Written answers
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Programme for Government
45. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [5890/23]
- State Bodies
46. To ask the Taoiseach when a new chair will be appointed to the north east inner city initiative; and if he will outline the process by which a new chair will be appointed. [5532/23]
- Social Media
47. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the...
- Housing Policy
48. To ask the Taoiseach the dates of the past five meetings of the Housing for All State lands subgroup. [5615/23]
- Central Statistics Office
49. To ask the Taoiseach if it remains the case that the Central Statistics Office continues to publish crime statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána's PULSE system "under...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Low Pay Commission
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce a universal basic income pilot in the lifetime of the Government, following the publication of a report...
- Employment Rights
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on concerns raised by a small business owner (details supplied) in respect of upcoming sick leave changes; and if he will...
- Social Media
52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies...
- Ambulance Service
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if ambulance drivers are governed by the same working time directives as other workers employed to drive vehicles; and if he will make...
- Work Permits
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employee on an intra-company transfer work permit, who remains on a contract in their home country, has an entitlement to...
- Healthcare Policy
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a request from the Minister for Social Protection to designate long Covid as an occupational illness; the current...
- Energy Policy
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he would support the large energy users who wrongly benefitted from the rebalancing subvention repaying that overpayment to...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Conservation
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in order to broaden the criteria on houses that can...
- Electric Vehicles
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify a matter (details suppled) concerning his proposals for electric cars; and if he will make a...
- Social Media
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of...
- Departmental Policies
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the adequacy of existing measures to prevent dog fouling at a local authority level; if his Department is...
- Departmental Strategies
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the publication date for the national clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5613/23]
- Energy Conservation
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an organisation (details supplied) can access funding for refurbishment and insulation grants; and if he will make a...
- Hedge Cutting
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 18 January 2023, if he will provide an update on the matter (details...
- Energy Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the approximately 60 private households in a location (details supplied) can avail of the electricity grant when...
- Electricity Generation
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider providing a grant to small to medium-size businesses, similar to the grant scheme available to...
- Legislative Measures
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislative timeframe for the legislation which is being brought forward by the Government to release the financial...
- Environmental Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average tree cover in the 100 largest towns in Ireland; if he plans to increase tree cover to counteract higher...
- Wind Energy Generation
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of current operational constraints on Wicklow harbour due to the siltation of the area, which will impact...
- Broadband Infrastructure
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to broadband in schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way the large energy user rebalancing subvention was compliant with EU state aid rules. [6081/23]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing scheduling issues with the 102 bus from Malahide to Sutton; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Media
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
- National Car Test
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to reduce wait times for NCT appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Projects
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N2 Kilmoon Cross to Rath roundabout project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5598/23]
- National Car Test
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify whether the NCT operator has a sanctioned derogation in respect of the qualifications that testing staff must have in...
- Third Level Education
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an update from a company (details supplied) as to whether it will be providing the 50% reduction to students in the Louth...
- National Car Test
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered allowing NCT certificates to last two years from the delayed date on which they were tested, since the delay was in...
- Road Projects
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 18 January 2023, if he will clarify the total commitment to the project to upgrade the A5...
- Rail Network
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update, as of January 2023, on the Dart+ North project and its implementation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authorities
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of active travel funding awarded to Galway City Council to date; the amount of funding that has been drawn down by Galway...
- Driver Test
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for employment purposes; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann plans to introduce new rapid security hubs throughout 2023; if so, the locations of these new hubs; and when...
- Road Network
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the various classifications of county roads in each county; the standard existing speed limit on all these roads outside of urban areas at...
- Bus Services
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects a scheme (details supplied) to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála for approval. [5902/23]
- Aviation Industry
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of flights that have deviated from their flight paths early coming across Dublin 15 community including the Ongar LEA, the...
- Road Projects
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to bring the decades-long delay regarding the N80 Mountmellick relief road to a...
- Local Authorities
92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been applied for under the NTA active travel programme from the western division of Cork County Council.;...
- Road Safety
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the situation regarding the lack of staff and funding leading to Dublin City Council being unable to have safe school zones...
- Bus Services
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an issue with a bus service (details supplied) from Clane to Naas will be examined; if this bus service will be reinstated; and if he...
