022; the number approved and processed in each year; the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for household benefits in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State pension or widows' pension is the best payment to be in receipt of in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that €5 has been deducted each week from the pension paid to a person (details supplied); and if their full...
    • Maternity Leave
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing 39 weeks of maternity benefit to persons living in Northern Ireland and working...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 1204 of 16 June 2022 , the information that remains outstanding relative to the claim for...
    • Departmental Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in her Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the...
    • Departmental Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 18 October 2022, the total number of persons approved for domestic violence rent...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with a person (details supplied) who is dissatisfied with the requirements for the benefit payment for...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has concluded its enquiries regarding a pension application (details supplied), and possible additional...
    • Official Travel
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide data associated with her Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the...
    • Departmental Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women who have been cut off the State pension (non-contributory) and QA contributory pensions in each of the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for an exceptional needs’ payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to people suffering with long-Covid who are unable to work. [4289/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will made on a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on plans to bring forward legislation as per the recommendations by the child maintenance...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current turnaround for exceptional needs payments to be processed by area; the reason exceptional needs payment...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals received by the social welfare appeals office per month since 2021, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce new social welfare rates in response to a query raised by a person (details supplied). [4578/23]
    • Passport Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a passport renewal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4609/23]
    • Social Welfare Code
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can have their payment transferred to an invalidity pension payment in view of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Legislative Measures
      508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Amendment Act 2015 will be commenced; and the reason for the delay...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the recourses available to those who feel that they were discriminated against during the job interview process;...
    • Child Abuse
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the report into historical child sexual abuse allegations in an organisation (details supplied), which was...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to assist struggling ECCE providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/23]
    • Child Protection
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review of safeguarding practices in an organisation (details supplied) has been completed; if so, when...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made with the provision of modular homes for Ukrainian refugees at Beechgrove, Rathangan,...
    • Disability Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the advice to be given to a person with an acquired brain injury who is disabled, is a part-time parent to a...
    • Childcare Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the practice of requesting non-refundable monetary deposits in exchange for...
    • International Protection
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received by International Protection Accommodation Services, for each county, from...
    • Departmental Staff
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the pay of early years educators (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Youth Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding stream for the targeted youth employability support initiative in Ballyfermot; and if he will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the parents' association of a core-funded preschool (details supplied) can hold fundraisers to raise money...
    • Childcare Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the proportion of children who require childcare in the Howth and Sutton area of...
    • Official Travel
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide data associated with his Department's air travel and air travel associated with agencies...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the pay of preschool teachers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on his Department's implementation of the measures specific to it contained within the White Paper on...
    • International Protection
      530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently being accommodated via IPAS in locations (details supplied); and the status...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding funding that has been put on hold for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to renew the contract with a hotel (details supplied) which currently provides accommodation for...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied children who had a Tusla worker apply for asylum on their behalf and subsequently...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the National Action Plan Against Racism that was being developed following public consultation and...
    • Transport Policy
      535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to provide transport to children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 24 January 2023, the number of persons employed in the Ukraine...
    • Transport Policy
      537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the meeting of the Kinnegad Steering Group and officials from his Department on...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will acknowledge and respond to a pledge of accommodation (details supplied) made to his Department; and...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and/or other international protection applicants who have been accommodated in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Fees
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the Government commitment to fund access for third-level students from the North of Ireland to the EU's...
    • Education and Training Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a query relating to a Springboard course for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Education
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to put additional supports in place to assist third level students in dealing with changing to alternative college courses, and...
    • Departmental Staff
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they...
    • Education Costs
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the financial supports or tax relief available to individuals returning to education, in particular with costs associated with...
    • Official Travel
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Third Level Costs
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a student (details supplied) did not get the full SUSI grant; if this could be looked into further; and if he will make a...
    • Adult Education Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal request by a person (details supplied) for a HEAR application decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Work Permits
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reform the "atypical working visa" to enable doctors providing locum services to reside in the State for longer...
    • Control of Dogs
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the role that An Garda Síochána has in the enforcement of legislation controlling dangerous dogs;...
    • Court Judgments
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020. [4033/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the new application by a person (details supplied) for a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Gangland Crime
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to strengthen the law concerning gangland crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4073/23]
    • Prison Service
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the issues which arise concerning trans women in prisons; if policy on this matter is being updated; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the...
    • Departmental Data
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pedal cycle bikes reported stolen to gardaí within the Kildare division in the years 2021, 2022, and to date...
    • Official Travel
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the...
    • Departmental Data
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for asylum for refugees from countries other than Ukraine that were made to his Department per annum...
