Written answers

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the impact recent and predicted ECB interest rate rises will have on the ability of first-time buyers to afford to purchase a home and...
    • Tax Code
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the tax-free allowance for pensioners to bring it in line with the new allowance for workers. [11283/23]
    • Business Supports
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of County Kildare businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to a mortgage services provider (details supplied) increasing the standard variable interest rates; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Protection
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has met with officials from the GAA to discuss the cashless ticket system (details supplied). [11113/23]
    • Tax Code
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has any plans to change VAT rates in Ireland in response to the coming zero rates of VAT on energy-saving materials such as solar panels in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 24 January 2023, the status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the details of the body that will...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Disabled Drivers Medical Board appeals process has been re-established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11388/23]
    • Tax Credits
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of persons in County Cavan who are eligible to claim the rent tax credit; his estimate of the number of persons in County Monaghan...
    • Tax Code
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the 41% exit tax charged on life-wrapped funds sold by life assurance companies and from exchange trade funds. [11282/23]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department is working to encourage small Irish-based businesses to scale up in size using taxation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing excise duty on the price of gas for residential use, home heating oil and solid fuel products in May 2023 in the context of a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the total moneys received by the Revenue Commissioners in January and February 2023 through benefit-in-kind payments for vehicles compared with receipts from...
    • Tax Credits
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the criteria for the incapacitated child tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11376/23]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if any changes are planned to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11377/23]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review current rates of VRT given that some disability support and special needs organisations are being negatively impacted by current rates; and...
    • Business Supports
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance if the temporary business energy support scheme is available to (details supplied]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11105/23]
    • Banking Sector
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the sale of tracker mortgages to vulture funds that were redressed or compensated as a result of the tracker mortgage examination; his views...
    • Income Inequality
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an organisation’s (details supplied) recent report on wealth inequality in Ireland, which found that the number of Irish persons with...
    • Business Supports
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the business energy support scheme to LPG gas and oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8044/23]
    • Tax Credits
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the stay-and-spend scheme; the value of receipts uploaded to the scheme; the cost to the State of the scheme; and if he...
    • Banking Sector
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the sale of tracker mortgages to third parties and vulture funds which were overcharged as a result of the tracker mortgage examination; his...
    • Tax Credits
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to amend the parameters of the regional uplift scheme to encourage film production as part of the film tax credit, section 481; and if he...
    • Official Engagements
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the companies that attended the dinner he hosted in Davos recently; the matters that were discussed with these companies; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Financial Services
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of complaints made with regard to the operation and services provided by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; if he will consider...
    • Tax Code
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that leading global tax researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen (details supplied) have...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if any action can be taken for borrowers who previously experienced difficulties in making mortgage repayments to banks and had their loans sold to non-bank...
    • Fiscal Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if it has been brought to his attention that Ireland has one of the highest debt burdens per capita in the world. [9818/23]
    • Tax Code
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance if the current 9% tourism VAT rate will be extended past 1 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3847/23]
    • Insurance Industry
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that insurance premiums are being successfully reduced for motorists, businesses and other users, in line with the ever-reducing amounts...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for reviewing motor tax and VRT for ICE and electric vehicles to encourage the uptake of smaller, lighter and more efficient vehicles on our roads;...
    • Tax Reliefs
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tax incentive scheme strategy or study to encourage the development of a hotel enterprise, with a minimum of 20 beds, in tourism...
    • Tax Yield
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total value of money received in carbon tax in 2021 and 2022. [11410/23]
    • EU Budgets
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected contribution of and receipts to the Exchequer from the European Multi-annual Financial Framework in each of the years 2023 to 2027. [10334/23]
    • Banking Sector
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the sale of tracker mortgages to vulture funds which were overcharged as a result of the tracker mortgage scandal; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 23 February 2023, if his Department is considering any changes to the range of professional services for which...
    • Insurance Coverage
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out his plans to address the rising cost of and issues with accessing public liability insurance for community groups to operate local...
    • Tax Code
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make provision for a reduction in the VAT rate applying to the music and entertainment sector, to align with other EU countries and protect the...
    • Business Supports
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has evaluated the financial status of small businesses in the post-Covid period; the extent to which data from the Revenue Commissioners indicate a...
    • Tax Code
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated net benefit per households, from March to end October 2023, of the reduced VAT rate applied to electricity and gas, respectively; and if he will...
    • Business Supports
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of County Cavan businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number of County...
    • Tax Reliefs
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 24 January 2023, his plans for the phasing out of the help-to-buy scheme; the timeline for same; the details of...
    • Economic Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which positive conclusions can be drawn from this country’s economic performance when considered alongside other eurozone countries and...
    • Credit Unions
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his engagement with the credit union movement concerning the Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022. [11392/23]
    • Insurance Coverage
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance his engagement with the insurance companies that provide home insurance to ensure new-build passive housing can secure home insurance; if he is aware of the...