- Driver Test
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6080/23]
- National Car Test
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that are waiting on NCT appointments in County Kerry. [6164/23]
- Official Engagements
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his engagement with disabled persons’ organisations concerning legislation regulating e-scooters. [6186/23]
- Electric Vehicles
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on concerns expressed by visually-impaired persons in respect of e-vehicles and e-scooters. [6187/23]
- Social Media
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate...
- Business Supports
102. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the low uptake of the temporary business energy support scheme to date; if analysis has been conducted to ascertain the reason that take-up has...
- Tax Code
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that have accrued to print and digital newspapers following the decision to apply a zero-rate of VAT to same; and if he will make a...
- Revenue Commissioners
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can arrange for the Revenue Commissioners to issue confirmation of property tax affairs being in order to a home proprietor (details supplied); and if...
- Official Engagements
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he spoke with the First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HMRC during his recent visit to London. [5843/23]
- Tax Yield
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield if the local property tax rate for houses valued at between €1.487 million and €1.575 million increased to...
- Tax Credits
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners for the rent tax credit to date; the number of applications that have been approved; the number...
- National Asset Management Agency
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of NAMA's 20% interest in the Poolbeg SDZ development; and if he will describe the nature of the interest, that is, equity, equity with development...
- Tax Code
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the business case for deferring stamp duty liability on properties that have been purchased by individuals, groups or businesses with the...
- Primary Medical Certificates
112. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the comprehensive review of the primary medical certificate scheme, to include a broader review of mobility supports for persons with...
- Semi-State Bodies
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount in dividend payments made to the State in the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and year end 2022, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a compulsory purchase order (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Media
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
- Ukraine War
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Ukraine contingency fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/23]
- Office of Public Works
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW drew up plans for the repair of a bridge in treacherous condition in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Pensions
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/23]
- European Union
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Ireland has not drawn down any money from its allocation under the EU Recovery Fund approved in September 2021. [5776/23]
- Legislative Measures
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2021; and when this Bill will move to the next Stage. [5841/23]
- Departmental Policies
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date in 2018 when the business case for a national electronic health record proposal was rejected by his Department; if he plans to...
- Civil Service
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the case concerning a person (details supplied); if he will detail his involvement or former Ministers' involvement in...
- European Union
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to make changes to Ireland's Recovery and Resilience Fund National Plan in line with the EU's RePowerEU initiative; the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Social Media
129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
- Sports Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is expected that her Department will open applications for the 2023 sports capital grants scheme; and if she will make a...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company (details supplied) has retained for its own use any element of its former or current budget allocation for its former...
- Departmental Funding
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the funding and supports being provided by her Department to the St. Patrick’s Festival...
- Departmental Reports
133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the recommendations of the Report of the Future of Media Commission to establish six new support...
- Commemorative Plaques
134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update in relation to the installation of the National Famine Commemoration Day plaque in the Custom House....
- Arts Council
135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria applied by the Arts Council in providing funding for the publication of books and whether the criteria concerned take...
- Broadcasting Sector
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm whether she expects to receive the report from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland on support for the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider constructing modular housing at locations across counties Donegal and Mayo to assist defective block...
- Housing Schemes
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications and the number of unsuccessful applications per each local...
- Heritage Sites
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the attention of his Department has been drawn to the deteriorating status of the ruins of Tyone Abbey, Tyone, Nenagh,...
- Rental Sector
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) concerning the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5558/23]
- Housing Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify if land zoned in recent development plans as residential reserve will be subject to the land value tax, or...
- Social Media
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
- Local Authorities
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the establishment of a directly elected mayor for Limerick; the range of executive powers and...
- Housing Schemes
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the tenant-in-situ scheme can be amended and expanded to facilitate persons and families who do not qualify for social...
- Homeless Accommodation
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 11 November 2021, the financial proposals that his Department received from Clare...
- Local Authorities
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of outstanding development contributions and levies owed to each local authority for the years 2020, 2021 and...
- Wastewater Treatment
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme with funding to allow local authorities to provide wastewater treatment plants in towns and...
- Water Services
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the multi-annual rural water programme call-out to local authorities; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Regulations
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new regulations under Part 18 of the Local Government Act 2001 regarding the holding of plebiscites to change placenames...
