Written answers

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Schemes
      53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local authority requests to date under her Department’s Building Acquisition Measure to tackle vacancy and...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to support and promote employment and remote working on offshore islands. [19393/23]
    • Ukraine War
      63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when local authorities in counties Laois and Offaly can expect to receive funding from the Ukrainian refugee Community Recognition...
    • Public Participation Networks
      67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures she is bringing in to ensure the Public Participation Network is fit for purpose and operating efficiently. [19390/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Community Centres Investments Fund would be available to community groups, where the existing community centre is deemed not fit...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams available to community centres to help deal with the increase in the cost-of-living, in particular electricity and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of schemes operated by her Department likely to contribute to urban and or rural communities by way of support; if she...
    • Economic Policy
      73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has read the Independent Report to Advance Community Wealth Building in Northern Ireland published in October 2022 by the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will fund projects where needed to upgrade and protect the IT systems of not-for-profit organisations against...
    • Island Communities
      75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of any engagement to date in 2023 between her Department and Galway County Council with regard to the transfer of the land...
    • Departmental Data
      76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a progress update on each project funded under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund in County Mayo; and if she...
    • Departmental Schemes
      77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal...
    • Community Centres
      78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work she is doing to support the development of proposals for a new community hub at Moneymore,...
    • Departmental Funding
      80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total funding that the constituency of Dublin north west will receive under the social inclusion community activation programme in...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being carried out to provide...
    • Departmental Strategies
      82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [19279/23]
    • Rural Schemes
      84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Rural Youth Assembly. [19247/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of organisations and initiatives in Cork east that will be in receipt of the Community Support Fund. [19382/23]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is satisfied, under Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025, specifically in respect of digital, that every...
    • Departmental Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided by her Department to counties Sligo and Leitrim since January 2020; the list of projects supported under...
    • Departmental Funding
      88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce successful projects under the Community Support Fund in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Strategies
      91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the public consultation on the development of a new strategy for the public library service. [19245/23]
    • Tidy Towns
      92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of towns that applied to the 2023 Tidy Towns competition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19246/23]
    • Departmental Strategies
      94. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of the National Philanthropy Strategy. [19392/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the timing of the next allocations under the town and village renewal scheme; the allocations per local...
    • Departmental Data
      97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the counties which benefited from the CLÁR small scale rural projects in the past year; and the amount of funding allocated to...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the recent engagement her Department has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding remote working to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the anticipated budget per county for the CLÁR Programme in 2023; when the scheme will close for applications; if car parking at...
    • Departmental Strategies
      103. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the National Outdoor Recreation Strategy. [19388/23]
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made since 2008 in extending the mountain access scheme beyond Binn Shléibhe in Connemara and the MacGillycuddy...
    • Departmental Funding
      105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to introduce a non-vehicle related capital funding programme for first responder groups such as groups providing...
    • Island Communities
      106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 23 February 2023, the date on which the new policy for the islands will be published; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on engagement her Department has had with the Department for Transport on securing joint funding for the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps her Department is taking to collaborate with the LDA and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to support the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      112. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the types of work eligible for support under the CLÁR Programme in 2023; if upgrades to astro turf pitches and improvements to...
    • Departmental Funding
      115. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding drawn down for local improvements schemes in County Cork for 2022; if all funding allocated to Cork County...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Consultations
      116. To ask the Taoiseach the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; and the purpose and value of...
    • Official Engagements
      117. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the attendance list at the State dinner for President Biden. [19204/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      118. To ask the Taoiseach if an application (details supplied) will be banned on the phones of all Ministers, Government advisers and Government officials phones following the decisions of the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2022, and to date in 2023, that the Irish ambassador to France has visited Marseille, France; and the purpose of each visit, in...
    • Official Engagements
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin later in 2023. [18960/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite an application for foreign birth registration for a person (details supplied). [18969/23]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to help stop the violence which has broken out in Sudan; if he will add to Ireland’s calls for a cessation of...
    • Passport Services
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport is processed on time for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on an application to register a foreign birth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the process in place for the foreign birth registration of a child born to a mother born in the US who is an Irish...
    • Consular Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to help repatriate a person (details supplied) from the UAE. [19254/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an FBR application by a person (details supplied) will be completed, considering that the supporting documents were received by his...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the current situation in Sudan will be discussed at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [19337/23]
    • Consular Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has intervened in the case of a person (details supplied) with the Greek government or through any other diplomatic channel, given...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an application for a foreign birth registration will be processed (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Communications
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a request for engagement with all relevant agencies, including his Department by a...
    • Departmental Funding
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on potential funding for a feasibility study and environmental study in relation to the...
