Written answers
Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Harbours and Piers
7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress in relation to repairs and works to be carried out on the piers for the Islands; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Programmes
8. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the constituency of Cork east will receive funding under the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme. [9273/23]
- Departmental Schemes
9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative for Ballyconnell, County Cavan. [9231/23]
- Departmental Programmes
12. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community groups in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are in receipt of funding under the Social Inclusion Community...
- Departmental Funding
13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the funding programmes available to men’s and women’s sheds from her Department. [8588/23]
- Offshore Islands
15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 19 January 2023, the date on which the new policy for the islands will be published; and...
- Environmental Policy
16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential for the rural economy of the development of circular economy strategies; and the extent to...
- Departmental Schemes
17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider a reform of the funding model for the local improvement scheme, in view of the unsustainably long waiting lists in...
- Departmental Programmes
19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on increasing the annual funding for the LEADER programme. [8586/23]
- Rural Schemes
20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding drawn down to date for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9223/23]
- Departmental Policies
21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department encourages and supports the development of community representative organisations, especially in areas where...
- Rural Schemes
22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to implement a community wealth building strategy in rural Ireland similar to that of Preston City Council and...
- Flexible Work Practices
23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give an update on the work being carried out on remote working hubs and broadband connection points; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the works on a building (details supplied) in Kilrush, to be funded by the building acquisition...
- Official Engagements
25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her recent attendance at the Future Forum on Rural Development in Berlin. [8424/23]
- Departmental Schemes
26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the outcomes of the pilot bike and e-bike upcycling initiative; her plans to bring additional organisations into...
- Library Services
27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to address the growing challenges libraries face in affording e-books and the increasingly restrictive terms...
- Departmental Programmes
28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase funding for the social inclusion and community activation programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Broadband Plan
29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the high-speed internet hubs announced under the National Broadband Plan will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the mechanism open to local authorities who wish to provide seating and viewpoints on mountains enjoyed by walkers...
- Departmental Correspondence
32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received correspondence for representatives of the agricultural sector related to a recent EPA report (details supplied);...
- Departmental Policies
33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the towns first policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8976/23]
- Offshore Islands
34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when work commenced on the development of an Island Plan or Policy; when it is now hoped to publish it; the reason for the delay in...
- Departmental Policies
35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures her Department is taking to address poverty and social exclusion across Ireland. [9253/23]
- Departmental Funding
36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 14 December 2022, the status of the 2023 community centres investment fund which will be...
- Vacant Properties
37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the purchasing of vacant and derelict properties for future development as community assets by Cork...
- Legislative Reviews
38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has met with the Working Group established to review the Control of Dogs Act 1986; if a timeframe for the completion of the...
- Departmental Policies
39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the Town Centres First policy initiative. [9263/23]
- Departmental Schemes
40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the rural regeneration and development fund to date; if she will provide an update on the list of all...
- Offshore Islands
41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 19 January 2023, the status of the examination of the draft Islands policy by her...
- Harbours and Piers
42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 14 December 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of the pier on Inis...
- Departmental Funding
43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide grants to community centres in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9239/23]
- Departmental Schemes
44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available to community groups facing rising running costs due to inflation and energy price increases; and if she will...
- Flexible Work Practices
45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if remote working hubs could be provided in rural areas. [9254/23]
- Departmental Strategies
46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the building acquisition measure for a property (details supplied) in Mitchelstown. [9272/23]
- Control of Dogs
49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will expand the dog warden service in Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8796/23]
- Departmental Schemes
50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the very short application window for the community recognition fund 2023, launched on 14 February, with a closing date...
- Departmental Bodies
51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the last meeting of the mobile phone and broadband task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2038/23]
- Departmental Schemes
52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider increasing the funding under the local improvement schemes allocated to County Clare; and if she will...
- Departmental Communications
53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the interaction her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) and other stakeholders to consider the role and...
- Departmental Data
54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what a service that was formerly provided by a company (details supplied) will look like under the direction of her Department; and if...
- Ukraine War
55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support made available by her Department for communities in order to respond to the accommodation of people arriving from Ukraine...
- National Broadband Plan
57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential of the high-speed broadband network to create potential for rural development and the...