- Housing Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the maximum amount that an applicant who is applying for social housing support can have in their bank account; and if he will...
- Defective Building Materials
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regulations to facilitate the commencement of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective...
- Housing Schemes
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been received for the croí cónaithe scheme to date; and the number of...
- Legislative Measures
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way he will ensure the outcomes of the public consultation on the Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building...
- Housing Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update and timeline on the progress on the Housing for All action plan for a standardised national...
- Foreshore Issues
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a foreshore licence for the maintenance of Wicklow harbour has been received by his Department; if he is aware of the...
- Planning Issues
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to publish the new planning guidelines for planning authorities concerning short-term lettings in advance of or...
- Housing Schemes
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the criteria involved for the setting of price thresholds for the shared equity scheme; and if he will make...
- Housing Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will raise the family income threshold for social housing in County Donegal from €30,000. [6112/23]
- Housing Schemes
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the caravan purchase loan scheme will be operational; what the maximum funding will be; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Social Media
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
- Ukraine War
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to use the European Peace Facility Fund to purchase non-lethal weaponry and other equipment to intercept lethal force weapons...
- Diplomatic Representation
171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Embassy of Ireland in Paris. [5732/23]
- Ukraine War
172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of aid, including finance and non-lethal military aid, provided by Ireland to Ukraine since the illegal...
- Foreign Policy
173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement his Department has had with the Colombian authorities regarding Cerrejón coal mine; if concerns have been raised...
- Diplomatic Representation
174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to opening an Embassy in Cuba; if discussions have taken place with the Cuban authorities on the issue; and...
- Official Engagements
175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the new Prime Minister of New Zealand. [5839/23]
- Northern Ireland
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol. [5906/23]
- Legislative Measures
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite legislation for the establishment of an independent commission on information retrieval as committed to under the...
- Aviation Industry
179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the requirement placed by certain airlines on Irish citizens to hold a valid Irish passport for travel infringes on the rights of Irish...
- Department of Defence
- Social Media
180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
- Defence Forces
181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason that a person who lodged a redress of wrong on 22 July 2021 has not received a reply, despite an obligation to have a reply within...
- Departmental Properties
182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the land and buildings owned or leased by his Department in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [5904/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Training
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include additional upskilling in the area of home economics, which is one of the most difficult subjects for which to find...
- Social Media
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies...
- National Educational Psychological Service
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools nationally that are currently off service with the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) concerning overtime for Bus Éireann drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5602/23]
- School Enrolments
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State, which funds private schools, has any input or control over their enrolment policy; if the practices reported at a school (details...
- School Staff
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant home economics teacher positions in secondary schools in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by county in tabular form. [5621/23]
- Schools Building Projects
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the current status regarding land acquisition for the school; and if she...
- Education Policy
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate the initiatives which her Department have taken to attract career changers into areas in secondary education where there are...
- School Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of all grants given annually by her Department to each voluntary management body, both primary and secondary, currently managing...
- School Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortage of second-level teachers, as shown by the inability of a school (details supplied) to fill a temporary language...
- Education Policy
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to improve the learning of foreign languages in secondary school given Eurostat figures, which show Ireland to have the...
- Special Educational Needs
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ASD units in schools in County Monaghan, and the number of students attending each, in tabular form; if she will approve additional places at...
- Education Policy
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of qualified post-primary teachers seeking to upskill and teach home economics at both junior and...
- Schools Building Projects
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the project will be expedited and the necessary...
- Special Educational Needs
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) whose child had a place confirmed in an autism class for the academic year of...
- Education Policy
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staff engaged in the provision of school-based psychological services in primary schools have substance abuse training; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application to the school transport section for a concessionary school bus ticket for a sibling of a student...
- Schools Building Projects
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); if the basis for any delays on the project to date could be...
- School Staff
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and approve an application by a person (details supplied) in respect of incremental credit. [5813/23]
- Departmental Data
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount that has been paid to survivors of institutional abuse based off the State’s indemnification of the religious orders in...
- Teacher Training
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to establish which subjects will be funded for post-primary teachers who wish to return to college and add a further subject;...
- Schools Refurbishment
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works on a school (details supplied) will move to the next stage of works. [5854/23]
- Schools Building Projects
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a new-build application that has been sanctioned for a new school (details supplied); when the project will be allowed to...