    • Tax Code
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the VAT treatment of used car imports into Ireland from Northern Ireland and from Great Britain; if the Windsor Framework will have any...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      139. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the setting up of a public inquiry into the Covid-19 response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/23]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      140. To ask the Taoiseach the remuneration or expenses the chair of the Citizens' Assembly on drugs will be entitled to. [11091/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      141. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his Department. [11279/23]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Information and Communications Technology
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government’s plans to combat the use of artificial intelligence chatbots used to mimic individuals; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if person (details supplied) is still on the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11000/23]
    • Enterprise Policy
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what due diligence was carried out by Enterprise Ireland for its investment in a company (details supplied); if there was oversight...
    • Work Permits
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on three work permit applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Fairs
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has provided any support to Irish companies to participate in the IDES 2023 arms fair in Abu Dhabi; if his...
    • State Bodies
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 28 February 2023. [11222/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating...
    • Work Permits
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department can confirm delays in the granting of work visas to internationally qualified clinical measurement physiologists...
    • Corporate Governance
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received any report from the Corporate Enforcement Authority on the meeting in January 2023 between the Corporate...
    • Departmental Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of funding provided in 2022, either directly by his Department or indirectly through State agencies, that...
    • Trade Missions
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what plans are currently under development at his Department for a State trade mission to the United States of America in 2023; what...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on work towards achieving the sustainable development goal targets. [11425/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will list the number of registered one-stop shops in Mayo and the Connaught region to offer a start-to-finish...
    • Departmental Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retrofits completed in 2022 under each scheme, by county; the average costs and waiting time, in tabular...
    • Departmental Schemes
      161. 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...
    • Climate Action Plan
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify when the Annex of Actions to the Climate Action Plan 2023 will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes upgraded under SEAI energy poverty schemes on an annual basis from 2015 to 2022; if he will provide...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have applied for SEAI solar grants; the number of homes that have been approved for solar for...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of State contracts awarded in the past ten years for the provision of broadband and telecommunications...
    • Departmental Meetings
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will arrange for the appropriate official within the Department to make contact with a school (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Schemes
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if houses that have outer leaf repairs carried out under the Mica redress scheme will qualify for SEAI home energy...
    • Energy Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a service operated by a company that previously worked in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy...
    • Emergency Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the current contract for the provision of handling emergency calls services is due to expire; and the amount his...
    • Departmental Schemes
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what work has been done by his Department to ensure that those whose principal private residence is a mobile home on a...
    • Official Travel
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of single-journey plane flights he has taken in each year in his duties as a Minister and a Deputy since the...
    • Departmental Policies
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he intends to develop energy independence through policy measures and empower local communities in towns and...
    • Energy Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is the case that the windfall tax on electricity companies operating here will apply only from 1 December 2022 to...
    • Gorse Burning
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the area of land covered by gorse and heather and so on that has been burned nationwide; how many tonnes of CO2 have...
    • Fishing Industry
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 12 May 2022, his plans for snap-net fishing on the River Suir in 2023...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Sector Pensions
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will not sign any amending statutory instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ '1951 Scheme' because the '1951'...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed State-owned vehicles on the national vehicle and driver file in each of the years 2018 to 2022; the number of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to grants for the purchase of electric vehicles over the years 2018 to 2022, broken down by electric and hybrid;...
    • Bus Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the breakdown on the Bus Éireann route 32 Letterkenny to Dublin on 23 February 2023; if he is satisfied with the...
    • Driver Licences
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the concerns of NDLS employees regarding the closure of the office in Kilkenny on certain days, resulting in job...
    • Transport Costs
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that older passengers with a free travel pass are being charged to book seats on the Dublin-Belfast train; if this charge...
    • Bus Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the success of adding double-decker buses to a PSO route (details supplied); if he plans any further expansions on...
    • Transport Costs
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Leap card incentives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11043/23]
    • Rail Network
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Enfield train station can be included in the Leap card zone; if plans are in place for the station to be included; the timeframe for...
    • Road Projects
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's plans to develop the second and third phases of the Port Access Northern Cross Route in Drogheda, County Louth; and if...
    • Public Transport
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all lands reserved for future public transport sites, such as train stations in Louth and east Meath; if he...
    • Rail Network
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a proposal (details supplied) to help speed up the Sligo to Dublin Connolly train line; if there are any plans to improve...
    • Road Projects
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a roads project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11135/23]
    • Driver Test
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/23]
    • Public Transport
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of each category of train ticket sold for the Dublin Pearse to Maynooth commuter route in 2022 and to date in 2023, in both...
    • Military Aircraft
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times the Irish Aviation Authority was informed of military exercises by foreign military or naval services affecting...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2023 of doubling the number of revenue protection officers within Iarnród Éireann. [11224/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in...
    • Road Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a bypass (details supplied) was not included in this year's grant allocation for national roads; when this project will be...
    • Fishing Industry
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a discharge book will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11378/23]
    • Coast Guard Service
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the transfer of patients by the coastguard contractor (details supplied) falls outside its contract; if the...
    • Bus Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter in relation to incentivising the private bus sector to involve itself in taking up potential routes (details...