    • Waste Management
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made under the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy to extend brown bin collections to...
    • Energy Conservation
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a grant is available for pre-1940s houses (details supplied). [18992/23]
    • Health and Safety
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has consulted with experts and his European counterparts in respect of lithium ion battery energy storage systems...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his recent comments regarding commercially owned LNG terminals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Post Office Network
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide his response to a local authority (details supplied) concerning a motion to support local post...
    • Energy Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 8 February 2023, if a solution has been found yet; and if he will make a...
    • Postal Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason An Post refuses to deliver post addressed using Eircodes; and if he will outline the timeline to amend this....
    • Wind Energy Generation
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many offshore wind farms are currently under construction in Ireland; and how much electricity he expects them to...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Usage
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage change in demand for gas in all sectors, including electricity generation, residential, and industrial...
    • Departmental Contracts
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Pilatus PC-9M aircraft within the Air Corps are next scheduled to be replaced. [18946/23]
    • Defence Forces
      153. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that Defence Forces personnel who complete their 21 service and are in receipt of a pension see a 50% reduction in their pension...
    • Naval Service
      154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the role of the Naval Service in Operation Irini and its planned scope of operations before, during and after the reported...
    • Defence Forces
      157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to regularise through licence agreements the community groups who are utilising Columb barracks, Mullingar since its closure; when...
    • Departmental Contracts
      162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence (details supplied) requesting additional funding to progress phase 3 of the N24 Cahir to Limerick...
    • Public Transport
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with Irish Rail regarding the ongoing overcrowding on trains from Sligo via Mullingar to Dublin. [18937/23]
    • Driver Test
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people awaiting a driving test in counties Longford and Westmeath; the current staffing level of the testing centres; and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicle charging points currently in use in each of the public carparks and staff carparks areas within Dublin...
    • Bus Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinstate a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18980/23]
    • State Bodies
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated for CIÉ through advertisement on billboards at train and bus stations in 2021, 2022 and to date in...
    • Ports Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date with the construction of offshore renewable energy, ORE, port facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current situation regarding funding in 2023 for a roads project in County Cork; the significance of correspondence on this matter to...
    • Greenways Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected completion date for the south Kerry Greenway. [19055/23]
    • Aviation Industry
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if measures will be taken by his Department to ensure that there will be an improvement in the problem of flight cancellations occurring...
    • Bus Services
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on plans to expand the Athlone town bus service to take in additional routes, given the success of the...
    • Ports Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop the infrastructure of Irish ports for the future development of offshore wind. [19203/23]
    • Electric Vehicles
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on plans to introduce a grant scheme for ebikes. [19212/23]
    • Driver Test
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average length of time that applicants wait for driving tests in each test centre in the country; the number of testers...
    • Rail Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what plans he has for the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Reviews
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the review of the legislative basis for data sharing by the Road Safety Authority will be complete. [19249/23]
    • Road Safety
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the safety of the N24 at Barronstown Cross between Tipperary town and Limerick junction. [19255/23]
    • Road Projects
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the works he has planned for the main bridge over the River Suir in Cahir as local councillors are warning that it is deteriorating in...
    • Bus Services
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of extra buses added to the Bus Éireann public service obligation, PSO, fleet in the years of 2021 and 2022, and to-date...
    • Cycling Facilities
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the stalled roll out of the bike bunkers scheme by Dublin City Council, that a review of the scheme is now being...
    • Road Projects
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the rationale and reasoning behind issuing a section 24 letter to the TII as part of the roads allocations to County...
    • Departmental Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount claimed in mileage for business journeys by all categories of car, motorcycle and bicycle, broken down by county and Dublin...
    • Departmental Funding
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a figure for the total amount of active travel funding allocated to Galway County Council to date; the amount of that...
    • Driver Test
      196. 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. [19451/23]
    • Transport Policy
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a Standards Working Group which was convened to examine the various guidance and standards documents...
    • Public Transport
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to increase the number of taxis in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19525/23]
    • Taxi Licences
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number and breakdown by type of SPSV vehicles licensed nationally in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [19526/23]
    • Public Transport
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if engagement has taken place with online taxi apps (details supplied) with a view to regulating the service and increasing taxi supply...
    • Departmental Contracts
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of larger boxes of cigarettes non-20-pack cigarettes sold in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [19308/23]
    • Tax Data
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers impacted by the 2021 IT calendar divisor issue in respect of underdeduction of LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 0% VAT rate for solar panels applies to water heating solar panels and electricity generating solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the single-person child carer credit in Budget 2024, in line with the €150 increase to the married...