- Offshore Islands
58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department is supporting island-specific projects within the development of local development strategies under stage 2 of the...
- Departmental Schemes
59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that has been provided to County Kerry in recent years under the local improvement scheme; the amount that was...
- Departmental Strategies
60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the forthcoming Islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Communications
61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has had any interaction with a project (details supplied) that provides a blueprint for advanced skills and training in the...
- Departmental Schemes
63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in relation to the announced allocation of €12.5 million to the local improvement scheme for 2023, if further funding is being...
- Departmental Programmes
65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on increasing the annual funding for the CLÁR programme. [8585/23]
- Harbours and Piers
66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date in improving the pier facilities in Inis Oírr and at an Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin; the next steps...
- Local Authorities
67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views in relation to expanding the number of community recreation officers within local authorities; and if she will make a...
- Offshore Islands
68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands; its expected date for completion; and if she will...
- Departmental Strategies
69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps her Department is taking to support the development of walking and cycling trails, greenways and outdoor swimming facilities...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8921/23]
- Legislative Reviews
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans to undertake a formal review of the operation of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018; and if he...
- EU Regulations
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has concerns regarding the negative impact on Ireland of the relaxation of EU State aid rules which has seen France and Germany...
- Energy Prices
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further supports planned for businesses challenged by high energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8979/23]
- National Minimum Wage
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to equalise minimum wage for those under 20 years. [9247/23]
- Job Losses
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the contact his Department has had with a large multinational company (details supplied) with workforces in...
- Departmental Data
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total spend on the provision of advance industrial units by the IDA in each county for the past five years. [8916/23]
- Departmental Strategies
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations that have been undertaken in his Department to develop a circular economy strategy in key economic sectors; and if he...
- Industrial Development
91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA commitment to deliver an advanced building solution in Longford town; and if he will make a...
- Wage Levels
92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey (details supplied) showing that the vast majority of workers have not received wage...
- Job Losses
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department has taken to mitigate further lay-offs in the technology sector. [8423/23]
- Industrial Development
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a progress report on the IDA's target of 76 investments for the mid-west region in the period 2021 to 2024; and if...
- Legislative Measures
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 to prevent employers from treating the upper range of banded hours...
- Work Permits
96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits issued in respect of non-EEA home care workers since the changes in December 2022 to the employment...
- Trade Agreements
97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and the progress made on securing enforceable commitments on matters relating to...
- Enterprise Support Services
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the grants and supports available from his Department to assist persons with disabilities in...
- Work Permits
101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to improve the work permit process for sectors of identified shortage; if there is dedicated focus on the...
- Enterprise Support Services
102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the digital transformation supports and initiatives his Department is providing for businesses; and if he will make a statement on...
- White Papers
103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how the new White Paper on Enterprise will help reduce the cost of doing business; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Enterprise Support Services
104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has discussed with Enterprise Ireland the way to stimulate the establishment of indigenous businesses in the renewable energy...
- Flexible Work Practices
105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department and the relevant State agencies under the remit of his Department, have taken or plan to take to facilitate...
- Joint Labour Committees
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the Joint Labour Committee is working effectively; if he has any designs on increasing its powers; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department will move to recognise long-Covid in healthcare workers and others as an occupational injury, after they...
- Legislative Measures
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the general scheme of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022 makes no provision for the re-establishment of a Co-operative...
- Industrial Development
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the provision of an advance technology building via the IDA at Kerry Technology Park, Tralee, County...
- Cost of Living Issues
112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current strategy in place to assist small businesses through the current cost-of-living crisis; if any further initiatives are...
- Wage Levels
113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a report (details supplied) which was commissioned by a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/23]
- Departmental Schemes
114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the early experience with the small company rescue scheme is showing it has the capacity to allow viable businesses restructure...
- Energy Prices
115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the uptake to date by businesses in relation to energy costs supports; his plans to extend supports to businesses; and if he will...
- Foreign Direct Investment
116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any economic assessment has been undertaken by his Department regarding the economic impact of the continued housing shortage on...
- Industrial Development
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-supported jobs delivered in County Monaghan in each of the years 2018 to date in 2023; and the target number for...
