Written answers

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Conservation
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of loan schemes for deep retrofitting; and if the backlog previously...
    • Fuel Poverty
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered the use of additional methodologies to measure energy deprivation and vulnerability to...
    • Environmental Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the processes that he has put in place to set sectoral targets under the Circular Economy and...
    • Departmental Data
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the total amount of carbon credits purchased by the State since 2019 to date; the planned purchase...
    • Energy Conservation
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve the average wait time for the better energy warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Data Centres
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has any concerns about the impact on the State’s climate targets from the recently announced plans by a...
    • Gorse Burning
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the current status of farmers being permitted to burn bushes on their land; and if he...
    • Energy Conservation
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's projected number of deep retrofits and heat pump installations that will be required each year to meet...
    • Environmental Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his proposals to reduce the amount of polyethylene terephthalate, PET, plastic exported from Ireland; if he has...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a forecast for wind energy production in 2023, and for how far it will go in terms of meeting...
    • Water Pollution
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of pollution caused in ground water by wastewater systems from single house treatment systems; the steps he is...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the benefits of HVO biofuels in its use as a very low emission home-heating source; and if he will...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which he continues to ensure the meeting of emission targets, while protecting the agri-food industry,...
    • Air Quality
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to tackle the high air pollution levels recently recorded in towns across the country. [9856/23]
    • Departmental Reviews
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Government’s review of energy security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9837/23]
    • Energy Prices
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department have made any progress with respect to supporting full-time residents in mobile homes by...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the policy implications of the ESRI's assessment of the embodied emissions in Irish imports; and if...
    • Air Quality
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the required establishment of dedicated resources within regional lead authorities to...
    • Environmental Schemes
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action his Department is taking to assist SMEs to reduce carbon emissions in 2023; if further financial supports to...
    • Tax Code
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rate of taxation the Government plans to set above the minimum rate of 33% outlined in the Council Regulation (EU)...
    • Climate Change Policy
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 8 November 2022, the details of any engagement he has had since November...
    • Energy Conservation
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the number of retrofits in 2022; the measures being taken to ensure an increase in take-up in 2023; and if...
    • State Bodies
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has concerns surrounding the ability of an organisation (details supplied) to carry out its functions effectively...
    • Departmental Bodies
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the work carried out by the District Heating Steering Group to date; the number of times it has met;...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the way his Department is supporting the development of offshore floating wind power generation; his...
    • State Bodies
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to reports that the 2021 annual accounts of an organisation (details supplied) has not...
    • Electricity Generation
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on measures he is taking to ensure sufficient electricity generation capacity for the...
    • North-South Interconnector
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received a review of the North-South Interconnector; when it will be published; and if he will commission a...
    • Fuel Quality
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to tackle the use of the so-called dirty fuels across the country. [9945/23]
    • National Broadband Plan
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan is on track to reach the forecast of 95% of premises having access to...
    • Energy Conservation
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 8 November 2022, the status of the heat and built environment delivery...
    • National Broadband Plan
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in Cork from 1 January 2022 to 31...
    • Recycling Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that have registered with Re-Turn, as part of the national deposit return scheme, since...
    • National Broadband Plan
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the provision of broadband continues to meet targets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in light of a recent report (details supplied) on global methane emissions, he has any plans to seek to reduce the...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure floating offshore wind energy projects off the west coast are treated as a priority under phase 2...
    • Departmental Projects
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the geothermal study conducted at Carlinn Hall, Dundalk, County Louth in 2022 will be completed; the plan when the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 December 2022, if he will clarify if the community category will be...
    • Fuel Poverty
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the commitment in the Energy Poverty Action Plan to introduce a mechanism to ensure...
    • Bord na Móna
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to amend the legal mandate of Bord na Móna to ensure that the protection and restoration of the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of high-speed broadband in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [9858/23]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to recent Teagasc research (details supplied) into the sequestering of carbon on Irish...
    • Food Waste
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has begun implementing the measures relating to food donation and distribution laid out in the Waste...
    • Departmental Projects
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on investigations into the potential of geothermal energy in the State; if it presents a...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with Teagasc, the EPA, and third level institutions, in relation to developing improved...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Reviews
      120. To ask the Taoiseach 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 to be...
    • Ministerial Staff
      121. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all special advisers employed in the office of a person (details supplied); their roles; and their annual salaries. [9707/23]
    • Departmental Data
      124. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his Department and bodies under his...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Trade Missions
      127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland will have a trade mission to Spain in Quarter 2 2023. [9587/23]
    • Work Permits
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9605/23]
    • Employment Rights
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the ERO for workers in the security sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9766/23]
    • Departmental Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by...
    • Enterprise Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Western Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10079/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis...
    • Work Permits
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any plans to align or streamline the work permit and visa applications processes to reduce the time it takes to bring...
    • Online Safety
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 21 February 2023, if the Digital Services Act establishes liability obligations such...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Conservation
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of this low-income household not being...
    • Energy Prices
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements for the domestic energy credit in multi-occupancy buildings in which there was one account but...
