Written answers
Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to meet with the family of a person (details supplied) to discuss their concerns; if he can detail the progress on...
- Domestic Violence
8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times gardaí were called to scenes of domestic violence in the State in each of the past ten years and to date...
- Immigration Policy
13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Government's policy approach to managing immigration, given the recent rapid increase in migration and its impact on the...
- Asylum Applications
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of concerns expressed by advocates and human rights campaigners about the dangers of “fast...
- An Garda Síochána
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he intends to take to respond to the recruitment crisis in An Garda Síochána. [7507/23]
- Crime Prevention
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the resource deployment to counter community safety concerns in Dublin city centre; and if he has received a...
- Legislative Measures
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the progression of the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022. [7513/23]
- An Garda Síochána
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for further investment into CCTV systems to aid and assist An Garda Síochána conduct policing in urban areas...
- Legislative Reviews
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 6 December 2022, the status of the independent review of part IV of the Criminal Law...
- International Protection
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the processing and decision times for people seekinginternational protection; if he will confirm...
- Public Inquiries
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate his support for a public inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied) over two years ago; and if...
- Courts Service
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been brought to the significant delays in the Donegal court system; if plans have been made to address this...
- Posthumous Pardons
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the consideration of the case for a posthumous pardoning in respect of a person (details...
- An Garda Síochána
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Cavan/Monaghan drug unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7678/23]
- International Protection
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make a statement with regards to a specific application for visas from Afghani citizens (details supplied). [6891/23]
- An Garda Síochána
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he intends to take to ensure adequate Garda recruitment to ensure adequate Garda resources in communities; and if he...
- Work Permits
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made in simplifying the process for employment permits and immigration permissions to improve on timelines to...
- An Garda Síochána
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of the Garda Reserve; the number of male and female members; the Government policy with respect to...
- Asylum Applications
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans on reforming asylum seekers process; the number of additional staff to be hired; the way applications can be processed...
- Immigration Policy
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 5,000 persons arrived at Dublin airport in 2022 with no documentation or...
- An Garda Síochána
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs and community policing units in the Ballymun sub-district for the past five...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the the increased number of sexual assaults recorded in quarter 3 of 2022, the steps that are being taken to tackle...
- An Garda Síochána
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Carlow and Kilkenny districts. [7527/23]
- Animal Welfare
44. 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 regarding animal welfare...
- An Garda Síochána
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank seconded to the Corporate Enforcement Agency as of 1 February 2023. [7392/23]
- Prison Service
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the use of single-cell accommodation across the prison estate, in line with international standards on the...
- Domestic Violence
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the roll-out of the promised additional refuge spaces, pursuant to the third national strategy on domestic, sexual...
- An Garda Síochána
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government is on course to meet its recruitment target of 1,000 gardaí in 2023. [7515/23]
- Crime Prevention
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to discuss crime prevention resources for the Mahon area of Cork city. [6483/23]
- Domestic Violence
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the provision of a domestic violence refuge for women in Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- An Garda Síochána
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength and deployment of An Garda Síochána continues to be sufficient to deal with drugs and...
- Road Traffic Offences
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm where the monetary returns related to fines for driving and parking fines issued by An Garda...
- An Garda Síochána
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Garda Síochána restructuring and how it pertains to the Longford Roscommon district. [7446/23]
- Courts Staff
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of county registrars currently serving; the way in which that compares to historic levels. [7551/23]
- Sentencing Policy
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm that consideration will be given to reforming sentencing laws to ensure tougher sentences for those convicted of...
- Substance Misuse
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures, in conjunction with the Department of Health, that will be implemented to deal with the serious...
- Road Traffic Offences
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the online portal to enable citizens to report road traffic offences to assist An Garda...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he anticipates that Ireland will be compliance with its obligations under the Istanbul Convention; and if he will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taken to restore Garda numbers to full strength given that there are 650 fewer gardaí than...
- Crime Prevention
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report the work to support An Garda Síochána in preventing and combatting crime perpetrated against older...
