Written answers
Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Tourist Accommodation
10. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of tourist accommodation centres and hotels currently under contract with the Department of Children,...
- Gender Equality
12. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his plans for improving gender equality. [12862/23]
- Domestic Violence
13. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects paid domestic violence leave to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Family Resource Centres
15. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the funding criteria for family resource centres. in particular centres (details supplied) in...
- Emergency Accommodation
16. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revisit his emergency accommodation policy published on 24 January that announced a pause in provision...
- Wards of Court
18. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the use of the ward of court process when vulnerable persons are transferred to long-term nursing...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
21. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he has undertaken to ratify the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
- Disability Services
22. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide respite services for disabled people and children with disabilities and their...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
23. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he monitors the extent to which local authorities are applying the criteria of need for childcare places in...
- Disability Services
24. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the assessment of needs waiting lists for occupational and speech therapy; the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
25. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has identified the need for new supply in early childhood education and childcare; and if he has developed...
- Youth Services
26. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the definition of youth work in the Youth Work Act 2001 will be updated to reflect the additional roles,...
- Direct Provision System
27. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 9 February 2023, the status of the review of projected timelines for...
- Child Protection
28. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who died, either while in State care or while known to child protection services, in each...
- Mother and Baby Homes
29. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagements with survivor and relative groups concerning potential...
- Disability Services
31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the children's disability services in Cork. [15707/23]
- International Protection
32. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in payments to those providing accommodation for asylum seekers; his plans to ensure...
- Youth Services
34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if pay scales for youth workers will be reviewed and updated to reflect their counterparts within the public...
- Birth Certificates
35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on progress being made to address the backlog of applications through the tracing.ie...
- Child Protection
36. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to ensure that child protection statements provided by organisations are adhered to and implemented to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is proposed to introduce a grant scheme to assist in the provision of large-scale pre-school accommodation...
- Family Resource Centres
38. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide capital funding to family resource centres. [15565/23]
- Disability Services
39. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is taking to improve monitoring and oversight of disability services; if there are...
- Childcare Services
41. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be an increase in his Department's core funding to support the childcare sector; and if he will...
- Disability Services
43. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the targeted domestic and international recruitment campaigns that are in place...
- Childcare Services
45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made to regularise childminders into Government supports. [15718/23]
- Disabilities Assessments
46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in CHO 9, Dublin, currently awaiting an assessment of need; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports he will put in place for people with disabilities facing eviction after the lifting of the eviction...
- Child and Family Agency
48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans his Department has to instruct local authorities on using their sensitivity and discretion on any...
- Human Trafficking
49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to combat child trafficking in the State. [14888/23]
- Childcare Services
50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of capital funding available to his Department this year for the upgrading of existing childcare...
- Disability Services
51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what stage the recruitment and training of new staff for a premises (details supplied) is at in order to progress...
- Children in Care
53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine additional payments for foster carers in order to recruit more foster carers into the system....
- Direct Provision System
54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to support those still in direct provision who have been naturalised to exit...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-EU students taking up medical places in universities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7503/23]
- Departmental Funding
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Budget for the near zero energy building training centres of excellence; if that budget has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement...
- Student Accommodation
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of student accommodation in Carlow; if his Department has plans to expand the offering of...
- Veterinary Services
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details for a new veterinary college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15705/23]
- Third Level Education
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that regional universities and technological universities and institutions will be equipped to train the offshore...
- Third Level Admissions
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government undertakes any analysis of the number of people from the Traveller community who enter third-level education per year; and if...
- Third Level Education
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the national review of State supports for PhD researchers; if he will commit to continuing the examination of the working status of...
- Disability Services
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is providing assistance to young adults with disabilities, in particular those with intellectual disabilities, to travel to...
- Further and Higher Education
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the integration of Carlow College into St. Patrick's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15709/23]
- Third Level Education
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he and his Department continue to ensure a steady stream of graduates to meet the demand in education, health and engineering,...
- Third Level Fees
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to the abolition of all third-level and postgraduate fees in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15749/23]
- Third Level Education
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to allocate the necessary funds in budget 2024 to meet the demands of an organisation (details supplied) for a living wage for all...
- Veterinary Services
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on veterinary provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15731/23]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the participation to date by the public service and the multinational sector in traditional apprenticeships and new apprenticeships; and the...
- Further and Higher Education
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 14 February 2023, if he will provide a status update on the proposed new further education college in...