- School Accommodation
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on accommodation for a school (details supplied); when this additional accommodation project will proceed to...
- School Transport
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a bus to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5867/23]
- Education Policy
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of matters (details supplied) will be clarified in relation to the newly announced changes to summer courses, requiring online...
- Departmental Data
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5909/23]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the increase in class sizes in a school (details supplied). [5934/23]
- Teacher Training
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing a bursary in order that registered post-primary teachers can upskill in order to teach home economics, given...
- School Accommodation
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school development project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5961/23]
- School Transport
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a school transport matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5963/23]
- School Funding
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional resources and capitation in respect of a school in Maynooth, County Kildare in order for it to accommodate...
- School Transport
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the payment of the remote area grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5984/23]
- Education Policy
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion and publication of the review of the Summer Programme 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6010/23]
- School Admissions
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts can be made to ensure that the son of a person (details supplied) can attend school in Kilcock, County Kildare, given that is...
- Education Policy
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she aware of any plans to introduce Romanian to the junior cycle curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6019/23]
- School Enrolments
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide guidance for residents of a development in an area (details supplied) with regard to applications for enrolment to schools...
- Education Policy
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a map of each of the Wicklow school planning areas; if she will specify whether results from Census 2022 have been...
- Special Educational Needs
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department collects data on the number of pupils with special educational needs at primary level; how that data is processed; if this...
- School Staff
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept the application from a person (details supplied) under incremental credit circular - 0139/2006, as is her entitlement; and if...
- Educational Disadvantage
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS schools are mandated to provide reading recovery and the associated whole class programme literacy lift-off as a condition of accessing...
- Education Schemes
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the national roll-out of free period products will be completed in all secondary education and training centres; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing additional supports for second level schools to develop autism-friendly rooms for recently diagnosed students...
- School Staff
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unfilled and-or vacant teacher positions at primary and second level in County Kildare, by school and number of vacancies. [6110/23]
- Special Educational Needs
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide children with Down's syndrome with early intervention facilities and accompanying home tuition, similar to the schemes available to...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Media
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify for a carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pensions
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not entitled to a higher weekly state pension contributory; and if she...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional families that will be eligible for the working family payment as a result of the €40 income...
- Social Welfare Benefits
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when the application will be processed; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the social welfare eligibility rules in order that work is calculated on a cumulative hours basis rather...
- Pension Provisions
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will arrange to issue a pension statement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) recently widowed; and if she...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the carer’s grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5958/23]
- Social Welfare Benefits
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a fuel allowance application for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Code
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to parliamentary question No. 505 of 31 January 2023, if she will outline the advantages to the applicant of...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused on the basis of doing less than 38 hours per week when her payslips...
- Social Welfare Benefits
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6008/23]
- Social Welfare Benefits
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review a decision in respect of an application by a person (details supplied). [6062/23]
- School Meals Programme
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the schools meals programme to additional schools in 2023; her plans to increase the rates of funding...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Policies
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made by the European Union and the international unit of his Department in finalising...
- Ukraine War
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees or asylum seekers who are being accommodated at a location (details supplied);...
- Social Media
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media...
- Ukraine War
282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 14 October 2022, if the issues raised (details supplied) will be...
- International Protection
283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if approval will be granted for a property (details supplied) in County Kerry for temporary accommodation...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstances under which it is possible for a child’s parents to apply for an early childhood care...
- Ukraine War
285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments for services (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5744/23]
- Legislative Process
286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 will be operational; to report on the...
- Wards of Court
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people, indicating those under 18 and over 18 years of age, who were taken into wardship in...
- Adoption Services
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a family is permitted to access information about a relative who was adopted under the Birth Information and...
- International Protection
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he and his Department will take to increase information provision to communities in relation to new...
- Child and Family Agency
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) has been drawn to his attention; and if he will make a statement on...
- International Protection
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to expand the accommodation recognition payment scheme past its current end date of 31 March 2023....
- Child and Family Agency
293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla's CEO will engage with or meet with a person (details supplied) who has requested a meeting; if he will...
- International Protection
294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of additional supports, resources and funding for the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge...
