Written answers
Thursday, 4 May 2023
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Ports Policy
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions his Department has had with regards to the development of a free zone area at Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which funding will be made to local authorities to fund mobility hubs for the different elements that can be provided; and...
- Road Projects
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he agrees with the view of Transport Infrastructure Ireland that the Mallow Relief Road project is consistent with relevant objectives...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update regarding the progress of a park-and-ride facility in the Dunkettle area; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Service Obligation
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he received a Public Service Obligation application from the Shannon Airport Group in respect of a proposed Shannon to Amsterdam...
- Public Transport
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of extra carriages that have been allocated on the Dublin to Waterford train and the Waterford to Dublin train; and if he will...
- Bus Services
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann to increase the frequency of 101 bus services at peak times; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the delivery of additional rail carriages for the Dublin - Sligo line to immediately address the...
- Road Projects
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Finglas roundabout scheme. [20738/23]
- Bus Services
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Government will reinstate funding for the Derry to Dublin airlink in a partnership between his Department and the shared island...
- Road Projects
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N4 upgrade from Mullingar to Roosky; and if he will address the funding fears for the project. [20730/23]
- Cycling Facilities
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can detail any plans to provide funding for the installation of bike bunkers in urban areas; the funding that might be allocated to...
- Rail Network
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has sought an update from Iarnród Éireann on the present state of the railway line from Claremorris to Collooney,...
- Road Projects
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how it is proposed that the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney Road scheme will be progressed this year, as due to changes in Government policy and...
- Rail Network
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the status of the business case for Cork light rail; the amount spent to date on consulting and...
- Public Transport
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a report (details supplied) on free public transport is correct in its estimate of the impact of free public...
- Road Projects
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make available the necessary funding to ensure that the N4 road can progress to the next stage; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on future plans with respect to rail transport in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Strategies
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the publishing of a Departmental ten-year strategic plan for the haulage sector; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Policies
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider the expansion of the interdepartmental group work programme on identifying key enablers and barriers to...
- Electric Vehicles
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the roll-out of EV charging points for the northwest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/23]
- Driver Test
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current pass and fail rates for driving tests in County Kerry, in tabular form. [20799/23]
- Bus Services
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to increase the number of sheltered bus stops in Cork South West. [19972/23]
- Road Projects
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an outline of the realignment and improvement projects that can be expected on the N71 in County Cork; and if he will...
- Public Transport
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to significantly increase funding for the local transport network in rural areas amid an increasing uptake of the...
- Road Projects
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on how the provision of reduced funding for the N24 Cahir-Limerick Junction road project, compared to what was requested by...
- Road Safety
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned improvements to pedestrian safety on the M1/R104 in Dublin 9. [20739/23]
- Bus Services
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase funding to the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann to enable them to increase the capacity of...
- Transport Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the improvements for active travel and public transport after the construction of the Macroom bypass; and if he will...
- Rail Network
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 2 March 2023, if he will provide a status update on the promised feasibility study for light...
- Road Projects
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the current situation with the upgrading of the N53, particularly in relation to CPOs, decisions on which...
- Bus Services
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the implementation to BusConnects in the Rathcoole and Newcastle, County Dublin. [20742/23]
- Air Safety
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the progress in preventing air traffic disruption from drones. [20733/23]
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 2 March 2023, if he will provide a status update on the rollout of park-and-ride facilities in...
- Departmental Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided for the Non-National Roads Programme for 2023, due to the very substantial increase in road...
- Bus Services
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work is being done to increase the frequency of the service of the 424 bus to Ceantar na nOileán and Iorras Aithneach, or to...
- Greenways Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the criteria by which greenway routes are selected in relation to their capacity to help achieve modal shift in adjacent...
- Rail Network
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the preservation of all disused railway lines in the ownership of Iarnród Éireann, where they have not...
- Public Transport
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support Local Link services. [19973/23]
- Taxi Regulations
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagements his Department has had with the National Transport Authority on the issue of illegal taxi operators over the past 12...
- Ports Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparations his Department is making at Irish ports to have the infrastructure for the development of offshore wind; and if he will...
- Departmental Funding
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions his Department is taking to increase roads maintenance funding to Wexford County Council following his visit to the county...
- Road Projects
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position on safety improvement scheme works for the N22 junctions between Macroom and Ballincollig; and if he will make a...
- Aviation Industry
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with the Dublin Airport Authority, Irish Aviation Authority, An Bord Pleanála and Fingal County Council...