    • Cycling Facilities
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a company (details supplied) will resume the operation of its battery-powered ebikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Energy Policy
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on progress towards complying with section two of the Glasgow Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance in a situation where a Minister had responsibility for an area such as consumer mortgage arrears, if his or her own credit history would be relevant and hence...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance how long the Government expects to be in a position to maintain some level of cost-of-living supports; to what level he envisages inflation rates would need...
    • Fiscal Policy
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the strategy and timeline his Department has in relation to reducing Ireland’s national debt given that, according to the Department’s own...
    • Tax Reliefs
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is currently considering measures to reintroduce mortgage interest relief, given the sharp compounded rises in mortgage interest rates that...
    • Tax Code
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the 9% VAT rate for hotels and restaurants. [10990/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the implementation of the findings of the review of the flat rate expenses system conducted by the Office of the Revenue...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include Parkinson's disease as a qualifying condition for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/23]
    • Tax Yield
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the projected impact which the proposed rise in excise duty of a total of 21 cents on petrol and diesel over the coming months would have...
    • Consumer Rights
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 1 December 2022, if a retail business displaying a sign stating that cash is not accepted or "card payments only"...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the terms of the settlement entered into by the special liquidators of IBRC with a company (details supplied) can be disclosed; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Rights
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to provide the right for people to pay for goods and services in cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/23]
    • Tax Code
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will review the tax treatment of rental income received by landowners and farmers who rent to those connected to them; if his Department has...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT paid on vehicles imported from Britain that have been modified for a person with a disability in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal has been re-established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11186/23]
    • Inflation Rate
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if it has been brought to his attention that Irish grocery price inflation hit a new record of 16.3% in February 2023. [9819/23]
    • Tax Credits
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if the renter's credit introduced in Budget 2023 is in the baseline and a recurring measure going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Revenue Commissioners
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners' public office on Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 will reopen to the public again as a walk-in public service without appointment...
    • Departmental Policies
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his Department; and if...
    • Financial Irregularities
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 28 February 2023, if the introduction of provisions to require reimbursement from payment service providers to...
    • Business Supports
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of County Carlow businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number of them that...
    • Inflation Rate
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor economic progress with a view to ensuring that inflation continues to be curbed and that the...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can continue to take measures to control the cost of living without contributing to inflation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Inflation Rate
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continues to examine the contributory factors to inflation; the extent to which each and any can be controlled; if...
    • Economic Growth
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this country’s economy continues to compete with other European economies inside and outside the Eurozone; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which employment in Ireland’s international financial services has increased since 2021; the trends emerging in this regard; and if he...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is satisfied that Ireland remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment; if any further incentives to attract this type...
    • Tax Reliefs
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the different types of tax relief available to both PAYE employees and self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Economic Growth
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the necessary economic fundamentals continue to be met and will do so in the coming year in the aftermath of Budget 2023 or otherwise; and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding he intends to make available to address serious flooding concerns in Ballina, County Tipperary following on from a number of...
    • State Properties
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department signed off on licences to permit local schools access to the swimming pool in the Garda College in Templemore,...
    • Parental Leave
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide this Deputy with the guidance his Department has circulated to the civil and public service in respect of parental...
    • Freedom of Information
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to subject Bus Éireann to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 when introducing amending legislation to this Act; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the additional expenditure incurred by the State for 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023 due to the...
    • Departmental Policies
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in...
    • Coastal Erosion
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the allocation of funding to address coastal erosion in County Mayo; if further funding is available for...
    • Heritage Sites
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the long-awaited transfer of ownership of the historic Westgate House, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the different projects, schemes and Departments the carbon tax revenue in 2021 and 2022 was allocated to, in tabular...
    • Office of Public Works
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the development of a new Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the additional engagement...
    • National Development Plan
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to review the National Development Plan to increase the funding envelope to 2030, in light of increasing costs and...
    • Departmental Meetings
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department officials have met with representatives of medical scientists here in the wake of publication of an assessment...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which it became compulsory for civil servants to join the superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the expenditure on flood prevention measures in each of the past four years; the expenditure and location of the five...
    • Heritage Sites
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in providing improved bus, car, cycle and horse carriage parking facilities at a location (details supplied);...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Facilities
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding that Sport Ireland has spent on capital works projects in a stadium (details supplied) in 2020, 2021,2022 and...
    • Departmental Policies
      281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of heat pumps that have been installed on an annual basis from 2015 to 2022 in new homes. [10885/23]
    • Grant Payments
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review into housing adaptation grants. [11160/23]
    • Housing Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes ]built by local authorities in 2022; the number built by approved housing bodies in 2022; and if he will...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists recruited for the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the URDF plan for Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11242/23]
    • State Bodies
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to address communication issues with the RTB, including delays in response times to queries from the...
    • Housing Policy
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have discretionary powers to waive social housing income limits where the applicant for social housing is...
    • Departmental Policies
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the Traveller Accommodation Expert Review, if his Department intends to act on a recommendation (details supplied)...
    • Grant Payments
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information on the septic tank grant will be provided to a person (details supplied) who was unaware of the need to...