    • Data Centres
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that a new data centre (details supplied) in Ireland will not have any adverse issues in electric...
    • Ministerial Staff
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of all special advisers employed in his Department; their roles; and their annual salaries....
    • Energy Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to amend the mandates of the CRU, ESB and GNI, as detailed in the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, the Gas...
    • National Broadband Plan
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the NBP for an area (details supplied); if this date can be reviewed...
    • Energy Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the expansion of district heating in Ireland, including the establishment of a steering group to oversee...
    • State Bodies
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process he intends to employ in order to fill the vacancies on the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland, together with...
    • Departmental Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio...
    • Food Waste
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work that has been done to date on implementing a law preventing supermarkets from throwing out food that is fit...
    • National Broadband Plan
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress that National Broadband Ireland is making on the timescale for connections in County...
    • Departmental Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofit enrolments in County Clare for each of the past five years; if he will outline the targets for...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline what is envisaged in terms of the proposed administrative scheme to deal with costs associated with...
    • Environmental Policy
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the development of a national environmental policy position; the timeline for...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his...
    • Waste Management
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a compliant collector of silage plastic cannot claim the levy under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics)...
    • National Broadband Plan
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress in advancing high-quality, high-speed broadband in all areas throughout County Kildare and throughout the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which carbon reduction measures to date are positively impacting on Ireland’s emission reduction...
    • Agriculture Industry
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which agrifood production can continue without interruption given the likelihood of food shortages in the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland’s carbon reduction targets are in line with other European countries, given...
    • Electricity Generation
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the alternative energy electricity generating programme continues at pace, with particular...
    • Telecommunications Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which mobile telephone services here remain good when compared with other European Union or adjoining...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to review the bus stops in Milltownpass, County Westmeath, to ensure they are in the correct location and to...
    • Insurance Coverage
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to reduce the large number of uninsured drivers estimated at nearly 200,000; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is drafting an amendment to the Statutory Instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ '1951 scheme'...
    • Driver Test
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a walk-around test will be given to a person (details supplied) who is waiting to complete it; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licences
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proposed bus route in Cork (details supplied) will be expedited; if the timeframe for the implementation of this route has been...
    • Pension Provisions
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the correspondence or communication, if any, which he has had with the board of CIE regarding the solvency or otherwise of the pension...
    • Rail Network
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann spent on personnel security within its stations and trains in 2022; and the additional funding...
    • Road Projects
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of moneys awarded to Mayo County Council for regional roads funding in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and the status of each...
    • Pension Provisions
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) raised by elected Trustees of the CIÉ ‘1951’ pensions committee as it relates...
    • Bus Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the ongoing problem with buses to and from Donegal town not going according to the schedule and that it is unacceptable...
    • Rail Network
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the all-island rail review; and when he will publish same. [9668/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      185. 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 scheme...
    • Greenways Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all funding applications received by TII from Mayo County Council in relation to greenway funding for 2023; if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9704/23]
    • Ministerial Staff
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all special advisers employed in his Department; their roles; and their annual salaries. [9713/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the matters which have been brought to his attention by CIÉ management for consideration regarding the future of the 1951 CIÉ...
    • Programme for Government
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a national public transport forum; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to reduce overly-long waitlist times for driving tests with the Road Safety Authority. [9781/23]
    • Departmental Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his...
    • National Car Test
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties some motorists are having with securing fully comprehensive motor insurance because...
    • Greenways Provision
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications for funding that were submitted for a section of greenway in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus in relation to the continuing poor service and inaccurate real...
    • Public Transport
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list the public transport services provided under public service obligation contracts in Galway city, including the individual routes...
    • Departmental Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of users, bike rides, membership revenue and each station usage in the each of the years 2018 to 2022, and to date in 2023,...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis...
    • Rail Network
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the refurbishment or maintenance works that Iarnród Éireann will carry out at locations (details supplied) for the remainder of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to have taxi-dedicated electric vehicle charge points at both Connolly Station and Busáras. [10173/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will advise on a situation where a family who have a severely disabled person cannot access the specially adapted vehicle due to...
    • Air Services
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if regional flights between Cork and Bristol will be reinstated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10199/23]
    • Bus Services
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional buses and drivers that would be required to increase the frequency of Dublin Bus route 44 to every 30 minutes in both...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the cost of the excise relief on petrol, diesel and green diesel heretofore which was announced in 2022 as part of the cost-of-living...
    • Financial Irregularities
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are currently any requirements or regulations in place for payment service providers to undertake confirmation of payee which checks the name of the...
    • Banking Sector
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value deferred tax assets yet to be utilised by banks (details supplied) respectively. [9573/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by introducing a 25 percent and 50 percent cap, respectively, on corporation tax loss relief utilised in a single year by NAMA...
    • Tax Code
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if increases in the tax bands introduced in Budget 2023 are also available to retired persons over the age of 65 years when availing of their pension funds....
    • Departmental Schemes
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the updated position regarding the review of the disabled drivers’ and disabled passengers' scheme, the appeals board; the criteria, in particular, for...