- Flexible Work Practices
296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when proposed legislation on flexible working will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [6005/23]
- Equality Issues
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the study commissioned by him to evaluate the processes for implementation of three...
- Departmental Funding
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding core funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Protection
300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding his Department's recent communication on accommodation and support for refugees; the...
- Ukraine War
301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on an accommodation centre for Ukrainian refugees (detailed supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding given to an organisation (details supplied) in Cork; and the number of stays utilised by survivors...
- International Protection
303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the strategies in place within his Department in engaging and communicating with local communities on buildings...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Social Media
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies...
- Education Policy
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered supports for persons to change career into a teaching role; if he will consider waiving the rules for grant aiding at a...
- Teacher Training
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a training allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5965/23]
- Third Level Fees
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify whether students studying for a masters or postgraduate degree would qualify for the reduced fee contribution of...
- Third Level Education
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the national roll-out of free period products will be completed in all tertiary education and training centres; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic Violence
309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current situation regarding the provision of a domestic violence refuge in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Media
311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
- Legislative Measures
312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the laws and regulations, if any, that exist to ensure that weapons must be disarmed within a certain distance from the public;...
- An Garda Síochána
313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ballyfermot, Crumlin, Kilmainham, Sundrive, Terenure and Kevin Street Garda stations are to be included in the Garda Capital...
- Visa Applications
314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- An Garda Síochána
315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Sligo-Leitrim roads policing unit as of 30 June 2021 and 10 January 2023,...
- Legislative Reviews
316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 30 November 2021, if he will clarify when the review will be made available; and...
- Departmental Policies
317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to banning the sale and importation of nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas,...
- Visa Agreements
319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government is prepared to drop the visa requirement for Turkish officials visiting Ireland; the discussions that have...
- Crime Prevention
320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing four new crime prevention officers per annum, including all associated costs, such as...
- Visa Applications
321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the long delay in assessing visa appeals for those applicants who have already secured employment permits; is he...
- An Garda Síochána
322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to extend the age limit for recruitment to An Garda Síochána. [5872/23]
- Departmental Reviews
323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the officials in his Department have completed their examination and analysis of the study on familicide and domestic...
- An Garda Síochána
324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has received further contact from the Garda College, Templemore regarding public access to the swimming pool;...
- Immigration Policy
326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to reports that over 5,000 persons arrived at Dublin Airport in 2022 without valid...
- Prison Service
327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unpublished chaplaincy reports from Irish prisons that are outstanding in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to...
- An Garda Síochána
328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the transfer of public sector staff who will be placed under the remit of An Garda Síochána and the...
- Visa Agreements
329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1208 of 19 January 2021, if the visa immigration arrangement is still in place for...
- Citizenship Applications
330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
- Ukraine War
331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the rules around Ukrainian refugees leaving Ireland for short periods to visit other countries where their...
- Department of Health
- Healthcare Policy
332. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent RTÉ Investigates report that showed up to 12,000 vulnerable people were denied their disability allowances by State...
- Legislative Reviews
333. To ask the Minister for Health if a summary report of the public submissions to the abortion legislative review has been compiled and provided to the chairperson of the review; if so, if...
- Disability Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5544/23]
- Primary Care Centres
337. To ask the Minister for Health the State services that have been removed from the Irishtown and Ringsend primary care centre over the past 24 months; the location of each of these services;...
- Social Media
339. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate...
- Health Service Executive
340. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has rented accommodation at a location (details supplied); the amount paid; the way the building was selected; the person or body that received the...
- Care Services
341. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of national standards for home care and support services, as recommended by the HIQA report; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the respite houses for SOS in County Kilkenny, given a commitment was made to fund two; if he will confirm this is the case; if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
343. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line healthcare staff employed by agencies will receive their Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5612/23]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
344. To ask the Minister for Health if publicly funded fertility care, as outlined in the programme for Government, will include treatment options for single women; and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Centres
345. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the refurbishment, refitting and extension of the Castlebellingham health centre to a new primary care centre; the total expected cost...
- Disability Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to tackle the understaffing of the CDNT services in north County Dublin; how and when more staff will be recruited...