    • Departmental Schemes
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when the Board will be permitted to resume clinics/hearings; and if he will make...
    • Tax Yield
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the total income raised from the betting levy in 2021 and 2022; if he will provide a breakdown of which sports that levy arises from; and if he will make a...
    • Customs and Excise
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek EU funding to cover the costs of replacement of the two customs cutter vessels; and if the contract for the replacement of these vessels has...
    • Consumer Rights
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 7 March 2023, if a business or a self-employed business person can specify "card not accepted" or "cash payment...
    • Departmental Data
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount claimed in mileage for business journeys by all categories of car, motorcycle and bicycle, broken down by county and Dublin area, over the past...
    • Tax Exemptions
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if an arrangement can be entered into by the Revenue Commissioners with a person (details supplied); if the person qualifies for the dwelling house exemption;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20029/23]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19045/23]
    • Office of Public Works
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of properties that are owned and rented by the State through the Office of Public Works; the number of these properties that...
    • Departmental Contracts
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of security companies that have contracts with the OPW to provide security personnel in OPW heritage sites; and when each of...
    • Flood Risk Management
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19353/23]
    • Office of Public Works
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in respect of the bandstand in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; the estimated reopening of same; if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all payments by all Government Departments and agencies to organisations that are members of the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if officials from his Department will investigate significant erosion next to a house (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • State Bodies
      234. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on when the Media Commission will be in a position to engage with organisations that wish to become...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      235. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in the Workplace Relations Commission ruling process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      236. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of South African companies IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up in the State in 2021, 2022 and to date...
    • Health and Safety
      237. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the oversight role the Health and Safety Authority has in the context of lithium ion battery energy storage...
    • Industrial Development
      238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on IDA Ireland's delivery of an advanced building solution for Castlebar; when the site selection...
    • Energy Prices
      239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the scheme under design aimed at providing support to businesses with increases in their LPG and kerosene oil costs;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      240. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will produce a national semi-conductor plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19306/23]
    • Trade Data
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Jamaica and Ireland in the years of 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [19352/23]
    • Departmental Bodies
      242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of the members of the Working Group on Trustworthy AI Principles and Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Programme for Government
      243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the decision to abandon the commitment in the Programme for Government to conduct a pilot on universal basic income in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      244. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • State Examinations
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to avoid delays in the Leaving Certificate results this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18910/23]
    • School Transport
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a bus service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18925/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of notices served under section 25 of the Education Act 1998 in each of the years 2018 to 2022, and to date in 2023, and the number...
    • Schools Building Projects
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that have been given revised timelines for the completion of building works, given the recent announcement of the restarting of...
    • School Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts vacant per county in national, primary and secondary schools, per county, in tabular form. [18940/23]
    • Departmental Data
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which study,...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding that is available to DEIS schools to assist in meeting the costs for school trips to facilitate further learning, integration and...
    • State Examinations
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Leaving Certificate results will be published in 2023; if she will ensure that students receive their results in a timely manner to...
    • Child Abuse
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national school in Kells, County Meath, involving the Christian Brothers up to the year 1988, will be included in the scoping inquiry into...
    • School Accommodation
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the current position in regard to the provision for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Status
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for DEIS schools to assist with the cost of school tours; if she will consider implementing such a scheme to assist...
    • School Accommodation
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19064/23]
    • Third Level Costs
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to points of concerns raised by a trainee psychologist (details supplied) in respect of the proposed changes in funding for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval and funding can be granted for immediate provision of a three-modular classroom unit to accommodate special needs children (details...
    • School Transport
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19088/23]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher (details supplied) is under the pre-2012 pension regime or the post-2012 pension regime; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the situation where a Board of Management has had to refuse an application for an extension to a career break, when the Board can expect a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all expansion and new school buildings planned for schools in Athlone town in order to cater for the rapidly...
    • School Equipment
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a school having a mandatory scheme requiring students to purchase a particular type of educational aid through a specific company...
    • Ukraine War
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of Ukrainian students being taken in by both primary and secondary schools across each Dublin...
    • Special Educational Needs
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans to build the ASD pod at Dungarvan College, County Waterford; when she expects the pod to be open to...
    • School Enrolments
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the urgently awaited news of school places for children in Kilcock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19285/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the BFR for a school (details supplied) will be available, given the long wait for same by the school; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review proposals to establish a school bus transport service to support parents and pupils of a school (details supplied); if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria set for accessing the summer programme 2023 and the home-based programme. [19307/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 776 of 21 March 2023, the details of her Department's engagement with stakeholders in relation to the...
    • Departmental Circulars
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what analysis her Department has carried out in relation to the efficacy of circular 0032/2017 in relation to reducing the cost of school...