    • Business Supports
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the way in which a business can receive temporary business energy support scheme support in instances where they share an electricity...
    • Debt Restructuring
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance how many people or companies have received write downs of more than 90% in banks in which the State has had shares, for each for the past ten years. [9730/23]
    • Insurance Coverage
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that a union (details supplied) is able to obtain an appropriate insurance quote that would allow for the running of any road,...
    • Energy Prices
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if contact can be made with a business (details supplied) by the Revenue Commissioners, who have attempted to apply for the TBESS scheme but are encountering...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress he has made to date with banks in Ireland in relation to a significant reduction of interest rates on residential mortgages in view of the fact...
    • Departmental Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his Department and bodies...
    • Tax Code
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if an economic impact assessment was undertaken with respect to the extension of the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sectors; if he will detail...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the...
    • Tax Rebates
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support an urgent matter for a person (details supplied). [10151/23]
    • Tax Credits
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the eligibility of international students studying and paying rent in Ireland for the rental tax credit; his further views on the eligibility of...
    • Tax Collection
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 21 February 2023, if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to see if the 17-day timeline referred to...
    • Financial Irregularities
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 22 February 2023, if the introduction of provisions to require reimbursement from payment service providers to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a circular from an organisation (details supplied) which outlines that clerical and executive officer...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9552/23]
    • Museum Projects
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm which portion of the Natural History Museum is closing for renovations; the length of time it will be closed for; if...
    • Insurance Coverage
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the reason flood risk is being excluded from insurance policies for households in an area (details supplied) in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on plans to paint Shannon Garda Station. [9625/23]
    • Flood Risk Management
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recent discussions he has had with the Ballymackeogh and Kilmastulla Drainage Committee and the local authority regarding flooding...
    • Departmental Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his...
    • Office of Public Works
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will seek responses on queries (details supplied) with respect to an issue which has come to light in respect of the cutting of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has completed its review of the graduate architect scheme; his plans to ensure that all graduates on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has ensured, or will ensure, that a person (details supplied) will receive appropriate pension payment increase entitlements; and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Meath Garda division that were refurbished by the OPW where the costs were in excess of €5,000 in...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Museum Projects
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is true that a complete shutdown is being proposed for the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History in order to...
    • Departmental Funding
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of the funding an organisation (details supplied) has received from the State directly or via...
    • Sports Funding
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of sports capital funding will be open to applications. [9717/23]
    • Departmental Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by her Department and...
    • Sports Funding
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider funding for an all-weather football pitch at (details supplied). [10158/23]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/23]
    • Housing Policy
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending the HAP scheme to the sponsor prior to the arrival of the family in relation to...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow asylum seekers to engage with homeless services at local authority level; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Building Regulations
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on who is responsible for investigating complaints and enforcing remedial action in housing...
    • Local Elections
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the boundaries for local electoral areas will be reviewed ahead of the 2024 local elections; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a quarterly breakdown of commencement notices and completion certificates as recorded by the Building...
    • Legislative Measures
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of concerns that the draft planning Bill has reduced legal protection for the evolution of community gardens,...
    • Housing Schemes
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 14 February 2023, if he will consider extending the review of the mobility aids...
    • Housing Policy
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he proposes to encourage and support the maximum use of timber in the house-building sector; and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the rent pressure zones to include electoral areas in County Donegal to reflect the recent sharp increases...
    • Local Authorities
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will approve the request for additional staff from Galway City Council housing unit, given the fact that...
    • Housing Schemes
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the ineligibility of those on a widow’s pension, rather than a State pension, for the tenant purchase...
    • Departmental Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full breakdown on tenants in-situ purchases for 2022, in tabular form; if he will include a new category...
    • Housing Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term-let houses in the past five years by Fingal County Council, by house size and average annual cost, in...
    • Housing Schemes
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of new build SHIP construction social housing units by local authority for 2020, 2021 and 2022. [9753/23]
    • Wildlife Protection
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department chose not to follow the NPWS recommendation (details supplied) to prosecute the Office of Public...
    • Departmental Data
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority social housing capital funding applications funded through the SHIP programme in 2021 and 2022,...
    • Departmental Funding
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the €70 million Housing Agency revolving fund; what has been agreed as terms of reference in...
    • Housing Provision
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of homes built (details supplied) to date in 2023, broken down by local authority. [9882/23]
    • Water Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the body responsible for notifying the general public if there are any local water outages, local boil water notices or any...
    • Departmental Policies
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with any leading proptech firms to bring about a digital revolution in the property sector; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities...
    • Housing Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses confirmed built by Cork City Council in 2022. [9928/23]
    • Departmental Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities include homes marked as 'significantly complete' in their build statistics submitted to his Department...
    • Housing Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that an organisation (details supplied) has pulled out of the affordable housing...
    • Vacant Properties
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of voids brought back into the housing stock in the year 2022; and the number of these that were previously vacant...
    • Derelict Sites
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict buildings have been purchased through compulsory purchase orders in each year since 2018, broken down...