- Disability Services
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken, in conjunction with the HSE and the Higher Education Authority, to identify capacity gaps within children's disability...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships registered to date in 2023; his plans to promote apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Further and Higher Education
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional places in further education will be provided in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15760/23]
- Third Level Costs
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being put in place to assist students who are facing huge pressures in living costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Education
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of medical places available in universities in Ireland; if there are plans to increase this; the number of places on these courses are...
- Third Level Fees
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student fees will be maintained at the level of €2,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15734/23]
- Education and Training Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he is tackling the skills shortages in the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15664/23]
- Third Level Education
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Ireland's application to join the CERN programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15706/23]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any engagement he has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with a view to further expanding...
- Education and Training Boards
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position and timelines for the redevelopment of the former Pretty Polly site in Killarney as an education centre; and if he will...
- Third Level Education
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the issues raised by the chief financial officer at University College Cork surrounding the funding of third-level universities;...
- Departmental Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of capital funding available to his Department in 2023; the general areas which will benefit from such investment; and if he will make a...
- Education and Training Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to introduce the teaching of human skills, also known as soft skills, into further and higher education courses in the State,...
- Educational Disadvantage
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that availed of the third-level access course in each year since it was established. [15229/23]
- Education and Training Boards
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the ongoing engagement between his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan...
- Technological Universities
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position and timelines for the construction of the new STEM building at Munster Technological University, Tralee; and if he will...
- Public Sector Pensions
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans to ensure access to public service pensions for research staff in all higher education institutions across the...
- Departmental Reviews
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the ongoing PhD review; if he will consider bringing forward emergency measures to help PhD researchers deal with...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any grants or funding assistance for a small landscaping business (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Public Sector Pensions
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Telecom Éireann pension fund; and if former Telecom Éireann workers will soon see an...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the analysis that has been carried by his Department on the purchasing of carbon credits; and if...
- Departmental Bodies
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the work of the heat and built environment delivery task force; the members of the task force; his...
- Broadband Infrastructure
110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and when modern, effective broadband services are likely to be made available to the people of Martinstown, Kilmore...
- Waste Management
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to ensure wholesalers and retailers who sell fruit and vegetables in plastic...
- Energy Conservation
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the pre- and post-BER ratings of all deep retrofits completed under all SEAI schemes, by scheme,...
- Renewable Energy Generation
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any grant scheme for solar panels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15887/23]
- North-South Interconnector
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the up-to-date position concerning the proposed North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in the roll-out of the national broadband programme in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he will...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail all carbon credits purchased by the State or its agencies under any scheme since 2015 to date; if the...
- Departmental Schemes
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the benefits of the warmer homes schemes or other energy-saving entitlements that might accrue in the case of a person...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Dublin Bus
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Dublin Bus plans to convert its site at the Broadstone bus depot into offices and a training centre; and...
- Bus Services
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the standard of bus being used for the LocalLink services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 21 March 2023, if he will confirm that he has submitted the business case and consent...
- Rail Network
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for commencement and completion of the DART+ South West project and its infrastructural works; if he will provide the...
- Departmental Programmes
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the active travel scheme has been collectively assessed under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 to...
- Public Transport
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the authors of a report (details supplied) commissioned by the NTA on fare-fee public transport can provide a figure for CO2 emission...
- Bus Services
129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the bus connectivity and links to Dublin City University in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
130. To ask the Minister for Finance why cohabitating couples are assessed as individuals by the Revenue Commissioners; if the option to be jointly assessed will be introduced; and if he will...
- Vacant Properties
132. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department intends to actively engage with lending institutions to communicate a clear set of lending policies in taking on a vacant or derelict...
- Housing Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the granting of a tax rebate over a period of ten years to support the conversion or renovation of multi-occupancy buildings...
- Construction Industry
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives or expenditures which exist with respect to modern methods of construction within the construction sector; and if he will make a statement...
- Business Supports
137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the operation of the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number of businesses in counties Cavan and Monaghan...
- Departmental Reviews
138. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of the real estate investment trust and Irish real estate fund regimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/23]
- Housing Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the role of institutional investment in the provision of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15959/23]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- EU Programmes
140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the details of the PEACEPLUS programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15968/23]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourist Accommodation
141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what the legislative timeline is for the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022 to be introduced and passed by both...
- Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici deontais chaipitil a chur ar fáil do theaghlaigh a bhíonn ag coinneáil...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and percentage of cases before An Bord Pleanála that are currently taking more than the statutory 18 weeks to...