- An Garda Síochána
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to enhance policing in rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2034/23]
- Antisocial Behaviour
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to address the issue of dangerous misuse of scrambler bikes and if there has been any data collated to...
- Sentencing Policy
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he intends to take to expand the penalties available to the Courts in sentencing children convicted of serious...
- Immigration Policy
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the checks, if any, that were performed on the 5,074 refugees who arrived at Dublin Airport in 2022 without ID documentation,...
- An Garda Síochána
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the new Garda station proposed for Northern Cross. [7717/23]
- Data Protection
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps which he is taking to restrict the right to be forgotten under GDPR by convicted sex offenders; and if he will make a...
- Crime Prevention
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that the proposed community safety partnerships will operate; when he expects these partnerships will be established...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women murdered or who died by suspected homicide in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023;...
- An Garda Síochána
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to low levels of fines issued by An Garda Síochána at a local level in County Wicklow...
- Deportation Orders
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the Department is dealing with deportations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/23]
- An Garda Síochána
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on recruitment concerns within An Garda Síochána; the plans he has laid out for future recruitments; and if...
- Crime Prevention
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been in contact with the Garda Commissioner regarding serious threats being made against refugees, the LGBTQI...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to establish an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details suppled) as previously agreed by...
- An Garda Síochána
80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs and community policing units in the Finglas sub-district for the past five years...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the zero tolerance towards violence against women policy, in particular the progress made in the implementation...
- Deportation Orders
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actual number of people deported on foot of a deportation order in each of the last 12 months; the number of these that were...
- Department of Health
- Disability Services
92. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to tackle the understaffing of the CDNT services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7672/23]
- Medicinal Products
96. To ask the Minister for Health when a date will be provided for the inquiry regarding sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7525/23]
- Health Services Staff
97. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he and the HSE will undertake to retain newly qualified healthcare professionals in Ireland who are educated in Irish universities; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
98. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware there are long waiting lists for vasectomies in the public health system in many parts of the State; if he will establish a national contracts...
- Cancer Services
99. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is intended to address issues raised by the Irish Cancer Society and the HSE in respect of the availability of rapid treatments for...
- Disability Services
100. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing legislative changes to the Health Act 2007 to codify a definition of residential service to ensure that all individualised...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a new model 4 hospital in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7237/23]
- Disease Management
102. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends to follow through on the Programme for Government’s clear commitment to publish a successor plan of the National Rare Disease...
- Mental Health Services
103. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-evaluate the way in which suicidal patients who present to accident and emergency departments are triaged; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes
104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure, without further delay, that there is equal treatment of private nursing homes in relation to subvention payments as the present system is...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
105. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a charity (details supplied) recently called for additional resources to reduce very long waiting lists for preventative surgery for women...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
106. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) have recently renewed their call for a public inquiry into Covid deaths in nursing homes; and if he will...
- Hospital Facilities
107. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the delivery of an extension to A&E at Mayo University Hospital as a project that can be delivered on an accelerated programme...
- Disabilities Assessments
108. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for a parent and their child who is waiting for an assessment of needs; the average waiting time for assessment of needs by CHO;...
- Abortion Services
109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the findings of the abortion review without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7651/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
110. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a work plan from the NTPF on its waiting list initiative plans for 2023; and if he will indicate the key targets. [6760/23]
- Health Services
111. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the following in relation to cervical check screening, the percentage of tests currently carried out abroad as a percentage of the overall...
- Vaccination Programme
112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the uptake of the third Covid-19 booster vaccine. [7765/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is committed to continuing with the development of a new community nursing unit on the site of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County...
- Medicinal Products
114. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has made kaftrio available to all adults and children who need the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/23]
- General Practitioner Services
115. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects free GP health care to be extended to those aged six and seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6665/23]
- Hospital Facilities
116. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of HSE elective hospitals as per the recommendations of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7767/23]
- Cybersecurity Policy
118. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent security breaches at Irish hospitals, such as the Mercy Hospital Cork, the new security measures that have been put in place to ensure that...