- Mental Health Commission
347. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline details as to the difference in the position of the Mental Health Commission, MHC, on the Owenacurra Centre closure that took effect between...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
350. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding a pandemic healthcare payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Facilities
351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing infrastructure improvements to the neo-natal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Home Care Packages
352. To ask the Minister for Health the home support waiting list for funding and for carers in each month of 2021 and 2022 for each LHO and CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Primary Care Services
355. To ask the Minister for Health the opening hours of Southdoc, Blackpool. [5661/23]
- General Practitioner Services
356. To ask the Minister for Health if GP charges for employee medical certificates are available free of charge for medical card holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to relocate the Kilrush unit of Shannondoc from its current location on the Cooraclare Road to Kilrush primary care centre; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Services
358. To ask the Minister for Health the counties where out-of-hours GP services have service level agreements with the HSE, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/23]
- Hospital Admissions
359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University Hospital Galway emergency department or the acute medical assessment unit due to...
- Hospital Staff
363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff...
- Hospital Services
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times adult diabetes outpatient clinic services were cancelled at University Hospital Galway during the years 2021 and 2022; the number of...
- Health Service Executive
365. To ask the Minister for Health the total staff working in IT-related roles and digital transformation within the HSE, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5675/23]
- Primary Care Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct Southdoc to operate a text service for people who are hard of hearing. [5687/23]
- Medicinal Products
367. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug romosozumab will shortly be regulated by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in Ireland and be made available on the drug payment scheme and...
- Disability Services
368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/23]
- Medical Cards
369. To ask the Minister for Health if medication (details supplied) can be added to the GMS scheme for medical card users. [5724/23]
- Disability Services
370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies across the children’s disability network teams in Enniscorthy, New Ross, Wexford, and Gorey, County Wexford; the description of...
- Pension Provisions
371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the introduction of pension increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5728/23]
- Mental Health Services
372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia day care centres currently opened in CHO1. [5733/23]
- Dental Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a child (details supplied) will receive access to dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5742/23]
- Mortality Rates
375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of excess deaths that occurred over and above the five-year pre-Covid average death rate in each of the past 12 months; if he will institute an...
- Alcohol Advertising
376. To ask the Minister for Health if the requirements under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 on alcohol labelling will apply to alcohol advertisements and sponsorships; and if he will make...
- Dental Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider affording children on the orthodontic waiting list the opportunity of continuing treatments once they turn 18 years of age, given that many...
- Mental Health Services
378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [5753/23]
- Health Service Executive
379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the tendering process involved in the commissioning of works by the HSE to Glenwood House, Carrigaline, following its purchase of...
- Home Care Packages
381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity surrounding the home care package in a service (details supplied) surrounding an issue with an administrator not being replaced...
- Abortion Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health the research that was carried out in consultation with women who opted not to proceed with a second appointment for termination of pregnancy following the...
- Disability Services
385. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have their much-needed assessment of needs carried out. [5763/23]
- Hospital Procedures
386. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that fistula surgery is not performed in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5766/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pandemic bonus payment offered to frontline workers (details supplied). [5767/23]
- General Practitioner Services
388. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the GP shortage in Monasterevin, given the only GP in the vicinity of the town is no longer accepting medical card patients; and if he...
- Health Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health when each day care centre in County Kildare that is currently closed temporarily will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5769/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting dermatology service in Naas General Hospital; the number waiting for over one, two and three years; and if he will...
- Health Services
391. To ask the Minister for Health the new services or technologies that have been deployed recently for dermatology in the CHO 7 region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5771/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
392. To ask the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital has availed of any public or private external services that have been provided to it by HSE acute services in reducing the number of...
- Dental Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are open to medical card holders who are unable to find a dentist who is taking on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists and the average length of time spent on waiting lists as of 31 December 2022; and his proposals for addressing this for...
- Health Services Staff
395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of staffing, by CHO, as of 31 December 2022 (details supplied). [5785/23]
- Health Services
396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a medical procedure (details supplied). [5786/23]
- Hospital Services
397. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to provide more ophthalmic services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5787/23]
- Healthcare Policy
401. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the increased recreational use of nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas, particularly by young people and in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
402. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for a chiropodist appointment in the primary clinic in Cavan; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Staff
403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE psychology managers with the specific title of "area principal psychology manager"; the CHOs in which they are based; the difference between...