    • International Protection
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the asylum process for refugees from countries other than Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Afghan programme refugees who were admitted in 2022; and if he will provide a quarterly breakdown of those...
    • Visa Applications
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are available to a person (details supplied) when their stamp 1 visa expires. [4319/23]
    • Departmental Reviews
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of an examination of the operation of county and city sheriffs’ offices including the need to put in place...
    • Departmental Data
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions per year brought against drivers who fail to surrender their licence or learner permit to the Road...
    • Departmental Reports
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to urgently release the report into the death of a person (details supplied) to their family given the pending inquest on 1...
    • An Garda Síochána
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the recruitment of gardaí, the number of candidates who successfully filled up and submitted a completed...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of an application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is insisting on a peace...
    • State Bodies
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish the office of an independent commissioner for ageing and older people. [4572/23]
    • Disability Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum qualifications necessary to be employed as an assessment officer within a children’s disability network team; to detail the minimum...
    • Emergency Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed the accident and emergency services in Dublin as a result of alcohol and drug misuse in the past 12 months; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following an MRI at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, has been referred to St. John’s...
    • Disability Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to persons wishing to provide and train an autism assistance dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3943/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health when free GP visit cards will be made available to children aged 6 and 7 years and to children in other age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of the proposed sodium valproate stakeholder group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3945/23]
    • Research Funding
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has commissioned research into the reasons persons travel abroad for surgery, and the potential associated risks; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to date for a service (details supplied) in tabular form. [3948/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      590. To ask the Minister for Health when workers in an out-of-hours health service (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus. [3949/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that...
    • Medicinal Products
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicines that are in short supply; the name of each in tabular form; the reason for the shortage of each medicine; and if he will make a...
    • Suicide Incidence
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died by suicide by county, in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3974/23]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the proposal by St. John's Hospital, Limerick, to build a new bed block which would address the critical requirement to...
    • Health Service Executive
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Corlough health centre, County Cavan was sold by the HSE; if efforts were made to re-establish health services at the centre; the sale price agreed...
    • Hospital Facilities
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change in where patients are sent for a cardiologist outpatient appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the level of consultation with private nursing homes to determine the ratio, in relation to statements made by his Department concerning...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      603. 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. [4016/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently in place or that are planned to provide professional support to persons who are suffering with long-Covid and who are having...
    • Vaccination Programme
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child flu vaccine doses acquired by the HSE for the 2022-2023 winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payment of pay increases under the terms of the public pay deal to home care assistants in County Wicklow; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has calculated the additional cost burden on the healthcare system due to an increase in hyperemesis gravidarum patients presenting at emergency...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      612. 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. [4043/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to assist a person (details supplied) in receiving treatment in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4047/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if incontinent pads will be provided by the HSE to a person (details supplied) given that the ongoing cost is a burden on the family and there is financial...
    • National Children's Hospital
      616. To ask the Minister for Health his views on naming the new national children’s hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. [4051/23]
    • Cancer Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics, by month, in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [4052/23]
    • Community Care
      622. To ask the Minister for Health when the payments due to community care homes will be made; and the reason for the delay, given that a commitment was issued to have the payments made before...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4059/23]
    • Cancer Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the total number and overall proportion of persons who attended lung rapid access clinics within ten working days of receipt of referral in designated cancer...
    • Cancer Research
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Cancer Strategy 2022 implementation report will be published. [4065/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant nurse oncologist posts each quarter across all hospitals in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [4066/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will purchase a property (details supplied) in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4068/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) has not received a hospital appointment in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment and refurbishment investment by the HSE at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2016 to 2023....
    • Ambulance Service
      633. To ask the Minister for Health when the new National Ambulance Service base at Buncrana, County Donegal will open. [4102/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions for health professionals, in particular nurses, doctors and physiologists, created and filled, respectively, in each hospital during...
    • Hospital Facilities
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the type and location of beds he plans to open during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4106/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulance dispatches that were recorded in County Clare during 2022; the number of occasions where ambulances arrived at scenes where the...
    • Hospital Staff
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors who were employed in HSE-run hospitals in December 2022; the corresponding figure for December 2019; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip and or knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. [4111/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they are being paid;...
    • Mental Health Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter involving the Mental Health Commission interim report into CAMHS (details supplied); if similar risks have not been...
    • Medicinal Products
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national standard for the monitoring of antipsychotic medication; if he will outline the process by which a national standard could be developed;...
    • Mental Health Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of key workers within CAMHS; the percentage of CAMHS users who have a key worker assigned to them; the percentage of users who have a care plan in...