    • Meteorological Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the staff and details of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traveller Accommodation
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2023 caravan loan scheme will reopen for applications; whether such a loan will be available to all households...
    • Gorse Burning
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many call-outs of emergency services there were to deal with out-of-control gorse fires nationwide; the costs of same from...
    • National Monuments
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a ringfort in Cork (details supplied), which is the largest ringfort in Munster and is designated as a...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had with Teagasc, the EPA, and third level institutions in relation to developing improved wastewater...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what scheme is in place for halting sites operated by South Dublin County Council for electricity provision; if a subsidised...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 249 and 295 of 28 February 2023, if further clarification will be provided (details...
    • Grant Payments
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify a query regarding a grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11512/23]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ukraine War
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conducted a review of the activities of the embassy of the Russian Federation in Ireland; if he is satisfied that the current...
    • Trade Sanctions
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to propose another round of sanctions on Belarus at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting due to its involvement in the...
    • Official Engagements
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Greek counterpart (details supplied) to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10936/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth register application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the competition for the new roster for election monitoring will open in 2023; if so, when the competition will be advertised; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his...
    • Disaster Response
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 28 February 2023, if he will specifically outline the efforts being made to ensure that insulin...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on work towards achieving the SDG targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11426/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the amount spent to pay for the education of children of staff serving overseas for 2022; the estimate for 2023; the average...
    • Passport Services
      331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will...
    • Human Rights
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing CJEU infringement proceedings against Hungary for its so called "anti-LGBTQ propaganda laws";...
    • Middle East
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to his recent statement that Ireland stands ready to support a just and lasting two-state solution based on international law...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      334. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who are currently deployed in Syria as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force; and...
    • Air Corps
      344. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current total strength of Air Corps personnel; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of qualified military pilots, cadet pilots...
    • Naval Service
      345. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service operations and patrols cancelled to date this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10845/23]
    • Defence Forces
      346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of women in the Defence Forces, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/23]
    • Trade Fairs
      351. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if representatives of the Defence Forces or his Department participated in the recent IDEX 2023 arms fair in Abu Dhabi, UAE; if so, the meetings...
    • Official Engagements
      352. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has spoken with the UK Secretary of Defence to date in 2023. [11210/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      353. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in either France and Canada in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Departmental Policies
      354. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can supply a timeline for works to be carried out at a school (details supplied), including when the work will be put out to...
    • School Enrolments
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the population figures her Department is using to forecast future student numbers for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum required sport facilities guidelines for secondary schools from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10876/23]
    • School Transport
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport scheme will be free for eligible families for the upcoming 2023/2024 school year; if not, if an announcement will be made...
    • Special Educational Needs
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of current and planned additional ASD places for primary school children in areas (details supplied), in tabular form. [10913/23]
    • School Admissions
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when parents in Kilcock can expect confirmation of school-places, locally, for their children starting primary education in 2023, given the...
    • Parental Leave
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify whether there is an age limit in respect of a child for a parent or guardian to take parental leave; if she can supply the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school can be mandated to go above the minimum number of 24 students per class for the 2023-2024 academic year, if there is a list of...
    • School Transport
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an appeal by a person (details supplied) for a transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of the projected increasing population of Kill village and the constrained nature of the current site of a school (details supplied), if...
    • School Enrolments
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate the projected intake into each of the primary schools in the Clongriffin, Baldoyle and Howth planning area in September...
    • School Transport
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11032/23]
    • Education Policy
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11049/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the start date for the new school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which is due to start in Q1 of 2023; the...
    • Grant Payments
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of an application for a retrofit grant for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board in respect of granting independent school status to a...
    • School Accommodation
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SENOs currently active and the number of children assigned to each SENO area, in tabular form. [11116/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final costing associated with the provision of the new major school extension to schools (details supplied) completed in January 2023 led by...
    • School Funding
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current approach to funding the teaching and learning of home economics in secondary schools; and if she plans to fully fund the teaching and...
    • Grant Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide update on whether the Covid cleaning grant for schools will be continued for term 2; and when the payment schedule will...
    • School Transport
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the reason the school bus from Tralee to Castleisland no longer stops at a location (details supplied) where Ukrainian...
    • Teacher Training
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement to have Leaving Certificate Irish will be relaxed to enter teacher training colleges due to the large number of non-Irish...
    • Special Educational Needs
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place within an ASD unit or a special school can be facilitated for September 2023 in the case of the son of a person (details...
    • School Admissions
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place for September 2023 can be facilitated and confirmed in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied), who has applied...
    • Ukraine War
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by her Department in conjunction with the NCCA to actively assist and accommodate Ukrainian post primary pupils in schools;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations of buildings for new schools that are currently under construction in Dublin; and when each of these new schools will be built, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) who has very high level special needs and is in residential care and who has not received a full and specialised...
    • Departmental Staff
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE architects employed by her Department in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11232/23]
    • School Admissions
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the Section 29 appeal process as a result of oversubscription of a school, if there is any flexibility in relation to the 63-day...