- Health Strategies
119. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish a carer's commission to address the issues being experienced by family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2042/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
120. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a two-year waiting list for MRI with sedation for children in Dublin. [6289/23]
- Health Services
121. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to support women who choose to have home births. [7410/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
122. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure children with disabilities are assessed and receive medical aids/equipment in a timely manner. [7411/23]
- Disability Services
124. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to amend the Disability Act 2005; and if not, if he plans to introduce new legislation in order that all children receive services in a timely...
- Hospital Services
125. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on recent service reconfigurations at Navan Hospital and plans for further reconfiguration; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
126. To ask the Minister for Health when the option will be available in County Donegal to administer IV antibiotic therapy in the home setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
127. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason the drug cannot be prescribed by GPs on...
- General Practitioner Services
128. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department and the HSE are undertaking to address the growing shortage of GPs across County Cork and the rest of the country; and if he will make...
- Hospital Facilities
129. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Number 29 of 8 December 2022, the status of the examination by his Department of the strategic assessment report regarding...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advance an inquiry into nursing homes during the pandemic to address significant and particular shortcomings across that sector; and if he will make...
- Primary Care Centres
131. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new primary health care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7671/23]
- Disability Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department envisages addressing the waiting list in children's disability network teams (Enable Ireland) services in counties Cavan and Monaghan;...
- Medicinal Products
134. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a report (details supplied) in respect of the drug reimbursement process; when the report and the key recommendations are...
- Hospital Services
135. To ask the Minister for Health when fibronectin tests will be available to expectant mothers at University Hospital Kerry; when approval was given for this; if and when a supplier has...
- Health Services
136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the decision not to provide additional resources at Ennis medical assessment unit following engagement of a new 112/999 pathway; and if he...
- Hospital Facilities
138. To ask the Minister for Health when the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be operational at weekends and on bank holidays. [6872/23]
- Nursing Homes
139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on engagements by his Department in relation to the establishment of a care partner scheme for nursing and care home residents;...
- Healthcare Policy
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint chief executive officers for regional health area authorities in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7558/23]
- Primary Care Centres
142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of primarycare centres and out of hours GP cover, ShannonDoc in County Clare. [7524/23]
- Health Service Executive
143. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7522/23]
- Disability Services
144. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that available therapeutic resource for children with special needs is properly allocated between completing assessments and delivering...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 304 of 26 January 2023, if the planned development of a community nursing unit at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel will...
- Hospital Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update, as of February 2023, on the recruitment of additional nursing staff; the number of new nurses that have been employed by the HSE; the...
- Care of the Elderly
148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to a minor injuries’ unit for St Joseph’s Campus in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Healthcare Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will develop a specific population-based health capacity plan for the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7559/23]
- Nursing Education
150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant allowances for student nurses and midwives in line with the expenses incurred as part of their training, and recognising the additional...
- Disability Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the staff complement and existing vacancies in the four CDNTs serving County Meath; the number of children accessing services...
- Healthcare Policy
153. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he might be in a position to introduce a plan to deal with the most urgent health issues at the present time such as adequacy of staffing...
- Care of the Elderly
154. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the expected timelines on the establishment of a commission of care for aging and older people; the way he intends to scope and plan...
- Disability Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of announced, short notice announced or unannounced inspections of residential centres for people with disabilities carried out by HIQA in 2021, in...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
156. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of public funding for IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7650/23]
- Medical Cards
157. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to raise the income threshold for the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7549/23]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made under the Cross Border Directive in 2021 and in 2022 respectively; the number of these applications that were successful and...
- Hospital Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on measures he intends to put in place to increase acute public healthcare capacity within the UL Hospitals Group. [7523/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
160. To ask the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to address the non-payment of the Covid-19 pandemic payment bonus to certain staff in section 39 organisations; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that nursing home residents on the fair deal scheme are also being charged for extras that often, especially for those on social welfare, are...