    • Health Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for assistive communication devices to be supplied to non-verbal children diagnosed with autism; the reason the parents of such a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an individual may reapply for a primary medical certificate following a past refusal; if a certain time period must lapse; and if...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      658. To ask the Minister for Health what the policy of Letterkenny University Hospital was regarding the determination of next-of-kin and capacity prior to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity)...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age in each CHO by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the...
    • Health Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if there are future plans to roll out dialectical behavioural therapy in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4171/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of general practitioners charging patients with medical cards for individual blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional non-consultant hospital doctors that have been recruited in CH03 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4176/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new consultant-led multidisciplinary CAMHS hub in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4177/23]
    • Hospice Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that visited the neurofibromatosis clinic at CHI Tallaght in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4199/23]
    • Primary Care Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians working in each primary care centre in CHO9 as of 24 January 2023, in tabular form. [4200/23]
    • Hospice Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of warnings issued by hospitals advising patients with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from other areas of the health services and to...
    • Hospital Charges
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges in public car park areas within St. James's Hospital in 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Staff
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons attached to St Vincent's University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4203/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Medtronic continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21...
    • Mental Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reinstatement of the HSE's national director of mental health as reported in the media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the date that he will bring the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 to Cabinet for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4228/23]
    • Disability Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that transport is not provided to young adults with a disability attending day services (details supplied); the facilities that are in place to...
    • Mental Health Services
      679. 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 that persons...
    • Official Travel
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his Department (details...
    • Disability Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an increase of the mobility allowance payment for a person (details supplied). [4263/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the plans to provide replacement GPs in a practice in County Tipperary when two GPs retire; the efforts being made to arrange new GPs for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      684. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1645 of 18 January 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff assigned to each CHO by an organisation...
    • Disability Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation plan following on from the Disability Capacity Review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any current investigation ongoing into the crisis facing recruitment in Carlow and Kilkenny’s children’s disability network teams;...
    • Pharmacy Services
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when the working group on community pharmacies is scheduled to come forward with proposals for his consideration. [4311/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      688. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a governance structure for breastfeeding in primary care and acute hospitals divisions; if he will appoint dedicated full-time lactation...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if workers on community employment schemes who worked in nursing and care homes throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as support staff (details supplied) are...
    • Mental Health Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a youth mental health lead within the HSE, as committed to in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement...
    • Healthcare Policy
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will reconsider issuing European health insurance cards to Irish citizens who...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update with regard to the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to workers in a location (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
    • Nursing Homes
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the position of nursing homes charging additional money to clients who are in the fair deal scheme (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate community mental health community services to assist a person (details supplied). [4353/23]
    • Substance Misuse
      698. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent closure of a resource centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4354/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the transport support Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the date the HSE received its commissioned report from an organisation (details supplied) into the running of St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park,...
    • Emergency Departments
      702. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open the accident and emergency and ICU in Nenagh hospital. [4462/23]
    • Abortion Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4499/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement application for a treatment by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when he expects this...
    • Mental Health Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the provision of services (details supplied) in Waterford; if so, when these plans will be put in place; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017; when it is likely to move to the next stage of the legislative process; if he will acknowledge that...
    • Mental Health Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on staffing at a facility (details supplied); and whether there will be a reduction in bed numbers in the facility. [4531/23]
    • Hospital Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to two-day surgery theatres at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the additional staffing...
    • Mental Health Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on mental health staff numbers in a facility (details supplied); the reported number of staff leaving; if CAMHS beds will be...
    • Legislative Reviews
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of his Department's cross-departmental agency group that was set up to monitor the European Commission's upcoming revision of...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the Health Service Executive sanctioned, suspended, terminated, or otherwise reprimanded a manager, employing body, or member of staff...
    • Mental Health Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if a guarantee be given that no CAMHS beds will be closed in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/23]
    • Health Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that under-16s cannot currently be referred for a free MRI through the HSE; and if he plans to rectify this anomaly with immediate action. [4562/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the prescribing practices for risperidone, the number of children prescribed the drug, the average prescribed dose; the number...
    • Care of the Elderly
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent commissioner for aging and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4571/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a GMS panel might be frozen when a doctor relocates retires or resigns from the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4637/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services and associated services in the HSE that are in the north east, broken down by grade and category in...
    • Medicinal Products
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suppliers of the contraceptive pill that have not yet signed up for the HSE’s contraceptive reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a standard list of work for those working as home helps that should be carried out in the care of the person they are caring for; if so, if the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of a day-care centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the centre will be ready; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic bonus payment given that they were a front-line worker at a nursing home until...