    • Schools Building Projects
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension for a school (details supplied) in Carlow; the estimated timeframe from start to completion; the number of students...
    • National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided by her Department to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment from 2010 to date; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports for primary schools to provide play therapy for children who have emotional needs and require this therapy. [11260/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the precise architectural planning stages and current stage for each school building project in County Mayo under the School Building...
    • School Attendance
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statistics that are collected by the Tusla education support service and education welfare officer in relation to absenteeism in schools; and...
    • Education Welfare Service
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's process for students who have disengaged from mainstream education and have shown several signs of challenging behaviour; the...
    • School Enrolments
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation where the school roll numbers have increased by over 22% year-on-year in a school (details...
    • School Staff
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding the allocation of an additional mainstream teacher will be determined;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a response (details supplied) which this Deputy received from the National Council for Special Education on 7 June 2022, if she will...
    • School Admissions
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place can be found for a student (details supplied) within the catchment area for the academic year beginning September 2023; and if she...
    • School Enrolments
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up to date position with secondary school places in County Kildare (details supplied); if she is considering interim measures; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an Emergency Works Application 1732 from 19 April 2022 by a school (details supplied). [11493/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the help and supports in place for school staff to recognise and support students with atypical ADHD; if there are any plans for training in this...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, there are to confer DEIS status on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11551/23]
    • Teacher Training
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the same financial support for registered post-primary teachers to upskill to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish can be extended to home...
    • State Examinations
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the decision to remove the junior certificate from the Youthreach programme has been met with huge disappointment by the...
    • School Admissions
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that there are 21 children on a waiting list for admittance to a school (details supplied) many of whom have siblings in the...
    • School Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce legislation that protects substitute teachers; if she will instruct her Department that this legislation must ensure that...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a person (details supplied) to register with the Teaching Council of Ireland if he or she does not possess a Level 8...
    • State Examinations
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following on from suspending the leaving certificate reform, the timeline on when she will engage with stakeholders, including student unions...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Schemes
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the provision of additional funding for a scheme will enable the inclusion of schools (details supplied) to avail of this...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment workers will be included in the list of social welfare applicants to receive bonus payments announced...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when Covid-19 will be recognised as an occupational disease for front-line healthcare workers in Ireland as per EU Advisory...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full pension entitlement; and if all of his or her entitlements will be...
    • Public Sector Staff
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment supervisors will be permitted to work past their 66th birthday; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the position regarding a rent supplement claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding legislation to abolish mandatory retirement ages, given the recommendations of the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in relation to a current appeal for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can make arrangements for the early payment of an annual grant in respect of a person (details supplied); if this is...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can be permitted to remain on the community employment scheme (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remedy an anomaly concerning the means tested payment for carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of advocacy services for persons with disabilities to 60. [11209/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she has delayed an extra payment of child benefit to June while other cost-of-living measures announced by her...
    • Departmental Policies
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently re-visit the funding of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in order that the highly valued work...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • State Pensions
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pro-rata State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reinstated; and if she will make...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons aged 66 years cannot remain working at a CE scheme; the reason those who are currently on an old-age...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a PPS number for adult applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11444/23]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person with Stamp 4 permission to remain in the State is eligible for unemployment supports such as jobseeker's benefit...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their PPS number; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the centralisation of social welfare offices to support teams in Tuam is leading to delays (details supplied); and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provision that has been made for self-employed persons who were paying an S1 contribution prior to Covid restrictions in...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children resident in the State for whom child benefit is payable as of 1 January 2023; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Support Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on the effectiveness of the employer helpline established under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a case of a family (details supplied) in which a child with multiple diagnoses, who has been refused several financial...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance payment will increase with associated payment for dependents in the case of a person (details...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide additional funding for long-term care for people with disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the specific additional supports a mother of two children with disabilities, for which she is receiving DCA,...
    • Childcare Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will mandate his Department to examine the introduction of public provision of childcare, as recommended...
    • International Protection
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when IPAS will issue a payment to an accommodation provider (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Family Support Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of child and family support networks in operation; where they are located; the number in...
    • Parental Leave
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will examine raising the age of children from 13 years for parents to qualify for parental...
    • Departmental Meetings
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update following the design team meeting at a site (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Departmental Policies
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11047/23]
    • Child and Family Agency
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all children who are referred to Tusla for being at risk of harm, are given an initial assessment within 20...
    • Family Resource Centres
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of family resource centres in the State; his plans to expand the number of FRCs; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied), who is awaiting a substantial payment from his Department, with some payments...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of delivering each temporary modular unit; the number of temporary modular units being delivered...
    • Child and Family Agency
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE staff by job title working for TUSLA dealing with applications for authentic birth information...
    • Departmental Policies
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies...
    • International Protection
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can clarify in relation to the operation of Ireland's community sponsorship programme for refugees led by...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on work towards achieving the SDG targets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm whether a management company (details supplied) or IPAS are asking people with the right to...
    • Family Resource Centres
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital costs associated with establishing a brand new family resource centre; and if he will make a...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Government will implement the optional protocol of the United Nations Convention on Persons with...