    • Local Area Plans
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional resources will be made available to councils to deal with the potential influx of tenants issued with eviction...
    • Departmental Schemes
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the establishment of the defective apartments redress scheme; when further details will be...
    • Fuel Prices
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a plan to address issues with regard to fuel affordability for social housing tenants whose homes are...
    • Rental Sector
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Residential Tenancies Board will complete a review of a file (details supplied). [10072/23]
    • Public Sector Staff
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the work currently being undertaken by the RTB to recruit and train additional staff; the number of...
    • Regeneration Projects
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the project has commenced through to the construction tender...
    • Public Sector Pay
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when outstanding pay rises for public servants will be paid. [10096/23]
    • Electoral Commission
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Electoral Commission will be set up and running for submissions. [10104/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department...
    • Housing Schemes
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the disability allowance payment, as well as a list of other social welfare payments, is not disregarded when...
    • Housing Policy
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm whether a local authority (details supplied) can purchase a property in the absence of a notice to vacate;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on proceeding with the defective concrete block grant scheme and the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the use of...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines local authorities and ABP must consider when assessing an application for on shore wind turbines. [10203/23]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Repatriation Costs
      312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to repatriate the remains of a historical figure (details supplied) from Belgium to Ireland;...
    • Official Engagements
      313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke formally with his South Korean counterpart during the recent Munich Security Conference. [9585/23]
    • Ministerial Staff
      314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all special advisers employed in his Department; their roles; and their annual salaries. [9710/23]
    • International Relations
      315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); if his Department engaged with Maltese authorities in relation to it; if his...
    • Departmental Data
      317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his...
    • Disaster Response
      318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the nature and extent of the medical aid going from Ireland to the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria; if he will...
    • Passport Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the family of person (details supplied) can expect their passport to be issued. [10076/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      322. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the refurbishment works that were carried out at both Cathal Brugha and McKee Barracks in 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023; the nature of these...
    • Ukraine War
      323. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will elaborate and provide details regarding European Commission proposals for pre-finance purchase of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine;...
    • Ministerial Staff
      324. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all special advisers employed in his Department; their roles; and their annual salaries. [9711/23]
    • Departmental Data
      325. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and-or radio personalities engaged by his...
    • Defence Forces
      326. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in publishing the Ruth Fitzgerald report into unlawful and-or inappropriate sexual behaviour in the Irish Defence...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      327. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for...
    • Naval Service
      329. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant engine room artificer technician posts currently in the Naval Service; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular...
    • Defence Forces
      330. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing specialist fire appliances for Defence Forces fire services in the years of 2021, 2022...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Grant Payments
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend eligibility for the Gaeltacht grant to students studying to qualify as primary teachers at a college (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Properties
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the actions taken with respect to the taking of the copper roof off a building (details supplied) which is a protected...
    • School Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered allowing new teachers with practical experience in subjects relevant to that which they teach (details supplied), to start...
    • Teacher Training
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the request by the Government to encourage teachers who qualified outside the State to take up teaching posts available in Ireland, if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9516/23]
    • State Examinations
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a request from an organisation (details supplied) for reasonable accommodations during State examinations for...
    • Climate Action Plan
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of stakeholders consulted on the draft School Sector Climate Action Mandate; the criteria for the selection of the stakeholders; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of her Department’s overall requirements for 2023 and associated work programme will be completed; and when work will...
    • Departmental Properties
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an old primary school building (details supplied) in County Clare is for sale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9571/23]
    • School Accommodation
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the board of management of a school (details supplied) that was approved for works under the additional accommodation scheme in February...
    • State Bodies
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total staff and budget of the NCSE divided across each service delivered. [9639/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of early intervention classes in place and the children reached; and the number getting home tuition in the same category of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an announcement will be made on the approval of funding for projects under the 2023 summer works scheme. [9666/23]
    • School Textbooks
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the free schoolbooks scheme, including details of how schools and suppliers can access the scheme; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the additional €62 million in funding for providing HEPA filters to schools under the minor works grants announced in...
    • School Facilities
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where the administrators of a school (details supplied) can direct their concerns regarding ongoing developments at the school site, including...
    • School Staff
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that the Teaching Council has now invited teachers who qualified outside of Ireland to register with them with a view to teaching in...
    • Teacher Training
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline how the subjects of mathematics, physics and Spanish were chosen for giving upskilling to registered post-primary teachers to...
    • School Enrolments
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a school place can be facilitated in the case of the son of a person (details supplied), who has not been offered a place in his...
    • Grant Payments
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the increase in Gaeltacht fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9821/23]
    • Departmental Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county for the years 2018 to 2022,...
    • School Enrolments
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the position of the 26 children in Limerick who did not receive an offer of a secondary school place; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will complete their review of the Tender Assessment Report by Donegal Education and Training Board (DETB) so that the new...
    • Departmental Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by her...