    • School Admissions
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school is held responsible for the delay in circumstances (details supplied) in the same manner as parents are held responsible when they do...
    • Special Educational Needs
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teaching measures that will be put in place for a student (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of individuals currently residing in direct provision centres that are enrolled in primary and post-primary education respectively....
    • Schools Building Projects
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of an approved extension for a school (details supplied) to which a design team was appointed...
    • State Examinations
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she can ask the State Examinations Commission to respond to the issue...
    • Schools Building Projects
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if phase 1 build approved for school (details supplied) will integrate a new staff canteen, as has been proposed by school management and put...
    • Departmental Meetings
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that her attention has been drawn to a request to meet a person (details supplied); and if she will acquiesce to that. [19615/23]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tourism Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position regarding the development of the Wild Atlantic walkway; if the possibility of linking the Kerry Way and...
    • Sports Funding
      287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the sports capital and equipment programme will open to new applicants; if the review of the previous round...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received the 2021 annual report from the National Gallery of Ireland; and if so, when same will be published online....
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all scholarships under the DEIS Gaeltachta have been allocated for 2023; and if she will provide a breakdown of all...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide information in respect of the broadcasting levy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and total value of contracts her Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wild Fires
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of criminal investigations and prosecutions for illegally starting wildfires since the Government came to office;...
    • Water Supply
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the Government's policy regarding finding a solution to Dublin's future water requirements; and if he will...
    • Septic Tanks
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that registered a septic tank in actual numbers and not percentage, in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, in...
    • Housing Provision
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and Project...
    • Departmental Schemes
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the Community Monuments Fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18923/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if concerns were raised by the EU Commission in respect of Part 9 of the Draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 in any...
    • Housing Schemes
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of individuals and families per local authority who are supported via HAP, RAS, leases and long-term rentals, in...
    • Planning Issues
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to immediately review planning guidelines to permit planning permission for log cabins as a means to relieve...
    • Public Sector Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the whole-term staff by job title vacancies currently in the Office of Planning Regulator; and when these vacancies will be...
    • National Planning Framework
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of the National Planning Framework will take place; what form the NPF review will take; and if he will make a...
    • State Bodies
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the steps his Department has taken or will take to identify the resourcing needs of An Bord Pleanála;...
    • Housing Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that must be taken by a local authority to secure supports for modular housing for use as social housing whereby the...
    • Housing Schemes
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the qualifying criteria for the ready-to-build scheme so as to include community-led housing projects; and...
    • Building Regulations
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the co-existence of standards I.S. 20 Concrete Building Blocks and I.S. EN771-3:2011 Specification for Masonry...
    • Health and Safety
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to ensure that lithium ion battery energy storage systems are subject to the environmental impact assessments in...
    • Turf Cutting
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any legal proscription on cutting turf by persons with turbary rights for one's own use in the Tullaher Lough and...
    • Housing Schemes
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out how the cost rental tenant situ scheme will work; the person or body that landlords/tenants should approach if they...
    • Housing Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 7,433 new-build social homes delivered in 2022, by delivery scheme, including SHIP...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that a park (details supplied) has been promised regeneration since the first Traveller Accommodation Plan was...
    • Housing Schemes
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are in a position to assist with the tenant in-situ schemes or other relevant schemes that will provide...
    • Housing Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the Cost Rental Equity Loan, the Affordable Housing Fund and Project...
    • Housing Policy
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can clarify if a person who transfers from one local authority within County Dublin to another local authority can...
    • Housing Schemes
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans in place to sanction that people who are currently on the HAP/Homeless HAP scheme who have received an...
    • Agriculture Industry
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on introducing regulations concerning the use of rock-breaking equipment for the purposes of re-contouring and...
    • Departmental Functions
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a dedicated vacant property section that deals solely with this issue; if so, the number of staff...
    • Housing Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the pilot caravan loan scheme has been completed; when the new scheme will be announced; and if he will make...
    • Housing Schemes
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will open up applications for the local authority home loan to those who wish to 'buy out' an ex-partner/husband/wife...
    • Departmental Budgets
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on how much of the Department of Housing's budget for 2022 was returned to the Exchequer; and if he...
    • Urban Regeneration
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of all funding under the heading of Limerick regeneration since 2016, in tabular form. [19284/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS tenancies respectively targeted for delivery by Cork City Council in each of the years 2022-2026, in...
    • Housing Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of acquisitions targeted for delivery by Cork City Council in each of the years 2022-2026, in tabular form. [19305/23]
    • Wildlife Rangers
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE Park Rangers that are based in each National Parks under the remit of National Parks and Wildlife Service as...