    • Disability Services
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to ensure that those with disabilities who are living in nursing homes can...
    • Departmental Reports
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the publication of a report (details supplied); the steps being taken by the Government to...
    • Youth Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount of funding provided under the youth service grant scheme for each of the years 2008 to 2023...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the living conditions for residents of the Richmond Street emergency accommodation centre...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Fees
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 25 January 2023, if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Education
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available on SNA courses in Irish universities; and the number of graduates of these courses for each year they have run....
    • Departmental Policies
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/23]
    • Third Level Education
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the plans for a third-level institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11138/23]
    • Third Level Fees
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm whether a €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee will be put in place for undergraduate students eligible for...
    • Departmental Policies
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his...
    • Third Level Education
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an underrepresentation of specific expertise from both academia and practice in the areas being reviewed by the recently appointed...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he has to ensure all research staff grades have access to public service pensions in all higher education institutions; and if he will...
    • Third Level Education
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications to ensure there are adequate third level courses in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an outline of the total level of public funds spent by SOLAS towards an electronic marking system for adult and apprenticeship...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Family Reunification
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can assist a person (details supplied) with a family reunification from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Alcohol Sales
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the new measures being considered under the sale of intoxicated liquors in future legislative proposals; if once-off event...
    • An Garda Síochána
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 569 and 570 of 21 February 2023, if he will confirm whether he and related parties have...
    • Departmental Bodies
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing funding to the Data Protection Commissioners by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been secured in 2023 to replace the patrol boat and rigid inflatable boats within the Garda water unit; and if...
    • Work Permits
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in respect of three applications lodged under the atypical working scheme by a nursing home...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls received by An Garda Síochána in County Clare with respect to reports of DSGBV in each of the...
    • Immigration Policy
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify whether persons arriving into the State without documentation, valid documentation or false documentation,...
    • Travel Documents
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport is needed for travel from Carrickfinn Airport, County Donegal to Dublin Airport (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Community Safety Innovation Fund will be re-opened for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in processing the renewal of an Irish residence permit card in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Sentencing Policy
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if ambulance personnel will be covered under proposed increases in sentences for attacks on essential frontline workers. [11137/23]
    • Visa Applications
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision is...
    • Citizenship Applications
      511. 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); if his...
    • Court Judgments
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 29 November 2017, if he will provide an update (details supplied). [11172/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 14 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 24 January 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Drug Dealing
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of drugs seized under Garda Operation Pier; and the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests from Blanchardstown Garda station in 2022, and to-date in 2023, in tabular form [11208/23]
    • Departmental Data
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with burglary within the Tipperary division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Visa Applications
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider a visa appeal application in the name of a person (details supplied) in light of the individual...
    • Departmental Policies
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or...
    • Courts Service
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Courts Service intends to take to reduce the delays in the Probate Office and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Policy
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons behind the delays in INIS; the steps he intends to take in order to reduce the delays; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the pensions for members of An Garda...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the draft heads of the Bill to establish an agency with responsibility for domestic sexual and gender-based...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 14 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Immigration Status
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Stamp 4 will be granted as a prelude to making an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Visa Applications
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Strategies
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expand on the work to set up a cross-departmental unit to examine access to therapies, as outlined in the Taoiseach’s speech to the Houses of...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were granted a primary medical certificate in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; the total number of people to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to address the shortage in GPs throughout the country particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for fistula surgery in UHG; the current wait time; the steps that are being taken to reduce this waiting time; and if...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who following a home visit 18 months ago is waiting on an occupational therapist report; and if he will...
    • Hospital Procedures
      535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 16 February 2023, when the blood results of the microarray test conducted in April 2022 at Portiuncula University...
    • Medical Cards
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not been approved for a person (details supplied); and if his case will be reviewed urgently with a view to granting a medical...
    • Water Quality
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the health threats posed to users by lead water pipes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has calculated the additional cost burden on the healthcare system due to an increase in hyperemesis gravidarum patients presenting at emergency...
    • Primary Care Centres
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to progress a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10903/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting on an appointment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital. [10924/23]
    • Hospital Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the public hospitals that currently have an outpatients migraine clinic for persons aged over 18 years; the hours per week that each clinic...
    • Disability Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of summer camp-based specialist services for children with complex support needs that will be established in counties Cavan and...
    • Hospital Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses working in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if the current...
    • Ambulance Service
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid-response vehicles based in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number available...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon, Midland Regional Hospital,...
    • Disability Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload and headcount of staff and children awaiting intervention in the west Cork children's disability network team, in tabular form. [10944/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if they are on the routine or urgent...
    • Medical Inquiries
      551. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 23 February 2023, if he is aware that the families concerned have made requests to meet the HSE individually and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if a request for a second opinion in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited as the patient requires major foot surgery and their case is...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the Government’s position in relation to the payment of the pandemic special recognition payment to section 39 workers in...
    • Health Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the funding for a treatment centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; the provision the Government has put in place to support this...