- Mental Health Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a public inquiry into the failings of the CAMHS service, to include historic funding decision making, failures by the Mental Health...
- Patient Transfers
163. To ask the Minister for Health if any grant support is being considered to support community groups including a group (details supplied) to assist with providing transport for sick members...
- Nursing Homes
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a further change to the fair deal guidelines on the family home to incentivise more homes to be rented out. [6615/23]
- Hospital Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health when day surgeries will resume at University Hospital Kerry. [6698/23]
- Dental Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in putting in place the dental treatment services scheme in County Offaly. [7742/23]
- Disability Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [4540/23]
- Protected Disclosures
168. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for dealing with protected disclosures in relation to third party organisations funded by the HSE under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004; the...
- Hospital Staff
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant post vacancies in public hospitals across the country; the number of consultants that are currently being trained to fill this gap;...
- Dental Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health progress has been made in the past six months on the reinstating the school dental scheme in County Laois. [7741/23]
- Nursing Homes
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of his plans to address the crisis in the provision of nursing home beds for the elderly; if he intends to increase the provision of...
- Mental Health Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that will be given to Jigsaw to have a uniform service across the State, given that there are waiting times of 30 weeks in Cork and 4 weeks in...
- Medicinal Products
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the way people can access the drug cariban used to relieve extreme nausea and vomiting experienced during pregnancy; and if he...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a visit has taken place to a location (details supplied) in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Properties
179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- State Bodies
180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the name of all external legal companies engaged by Inland isheries Ireland in the past three years...
- Semi-State Bodies
181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an...
- Departmental Properties
182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Greenways Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of greenway projects being managed by TII; the phase each of these projects is at; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the relevant Assistant Secretary to liaise with his counterpart in the Department of Education to organise a meeting...
- Transport Policy
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of Ten-T funding for transport projects received since 1999, in tabular form by year and amount; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) will provide refunds for customers who have been made late to work and college because of the poor...
- Taxi Regulations
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline any plans to provide electric vehicle charging to taxi ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7897/23]
- Semi-State Bodies
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum...
- Rail Network
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made the case in the strategic review on rail for the reopening of Dunleer train station; when the review will be...
- Road Projects
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications for funding that have been made in 2022 and 2023 by Meath County Council in relation to the Julianstown by-pass in...
- Road Tolls
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the review which he announced in November 2022 of plans by toll road operators to increase toll charges from 1 January 2023 has been...
- Departmental Properties
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the...
- Rail Network
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are in place or being put in place to ensure passengers changing trains throughout a journey have clear and easily...
- Transport Policy
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the PSO flight from Donegal to Dublin has been cancelled 12 times in 12 days with significant disruption caused to...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
196. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria under which residents are required to pay local property tax where the estate in which they live has not been taken in charge by the local...
- Insurance Industry
197. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the extreme rise in costs for motorcycle sport insurance and its effect on motorcycle racing this year; and if he will make...
- Interest Rates
198. To ask the Minister for Finance the pressures he is putting on banks and other financial institutions to raise the interest rates on moneys that are held on deposit in view of the fact that...
- Insurance Coverage
200. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems that owners of thatch properties face due to the cost of insuring these properties and the lack of companies...
- Semi-State Bodies
201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in...
- Departmental Properties
202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the control of his...
- Tax Code
203. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any consideration being given to the removal of deemed disposal tax (details supplied) as deemed disposal makes it extremely difficult for...
- Departmental Data
204. To ask the Minister for Finance the total compensation paid by payment service providers and payment institutions to victims of authorised push payment fraud in each of the years 2016 to...
- Business Supports
205. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of employees that were supported by the temporary and employment wage subsidy scheme by county, in tabular form. [8039/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
206. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount in Euro given to support businesses under the Covid restrictions support scheme by county, in tabular form. [8040/23]
- Departmental Data
207. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyer help-to-buy scheme applicants and approved recipients since its inception by county; and the total number of approved...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a legal obligation on the design team or organisation dealing with a tender to inform the winner of the tender of the next...