    • Housing Schemes
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that all local authorities are obligated to provide AHBs developing under the capital assistance scheme in their...
    • Departmental Data
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number and cost of bathroom conversions for council tenants for each local authority in...
    • Housing Schemes
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing council tenants to apply for the housing aid for older persons grant and the disabled persons...
    • Vacant Properties
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the circular with details of the 1 May changes to the vacant property grant will issue to local authorities; and if he...
    • Wildlife Protection
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the enforcement of wildlife crime should now become a greater priority following the successful agreement...
    • Housing Policy
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to use legislation to protect tenants of purpose-built retirement villages to ensure they cannot be evicted,...
    • Electoral Process
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will an update on any plans of proposed changes to reduce the voting age to 16 years of age; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the croí cónaithe refurbishment grant scheme will be extended to include properties for rent; and how landlords...
    • Departmental Contracts
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of approvals made for the workplace equipment adaptation grant in each of the years 2018 to 2023, inclusive; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision of a pension for carers; when she expects these pension entitlements to...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cost of disability payment was extended to those on CE schemes. [19021/23]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many people received the fuel allowance in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; the cost of this scheme to the State...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason invalidity pension reviews are taking so long to process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19058/23]
    • State Pensions
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on foster carers who give up work to care for children being eligible to avail of the full State contributory...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider ending the practice of means-testing PhD stipends for recipients of one-parent family and jobseeker's...
    • State Pensions
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will instruct the appeals section of the State pension (contributory) section to issue a decision on the case of a...
    • Citizens Information Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 908 of 18 April 2023, if she will make a statement on the continued vacancy of a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list in tabular form how much it would cost to increase the increase for a qualified child for over 12s by 10, 12 and 15...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has conducted an analysis of the cost of extending the child benefit payment to all second level students...
    • State Pensions
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension and fuel allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's benefit who transferred on to the back to education allowance in 2019; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the ending of means testing of child maintenance for lone parents accessing social welfare payments will come into...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of working family payment; the estimated cost of extending eligibility for the fuel...
    • Parental Leave
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of one-parent families that availed of parent's benefit and leave in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19475/23]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision from the officer in relation to an appeal lodged for the carer's...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline how working part-time hours affects a person’s entitlement to jobseeker's allowance; how it...
    • Departmental Contracts
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and total value of contracts her Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Courts Staff
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1146 of 18 January 2023, when it is expected that an appointment will be made to the role...
    • International Protection
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if international protection applicants have their records checked for criminal convictions; if so, the databases they are...
    • An Garda Síochána
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda vans in each Garda division as of 17 April 2023, in tabular form. [18953/23]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      391. 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...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      392. 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...
    • Immigration Status
      393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many successful applicants there are for the scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; the number of applicants in total;...
    • Policing of Events
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost to the State of providing security for the visit of the US President; and for a breakdown of this cost in as...
    • Departmental Data
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will consult with the members of two groups (details supplied) who are frustrated by a lack of engagement in relation...
    • An Garda Síochána
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an active animal welfare unit within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reviews
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court; the date that the final report is expected to be submitted; and the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent gardaí currently stationed at Kevin Street Garda Station, Irishtown Garda Station,...
    • Departmental Data
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the measures his Department has taken to examine the role of sheriffs in respect of State work;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current total number of gardaí; the number currently in training; the number currently on leave; the number currently...
    • Departmental Data
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms offences within the Dublin Metropolitan Area over the past five years, broken down by district and...
    • Visa Applications
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a set time period during which a multi-entry visa is valid; if this time period is dependent on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the crime figure statistics from each of the Garda stations in Cork city by category in March 2022 and March 2023. [19192/23]
    • Citizenship Applications
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their citizenship application; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the promised SAVI II Report; when the report will be finished; when the report will be published; and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to each Garda division as of 18 April 2023; and if he will provide the same...
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 28 March 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Prison Service
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Ministerial authorisations that have been sought to have a male-born prisoner housed in a women’s prison...
    • An Garda Síochána
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evictions An Garda Síochána has been present at in the past five years, broken down by whether members...
    • Departmental Policies
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is still the intention to extend opening hours of nightclubs; and if so, if a timeframe can be provided for when the...
    • Television Licence Fee
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions that were made in 2022 for failure to pay a television licence. [19457/23]
    • Departmental Data
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the number of times restorative justice was used in both adult and juvenile cases over the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of trainees, actual and projected, who have attested into the gardaí in each of the years 2020 to date in 2023,...
    • Prison Service
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail how a request submitted for an Irish national, currently in a prison within the EU, is repatriated to an...