- Medical Cards
405. To ask the Minister for Health if saxenda will be approved for persons with a medical card or under the drugs payment scheme for the purposes of GP-supported weight loss; and if he will make...
- Health Service Executive
406. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 27 October 2022, received on 23 January 2023, the names of the persons and the companies involved in carrying...
- Health Services
407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) in County Mayo who was referred for an occupational therapy appointment in 2021 has been advised by the HSE that it...
- Medical Cards
408. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application can be reopened for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Abortion Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention and-or that of his Department and the HSE has been drawn to incidences where women requested abortion-pill reversal treatments; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff, by job title, who will be required to work in the new National Cervical Screening Laboratory, in tabular form. [5837/23]
- Hospital Staff
411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, consultant neurologists based in Beaumont Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [5838/23]
- Primary Care Services
413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time general practitioners who are employed in primary care centres within community healthcare organisation or CHO5, in tabular form. [5846/23]
- Departmental Meetings
414. To ask the Minister for Health for the full attendance record when mid-west Oireachtas members met the HSE and the Taoiseach on 11 January 2023. [5859/23]
- Hospital Services
415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with an address in the North of Ireland who have used hospital services in each of the past five years. [5865/23]
- Dental Services
416. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of children waiting for braces after a public orthodontist recommended them for braces under the PRSI system; the average waiting time, per CHO...
- Mental Health Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health if he, the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, his Department or the HSE asked the Mental Health Commission to delay the publishing of its...
- General Practitioner Services
418. To ask the Minister for Health the advice for persons resident in County Monaghan who have been informed by all GP practices in their locality that there are no spaces for new registrations;...
- Nursing Homes
419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the situation of oversight in some private nursing homes, whereby patients are charged automatically for activities in which, due to...
- Mental Health Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents currently on the waiting list for CAMHS treatment in counties Kerry and Cork; the wait time to be seen; and if he will...
- Health Services
422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with Kerry addresses who are on waiting lists for speech and language services in counties Kerry, Cork and Limerick; and if he will make...
- Home Care Packages
423. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons are on the waiting list for home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5883/23]
- Legislative Reviews
425. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects to receive the report into the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 by 7 February 2023; when the report will be...
- Departmental Data
426. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of independent investigations carried out and finalised by his Department since January 2019; the persons and companies carrying out the...
- Health Services
427. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an option for reimbursement for an essential treatment paid for privately when there is no public service available in the area (details supplied);...
- Ambulance Service
428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances involved in single vehicle accidents in each of the regions in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a fund for registered cancer support groups that would allow for the purchase of an electric vehicle to transport clients to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
432. 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. [5955/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
433. To ask the Minister for Health when security staff working for a company (details supplied) in Merlin Park Hospital Galway will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
434. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in the Mercy Hospital Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5957/23]
- Mortality Rates
435. To ask the Minister for Health if there is data within his Department as to the cause of the recent rise in excess death rates in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place for medical card holders and GPs with GMS lists who are seeking to provide vasectomies; if appropriate training is in place for GPs...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
437. To ask the Minister for Health the way employees (details supplied) who worked alongside HSE staff throughout the pandemic can apply for the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he...
- Health Services
438. To ask the Minister for Health if a respite facility will be made available in the greater Killarney area of County Kerry as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
440. To ask the Minister for Health the reason students from a college course (details supplied) have been informed that they are now not entitled to the pandemic recognition payment, despite...
- Cancer Services
441. To ask the Minister for Health if there is still a delay in individuals being called for BreastCheck screening in County Wexford, since the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic; the length of...
- Healthcare Policy
442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 13 December 2022, if his Department is still considering a proposal to establish a working group to assist in...
- Health Services Staff
443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposal to create an additional 900 nursing posts within the first five years of Sláintecare implementation in order to resource and...
- Healthcare Policy
444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the First 5 action to develop a dedicated child health workforce, adopting a population-based approach; the timeline he is working towards; and...
- Education and Training Provision
445. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 10 November 2022, if the structure of the €750,000 funding announced in Budget 2023 in relation to trainee...
- Hospital Appointments Status
446. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be scheduled for a procedure in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6043/23]
- Healthcare Policy
447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explore a simplified process for the treatment abroad scheme, whereby if a person or a child is required to make multiple trips for surgery and or...