    • Hospital Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff...
    • Health and Safety
      563. To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to strengthen HIQA's enforcement powers to regulate acute general hospitals against nationally mandated standards under the Health Act 2007; how...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      564. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic bonus payment of €1,000 will be paid to workers in an organisation (details supplied); the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he...
    • Hospital Procedures
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot have their treatment at Cavan General Hospital rather than having to travel to the Mater Hospital on five...
    • Mental Health Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if officials in his Department can urge CAMHS in County Clare to fast-track the preparation of a 'Connors Report' for a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11013/23]
    • Care Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 361 of 1 December 2022 and 355 of 19 January 2023, the total cost of security on Millfield House from the commencement...
    • Mental Health Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022,...
    • Health Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a complaint being made on behalf of persons (details supplied). [11022/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      573. To ask the Minister for Health when an ophthalmology appointment will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Cork where a referral has been made. [11025/23]
    • Vaccination Programme
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to roll out a free inoculation programme to vaccinate infants and children against chicken pox; if so, when such a programme will commence; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      576. 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. [11031/23]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the MCAP review; who is carrying out the review; if he will confirm whether patient advocacy groups are involved in the review;...
    • Health Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health based on the HSE flow chart (details supplied), where in North Kildare the community can access treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11042/23]
    • Care Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) is placed on the list for a bed in Kenmare Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11052/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be added to GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/23]
    • Medical Cards
      584. To ask the Minister for Health where the processing team in the medical card section obtains information on applicants' previous employments and self-employments records (details supplied);...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the staff of a nursing home (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic bonus payment given they were frontline workers during the...
    • Health Services Staff
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure physical assault support schemes are equitable across all grades; if there are differences in the support scheme available for...
    • Medical Cards
      588. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to a medical card appeal by a person (details supplied) sent in September 2022. [11088/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some eligible non-HSE Section 38 healthcare employees (details supplied) covered by the Government decision have still not received the Covid-19...
    • Abortion Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out in the State under the 2018 Act in a non-hospital and non-GP settings from 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Medical Cards
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card covers the cost of a GP completing medical reviews or medical assessments for a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11104/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the spend by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda on agency staffing and private recruitment firms in each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, by year and by...
    • Hospital Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda on access to private diagnostics in each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, by year and by firm, in...
    • Dental Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of waiting lists for dental surgery and orthodontics for CHO 8, by county and by year from January 2019 to January 2023; and if...
    • Primary Care Centres
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the provision of the primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the services that are currently...
    • Hospital Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put plans in place to improve access to occupational therapy, speech therapy and social therapy at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-stay patients currently in acute psychiatric units in the State. [11134/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of roles and responsibilities within the National Ambulance Service. [11136/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      604. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11145/23]
    • Disability Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed for additional respite hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11146/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      606. To ask the Minister for Health when additional healthcare professionals (details supplied) will be recruited in view of long delays in children receiving appropriate therapeutic...
    • Disease Management
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the main stakeholders from his Department and its agencies who will be involved in formulating a new national rare disease plan; if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason essential medication being used by a person (details supplied) cannot be covered via the person's medical card. [11163/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide treatment by an ear plastic surgeon for children born with or suffering from an ear deformity; when this service will be...
    • Disability Services
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will begin to receive supports from children's disability network team 9 in the form of speech and language, occupational...
    • Hospital Staff
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts among nursing staff, consultants, physiotherapists and other health or medical staff within the Saolta hospital group, by occupation...
    • Mental Health Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CHO 7 waiting lists for counselling and psychotherapy on initial assessment, initial therapy intervention and further therapy...
    • Hospital Staff
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers attached to both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2021,2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form [11197/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title employed in the HSE pest control service in Dublin in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [11198/23]
    • Disability Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title that have been recruited for the community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7; and when will the remaining staff for this...
    • Hospital Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant, endocrinologist, dieticians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and administrative support posts...
    • Disability Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time autism therapists and autism support workers in each of the disability network teams in CHO9, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time cognitive behavioural therapy posts in St. James's Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11202/23]
    • Alcohol Sales
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised (details supplied) on bilingual packaging on alcohol warnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11212/23]
    • Dental Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Tipperary who are on the medical card dental scheme; and the number of these dentists that are accepting new patients. [11217/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the names of international recruitment agencies in the United States, Canada, Australia, UK and New Zealand that have contracts with the HSE to advertise for...
    • Hospital Facilities
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in University Hospital Limerick; and if each of these theatres is in use. [11219/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has advertised for the post of consultant ophthalmologist since January 2021. [11220/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of CHOs 3 and 5 funding, by local team level, for psychology services. [11221/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      628. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the three-year cap on farm land in the fair deal scheme, if that cap takes effect following three years of the individual being in nursing home...
    • Primary Care Centres
      629. To ask the Minister for Health when Tullow, County Carlow, will get a primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11239/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of a new ambulance base in Carlow; the status of a temporary modular base; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the construction of a new day care facility (details supplied) in County Carlow to replace the outdated prefabricated facility,...