    • Family Reunification
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to reducing the minimum salary for family reunification concerning non-EEA healthcare...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Coillte Teoranta
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of the Coillte estate on peatland soils that are currently planted with trees and where forestry productivity...
    • Departmental Contracts
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department has hired out external ornithologists to carry out works on behalf of his Department in the years...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revise the criteria for the current ACRES (details supplied). [18971/23]
    • Forestry Sector
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants and premiums will be available in the next forestry programme for sufferers of ash dieback; and if he will make a statement...
    • Official Engagements
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1552 of 21 March 2023, if he will outline the number of engagements he or his officials have...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how his Department intends to engage on the recently published report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity with regard to the...
    • Assisted Animal Reproduction
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the licensing requirements for companies supplying AI services to farmers; what sanctions apply if the licensing...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tillage land was eligible for ANC payments prior to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/23]
    • Forestry Sector
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the forestry programme will commence; when it will provide income for stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Culls
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers culled, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, the number of these badgers found dead in the snares; and the...
    • Forestry Sector
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if health and safety risks associated with dead or rotten ash trees increase the longer these trees are left in situ; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ACRES applications awaiting a response; the number of these outstanding applications that are from organic farmers; if...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the Coillte group is fully committed to keeping a company (details supplied) as a wholly owned subsidiary; if...
    • National Parks
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will be advertising again for positions on a committee (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Horticulture Sector
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects approval from the European Commission in respect of the scheme of investment aid for the development of the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector will be launched; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Supports
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on proposed changes to payment dates for his Department's grants including ANC payments for 2023; the rationale behind this...
    • Departmental Contracts
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a review of allowances for people going through IVF will be examined (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amounts paid by the HSE to the Galro Centre, Kilbixy Paddocks, County Westmeath for the provision of weekend...
    • Health Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE will provide funding for a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Development Projects
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason those who are undertaking community service have had their access to Columb Barracks, Mullingar...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an accommodation provider for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) who is experiencing financial...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the first person who was a child in the Mother and Baby Homes to receive redress under the new...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans in Budget 2024 to increase financial supports for carers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Children in Care
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the weekly allowance payable to foster carers will be increased in line with inflation or if retrospective...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding any Departmental initiatives that seek to increase environmentally friendly practices in...
    • Ukraine War
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to establish a reception centre at a site (details supplied); the proposed duration that it is...
    • Disability Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make supports available to children under three years who require tube feeding who must attend...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) who is nearly four years of age has still not had an assessment of need...
    • Disability Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of the children's disability network teams' interdisciplinary supports and...
    • Care Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the allowance paid in respect of children taken into care is different for a relative and a...
    • International Protection
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the long-term situation in relation to IPAS locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19365/23]
    • Child and Family Agency
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are in Tusla's care; and how many of them have allocated social workers. [19443/23]
    • Care Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many units of stepdown accommodation nationally are allocated to aftercare for 18-year-olds progressing from...
    • Tourism Industry
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of wheelchair accessibility at Spike Island tours; what steps his Department is...
    • International Protection
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS is providing accommodation for Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection or international...
    • Direct Provision System
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of minors currently residing in direct provision centres across the State. [19555/23]
    • Disability Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the hydrotherapy pool (details supplied) in Cavan is still without clinical staff trained to deliver...
    • Ukraine War
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a substantial payment for housing Ukrainian families will...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read a report (details supplied), specifically as it relates to pay for early years' educators; and if...
    • Childcare Services
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the adequacy of childcare provision in Tubbercurry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on proposed research on early learning and care, and school-age childcare need of parents who...
    • Departmental Policies
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a memo in respect of the basis for proceeding with the use of a building (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Meetings
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will meet with a person (details supplied) as a matter of priority. [19616/23]
  • Department of Health
    • Ambulance Service
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the average time between the making of a call to emergency services and deployment of members of the Ambulance Service, in each month of 2022 and to date in...
    • Medical Cards
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical card levy, which places a financial burden on many older and vulnerable people, will be removed completely in Budget 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      501. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1999 of 8 September 2022, if he will state clearly when those frontline staff who have to date not received a pandemic...
    • Third Level Costs
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding allocations for those pursuing doctorates in educational and child psychology at Mary Immaculate College and UCD; if his...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who following a referral, in April 2022, to the ENT section at University Hospital Limerick has yet to...
    • Hospital Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancies in Mullingar Regional Hospital per department and speciality; and the length of time each post has been vacant, in tabular form. [18938/23]
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health how the additional €1.75 million will be spent on the meals-on-wheels service during 2023. [18949/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if the scheme for paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid infection will be continued past the proposed finish date of 30...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      510. To ask the Minister for Health when a retired nurse’s pension arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18972/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance can be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18978/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      512. 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. [18985/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the drug seroquel being given to nursing home residents in cases in which the resident suffers from dementia; if there are known...