    • School Accommodation
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her officials will ensure a school extension (details supplied) proceeds without delay; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10015/23]
    • School Textbooks
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on how the free book scheme for primary school children will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dublin Fingal have applied to open special classes to accommodate students for the 2023-2024 academic year; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider appointing a liaison from the buildings department to assist the principals in the building of new schools; and if she will...
    • School Equipment
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will undertake the tendering process for staff equipment such as evacuation chairs in order that individual schools do not have...
    • Special Educational Needs
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism in County Roscommon that are waiting for primary and secondary school places; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to extending free school transport for the 2023-2024 academic year, given the ongoing effects of the...
    • Home Schooling
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home tutors registered with the Teaching Council; the number of home tutors currently working; the demand for home tutors and the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by her Department and aegis bodies for...
    • EU Meetings
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next EU Council meeting of education ministers will take place. [10171/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in south Tipperary in need of an ASD class; the number of places available for children in south Tipperary in need of an...
    • School Staff
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the retention of a teacher at a school (details supplied) in view of the projected enrolment for September 2023 which is in...
    • School Enrolments
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place can be found in a mixed school for a student (details supplied); and if she will verify the schools in this student's catchment area....
    • School Transport
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be provided for service providers (details supplied), in view of the substantial increase in energy costs and the...
    • Grant Payments
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing students of a third-level institution (details supplied) to apply for the Gaeltacht grant to cover fees to attend...
    • Special Educational Needs
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who is in need of access to a local ASD class will be facilitated as a priority given the student's age; if the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to regularise the working conditions of special needs school bus escorts, who are currently forced to sign on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending access to child benefit payments to asylum seekers and those in direct provision; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has yet to receive the extra €10 allocated to those over 80 years who are...
    • Social Welfare Code
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the living alone allowance to people who qualify for an increase for a qualified adult to...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will significantly increase the direct provision allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9504/23]
    • Social Welfare Code
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support paying the full basic supplementary welfare allowance to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the one-parent family payment when they last applied; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct current rate of social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker’s allowance backdating appeal by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Public Services Card
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that people are struggling to obtain appointments at their local Intreo offices in order to obtain their PSC;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused carers allowance; the reason her Department considers...
    • Departmental Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of successful applications to the additional needs’ payment according to the need...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of the households benefits payment; if a response to a letter received is...
    • State Pensions
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of a pension claim submitted by a person (details supplied) which has been...
    • School Meals Programme
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the expansion of the hot meals programme into primary schools will take place (details supplied). [9800/23]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance will be awarded to persons (details supplied) once a means test is satisfied; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) in...
    • State Pensions
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the contributory pension appeal by a person (details supplied), and if an oral hearing can...
    • Departmental Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why an application for the invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) was refused on the basis that they did not have...
    • Departmental Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the weekly recipient numbers for each social welfare payment since February 2022, in tabular form; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on the forthcoming tender for EmployAbility services; when the terms of reference will be published and...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what financial assistance can be provided to parents with children attending pre-school, who must purchase uniforms for said...
    • Ukraine War
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position with social protection payments when a Ukrainian person takes up employment; if, upon commencing employment,...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by her Department...
    • Fuel Poverty
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had her fuel allowance stopped [10146/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social protection supports that are available for a person (details supplied). [10214/23]
    • Job Creation
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that has been given to bringing the job initiative rate of payment in line with the minimum wage; and if...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/23]
    • Child Abuse
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had sight of the report into historical child sexual abuse allegations at an organisation (details...
    • International Protection
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he supports allowing asylum seekers to engage with homeless services at local authority-level; and if he will...
    • Child Abuse
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene to request an organisation (details supplied) to publish the report completed on child...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a hotel (details supplied) will be paid for providing accommodation during the past eight months and...
    • Community Development Projects
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total of staff and budget of AIM, divided across the services delivered; and the estimated number of clients...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budget and staff of special prenatal and preschool services delivered in particularly disadvantaged...
    • Legislative Measures
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the commencement date of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of the work of a person (details supplied) in respect of historical...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of the new dedicated State Agency for Early Learning and Care; the reason there is no place available...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is the case that 10,000 needs assessments have to be redone for children with additional needs; the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a date of payment for a person (details supplied), who is currently housing Ukrainian...
    • Child Abuse
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will explain the delay in the publication of the Shannon Report into historic abuse at an organisation...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government has set a date for a referendum on Articles 40.1 and 41 of the Constitution to give effect to...
    • Departmental Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put forward a referendum to amend the language of the constitution to adopt gender neutral language,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position with social protection payments when a Ukrainian person takes up employment; if, upon commencing...
    • Departmental Reports
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the publication of the independent report into historical child sex abuse allegation in an...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his...
    • Departmental Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early learning and care and school age childcare services that have changed registered provider in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if payment for services (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish protocols for dealing with local communities in advance of establishing direct provision...
    • Departmental Contracts
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the exact procedures for payment of accommodation providers when new circumstances arise...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to the commis chef apprenticeship level 6 programme in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [9590/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for...
    • Third Level Education
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the disparity for accreditation of similar SNA courses in different third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Policies
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will, within the international protection system, distinguish victims of trafficking in accommodation in order that they...