- International Bodies
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the OECD Civic Space Scans which have been carried out in Finland and Portugal (details supplied); if...
- Semi-State Bodies
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum...
- Office of Public Works
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a project (details supplied). [7920/23]
- Departmental Properties
212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Bodies
213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 17 November 2022, if the National Famine Commemoration Committee met to consider...
- Irish Language
214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Irish Language Service Plan will be finalised for Cahersiveen; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement...
- Semi-State Bodies
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under her aegis; if an explanatory...
- Departmental Properties
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties...
- Repatriation Costs
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the campaign to repatriate the remains of a person (details supplied) from Belgium to Ireland;...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Waterways Ireland
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the graded/banded employment will be approved for workers in Waterways Ireland following the decision by Waterways...
- Famine Artefacts
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the Custom House History Museum and its exhibition which fails to mention An Gorta Mór and the role of...
- Building Regulations
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on current height restrictions on timber framed buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7782/23]
- Housing Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce measures in order that local authority tenants and tenants of approved housing bodies can have their...
- Vacant Properties
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for providing vacant homes grants for homes built before 1993; if he will consider expanding the scheme to...
- Departmental Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the current situation regarding a project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if funding has been...
- Housing Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social leases undertaken by the State since Housing for All was launched; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Policy
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to revise the income thresholds for local authority home loans; and his views on offering flexibility to...
- Election Management System
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of TDs per head of population in 1922 and for every ten years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Coverage
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the adequacy of the Report on Insurance and Fire Safety in Thatched Properties in addressing the immediate...
- Housing Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the affordable housing action plan submitted to his Department by Kilkenny County Council has been approved; if the number...
- Vacant Properties
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will reimburse the full cost of the refurbishment of void properties and houses to local authorities as the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that approximately 130 members of staff from the Dublin Fire Brigade have yet to be paid the pandemic special...
- Housing Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been informed by a local authority (details supplied) of the number of applications, successful, and unsuccessful...
- Housing Schemes
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out the timeframe for processing submissions made to the housing supply clearing house given the delays being...
- Housing Policy
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the case of a publican selling their liquor licence and wishing to renovate the premises and turn it into apartments, if...
- Departmental Properties
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify...
- Tax Code
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any exemptions from rates for sporting clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7977/23]
- Legislative Programme
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative timeline for the draft Planning and Development Bill 2022, to complete pre-legislative scrutiny, to be...
- Planning Issues
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the resources that will be allocated to An Coimisiún Pleanála to be constituted under the Planning and Development...
- Rental Sector
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements he and or his officials have had with the RTB in respect of resolving an issue regarding the RTB register in...
- Housing Schemes
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the waiting lists and waiting times for receipt of the housing adaptation grant; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will lobby at EU level to expand the scope of EU sanctions on Belarus to include furniture. [7839/23]
- Passport Services
249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department can provide verification that a person (details supplied) is an Irish born citizen; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies
250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will...
- Departmental Properties
251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the...
- Department of Defence
- Semi-State Bodies
252. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be...
- Departmental Properties
253. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the relevant Assistant Secretary to liaise with her counterpart in the Department of Transport to organise a meeting which...
- State Examinations
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to extend the time period which would allow mature students to register for the Leaving Certificate examination 2023 in view of...
- Teaching Qualifications
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to provide route 4 teachers the option to gain route 1 registration for primary teaching with an Irish Language...
- Schools Building Projects
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a legal obligation on the design team or organisation dealing with a tender to inform the winner of the tender of the next closest...
- Teacher Training
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail efforts to provide professional development for teachers, in the context of employment demands driven by teacher shortages; and...
- Teaching Qualifications
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the efforts her Department are making to reduce incidents whereby non-teaching staff are required to teach students; and if...
- Schools Administration
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a home school community liaison scheme for every developing school; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering providing non-teaching special educational needs co-ordinators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7791/23]
- State Examinations
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that consideration will be given to reducing the number of sraith pictúir required for the leaving certificate higher...