    • Emergency Planning
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the plans that the National Ambulance Service and hospitals have in the context of catastrophic incidents at lithium ion battery energy...
    • Health Service Executive
      515. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will be provided in relation to a representation sent to the HSE regarding a person (details supplied) in Meath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline for the past ten years each time the income threshold to qualify for a medical card got updated or altered; and if he will respond with...
    • Medicinal Products
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug melatonin is available under the discretionary hardship scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a commitment that a service (details supplied) in County Cork will be continued; if he will confirm that there will be no disruption to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation regarding replacement of GP services at a location in County Cork (details supplied). [19017/23]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to allow a person (details supplied) use the National Purchase Treatment Fund to access urgent surgery; if each and every...
    • Cancer Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on radiotherapy services across the country; the number of linear accelerators currently closed; what facilities these are located...
    • Medical Cards
      526. To ask the Minister for Health how many people received a medical card in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the cost of this scheme to the State in each of these years; and if he...
    • Cancer Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of endoscopy capacity the BowelScreen programme has access to on a yearly basis; if this capacity varies per year; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      528. To ask the Minister for Health how much income was generated from the car parks of public hospitals in the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19038/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the update on the status of employing a person as a consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19053/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently availing of the services in each long-Covid clinic; the total funding available for long-Covid clinics; the breakdown of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to ensure that all employees who are entitled to the €1,000 payment are paid out, particularly a person (details...
    • Medical Cards
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an emergency medical card is not issued to the spouse of a self-employed person even through the spouse is employed on a PAYE basis; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the In Sickness and in Debt Report relating to the administration of the treatment abroad scheme, the EU cross-Border directive scheme and the...
    • Nursing Homes
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to a HIQA report (details supplied). [19077/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of people on waiting lists for eye treatments, including the length of time spent waiting broken down on a quarterly...
    • Medical Cards
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that private opticians will accept medical cards to cover eye tests and eye-related healthcare. [19079/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to points of concerns raised by a trainee psychologist (details supplied) in respect of the proposed changes in funding for trainee...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19089/23]
    • Coroners Service
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if recommendations (details supplied) have been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19114/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      544. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to review and improve the national policy document entitled Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at...
    • Coroners Service
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if minutes of a meeting (details supplied) can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19116/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's plans for providing the public with access to information about alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19120/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      549. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 4 April 2019, the measures being taken to assist a person (details supplied) who urgently needs the drug sativex;...
    • Healthcare Policy
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed new national maternity hospital at St. Vincent's will be offering gender-affirming care; if this will include the provision of sex-reassignment...
    • Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1385 of 21 March 2023, when there was a full case conference in relation to the patient; if a patient advocate had been...
    • Nursing Homes
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for the fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied), given their spouse is...
    • Health Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that payments due under the PCRS to a medical practice (details supplied) will be paid; the reason for the long delay in making payments to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line healthcare workers who were employed by an agency (details supplied) to give vaccinations in a hospital will be paid the Covid bonus payment;...
    • Health Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the recent report of the Ombudsman in relation to the treatment of some applicants under the treatment abroad scheme, he will request the HSE...
    • Medical Cards
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) has been removed from the list of medication available for free under the medical card scheme; if this can be...
    • Nursing Homes
      564. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1496 of 21 March 2023, if he will now ensure that guidelines are put in place immediately by his Department regarding...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if kitchen staff in hospitals will receive the pandemic bonus of €1,000. [19214/23]
    • Hospital Admissions
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of in-patients in each acute hospital at present that have been admitted for more than one year, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of in-patients in each acute hospital over the past ten years that have been admitted for more than one year, in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) [19228/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the refusal to pay out the pandemic special recognition payment for a group of front-line healthcare workers (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding including all annual operational, clinical and one-off funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      572. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the sale of larger boxes of cigarettes non-20-pack cigarettes constitutes promotional pricing; and if they are distorting demand for...
    • Hospital Staff
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons attached to University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [19343/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded paediatric ICU and HDU beds in each children's ward of major hospitals outside of Dublin as of 18 April 2023; and if he will provide the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get their appointment in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19364/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21...
    • Mental Health Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of mental health services in CHO9 for a person residing there (details supplied). [19416/23]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      586. To ask the Minister for Health how many concerns were raised in regard to standards of care in St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [19432/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the process of TAPS funding received by nursing homes; the oversight and criteria that was in place in order to draw it down;...
