Written answers
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Appointments to State Boards
33. To ask the Taoiseach the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and other State-appointed bodies,...
- Lobbying Reform
34. To ask the Taoiseach the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards of bodies registered for lobbying...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Equality Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of differential pricing between standard tickets and wheelchair accessible tickets in...
- Appointments to State Boards
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities...
- Lobbying Reform
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards...
- Trade Agreements
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 13 December 2022, if he will provide a status update on his engagement at WTO and...
- Income Inequality
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment pursuant to the programme for Government 2020, the status of plans for a universal basic income pilot in the lifetime of the...
- Business Supports
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the list of business support schemes and initiatives supported by InterTradeIreland; the initiatives and schemes that are in...
- Trade Promotion
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the trade information service is expected to be launched; the funding allocated to same under the Supplementary Estimate for...
- Business Supports
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for the green transition fund, including the climate planning fund for business and the enterprise...
- Departmental Budgets
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for the agile innovation fund under the Supplementary Estimate for 2023; and if he will make a...
- Research and Development
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training under the Supplementary Estimate...
- Industrial Development
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for the IDA's strategic intent programme under the Supplementary Estimate for 2023; and if he will...
- Business Supports
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for the small firms investment in energy efficiency grant, SFIEEs, under the Supplementary Estimate...
- Enterprise Policy
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Digital Portal is expected to be launched; the funding allocated for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9138/23]
- Departmental Funding
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for the European Space Agency programme under the Supplementary Estimate for 2023; and if he will make...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for INTERREG under the Supplementary Estimate for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Business Supports
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated for restart grants under the Supplementary Estimate for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Public Sector Pensions
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update regarding the details of a remuneration and superannuation protocol; if this matter has...
- Departmental Staff
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the implementation of RED II criteria will be taken into consideration during the EU ETS emissions accounting process...
- Natural Resources
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the 75% loss of wetlands in Ireland in 300 years; his plans for the preservation of wetlands; and if he...
- Appointments to State Boards
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State...
- Lobbying Reform
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also...
- Departmental Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that all households, including small flats and apartments with electricity supply from all energy...
- State Bodies
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address concerns arising from the five resignations from the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland and the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Staff
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the...
- Transport Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the future of the active travel programme for local authorities in view of the reduced allocation for 2023,...
- Transport Costs
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to Iarnród Éireann proposals to charge holders of free travel passes a fee when booking journeys...
- Public Transport
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a request by a person (details supplied) for access to public transport can be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Projects
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on seeking further approvals to improve the N59 Clifden to Maam Cross, as was mentioned in the National...
- Bus Services
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the smooth operation of a service by a company (details supplied) and bus services in Dublin...
- Transport Policy
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the approved Pathfinder programme for Naas, County Kildare; and if the funding is in place and can be drawn down as...
- Rail Network
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the improvements made to the rail network across the country in recent years; and if he will outline any plans for...
- Work Permits
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to work permits for bus drivers from non-EU and non-EEA countries and the possible inclusion of...
- Bus Services
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a monthly breakdown of the number of bus drivers working for Dublin Bus in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and...
- Driver Test
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in offering a driving test date; if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) for...
- Ports Policy
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 2 February 2023, if he can address the issues raised (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Bus Services
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann on the need for the 208 bus to stop at Harrington Square in Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the desirability and possibility of having heavy rail or light rail connections to, or adjacent to, Dublin, Cork, Kerry, Shannon and...
- Road Traffic Offences
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified in each year since 2016; the number who surrendered their licence to the RSA each year from 2016...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems faced in relation to insurance costs (details supplied); the assistance his Department can provide with this;...
- Business Supports
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can be considered as part of a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8996/23]
- Insurance Coverage
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a Government-sponsored life cover scheme operated by the State at a reasonable cost to the policy holders, to enable people with certain...
- Departmental Staff
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the percentage of total...
- Tax Code
105. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on maintaining the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector, given the view that the lower VAT rate is critical to Ireland's international...
- Tax Reliefs
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if the treatment of corporation tax loss relief with respect to a bank (details supplied) has or will change, given the State no longer has a shareholding in...
- Tax Yield
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue he expects to generate from the changes to the benefit-in-kind relief on company cars, which became effective as of January 2023; and if...
- Appointments to State Boards
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and other...
- Lobbying Reform
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards of bodies registered for...
- Financial Irregularities
110. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 16 February 2023, if a requirement for payment service providers to compensate customers where authorised...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) in respect of a prison officer retirement; and if he will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities...
- Lobbying Reform
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards of...
- Departmental Staff
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and...
- Sports Facilities
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has negotiated terms for the repayment of the €7.6 million loan given to an organisation under the 2020...
- Sports Funding
117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commence the next round of the sports capital programme; when it will be open for applications; and if she will make...
- Appointments to State Boards
119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards,...