- Education Policy
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an association (details supplied) has been excluded from an organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7806/23]
- Education Schemes
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the names and technical expertise of the members of the expert advisory group that developed the framework of principles that...
- School Admissions
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what solutions her Department is proposing for local children in Kilcock and Maynooth who have been refused local secondary-school places; and if...
- Education Policy
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give an update on a proposal to reconfigure three primary schools (details supplied); if she will put a mechanism in place to allow...
- School Admissions
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department is in contact with all the relevant school authorities in the north Kildare area to ensure there are adequate...
- School Accommodation
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7843/23]
- School Admissions
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the solutions her Department is proposing for children in Kilcock starting school, including those who have had two years ECCE and are...
- Departmental Data
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have undergone a reconfiguration of diversity programme with a breakdown of whether the school remained secular or...
- Education Policy
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies in place for schools with pupils who wish to opt-out of religious education classes; the way her Department will support parents and...
- School Transport
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a schoolchild (details supplied) in County Sligo who has to attend a school in Roscommon has not been granted any transport support to...
- Special Educational Needs
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available in reading schools for children with severe dyslexia; and her plans to expand the provision given these places are...
- School Staff
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teaching vacancies in County Limerick towns, in tabular form. [7891/23]
- Special Educational Needs
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline any plans to provide additional primary special education places in north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under her aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be...
- School Funding
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available for primary schools to purchase sports equipment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7916/23]
- Special Educational Needs
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the procedures primary schools must follow if they seek to transition from being mainstream schools to special schools; and if...
- Departmental Properties
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the...
- School Admissions
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortfall in primary school places in the Kilcock area, Kildare; her plans to address this; and if she will...
- School Transport
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if details of a family (details supplied) have been forwarded to her Department for consideration for the remote area grant; the steps the family...
- School Admissions
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school place can be found for a student (details supplied); if extra provision can urgently be provided given the growing problem in Kildare...
- Industrial Relations
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that despite WRC negotiations, a Labour Court recommendation and a promise from her Department that it would be making an offer of...
- School Staff
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he will give close consideration to the matters raised;...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will raise the age limit for domiciliary care allowance to 18 years of age, to reflect the reality that recipients of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Pension Provisions
298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection can a person who was self-employed but now permanently unable to work apply for invalidity pension now the benefit it is...
- Semi-State Bodies
299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under her aegis; if an explanatory...
- Social Welfare Benefits
300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if free travel scheme holders have to book train journeys online in order to use their pass; if this is the case for all...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on the rule for the assessment of second properties for applicants of farm assist; the way this rule is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a child benefit payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Payments
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working family payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Properties
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify...
- Social Welfare Benefits
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Rates
306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to increasing qualified adult rates alongside increases to core social welfare rates; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons supported by the pandemic unemployment payment, by county, in tabular form. [8029/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, on a county basis, the total number of persons who were in receipt of the Covid-19...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
310. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a location (details supplied) is due to be used as accommodation for people seeking international protection;...
- National Lottery
312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all recipients of lottery funding in south Dublin from his Department from 2011 to 2023, in...
- Departmental Funding
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all recipients of the funding allocated to the Dublin local authorities play and recreation...
- Legislative Reviews
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislative proposals arising from the review of the Equality Acts will be brought before the Houses of the...
- Childcare Services
315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the introduction of public provision of childcare, as recommended by the expert group report,...
- Semi-State Bodies
316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an...
- International Protection
317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a payment will be made to a centre (details supplied) housing Ukrainian refugees; the reason for the delay...
- Departmental Properties
318. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that the former convent (details supplied) in Kilcormac County Offaly will be used to accommodate...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Reviews
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the progress of the National Review into PhD conditions; if he will provide a full work plan for the review as laid out by chairs...
- Semi-State Bodies
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be...
- Departmental Properties
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the control...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can provide an update on the establishment of the new statutory body to oversee the State response to domestic- and...