    • Departmental Data
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the regions in Ukraine the 73,000 refugees we have are from, that is, if they are from the areas of conflict...
    • Citizenship Applications
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department can arrange for the issuance of confirmation regarding non-citizenship to a person (details supplied) in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí enrolled per annum in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Seekers
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the current timeframe for asylum applications to be processed; the number of asylum seekers...
    • International Protection
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the current staffing numbers of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal; the number of...
    • Legal Aid
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the current staffing numbers of the Legal Aid Board; the number of full-time and part-time...
    • International Protection
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the number of international protection applicants who have been awarded labour market access...
    • An Garda Síochána
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda motorcycles in the Garda fleet as of 15 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support lifting the restrictions on the right to work, to allow all asylum seekers to work and implementing all the...
    • Prison Service
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of psychologists to prisoners, per prison, at the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9522/23]
    • Citizenship Applications
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for the processing of citizenship applications, in view that it is 48 months since an application...
    • An Garda Síochána
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank attached to each divisional public service vehicle inspectors as of 20 February 2023. [9586/23]
    • Visa Agreements
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 8 February, 2023, if he will arrange an urgent meeting with traditional circus...
    • Visa Applications
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a refusal of a visa will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); when a visa is likely to issue;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda residences currently inhabited, currently habitable but not in use by Garda personnel and currently not...
    • Work Permits
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in conjunction with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, he will reconsider the business/work permit...
    • Citizenship Applications
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects which IIP applicants proposed to invest in that were deemed not to meet IIP criteria by the independent...
    • Immigration Policy
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of engagements he and or his predecessor have had with the Central Bank and the Revenue...
    • An Garda Síochána
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times armed gardaí discharged a firearm during the course of their duty in each of the years 2019 to 2022,...
    • Crime Prevention
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls received regarding public order issues to Pearse Street Station, Dublin 2 in each of the years 2021, 2022...
    • Citizenship Applications
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have resigned from An Garda Síochána, by county, between 2022 year end and February...
    • Community Development Projects
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of the Cherry Orchard Implementation Board; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each Garda station in the Dublin south west regional division as of 1 February 2023; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of the Expert Forum on Anti-Social Behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he and his colleagues at international level remain focused on the need to ensure the cut-off of the...
    • Drug Dealing
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug-dealing convictions under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for possession of drugs over a value of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed in each of the divisional drugs units respectively in each of the years 2015 to date in...
    • Immigration Policy
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an outline in respect of the IIP scheme of the due diligence that the independent Evaluation Committee...
    • Departmental Data
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities...
    • An Garda Síochána
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any immediate plans to engage with the trade unions and staff associations concerned with changes to the Civil...
    • Crime Prevention
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will consider supporting the purchase and delivery of a property marking machine in collaboration with An...
    • An Garda Síochána
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of property thefts recorded by An Garda Síochána in County Mayo in the past five years; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); the average processing time for these applications currently; and...
    • Human Trafficking
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the statistics around identification of victims of trafficking for 2022 will be released by his Department. [10093/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and...
    • Immigration Policy
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to align or streamline the work permit and visa applications processes to reduce the time it takes to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new contract for the provision of new Garda roads policing unit vehicles will be put out to tender before Easter. [10176/23]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration could be given to reducing the maximum fee of €950 for naturalisation applicants in cases where the...
    • Immigration Policy
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a scheme is open currently to bring in non-EEA fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10200/23]
    • Work Permits
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if changes are proposed to the atypical work permit scheme to make the processing time of applications more efficient; when...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to children with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Qualifications
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on CORU registration; the number of this figure who are professionals who have trained abroad; the average wait time for...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of a building to serve as a permanent vaccination centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Transport
      534. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) sent in March 2022 regarding a funding query; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Magdalen Laundries
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the steps he proposes to take to ensure healthcare provision for survivors of Magdalen laundries resident in Ireland is aligned with the...
    • Hospital Charges
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to charge an elderly person (details supplied) with a medical card for a public hospital stay is a breach of Government policy on hospital...
    • Nursing Homes
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration is being given to providing financial relief to those availing of the nursing home loan fair deal scheme, given the consumer price index...
    • Hospital Staff
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent neurology registrars working in University Hospital Waterford in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form;...
    • Disability Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on waiting lists for therapeutic care in each children's disability network team in CHO 5, according to each speciality; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant anaesthesiologists working in Wexford General Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Medicinal Products
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the depletion of Rivotril 0.5 mg tablets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9515/23]
    • Hospital Equipment
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital cost of a hospital bed including staff costs, running costs and ancillary costs at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Covid pandemic payment has not yet been paid to all healthcare workers who are due to receive the payment; when all agency staff will receive...