- Energy Prices
119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding his Department has provided for the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Budgets
120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the operation of his Department’s Budget 2023 package to help businesses with escalating energy costs;...
- EU Meetings
121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on his attendance at the informal EU Competitiveness Council in Stockholm; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Direct Investment
122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his efforts to attract foreign direct investment in Ireland in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 13 December 2022, the status of the cross-departmental group, co-chaired by his...
- White Papers
124. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how the new White Paper on Enterprise will help businesses in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9095/23]
- Employment Rights
126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on non-compliance by private security firms with the Employment Regulation Order for the security industry; and if he will...
- Industrial Development
127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the IDA will put out to tender the construction of a new advanced manufacturing building on its site at Marlinstown, Mullingar;...
- Redundancy Payments
128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Duffy-Cahill report. [9246/23]
- Industrial Development
129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA advanced factory in Carlow; the action being taken to attract businesses to the factory; and...
- Living Wage
130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress of the Programme for Government commitment to progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the...
- Enterprise Support Services
131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has a strategy to ensure that supports are available to new forms of aviation, such as drone technology. [9258/23]
- Enterprise Policy
132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the South-East Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8910/23]
- Industrial Development
133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA's delivery of an advanced building solution for Castlebar; if a strategic land bank has been...
- Enterprise Policy
138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Mid-West Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8923/23]
- Employment Rights
139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the employment regulation order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8917/23]
- Official Engagements
140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his meeting with technology companies in the USA. [8422/23]
- Brexit Supports
141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment as he prepares to address a cross-Border business conference in Dundalk next month, the new supports he will put in place to help...
- Economic Policy
142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the stability of the technology sector in Ireland in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8488/23]
- National Minimum Wage
143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will abolish sub-minimum rates of pay for young workers and ensure that all workers receive at least the national minimum wage;...
- Employment Rights
144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with representatives of workers of a supermarket chain (details supplied) who have been employed there since before...
- Legislative Measures
145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to strengthen co-operatives in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8941/23]
- White Papers
146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons for excluding domestically trading companies from direct financial assistance to facilitate expansion or growth...
- Human Rights
147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 13 December 2022, if he will provide a status update on his Department's engagement with...
- Regional Development
148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new regional enterprise development fund will be open to applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8883/23]
- Industrial Development
149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to expand the regional business innovation centres to include the Midwest region; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Job Losses
150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received assurances from any of the large US technology companies that operate in Ireland that there are no further job...
- Business Supports
151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of businesses in each local authority that were funded under the restart grant scheme; and the total amount in euro...
- Departmental Projects
152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review...
- Work Permits
153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants for work permits currently awaiting approval; the extent to which it is expected to meet these requests in...
- Trade Relations
156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which Ireland’s trade within the European Union and with third countries continues to prosper; and if he will...
- Foreign Direct Investment
157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which foreign direct investment continues at pace; if any particular issues have arisen which might require an early...
- Consumer Prices
158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which efforts continue to be made to identify the causes of price increases likely to impact on employment or...
- Enterprise Policy
160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to monitor developments in the manufacturing and service sectors, including retail, with...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Defective Building Materials
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will provide clarity to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and affected defective concrete...
- Energy Policy
165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the 2009 special dividend from ESB worth €176 million, following windfall profit due to the sale of...
- Electricity Generation
166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Clean Export Premium feed in tariff Euro rate per/kWh that residential and domestic solar microgeneration customers...
- National Broadband Plan
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in an area (details supplied); and if he...
- Energy Usage
168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a physical reading is required for a smart meter, along with an automated one; and if he will make a statement on...
- Waste Management
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assistance available from his Department or agencies funded by his Department to assist organisations or companies...
- Departmental Projects
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each...
- Telecommunications Services
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request ComReg, while recognising it's statutory independence, to provide further clarity in relation to the...
- Electricity Generation
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the instructions and environmental and biodiversity-impact requirements his Department has issued in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Air Services
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed maintaining regular Cork to Bristol flights with airlines given the strong connections between the two regions; and...
- Bus Services
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a Bus Éireann route (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9279/23]
- Departmental Offices
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports that the National Driver Licence Service office in Cavan town is to close; the actions he is...