- Rights of Way
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding any proposed amendments to public rights of way under the current draft of the planning and development...
- Rental Sector
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with Wexford County Council in order to plan for the impact of the lifting of the...
- Local Authorities
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the housing stock of Mayo County Council (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will...
- Vacant Properties
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in the ownership of Mayo County Council that are not in use; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regeneration Projects
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage this project is at; if the works...
- Housing Schemes
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the terms of the tenant purchase scheme to include individuals on carer's allowance (details supplied); and...
- Building Regulations
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider conducting a review of the relevant building regulations, that is, part B, relating to fire, and part A,...
- Departmental Funding
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will consider funding a campaign to promote living over the shop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15859/23]
- Housing Schemes
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the first home scheme to include renovation projects, subject, if required, to the retention of...
- Departmental Schemes
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the repair and lease scheme to include private sector tenants as well as social tenants; and if...
- Vacant Sites
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider developing a national registry to identify vacant and derelict sites, with clear definitions in relation...
- Tax Reliefs
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities with a view to introducing amended rates relief for commercial property, whereby the...
- Vacant Properties
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will engage with local authorities in adopting a more proactive policy in relation to implementing...
- Pension Provisions
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a business case submitted by Dublin City Council regarding the pension entitlements for workers retiring in...
- Housing Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider increasing the specification of houses and the funding for houses being built by dedicated housing...
- Tourist Accommodation
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the launch of the Fáilte registration scheme for short-term tourist lettings requires the prior publication of...
- Wastewater Treatment
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the progress made to date in the upgrade of 21 wastewater treatment plants announced on 30 September...
- Housing Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any circumstances in the tenant purchase scheme where a derogation can be given to an applicant in respect of the...
- Vacant Properties
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2023 allocation will be made to local authorities for the voids programme, given the importance of this scheme in...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of personnel employed in the Passport Office in March 2022; the number currently employed in the service; and if he will make a...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) who is currently being held in an Iranian...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence given the time that has elapsed since receipt of the independent review group report into the Defence Forces, when it will be published; if the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Early School Leavers
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the transfer of the school completion programme to her Department; if consideration has been given to governance...
- School Funding
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline what, if any, supports or resources are available to mainstream, non-DEIS schools regarding home-school community liaison,...
- School Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware the teacher shortage is still impacting schools in the Clondalkin, Dublin 22 area; if she is aware there is no sub panels...
- Schools Building Projects
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills which schools in the Clondalkin, Dublin 22 area have had their building projects paused due to funding issues; and if she will provide a...
- School Accommodation
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action her Department is taking to increase capacity across secondary schools in the Clondalkin, Dublin 22 area, given that each secondary...
- Schools Building Projects
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any contact has been made with a school (details supplied) regarding the commencement of construction on a building; if she is aware of the...
- Special Educational Needs
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a decision on a grant for assistive technology for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 266 of 23 March 2023, if this reply is reflective of the Cabinet decision on the review of the school...
- School Curriculum
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected to allow Irish to be an optional subject at post-primary level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Renewable Energy Generation
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any grant scheme for solar panels (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15886/23]
- Teaching Qualifications
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can avail of employment in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15912/23]
- Special Educational Needs
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has published the National Council for Special Education policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools...
- Schools Building Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); when the temporary classrooms will be provided on the site; and if...
- School Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the teacher allocation for a school (details supplied) did not account for the fact that it had a higher ratio than the teacher-pupil...
- School Management
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds on which a school may refuse a student the right to repeat a year at primary school level; who makes this decision; what form of...
- School Transport
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the procurement process for school bus contracts for extracurricular activities such as sports matches, swimming lessons or day trips...
- Schools Building Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the proposal to build a new primary school in Blarney (details supplied) can now proceed to the next stage, and that an...
- School Admissions
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a second level school place is likely to become available for the child of a person (details supplied). [16041/23]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have a disability allowance appeal approved. [15788/23]
- Community Employment Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to allowing for the admission of retired people to the newly expanded community employment...
- Social Welfare Benefits
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a re-instatement of the travel pass as a secondary benefit. [15874/23]
- State Pensions
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the position in respect of a person's pension entitlement (details supplied). [15978/23]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for refusal of working family payment and supplementary welfare allowance in the name of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in regard to application for unemployment assistance or related payment in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Appeals
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal and review of a decision to refuse disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) can be...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the manner in which a person (details supplied) was adjudged to have no entitlement or a reduced entitlement to the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 792 of 22 March 2023, if a review might be undertaken of the decision to refuse payment...