- An Garda Síochána
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has discussed the establishment of a Garda public transport unit with the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a...
- Greenways Provision
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide and update on the progress in relation to the construction of the new greenway in Glanmire; and if he will make a...
- Electric Vehicles
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop plans to target EV grants to certain cohorts of the population based on socio-economic or geographic criteria to ensure...
- Rail Network
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s plans to construct new train stations in the Cork metropolitan region; if a timeline for the proposed new stations...
- Road Projects
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the construction of the Northern Distributor Road in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can detail the position in relation to public transport companies hiring bus drivers; if shortages in staff are being addressed; the...
- Aviation Industry
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any plans to publish legislation that would restrict or ban private jets from Irish airspace; and if he will make a statement on...
- Bus Services
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the ongoing collapse of bus services in the lower Ballyfermot area, specifically the Number 60 route, is driving...
- Rail Network
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the electrification of the train line to Hazelhatch via Clondalkin, Lucan, and Adamstown. [20743/23]
- Bus Services
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on bus route 981 in Sligo, which runs from Coolaney – St. Angela’s College; and if the...
- National Car Test
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that will be put in place to address the unacceptable long delays in the National Car Test system; and if he will make a...
- Antisocial Behaviour
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the recent increase in reports of anti-social behaviour, the measures his Department is taking to ensure the safety of passengers on...
- Legislative Measures
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to introduce legislation, regulations and/or guidelines for experimental road-traffic orders; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action his Department has taken to date regarding the evacuation of Irish citizens from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Travel Documents
91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if people on a cultural exchange from Palestine to Ireland will need additional documentation when travelling from Dublin to Belfast; to...
- Departmental Bodies
92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of people who were considered in appointing the Chair of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; the selection...
- Northern Ireland
93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give further consideration to the reintroduction of a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Wind Energy Generation
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the process to support County Mayo to secure the multimillion-euro investment it needs for offshore...
- Bord na Móna
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will comment on reports that Bord na Móna have imported wood chips from Brazil for use in its power station...
- Departmental Budgets
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the Revised Estimate for...
- Climate Action Plan
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will specify the amount of the targeted 0.9 MtCO2eq abatement by 2025 (vs 2018) under the theme of the National...
- Building Energy Rating
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have achieved a B2 cost optimum standard in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to-date in...
- Departmental Budgets
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the Revised Estimates for...
- Energy Conservation
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a study into the heat loss indicator criteria for the installation of heat pumps has concluded and whether a...
- Energy Policy
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the State that could have the potential to connect to district heating at the present time or in...
- Renewable Energy Generation
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of new renewable energy capacity is expected to be delivered in each of the years 2023 to 2030, specifying...
- Electricity Generation
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to specify whether EU law or domestic law require the separation of ESB’s generation and supply arms and to...
- Broadband Infrastructure
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when will the property owner (details supplied) be able to avail of high-speed broadband. [20980/23]
- Public Sector Pensions
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what actions are planned to address the gap in pensions for An Post workers employed after 1984, as opposed to those...
- Energy Prices
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any supports are offered by energy companies to assist customers with an illness (details supplied) with more...
- Department of Defence
- Cybersecurity Policy
115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures his Department is taking in order to improve and strengthen Ireland’s cybersecurity defence; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Maritime Jurisdiction
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how he intends to tackle licensing for a plethora of vessels from smaller workboat type to large construction vessels, as well as...
- Driver Licences
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process that is in place for those who hold Ukrainian driving licences to be assessed by the NDLS; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driver Test
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the deployment of additional permanent driver testers is now complete; if he will confirm the current number of active driver testers;...
- Haulage Industry
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is making to support the financial viability of the Irish haulage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Driver Test
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait eight months for her full driving licence test. [20832/23]
- Ports Policy
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how port infrastructure in the State is being supported to enable the development of both floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind...
- Departmental Bodies
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on any recent meetings of the Shannon Heritage Working Group. [11033/23]
- Driver Test
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional driver testers will be deployed to the Kerry test centres to reduce the 30-week waiting time for driving test invitations;...
- Maritime Jurisdiction
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on whether a load line survey application has been applied for with respect to the Hebble Sand dredge ship,...
- Driver Test
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any further progress has been made to source and secure an appropriate site to recommence driver testing in Drogheda, the largest town...
- Parking Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if adequate consideration has been given to the provision of adequate parking adjacent to railway stations, with a view to ensuring the...