- Greenways Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on projects currently under progress under TII’s greenway funding programme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Local Authorities
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of NTA-funded active travel officer roles filled and vacant in each local authority; the...
- Transport Costs
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if free travel scheme holders have to book train journeys online in order to use their pass; if this is the case for all public...
- Greenways Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the works to be carried out with the €400,000 allocation for 2023 for the Bellaghy to Collooney Greenway for 2023;...
- Departmental Projects
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
- Tax Rebates
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite the issuing of a motor tax refund to a person (details supplied). [9412/23]
- Driver Test
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9423/23]
- Public Sector Pensions
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that he will not sign any amending Statutory Instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ ‘1951...
- Rail Network
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for beginning the project of automating the remaining gate keeper crossings on the Limerick-Nenagh-Ballybrophy railway line;...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
192. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a divorced single person can access the help-to-buy-scheme under the fresh start principle; when this can take place; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if carbon tax is levied on domestic and commercial electricity bills; if so, the rate levied; how a person can determine the financial amount levied by the...
- Tax Reliefs
194. To ask the Minister for Finance if a full tax exemption for any income earned from excess residential solar microgeneration provided back through the National Grid can be explored, given...
- Tax Data
195. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of capital allowances related to accelerated depreciation in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
196. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the impact of the Professional Services Withholding Tax (PSWT) on the cash flow of eligible businesses; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Coverage
197. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on overcoming the barriers affecting people requiring life cover who have been refused from life assurance companies due to underlying health...
- Tax Reliefs
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the BIK tax as it is having a big impact on the people that have company vehicles with the escalating cost-of-living and the fact that...
- Tax Code
199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the VAT increase to the hair and beauty industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9363/23]
- Departmental Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled...
- Fuel Sales
201. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made by the National Excise Licence Office of revenue on an application lodged for an auto fuel traders licence by a company (details...
- Tax Yield
202. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 188 and 189 of 14 February 2023, the revenue raised by increasing the natural gas carbon tax by €7.50 per tonne...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Commemorative Events
203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the Custom House History Museum and its exhibition, which fails to mention An Gorta Mór and the role of the...
- Harbours and Piers
204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date by the OPW in re-instating the pier at the East End, Inishbofin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Projects
205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Promotion
206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider a matter in relation to the Saint Patrick's Festival (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Projects
207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study,...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wildlife Conservation
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an update of the numbers of species in Cork harbour that would be considered important bird area (IBA) triggers has been...
- Departmental Reviews
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full update in respect of his review of local property tax baselines and if he has finalised baselines...
- Ambulance Service
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the waiting time figures for emergency calls for ambulances for the north Dublin area; the measures being...
- Departmental Projects
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Election Monitoring Missions
214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for the establishment of a new election observation roster; the body that will be responsible for conducting the competition;...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Irish citizen imprisoned in Iran (details supplied); the efforts being made to assist this...
- Departmental Projects
216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
- Middle East
217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his priority discussions with his European Union counterparts at the Foreign Affairs Council in January 2023...
- Passport Services
220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can issue on time for travel for a minor (details supplied) in County Mayo, in order that they can accompany their family....
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Projects
221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classrooms for County Tipperary, and their locations. [9299/23]
- School Transport
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the additional funding that was approved for the school transport scheme as part of the budgetary process; and if any additional...
- School Enrolments
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to increase the capacity of a school (details supplied) for the academic year beginning September 2023. [9314/23]
- School Transport
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can apply for a refund for monies paid for transport for her child when approval was granted but services had not...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the increase in bullying in schools; if more resources can be made available to schools to provide counselling...
- Scéimeanna Rannach
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach n-íoctar na teaghlaigh atá ag coinneáil scoláirí faoin scéim scoláireachta chuig...
- Departmental Projects
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review and research...
- School Staff
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will reconsider the teacher allocation to a school (details supplied) for the 2023-2024 academic year, given the school has a...
- School Accommodation
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide schedules by school planning areas of current and future capital investment projects that will provide for the projected...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on their jobseeker's allowance appeal; and if she...
- Social Welfare Rates
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the current rate provided to consumers via the free electricity allowance, in light of the ever-increasing...
- State Pensions
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 6 December 2022, if those people already receiving a pension on a reduced rate...