- State Pensions
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the mother of a person (details supplied) qualifies for a top-up pension on the basis of her entitlement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position in relation to entitlement to a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if discussions are expected to increase the staffing levels in the services for children with special needs in...
- Health Services Staff
217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date in enhancing the role of therapy assistants to provide treatment for...
- Disability Services
218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s...
- Disabilities Assessments
220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for January, February and March 2019-23,...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the current minimum rate of pay for an early years educator, currently...
- Mother and Baby Homes
222. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a director of authorised interventions has been appointed; when he expects an appointment; and if he will...
- Departmental Funding
223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans his Department has to expand funding for the Barnhaus or OneHouse model of therapeutic treatment for...
- Legislative Measures
224. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm whether he intends to bring forward any further amendments of the Childcare Act 1991,...
- Children in Care
225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm what measures he expects to take in budget 2024 to address concerns raised by foster carers...
- Child and Family Agency
226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of voluntary care arrangements Tusla entered into in 2021, 2022 and to date in...
- Gender Equality
228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm which other Departments will be feeding into the interdepartmental committee to develop...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures he has taken to reduce the regulatory burden on providers as set out in the programme for...
- Departmental Policies
230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the next national policy framework for children and...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm whether the programme board which has been tasked with overseeing the design and...
- Gender Equality
232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his plans for improving gender equality. [12865/23]
- Departmental Policies
233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify what are the policies for State bodies (details supplied) responding to mothers' requests for their...
- Child and Family Agency
234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is the case that that any child with a moderate or severe or profound disability who is in crisis must...
- Mental Health Services
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the concerns of parents of children with mental health problems are regularly monitored with...
- Disability Services
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which health services for children with special needs are being improved; his plans for the future...
- Departmental Strategies
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to promote integration in all circumstances throughout Ireland; and if he will...
- Childcare Services
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to prioritise for funding the childcare sector with a view to continued...
- Child Protection
240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to receive updates in respect of children at risk and act upon...
- Child Poverty
241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he proposes to take to address any or all inequalities affecting children; and if he will make a...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department has noted various experiences of women and children who may be under threat...
- Departmental Projects
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which projects that fall within the aegis of his Department and are within the revised national...
- Children in Care
244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the treatment of children in residential care or...
- Child and Family Agency
245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Tusla supports and safeguards in place for people who find themselves in a situation where their parental...
- Legislative Programme
246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 23 March 2023, the expected dates on which the relevant sections of...
- International Protection
247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of critical incidents reported to his Department in relation to the accommodation or welfare of...
- Disability Services
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the provision of respite services for children and adults with a disability by approved...
- International Protection
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of accommodation locations being provided for IPAS in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9. [16006/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Fees
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the higher education grant or similar payment can be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Construction Industry
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to ensure there is a sufficient number of construction workers to meet demand. [11119/23]
- Third Level Admissions
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to increase the number of places for those wishing to study veterinary medicine; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Education and Training Provision
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if this jurisdiction is likely to experience a shortage of graduates in the future within a particular area to meet the demand of the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprentices currently available; the extent to which this is sufficient to meet requirements; his plans to introduce new...
- Third Level Education
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the extent to which his Department continues to monitor incidents of professional bullying throughout the higher education system;...
- Further and Higher Education
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have identified any specific obstacles which may impede improvement and achievement in the further and higher...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Family Reunification
268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what the next steps are for an applicant (details supplied) regarding a family reunification application; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Ukrainian nationals, who may have lost their own documentation, who have been granted Irish citizenship since the...
- Family Reunification
271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application for family reunification for a refugee (details supplied). [15820/23]
- Departmental Expenditure
272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to the State of running Immigration Service Delivery, previously Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service,...
- An Garda Síochána
274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1122 of 18 January 2023, the new incident types and related offences under the...
- Northern Ireland
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals, if any, to provide additional supports to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains...
- An Garda Síochána
276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the provision of Garda services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification
278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to an application for family reunification in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Immigration Status
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16032/23]
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
281. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) on a waiting list can expect an appointment for the stroke speciality programme in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [15808/23]
- Nursing Education
282. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the payment of the enhanced travel and subsistence scheme for student nurses and midwives in years one to three of their training, whereby...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
283. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the pandemic special recognition payment which has been transferred to a private agency (details supplied) has been...
- Patient Deaths
284. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to a disproportionate overrepresentation of a group (details supplied) in the 13 maternal death inquests held between 2007...