- An Garda Síochána
325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can provide an update on the roster discussions taking place within An Garda Síochána. [8003/23]
- Coroners Service
328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans in relation to reform of the system of coroners. [1790/23]
- International Protection
329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagements he has had with European partners in relation to the Afghan refugee crisis, and future plans in this area; and...
- Prison Service
330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the recommendations issued as a result of the inquest into the death of a person (details supplied) in Cork...
- Departmental Schemes
331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a service (details supplied) will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7796/23]
- An Garda Síochána
332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that are stationed in County Donegal broken down by station for each of the last ten years, in...
- Prison Service
333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 15 consecutive days during 2022; and if he...
- Legislative Reviews
335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to review the legislative provisions that prohibit access to all forms of temporary release for people serving...
- International Protection
336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the basis of Ireland’s legal responsibility to provide shelter to those who come to our country...
- Asylum Seekers
337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers that were shown to have false travel documents for each of the past five years; and the resources...
- Oireachtas Committees
338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to implement the recommendations made in the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice on the...
- Citizenship Applications
339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he agrees that the rules for applying citizenship should be amended in order to treat time spent living in Northern...
- Northern Ireland
340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he agrees the rules should be changed to allow those legally resident in Northern Ireland to travel to the Republic of...
- Semi-State Bodies
341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory...
- International Protection
342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that those with criminal convictions in their countries of origin are not being allowed access...
- Departmental Properties
343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties...
- An Garda Síochána
344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources continue to be made available to An Garda Síochána to sustain the battle...
- Crime Prevention
346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the revised bail laws are successfully preventing crimes while the accused is on bail; and if he will make...
- Prison Service
347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on educational or rehabilitative courses while in prison; the extent to which the number has remained...
- Missing Persons
349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons currently listed missing or otherwise unaccounted for; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Child Abuse
350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he proposes to strengthen the law in regard to child sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of persons awaiting naturalisation is being addressed with particular reference to those in this...
- Drug Dealing
353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of the progress nationally, and in conjunction with other jurisdictions globally, to combat the activities of...
- An Garda Síochána
354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and locations of speed cameras in County Louth; the new locations coming online in County Louth in 2023; and if he...
- Naturalisation Applications
355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all documentation associated with the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) has been...
- Restorative Justice
356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his work to create awareness and availability of restorative justice at all stages of the criminal justice...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7850/23]
- Health and Safety
359. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high incidence of physical and verbal assaults on frontline healthcare workers; if he will take steps to ensure adequate...
- Social Welfare Schemes
360. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department intends to take following the recent RTÉ Investigates report that showed that up to 12,000 vulnerable people were denied their...
- Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to review the age parameters for breast check to increase the provision of free examinations to over 70s; and if he will make a...
- Eating Disorders
362. To ask the Minister for Health when the money for the fourth phase of eating disorder team progression will be released from Budget 2023; the CHOs that this will be used for; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €4 million for improving regulatory compliance in mental health in-patient services in alignment with Mental...
- Disability Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health when an need for autism will be carried out in the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5003/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
366. To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which it is intended to reduce waiting lists for those potentially suffering from life threatening or life changing condition with particular...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the remaining front-line workers that have yet to be paid the Covid bonus; when will this payment be made; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 19 key recommendations made by the Ombudsman in the report Wasted Lives: Time for a Better Future for Young People in Nursing Homes; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the criteria used to determine eligibility for the pandemic bonus payment for frontline workers in community disability support centres who...
- Medicinal Products
370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all orphan medicines included in the drugs payment scheme from 2019 to date; if he will confirm the date of the drugs group...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the waiting times and the number on the waiting list in each public hospital to be seen by a consultant dermatologist; the list of hospitals...
- Care Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has agreed an increased cost with voluntary and private homecare providers to ensure all operators who provide homecare procured by the HSE...
- National Lottery
375. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all recipients of Lottery funding in south Dublin, from his Department, from 2011 to 2023, in tabular form. [7817/23]
- Ambulance Service
377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting time figures for emergency calls for ambulances for the north Dublin area; and the measures being taken to reduce them. [7821/23]
- Health Services
380. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language service will be provided to a child (details supplied) considering that the children’s disability network team identified...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the rules around who is eligible for the pandemic bonus payment for healthcare workers with a view to including a group that have been...