    • Hospital Admissions
      545. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for a hip replacement operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified and accredited WTE counsellors and psychotherapists employed by the national counselling service (NCS); if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Hospital Admissions
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hospital (details supplied) will put in place an appointment only service in its urgent care unit; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a class case (details supplied) taken in relation to a medical card holder who was admitted to a private nursing home; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      549. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment in St. James’s Hospital. [9561/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lactation consultant positions in each CHO including a breakdown of LHO; the number of positions filled; the number vacant; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has lost his respite entitlement and has not received any respite since the beginning of Covid-19; and if he will make a...
    • Care Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if long time care will be allocated for a person (details supplied) in full-time residential care. [9579/23]
    • Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health If he will provide details of all autism-specific services available for adults in County Westmeath; the types of services available; and the waiting list for...
    • Health Services Staff
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmologist registrars working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2021, 2022, and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [9582/23]
    • Hospital Equipment
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if the Stage 1 preliminary design for the MRI scanner at Wexford General Hospital is now complete; the current timelines that are expected for building...
    • Nursing Homes
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the supports he proposes to put in place to support the voluntary, not-for-profit, community nursing home sector which is experiencing severe financial...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an optology appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9611/23]
    • Trade Unions
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if a trade union (details supplied) will be part of any Health Service Executive negotiations on the ambulance service; what the union can do to be included in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      563. To ask the Minister for Health where a person is in the fair deal scheme for 18 months, and the spouse who is still residing in the family home decides to sell the property to downsize, how...
    • Disability Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the total staff and budget of the National Disability Service, divided across each service and the number of children receiving service in each area. [9641/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if the money for the pandemic payment for all those companies in the health section has been transferred to their accounts. [9642/23]
    • Organ Donation
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the body which will be charged with the organisation of the public information campaign in relation to promoting organ donation under the Human Tissue...
    • Dental Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive orthodontic treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Care
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on community neuro-rehabilitation teams (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9667/23]
    • Health Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing problems for patients availing of the cross-Border healthcare directive or the Northern Ireland planned...
    • Medicinal Products
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the problems with obtaining Rivotril in Ireland at present; if his Department or the HSE are in contact with the company (details supplied)...
    • Health Services Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit a chief pharmacist in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9716/23]
    • Health Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [9721/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is incurring any expense in 2023 for the Covid passport application. [9736/23]
    • Medical Research and Training
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if the remains of aborted babies are currently being used in human medical research; if so, if he will provide details of this practice; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list, in tabular form, of all informal and formal meetings or engagements held with groups or individuals by him or his Department on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the provision of the movement in the staff numbers employed in the public health service, including voluntary hospitals for grades of...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the 90 locations where a capital programme to replace, upgrade and refurbish care facilities (details supplied) is to be...
    • Health Services Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a dialectical behavioural therapy team for the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9742/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9752/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9774/23]
    • Health Strategies
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the operation of the Children’s Palliative Care Programme, including the number of children who have availed of the...
    • Dental Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment can be offered to the son of a person (details supplied); the options that are available in this case, which cannot be dealt with...
    • Medicinal Products
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the medicines that are in short supply at present; if he will give a list and breakdown of each product; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will follow up with the HSE to request that a reply is issued in relation to a representation made to it (details supplied). [9801/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of persons (details supplied) who were categorised as essential warehouse workers by the HSE, and are now being denied...
    • Hospital Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the review process of the role of radiation therapists; when the recommendations will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get an appointment in Galway Merlin Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9809/23]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9810/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9822/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 11 October 2022, if any changes have recently been introduced to provide persons above the age of 16 years...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the Ballyfermot, canal communities, Dublin 12, and south-inner city drug and alcohol task forces; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains focused on enabling rehabilitation and methadone treatments for those who have been adversely affected by drugs; and if he will...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the planned funding for drug and alcohol task forces in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a minor (details supplied) cannot access a Thorax brace under the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9887/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the particular years in question in relation to possible discrepancies in the administration and charges of the fair deal nursing home...
    • Departmental Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his Department and bodies...
    • Ambulance Service
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, there are to change protocols for ambulance personnel in the discharge of patients to hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Vaccination Programme
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who finds themselves in circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9931/23]
    • Disability Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not included in the one-off inflation funding announced on 20 February, given it meets the criteria of the...
    • Mental Health Commission
      615. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 8 February 2023, the specific way the legal position of the Mental Health Commission changed in respect of its...
    • Nursing Homes
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in dementia-specific nursing home units in Cork. [9987/23]
    • Traveller Community
      618. To ask the Minister for Health is he aware of the South Dublin Travellers Report: Nature, Extent and Impact of Suicide among the Traveller Community in South County Dublin and Ballyfermot,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a school (details supplied) was not included in the one-off inflation funding announced on 20 February 2023, considering it meets the criteria of...
    • Medicinal Products
      620. To ask the Minister for Health whether his Department is exploring the option of introducing legislation to facilitate increased biosimilar use and or introducing pharmacy-level substitution...
    • Nursing Homes
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if financial compensation will be offered to those who were forced into private nursing home care with no assistance from the State; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider nominating a key worker for schools from the children’s disability teams to ensure the student is supported at school as efficiently...