- Departmental Projects
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study,...
- Social Welfare Benefits
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will carry out a review of the fuel allowance payment of a person (details supplied). [9442/23]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Staff
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of employees in his Department who have taken sick leave or stress leave in each month since he...
- International Protection
240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an accommodation provider for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) who is experiencing financial...
- Departmental Projects
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans for year 2 of Core Funding for the early learning and childcare sector;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Costs
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned at the cost to students of undertaking degrees in medicine in order to qualify as a doctor; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Departmental Projects
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Service
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the mental health crisis de-escalation team in Limerick; the number of positions that are...
- Departmental Projects
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study,...
- Naturalisation Applications
249. 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...
- Department of Health
- Medical Qualifications
250. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays with the accreditation of cardio physiologists who require certification of their training to be approved by the...
- Primary Care Centres
251. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has any plans to provide for a new HSE primary care centre in Stillorgan, County Dublin, or the surrounding areas; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of vacancies in both CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in an organisation (details...
- Medicinal Products
253. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can access saxenda under a medical card if they have a BMI of above 35 and suffer from hypertension but where the person does not have prediabetic...
- Mental Health Policy
254. To ask the Minister for Health when the draft model of care for dual diagnosis will be approved by the College of Psychiatrists; the cause of this delay; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health if a building inspection has been carried out on the proposed site in CHO3 for the first adult dual diagnosis team; the reason this was carried out; and if he...
- Health Services Staff
256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a consultant psychiatrist in the adult dual diagnosis team in CHO4; when this post will be filled; the...
- Health Services
257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reopening of Keltoi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9304/23]
- Care of the Elderly
258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the rolling out of...
- Disability Services
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of summer camp-based specialist services for children with complex support needs that will be established in County Tipperary for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
262. To ask the Minister for Health the reason KOSI have not issued all pandemic bonus payments; and the date that these will be issued. [9332/23]
- Health Services Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Health when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be established within CHO4 to support the needs of people with neurological conditions (details supplied); and...
- Health Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women eligible for BreastCheck screening in each county; and the number of women currently on the waiting list for same; the number waiting 0-3,...
- Medicinal Products
265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of cariban for people suffering from hyperemesis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9353/23]
- Disease Management
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made a decision regarding Ireland's participation in the EU4Health Joint Action on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; if the decision is not to...
- Patient Transport
268. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not assist with the cost of taxis for persons attending private medical appointments, even when an individual is being provided care at...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
269. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place to ensure that persons who worked in more than one qualifying employment during the relevant timeframe to receive the pandemic...
- Abuse in Hospitals
270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department and a third-party’s engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the...
- Primary Care Centres
271. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made with the provision of a new health centre in Inishbofin, County Galway; the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Projects
272. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled...
- General Practitioner Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health if an alternative GP could be found for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9403/23]
- Hospital Services
274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the decision to change the paediatric and outpatient care centre service situated at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown,...
- Disability Services
276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that required supports and services are made available as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Flexible Work Practices
277. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the policy, if any, with regard to officials in his Department and staff in agencies under the aegis of his Department, working remotely or...
- Nursing Homes
278. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any current pathway for a person to claim compensation for what they believe to be illegal nursing home charges paid between 1977-1979 who have not...
- Medical Inquiries
279. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that families involved in the CUH incineration scandal are still awaiting a meeting with the HSE following the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of how he will approve grants for any State-backed forestry investment fund, given the clear judgment of...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the 2022 United National Global Peatlands Assessment which suggests that the inclusion of climate...
- Forestry Sector
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no second or further forestry replanting is approved to take place on peat soils, given that the resulting...
- Departmental Projects
307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Schemes
308. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be an increase in local improvement scheme funding in the budget for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Regeneration Projects
309. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding was made available for a project (details supplied) under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; the amount made...
- Offshore Islands
310. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total capital allocation she has for works to be carried out on the offshore islands this year by county councils, exclusive of...
- Departmental Projects
312. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review...
- Cost of Living Issues
313. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her Department’s programme for addressing particular issues of need arising from cost-of-living increases;...
- Community Development Projects
315. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to liaise with the community sector throughout the country, with a view to identifying and addressing...