    • Disability Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of funding allocated in budget 2023 as part of a €100 million fund to support community-based service...
    • Hospital Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the backlog in urgent and routine cancer test processing at University Hospital Waterford; the number of tests outstanding; the average length of...
    • Departmental Policies
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his Department; and if...
    • Patient Transport
      637. To ask the Minister for Health who is liable for the cost of taxis to hospital appointments for residents in long-term nursing home care in receipt of medical cards. [11307/23]
    • Medical Qualifications
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 23 February 2023, if his Department is aware of undue delays currently in accreditation of international...
    • Mental Health Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the implications of Cork HSE management requesting and recently being granted a three year extension of the registration of a centre (details supplied) as an...
    • Health Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to make the free contraception scheme accessible for marginalised communities, including disabled women, migrant women, Traveller...
    • Disability Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of respite services for a person (details supplied). [11374/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid, per year to a company (details supplied) by the HSE and his Department; the details of the cases being handled by year by the company; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if the audit of TAPS payments undertaken by both the NTPF and the HSE has been delivered to him; if so, if he will publish the audit in full; if it is not...
    • Nursing Homes
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if any assistance can be given in relation to deferring a payment for a person (details supplied). [11434/23]
    • Dental Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between eight to 12 years inclusive, 13 to 15 inclusive, and 16 to 18 inclusive, who have been referred to the National Treatment...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) [11450/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the steps being taken to provide treatment by an ear plastic surgeon for children born with or suffering from an ear deformity (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11452/23]
    • Health Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organisations and their locations supplying meals on wheels in the Kildare south area; the number of meals they are providing and their...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on a national register for the location of defibrillators AEDs; if he is considering an app to assist in their location; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the lack of public urology services in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11456/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      656. To ask the Minister for Health when staff from an agency (details supplied) will receive their Covid-19 special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11471/23]
    • Disability Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason allowances in all disability day care centres were stopped by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11490/23]
    • Health Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will reopen the motorised transport grant to new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11491/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the 2023 HSE Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/23]
    • Environmental Policy
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment to eliminate the use of all single-use plastic in HSE-operated canteens and other food service outlets; and if he will...
    • Hospital Charges
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any progress in relation to eradicating the €80 charge for venesection procedures for people with haemochromatosis, in view of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11511/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      672. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive the pandemic special recognition payment. [11534/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the existing staffing levels in each of the long-Covid clinics and post-acute clinics by role, in tabular form; and the number of vacant posts. [11535/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for each of the long-Covid clinics and post-acute clinics by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [11536/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including ADHD medications in the long-term illness scheme for persons over the age of 16 years; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the mechanism and decision process used for projects related to Covid-19 where acceleration of capital projects delivery was prioritised for...
    • Mortality Rates
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded in the State for each quarter since 1 January 2019, in tabular form. [11576/23]
    • Disability Diagnoses
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if the condition 16p12.2 microdeletion is accepted as being on the autism spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11586/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of those filled on a wholetime equivalent basis; the number of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has ceased funding under the treatment abroad scheme for young persons suffering from brittle bone disease who have been undergoing...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the rationale for why crossover breeds would pose a difficulty, or in any way act as an impediment to,...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 31 January 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the point-to-point figures into name...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns around the rules excluding robotic farmers as proposed for the new TAMS scheme; if the new rules exclude...
    • Wildlife Protection
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is currently a plan in place to develop the research on the impacts to farmland birds regarding the loss of winter stubbles;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a REAP scheme payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10962/23]
    • Animal Slaughtering
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that there is only a single factory (details supplied) providing a slaughtering service for grass-fed...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-examine the rules excluding robotic farmers for the proposed new TAMS farm equipment grant-aid (details supplied)....
    • Gorse Burning
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the prescribed Burning Code of Practice. [11082/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new round of TAMS grants will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11117/23]
    • Animal Welfare
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last time a vet from his Department inspected horses engaged in sulky racing in Cork city. [11159/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding grant aid for dairy equipment under TAMS as it relates to young farmers who are over five...
    • Departmental Policies
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating...
    • Wildlife Protection
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware and has contacted the HSE with regard to the use of heavy machinery in Priority Annex 1 habitat and the felling of...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on work towards achieving the SDG targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11427/23]
    • Animal Diseases
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made regarding costs associated with pre-movement and post-movement TB testing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy with regard to registered PV installers subcontracting the installation, commissioning and signing off of the installation...
    • Forestry Sector
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the Forestry Service needs to supplement the income for foresters, in light of the fact that the Forestry Service...
    • Harbours and Piers
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has been asked by Galway County Council to take part in a committee with the Council and his Department to...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Post Office Network
      708. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and villages in rural Ireland that have lost or are losing the local...
    • Departmental Policies
      709. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating...
    • Departmental Strategies
      710. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being undertaken by her Department to address depopulation in rural communities across County Mayo and the rest of the...
    • Grant Payments
      711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants available to senior-citizen community groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11487/23]
    • Harbours and Piers
      712. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether her Department has been asked by Galway County Council to take part in a committee with the council and her Department to...

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