- Lobbying Reform
120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of senior staff members of her Department or of State bodies under the aegis of her Department who are also on the...
- Online Safety
121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent and context of any engagements she has had with media interests, with particular reference to the need to protect the...
- Swimming Pools
123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the swimming pool development programme is expected to continue; the basis on which it will continue over the...
- Sport and Recreational Development
124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to reach out to those involved in sporting activities, with a view to continuation of...
- Arts Policy
125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to support the arts throughout the country, with particular reference to both amateur and...
- Tourism Industry
127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor the tourism sector, with a view to ensuring customers do not get...
- Sports Events
131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department support the potential hosting of various global sporting events in Ireland; and if she...
- Tourism Policy
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to implement regulations on short-term holiday lettings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9242/23]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his Department's position on how the proposed Planning and Development Bill 2022 appears to remove the...
- Departmental Staff
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular...
- Water Services
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allocate funding to Tipperary County Council to rectify the developer-provided infrastructure in estates and allow...
- Vacant Properties
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make funding available for a second vacant homes officer for Tipperary County Council due to the size of the county...
- Fire Safety
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to significant wait periods to get a fire safety certificate from Wicklow County Council...
- Housing Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of notice-to-quit properties bought in each local authority in 2022, in tabular form. [9040/23]
- Appointments to State Boards
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards,...
- Lobbying Reform
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the...
- Vacant Properties
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider opening the Croí Cónaithe scheme for rental properties and shortening the vacancy period in the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Staff
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to raise the case of an imprisoned Irish citizen (details supplied) with the Iranian authorities; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and...
- Lobbying Reform
148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards of...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a sports facility (details supplied) in County Kilkenny can be reopened. [8999/23]
- Departmental Staff
150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the...
- Communications Surveillance
151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any members of the Defence Forces conducted a risk analysis on devices (details supplied) and communication systems used in State-run...
- Appointments to State Boards
152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and other...
- Lobbying Reform
153. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards of bodies...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Home Schooling
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can confirm or provide a timeline for when the school completion programme and the home school community liaison scheme will return to the...
- Public Sector Pensions
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with school completion officers regarding their pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9185/23]
- Public Sector Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school completion officers will be given access to free counselling or external supervision; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the turnover of staff in her Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the...
- Special Educational Needs
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, her Department will immediately sanction funding for a second ASD classroom in a school (details supplied) given the current ASD...
- Teacher Training
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider revising the requirement of having a H3 grade or equivalent in leaving certificate Irish in order to complete a professional...
- School Admissions
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to the increase in applications for a multi-denominational school (details supplied); the action she plans to...
- National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment uses the same child development model as the National Educational Psychological Service....
- School Curriculum
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will explain the rationale behind the removal of foundation level maths from the junior certificate cycle. [9013/23]
- State Examinations
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the rationale behind plans for leaving certificate candidates to sit paper 1 in English and Irish in fifth year. [9014/23]
- Appointments to State Boards
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and other...
- Lobbying Reform
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of senior staff members of her Department or of State bodies under the aegis of her Department who are also on the boards of bodies...
- School Enrolments
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are enough primary school places available in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school planning area for those children whose parents...
- School Accommodation
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can confirm the date a school (details supplied) will begin to operate in its new location; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Budgets
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding allocated for the humanitarian relief scheme under the Supplementary Estimate for 2023; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the turnover of staff in her Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular...
- Social Welfare Appeals
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current timeline for social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8931/23]
- Social Welfare Code
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to address the unequal treatment of surviving cohabiting partners by her Department (details supplied); and if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied). [8956/23]
- Social Welfare Code
176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the planned changes for how maintenance will be viewed for assessing social welfare payments; when the changes will come into...
- Appointments to State Boards
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards,...
- Lobbying Reform
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of senior staff members of her Department or of State bodies under the aegis of her Department who are also on the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of commercial and non-commercial buildings that have been leased by or loaned to and refurbished by...
- Equality Issues
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the practice of differential pricing between standard tickets and wheelchair...
- Parental Leave
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding the extension of the children’s age for which parental leave can be taken;...
- Departmental Policies
185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need for a public information campaign in respect of the national response to the arrival of...
- International Protection
186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read reports of refugees and asylum seekers experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea due to inadequate...
- Appointments to State Boards
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to...
- Lobbying Reform
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Technological Universities
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated for the technological universities innovation programmes under the Supplementary Estimate for 2023; and if he...
- Qualifications Recognition
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the implementation of the new national fund for the protection of enrolled learners as per the Qualification and...
- Appointments to State Boards
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and other...
- Lobbying Reform
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards of bodies...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Staff
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the turnover of staff in her Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular...
- Freedom of Speech
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter in relation to justice administration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Policy
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a group (details supplied) regarding concerns with visa processing. [8961/23]
- Legislative Process
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1091 of 18 January 2023, the status of the drafting of the criminal justice (sexual...