- General Practitioner Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP practices in Cork; the number who are participating in the under 6 scheme; the number of practices advertised by the HSE as participating; the...
- Pharmacy Services
385. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place between him and an organisation (details supplied) on a topic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7872/23]
- Hospital Overcrowding
386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several patients on trolleys were temporarily moved from the hallway of the accident and emergency department...
- Semi-State Bodies
387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in...
- Departmental Properties
388. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the control of his...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
389. To ask the Minister for Health when a healthcare worker (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic payment bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7959/23]
- Medicinal Products
390. To ask the Minister for Health the drugs currently available and approved throughout he HSE for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and other similar conditions, medication for which is...
- Medical Cards
391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a personal direction to ensure that patients with life threatening illnesses are offered medical cards without incessant reviews on financial...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
392. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for a patient between triage and access to doctor in all accident and emergency departments throughout the country; and if he...
- Medicinal Products
393. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains satisfied that reimbursement in respect of new and orphan drugs and other emergency drugs is sufficiently speedy and capable of meeting the...
- Mental Health Services
395. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to augment child and adult mental health services in CH07; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken forthwith; and...
- Health Services Staff
396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active recruitment campaigns for positions within CH07; when he expects such campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7967/23]
- Medical Cards
397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for medical cards granted in the past twelve months to date; the number refused or under investigation in the same period; and if he...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
398. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which all hospital building proposals are sufficiently in hand to meet the urgent demand in all hospitals throughout the country; the progress of...
- Primary Care Centres
399. To ask the Minister for Health the programme for the provision of primary care centres throughout County Kildare having regard to those already in operation, those planned and approved or...
- Hospital Overcrowding
401. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he hopes to set up an emergency management team to deal with overcrowding and hospital accident and emergency departments, with particular...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
402. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delay in dealing with the waiting lists of children seeking procedures for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7973/23]
- Health Services Staff
403. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can take steps to counter the difficulties of obtaining and retaining professional staff throughout the health services; and if he will...
- Disability Services
404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in Dublin south-west or area CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7978/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
405. To ask the Minister for Health when front line workers in an organisation (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [8017/23]
- Nursing Homes
408. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of indexation on deferred nursing home payments in 2021, 2022 and projected for 2023; the way they compare to the cost of Government borrowing to fund...
- Community Care
409. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of respite places available in CHO9 compared to the other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8022/23]
- Disability Services
410. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language service will be provided to a child (details supplied) considering that children’s disability network team identified this as...
- Hospital Services
411. To ask the Minister for Health when secretarial support will be provided at the neurology clinic in UHG; if he is aware that 400 patients who have been seen at the clinic have not had their...
- Hospital Procedures
412. To ask the Minister for Health when the blood results of the microarray test conducted in April 2022 at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway on a child (details...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeframe to open a liming scheme announced as part of Budget 2023; the proposed payment rates; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the current capability for the Irish forestry sector to produce timber that can be used in cross laminated timber...
- Fishing Industry
417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the serious concerns in the fishing industry regarding the limitations of the voluntary permanent cessation scheme;...
- Agriculture Schemes
418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ASSAP advisors employed in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7880/23]
- Agriculture Industry
420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that a wool scouring machine is available to wool producers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Semi-State Bodies
422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum...
- Departmental Properties
424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under...
- Coillte Teoranta
425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with Coillte to arrange the planning and execution of new viewing points for walkers on Coillte land on the Cooley...
- Agriculture Industry
426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine and address a matter (details supplied) in relation to securing the supply of organic rations for sheep; and if he...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Control of Dogs
427. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will expand the dog warden service in County Kildare, given the recent attacks on sheep by free roaming dogs; and if she will...
- Semi-State Bodies
428. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under her aegis; if an explanatory memorandum...