    • Mental Health Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were admitted to adult mental health facilities per month in 2022, per CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      735. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 19 January 2023, the children’s disability network teams that have been provided with an information...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery date for a person (details supplied). [4707/23]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the further timeframe that is expected for an assessment of need appointment for a child (details supplied) given the timeframes set out in the Disability Act...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the current status on the appeal for payment of the pandemic recognition payment to home support resource managers in CHO5; the further timeframe that is...
    • Departmental Schemes
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the introduction of a statutory home care scheme as promised in the Programme for Government; the timetable for its introduction;...
    • Care of the Elderly
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the establishment of a commission for care as promised in the Programme for Government, which will examine care and supports for older...
    • Nursing Homes
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by him to date on implementing the Programme for Government promise to ensure that no nursing home support scheme resident is charged for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the €1,000 pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4733/23]
    • Health Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 1,000 extra beds recently reported by the HSE in terms of hospitals involved and types of bed; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe that an approval for reimbursement of the cost of Cariban takes after a consultant completes an initial application form for an...
    • Health Services Staff
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to reform the ‘atypical working visa’ to enable doctors providing locum...
    • General Practitioner Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that out-of-hours GP services can recruit and retain doctors, including non-EEA locums, to cover the service requirements....
    • Medicinal Products
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the drug cariban is not available free of charge to pregnant women who are suffering with sickness during pregnancy; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HPV vaccine is not available to some unvaccinated males who are in sixth year; the reason that the eligibility criteria are not set by age...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Coillte Teoranta
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4628/23]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding for renewable gas production by anaerobic digesters from grass and slurry on farms; and if he will make...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure farmers are recognised and remunerated for storing carbon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3961/23]
    • Veterinary Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the transfer of local authority veterinary services over to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dogs remain on a puppy farm (details supplied) in north Cork; and if so, if he will inform Cork County Council to immediately act...
    • Greyhound Industry
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured, destroyed and killed at races, trials and sales auctions in 2022; the names of the greyhounds; the...
    • Animal Welfare
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reveal the results of post-mortems carried out by DAFM's Regional Veterinary Laboratory on the remains of seven dogs...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of thoroughbred foals born in 2022; the number registered to race on the track; the number of horses exiting racing over...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to providing additional financial support to the inshore fishing industry to assist it with the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request an update from Horse Racing Ireland regarding horse deaths at a racecourse (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when TAMS 2023 will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4153/23]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applications (details supplied) will continue to be eligible for low-emission slurry spreading equipment; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if older vessels will receive less favourable treatment under the decommissioning scheme for fishing vessels; if his attention has...
    • Agriculture Supports
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding entitlements on a herd number (details supplied); if he will restore these entitlements to...
    • Official Travel
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of...
    • Animal Diseases
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1743 of 18 January 2023, if dogs and pets entering Ireland from Ukraine are considered EU or...
    • Animal Passports
      772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs and other animals that entered Ireland in 2022 from each applicable country; and the number within each that were...
    • Electricity Generation
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 24 January 2023, the exact number of solar PV system installations in receipt of a...
    • Grant Payments
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer (details supplied) will qualify for a forestry replantation grant if they did not receive a grant for the first crop of...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of land sold or transferred by Coillte in each county in each of the years 1988 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and...
    • Forestry Sector
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his efforts to secure amendment to EU state-aid rules that would allow State-owned companies such as Coillte to...
    • Budget 2023
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under subhead B10 of the Revised Estimates for 2023, in...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of hectares of land disposed of by Coillte, by year and by county, since 1988; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Sector
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with a sectoral group (details suppled) to discuss the incoming forestry programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Organic Farming
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of hectares and percentage of utilisable agricultural area under use for or in conversion to organic production;...
    • Forestry Sector
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is planned to publish the forestry licensing plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/23]
    • Fishing Industry
      803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the call by a fishing representative organisation (details supplied) for an equitable allocation of fishing...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      804. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding stream for a new community centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4307/23]
    • Animal Breeding
      806. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will direct her Department to immediately bring a person (details supplied) to the courts for failing to display a registered...
    • Animal Welfare
      807. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action being taken to provide County Roscommon with additional resources to support animal welfare in the county; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      808. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in her Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual...
    • Official Travel
      809. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide data associated with her Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of...
    • Tax Code
      810. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that tax is required to be paid after the first free year, on top of the yearly payment for the personal safety wrist alarm...
    • Men's Sheds
      811. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to reports that stand-alone men's sheds, including those not in resource centres, are excluded from...

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