- Pension Provisions
285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15821/23]
- Disability Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health if more funding can be made available for a resource centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15837/23]
- Nursing Homes
287. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15840/23]
- Health Services Staff
288. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1513 of 21 March 2023, if the €750,000 funding announced for trainee counselling psychologists will include...
- Industrial Relations
290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the ongoing discussions with the HSE and section 39 workers regarding pay scale negotiations; and if he will make a statement...
- Dental Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding citizens from outside the European Union who fail the Dental Council’s registration exam twice; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Staff
292. To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made to date between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) regarding its request for the inclusion of certified athletic...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
295. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a final date for the remainder of the pandemic payments to be paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15876/23]
- Hospital Transfers
296. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can be transferred from the children's hospital, Crumlin to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Children's Hospital
297. To ask the Minister for Health what flame retardant specification is being used for materials such as fabric, flooring and fixtures and fittings that are being used in the new...
- Hospital Facilities
298. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the closing of the hydro pool in Galway University Hospital; the steps being taken to reopen the pool; and when it will reopen. [15913/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
299. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15914/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
300. To ask the Minister for Health when a healthcare facility will become operational (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/23]
- Disease Management
301. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be considered. [15916/23]
- Hospital Admissions
302. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023,...
- Emergency Departments
304. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each week in January, February, and March for each year 2019-2023,...
- Hospital Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each week of January, February and March for each year 2019-2023,...
- Patient Safety
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form [15937/23]
- Health Services Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [15938/23]
- Emergency Services
309. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less...
- Ambulance Service
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service by clinical status and sub status in January, February and March for each year...
- Hospital Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in each month of 2022 and in January, February, and March 2023; by hospital...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled in January, February, and March 2023, by hospital, for adults and for children,...
- Hospital Facilities
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds, by bed type, available at each acute hospital for January, February and March for each year 2019-2023, inclusive; and the number...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for January, February, and March 2019-2023, inclusive in...
- Dental Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each month of 2023 to date by LHO, in tabular form; the number at the end of each...
- Disease Management
323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge that approximately 300,000 people in Ireland are currently living with a rare disease; if he will provide adequate resources for genetic...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists at the end of March 2019-2023, inclusive, and at the end of...
- General Practitioner Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the total number of GPs in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary that are registered with the type 2 diabetes cycle of care. [15969/23]
- Primary Care Centres
329. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the x-ray facility to be installed in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/23]
- Health Services
330. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 1 February 2023, the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm and by his...
- Nursing Homes
331. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the revision of the criteria for the nursing home support scheme medical assessment following the submission of the application for...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
332. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will...
- Health Services
334. To ask the Minister for Health in the matter of a proposed new model of care for those with gender dysphoria, encompassing children, adolescents, young people and adults under the auspices...
- Health Services Staff
335. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that Ireland has only half the staff it needs for genetic services; if he will address a matter arising in correspondence (details supplied);...
- Health Service Executive
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the HSE report of the Chief Clinical Officer on the matter of the referral of Irish children to the Tavistock gender identity clinic,...
- Health Services Staff
337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the funding available to psychology trainees undertaking doctorates for counselling and education psychology; the funding...
- Nursing Homes
341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list any and all restrictions for use that have been placed on former nursing home buildings that have recently closed; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
342. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a procedure to facilitate peg feeding; his views on whether it is acceptable for a child to be left two...
- Health Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to improve access to genetic testing; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
344. To ask the Minister for Health the operational costs of running a CAMHS team, including a breakdown of staff by WTE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16023/23]
- Hospital Procedures
347. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which treatment at James Connolly Hospital is progressing satisfactorily in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Medical Cards
348. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16043/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of firewood felled that was exported in 2022; and if felling licences include a provision regarding destination of...
- Horticulture Sector
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position on the investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector and when it will be...
- Forestry Sector
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals, if any, to compensate farmers who have suffered substantial losses due to ash dieback; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will have dribble bars included in the next TAMS programme due to the importance of this machinery on smaller-scale farms and...
- Water Quality
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that water quality reports for 2022 will be included in the review of the nitrates action programme in 2023; and if...
- Agriculture Supports
354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be taken at EU and national level to help offset the additional farm input costs due to the increase in...
- Hen Harriers
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive the hen harrier scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15979/23]
- Forestry Sector
356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and area of ash dieback RUS applications lodged with his Department that remain to be approved; and if he will make a...