- Hospital Appointments Status
448. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6049/23]
- Mental Health Services
449. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a Jigsaw youth mental health service in County Wexford; the reason that this service is not currently provided for the young...
- Hospital Appointments Status
450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6053/23]
- Mental Health Commission
451. To ask the Minister for Health the CHO that has a CAMHS service that is operated independently of the HSE that was referenced in the Mental Health Commission's interim report into CAMHS; the...
- Disability Services
452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents have that taken his Department to court due to the fact that their child did not receive an assessment of needs within the statutory time...
- Healthcare Policy
454. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request from the Minister for Social Protection to designate long Covid as an occupational illness; the current status of the request; the...
- Mental Health Services
455. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1410 of 18 January 2023, the number of residents placed in a mental health facility (details supplied) on 30 December...
- Hospital Services
456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients at each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6141/23]
- Hospital Staff
457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6142/23]
- Hospital Services
460. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6145/23]
- Hospital Staff
462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each community hospital in County Donegal for each of the years 2011 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6147/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
464. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive a Covid bonus payment. [6152/23]
- Health Services
465. To ask the Minister for Health the funding given by the Cork drug and alcohol taskforce to an organisation (details supplied) in Cork and the number of stays utilised in the facility since...
- Medicinal Products
468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a medication for hyperemesis (details supplied) is made available through the drugs payment scheme with a prescription from a GP. [6184/23]
- Ambulance Service
469. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Diseases
470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to introduce in order to ensure that additional TB testing in cattle as a result of new EU animal health laws...
- Social Media
471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies...
- Animal Carcase Disposal
472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the rights of an owner (details supplied) of a fee-simple bog who does not have turbary rights. [5592/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a BEAM application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork where there is alleged non-compliance; if he...
- Greyhound Industry
474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if allowing a named individual to enter a dog in a greyhound race in Shelbourne Park on 20 January 2023 while the individual is the...
- Forestry Sector
482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the annual maintenance costs incurred by Coillte for the management of forests under its control; the...
- Animal Diseases
483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the costs for all mandatory TB tests will be covered by his Department, as opposed to just annual tests; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Supports
484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the forgotten farmers' proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Aquaculture Industry
485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process that has been undertaken since 2020 to December 2022 by the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board to obtain technical advice...
- Agriculture Schemes
488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the voluntary permanent cessation scheme to ensure that applicants do not face deductions in their offer amount...
- Forestry Sector
489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory impact assessments or any other analyses or assessments that have been carried out in respect of a deal with a company...
- Animal Culls
490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the over-population of Sika deer in the Glengarriff area; the steps he plans to take in relation...
- Forestry Sector
491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total hectarage of land affected by ash dieback within the State; if such affected hectares are included within national...
- Departmental Policies
492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department was first provided with the draft guidelines and regulations to state aid in agriculture, forestry and fisheries...
- Organic Farming
494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the participation payment of the organic farming scheme will be paid; if the timing of such has been revised; if so, when; the...
- Forestry Sector
495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can explain the reason a Coillte-owned company (details supplied) based in Clonmel is charging all its Irish MDF customers more...
- Departmental Data
497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of each bonus payment to employees of Coillte and Greyhound Racing Ireland in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [6094/23]
- Electricity Generation
498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 24 January 2023, the way in which a farmer can avail of an onsite farmyard inspection by...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Social Media
499. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies...
- Departmental Funding
500. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that the €800,000 funding support for men’s sheds was not announced earlier in 2022; the reason that it was...
- Departmental Data
505. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of fines that have been issued for controlled breeds of dogs for being in breach of regulations in each county for the past...
- Defibrillators Provision
506. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grants are available to upgrade a defibrillator (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5778/23]
- Departmental Programmes
507. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the community services programme will open to new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6059/23]
- Urban Development
508. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Cahir, County Tipperary, which received approximately €12 million from her Department for town centre renovation, will be...
- Social Media
509. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to any instances where the public relations unit and or press office of her Department undertook to...
- Departmental Advertising
510. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if she...
- Departmental Policies
511. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which other State or local authority funds can be used in conjunction with community centres investment fund-funding to...