    • Hospice Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by CHO of concerns relating to community care, end-of-life; and the breakdown of the areas of concern. [19436/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      591. To ask the Minister for Health how many concerns were received in relation to a nursing home (details supplied); and what they relate to. [19437/23]
    • Animal Welfare
      593. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continued use of the LD-50 test on animals given the availability of alternative tests that do not cause suffering to animals; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if nurses who worked for South Doc during the Covid-19 pandemic will receive the bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19454/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      595. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1530 of 18 April 2023, if a timeline can be provided for the confirmed evaluation of the community ophthalmic services...
    • Health Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health in what context and by whom was the Board of the Mental Health Commission informed that some residents of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton were "happy to move...
    • Mental Health Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 February 2022, how the HSE's Capital Plan for Cork residential mental health services can be in accordance with...
    • Health Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the projected time-frame for the re-opening of Millfield House, Cork to residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; the estimated costs...
    • Departmental Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams...
    • Healthcare Policy
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene and direct the HSE to recognise foetal alcohol spectrum disorder as a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability in its own right, to ensure...
    • Health Service Executive
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's plans to update its GMS contract policies around doctors providing locum services, particularly around hourly locum rates and doctors' eligibility to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the advice currently provided by his Department to maternity units on best practice inpatient partner supports nationwide; the oversight of...
    • Health Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline on the reopening of the Midwest home birth scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a Commission on Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline data gathering undertaken from 2020-2023 inclusive on levels of mental health difficulties amongst older cohorts by either the HSE or his...
    • Health Promotion
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his work on the development of an Action Plan on Loneliness, committed to in the Programme for Government, the Roadmap for Social Inclusion...
    • Departmental Strategies
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Positive Ageing Strategy from 2016 to 2023, inclusive; if he will outline the targets that have completed, in tabular...
    • Departmental Reviews
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the review of Ireland's terminations of pregnancy law; the timeline he is working towards; if he will present the review to the Oireachtas...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      615. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgical procedure will be rescheduled for a person (details supplied) given that the procedure has been cancelled on three occasions already which is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19549/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      617. To ask the Minister for Health when a group of front-line healthcare workers (details supplied) will receive their Covid €1,000 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if expenses for emergency dental care while abroad are recoupable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to amend defective legislation that denies children over the age of 16 years with a mental illness access to free medicine; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if employees of the Irish Wheelchair Association have been deemed eligible for the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities that are in place to diabetes patients for the safe disposal of used needles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19573/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a full-time cardiologist in University Hospital Kerry; when the matter will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued for oxycodone as part of a public drug scheme or in a HSE hospital, psychiatric facility or primary care setting and by a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if hearing aids will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19592/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19595/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made for medicine price increases in each quarter of 2022 and in the first quarter of 2023, in tabular form; the number sanctioned;...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the hacking of the Secretary General of his Department; if the hacking was reported to the Data Protection Commissioner, the...
    • Health Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on staffing issues for respite services provided through Ability West in Galway; when these services will be back in place; and if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Costs
      635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with HEIs on the cost of the Professional Masters in Education; and if so, his views on the cost of the PME. [19030/23]
    • Third Level Fees
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a €1,000 reduction in tuition fees is to be applied for the college academic year beginning 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Boards
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that ETB tutors are given full-time contracts including holiday pay cover and pension entitlements. [19075/23]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an apprentice has not yet been called by Solas to complete their block release training; the avenues that are open to someone in such...
    • Education Schemes
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding eligibility for the SUSI grant scheme to part-time and online courses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Costs
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 1% increase in the SUSI maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19154/23]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentice electricians recorded in the State in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Provision
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an individual support worker will be made available to a person (details supplied) who is profoundly deaf, to allow them to complete their...
    • Departmental Contracts
      653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Library Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is aware that the Local Government Management Agency recently changed library borrowing rules for children and young people...
    • Rural Schemes
      655. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a update on works (details supplied) under the small-scale capital works programme; the timeline for these works;...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      656. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how many applications for charitable status are currently pending decision, where there are no outstanding queries to be submitted by...
    • Rural Schemes
      657. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware that funding granted under the 2022 Town and Village Programme for former Garda stations in Sligo/Leitrim cannot...
    • Island Communities
      660. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 23 February 2023, the status of the action plan to accompany the new policy for the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      661. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 23 February 2023, the status of the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the status...
    • Rural Schemes
      662. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of the rural proofing model as promised in Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025; and if...
    • Community Development Projects
      663. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to liaise with various community groups in Kildare north and throughout the country with a view to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      673. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report her representations to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding research on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      674. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and total value of contracts her Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if she will make a statement on...

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