    • Disability Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the reasoning behind establishing the family forums within the CDNT; the evidence his Department has that they are effective in communicating with families;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 14 February 2023, if he will clarify which of the consultants listed in the HSE’s reply accept referrals...
    • Legislative Programme
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation dealing with international surrogacy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10038/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the requirement in terms of staffing to upgrade the local injuries unit at Ennis Hospital to open on a 24/7/365, days a year basis (details supplied). [10040/23]
    • Hospital Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if a report (details supplied) recommending a model 3 hospital in CHO3 will be considered. [10042/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      640. To ask the Minister for Health how many MRI X-RAY and CT scanners UHL has in-situ; and the number that are not currently in working order. [10047/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the task force examining the provision of emergency ambulance services in the Dublin region by the Dublin Fire Brigade; if the...
    • Disability Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to teenagers and young adults with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the reason twin boys (details supplied) have received no follow-up assessment in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10067/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      648. To ask the Minister for Health how many endoscopic ultrasound procedures have been cancelled so far in 2023 at Beaumont Hospital; the reason for same; the number of patients affected and...
    • Mental Health Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE allocations of the CAMHS team based in Nenagh, County Tipperary, broken down into disciplines; the vacancies within the multidisciplinary teams; the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ASD assessment for a child (details supplied). [10089/23]
    • Abortion Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health whether the review into Ireland's abortion laws has considered the issue of foetal pain relief, in view of the interest in this topic expressed by members of...
    • Mental Health Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any funding streams in the case of a child attending CAMHS and who may have to be referred to private mental health care, be it under the NTPF or...
    • Medical Cards
      653. To ask the Minister for Health when the details regarding the new the GP visit cards coming into effect in April 2023 will be released (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the...
    • Disability Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are in place in County Westmeath for children with autism when they reach 18 years of age. [10142/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of paramedics trained by the National Ambulance Service in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form; the planned number which will be...
    • Nursing Homes
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) should have her pension of £179.30 paid to the public nursing home. [10145/23]
    • Patient Transfers
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied). [10154/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the HSE cyberattack (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10155/23]
    • Emergency Departments
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan for a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      663. To ask the Minister for Health what would be required in terms of staffing to upgrade the minor injuries unit at Ennis General Hospital to open 24/7/365 (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Emergency Departments
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick could successfully deal with a high-volume trauma event at Shannon Airport;...
    • Hospital Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health what would be required for the LIU protocols to be changed for paediatric patients under five years to be permitted treatment for minor injuries such as burns,...
    • Hospital Equipment
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI, x-ray and CT scanners University Hospital Limerick has in situ; the number of them that are not currently in working order; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to offer every woman aged over 60 years a DEXA scan as part of their life-course management programme delivered through their...
    • Departmental Data
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmology surgeries that have been carried out at the Mater Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of those procedures...
    • Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure universal access to dedicated menopause counselling supports and screening for cardiovascular and osteoporosis risk...
    • Health Services Staff
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialist and WTE senior podiatrist posts for HSE acute hospital diabetes that have physically taken up post. [10182/23]
    • Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to develop a model of care for people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; if there is a clinical lead in the HSE; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the HSE has the necessary funding and support for recruitment to ensure that University Hospital Waterford...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      680. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for an assessment; if this person is on a waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) is not operating; the expected timeframe for a commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10222/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      682. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 22 February 2023, if he will meet with a group (details supplied) at his earliest convenience; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the clinical programme for adult ADHD assessment in CHO4, including the number of people on waiting lists, how the programme is...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that cobalt is no longer to be used after 15 July 2023; if so, the reason this is the case; the legislation that...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 'breaking and schooling scheme' for the equine sector will be available for application in 2023; and if he will make a...
    • Greyhound Industry
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the greyhound track attendance figures for 2022 by date and track and a breakdown of the figures into, including, paid...
    • Legislative Process
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will correspond with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine having reviewed the Island Heritage Bill...
    • Animal Welfare
      694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown in tabular form of the total number of cases brought for prosecutions relating to equine...
    • Environmental Policy
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020 to ensure that Coillte’s remit supports the delivery of climate...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department only issues a licence for a particular hatchery (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Food Safety
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on any changes in the allowed number of days for food producers to store products with Dublin Port; if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of solar farms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9941/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason agricultural contractors are excluded from TAMS 3 as a majority of farm enterprises contract out work as it would not be...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the review of the EIA (Agriculture) Regulations; if it has commenced; the anticipated timeline for its...
    • Veterinary Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recommendation from the Joint Oireachtas Committee of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to examining extensively...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a scheme similar to the urban regeneration and development fund will be applicable to rural regeneration and development fund towns...
    • Planning Issues
      713. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the fact that paid planning permission, sometimes in the region of hundreds of euros, is needed to...
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason she did not respond to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the provision of four additional community services...
    • Departmental Data
      715. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by...
    • Development Contributions
      716. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on funding for a project (details supplied); if the project has commenced through to the construction...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      717. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by her Department and aegis...
    • Rural Schemes
      719. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants currently available or due to become available for improvement works to community centres; and if she will make a statement...

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