- International Agreements
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1091 of 18 January 2023, the legislative changes required in order for Ireland to fully...
- Sentencing Policy
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of sentence handed down to persons convicted of a violent crime or sexual offences in each of the past five...
- Domestic Violence
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection orders, safety orders and barring orders issued in each of the past five years - 2018, 2019, 2020,...
- Departmental Reports
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide this Deputy with a report by an organisation (details supplied). [9026/23]
- Appointments to State Boards
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards,...
- Lobbying Reform
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the...
- Departmental Schemes
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received and the number of approvals issued on an annual basis since its inception in respect of the...
- Visa Applications
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) cannot apply for a visa in London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9214/23]
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
206. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he intends taking to ensure every community healthcare organisation has a community neuro-rehabilitation team as previously promised, including CHO 7...
- Departmental Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on an application for funding for a section 39 organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [8909/23]
- Nursing Homes
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite an application for the fair deal scheme on behalf of a person (details supplied). [8929/23]
- Hospital Admissions
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting to emergency departments after being spiked with a drug or substance without their knowledge in each of the years from 2017 to...
- Medicinal Products
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) at his earliest convenience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8933/23]
- Hospital Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revisit the apparent decision to relocate the Naas antenatal clinic attached to the Coombe Hospital to Portlaoise hospital, thereby duplicating...
- Hospital Appointments Status
213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been waiting 16 months to receive surgery at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
214. To ask the Minister for Health if persons paying for IVF treatment between now and September 2023 will be reimbursed their costs from September onwards in view of his stated intention to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
215. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for the special recognition pandemic payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8989/23]
- Medicinal Products
217. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason cariban cannot be prescribed by a GP on...
- Dental Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health the incentives in place to encourage dental practices to take part in the dental treatment services scheme, particularly with regard to rural communities where...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm when the PRSP will be paid to a healthcare assistant, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9006/23]
- Hospital Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor injuries units in hospitals across County Tipperary; the hours and days each minor injuries unit operates; the number of patients treated...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agencies that met the pandemic special recognition payment criteria and have been engaged with by a company (details supplied); the number of...
- Disability Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the children's disability network teams for the Dublin area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9023/23]
- Patient Transport
225. To ask the Minister for Health the hours during which the critical care retrieval service for children is currently available; the reason this does not operate on a 24-7 basis; the...
- Appointments to State Boards
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and other State-appointed...
- Lobbying Reform
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards of bodies registered for...
- General Practitioner Services
228. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 25 October 2022, if the review has been completed on GP services in Rearcross, Newport, County Tipperary; when GP...
- Medical Qualifications
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress to give statutory recognition and protection to the designation of "counsellor"; if he will provide a timeline for the opening of...
- Healthcare Policy
230. To ask the Minister for Health his views on rogue crisis pregnancy agencies performing transvaginal ultrasounds in early pregnancy; and his plans to regulate the practice. [9100/23]
- Mental Health Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Youth Pathfinder Project for Mental Health; when the project will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9152/23]
- Disabilities Assessments
235. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to allowing parents and carers use the National Treatment Purchase Fund to access private assessments and services, given the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
236. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9173/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
237. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a new device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9174/23]
- Home Help Service
238. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9190/23]
- Health Services Staff
239. To ask the Minister for Health when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be established in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
241. To ask the Minister for Health if a colonoscopy will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [9233/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for the pandemic recognition payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9234/23]
- Medical Cards
243. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to review the income thresholds for the medical card scheme in view of the increased cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Information and Communications Technology
244. To ask the Minister for Health his views on Children’s Health Ireland’s decision to use an electronic health system in the new children’s hospital which is not...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
245. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards for the publication of his amendments to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; when he expects this Bill to...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Staff
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and...
- Control of Dogs
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the people or organisations that are members of the working group on the control of dogs review; and if there is a...
- Animal Diseases
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reply to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding TB testing laws; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES application can be awarded to a person (details supplied). [8964/23]
- Forestry Sector
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason road planting, thinning and felling licences are not active since the start of 2023; the measures that are to be taken by...
- Hedge Cutting
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remove the exemption which allows for the destruction of up to half a kilometre of hedgerows without assessment or...
- Appointments to State Boards
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities...
- Lobbying Reform
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of senior staff members of his Department or of State bodies under the aegis of his Department who are also on the boards...
- Greyhound Industry
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann supplied all the figures used in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of the turnover of staff in her Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and...
- Departmental Schemes
264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to commence the next round of the Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Programme; when it will be open for applications; and...
- Departmental Funding
265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund that has been spent to date; and what it has been spent on. [8993/23]
- Appointments to State Boards
266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities...
- Departmental Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the way in which a centralised funding platform can be built in the absence of the fundamental data infrastructure...
- Central Statistics Office
270. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which she will provide data required by the CSO for the preparation of the national accounts (details supplied). [9210/23]