- Rail Network
129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department will encourage the modernisation of rail transport infrastructure, with particular reference to...
- Public Transport
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects public transport to play a major role in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20929/23]
- Transport Policy
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals for the enhancement of rural transport throughout County Kildare, with particular reference to the interlinking of the...
- Road Network
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of vehicles currently using the M4 for commuting purposes on a daily basis; the future plans in this regard; and if he...
- Rural Schemes
136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes and initiatives his Department has introduced to benefit rural Ireland since 2020. [21006/23]
- Public Transport
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bus and rail networks servicing rural areas have expanded since 2020; and if so, if he will provide examples of such expansion....
- Rail Network
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if more frequent direct Kerry-to-Dublin train services will be introduced; if more frequent Kerry connections will be facilitated on...
- Road Traffic Accidents
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned by the high number of road fatalities to date in 2023; the measures that can be taken to prevent more tragedy on Irish...
- Public Transport
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to improve modes of public transport, in particular the national bus service, given that passenger...
- Airport Security
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to ensure stronger security measures across all Irish airports in light of recent events of drone...
- Road Projects
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is committed to funding a specific grant application from Mayo County Council for further works on the R312; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Energy Prices
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the increased supports, if any, that businesses will receive in tackling the cost-of-living crisis as they struggle to pay bills at this time; and if he will...
- Business Supports
146. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to any of the 65,000 firms around the country faced with tax-debt warehousing repayments dating back to the earlier stage of the...
- Credit Availability
147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have had any discussions with the banks in respect of speeding up the process of small businesses meeting with banks, and in...
- Business Supports
148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider opening an emergency fund for further future unforeseen events that may hit Ireland's economy and hurt its businesses; and if he will make...
- Tobacco Control Measures
149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Finance Act 1995 prevents retailers from setting a margin on the sale of tobacco, as they can on every other product, instead, they...
- Business Supports
150. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the temporary business energy support scheme is based on the difference in electricity costs one year ago and not two years ago as the main...
- Tax Yield
151. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review in consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the yield from betting duty and betting...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department still supports the statement in the environmental impact assessment report to the River Bride (Blackpool) certified...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Support Services
155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the effectiveness of the Local Enterprise Office system in making businesses aware of Government grants and schemes...
- Consumer Prices
157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the impact of inflation on breast feeding baby formula which has increased by up to 25%; if he is also aware of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 2 February 2023; the progress, if any, that has been made on the review of guidelines on the use of...
- Special Educational Needs
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that has been used to determine the position the SNA allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) for the coming school...
- Schools Building Projects
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied); if the required three temporary classrooms will be available for occupation in...
- School Transport
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a request (details supplied) for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20835/23]
- Energy Prices
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams that are available for a school (details supplied) to assist with the cost of rising energy costs for the school. [20837/23]
- School Accommodation
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in respect of a primary school (details supplied) that requires additional accommodation, given that the number of students...
- Departmental Consultations
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date and mechanism which an organisation (details supplied) was formally requested by her Department to extend its remit and support...
- Schools Building Projects
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of an application by a school (details supplied) for major capital works; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify whether funding for children with additional needs is being considered for a school (details supplied); and if so, when it is...
- Education and Training Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she would consider a new school programme, which would encourage young people to join training programmes; the additional supports in place to...
- School Patronage
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process, the selection process for the initial pilot phase areas; the number of phases...
- Special Educational Needs
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous Parliamentary Questions on the same issue, if a place will be approved for a child (details supplied); if the full range of...
- School Transport
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend eligibility under the terms of the school transport scheme to include regard for children to attend post primary level where...
- School Accommodation
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 18 April 2023, if he will provide an update on an additional school accommodation application for a...
- Education Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken for rural Ireland since 2020. [21002/23]
- Special Educational Needs
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made by her Department and the NCSE to provide an appropriate school place that will meet the needs of a person...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Schemes
174. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20830/23]
- Sports Funding
175. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has or plans to engage with the Ministers for Finance and Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of accessing the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to reduce the cost of monthly rent paid by tenants who are already in cost rental homes and are struggling...
- Departmental Bodies
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if delays in An Bord Pleanála may affect projects under the Cork area commuter rail programme in meeting deadlines for...
- Departmental Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant assistance is available to homeowners to carry out renovations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Policy
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 21 March 2023, if he will examine including the widower’s or surviving...
- Housing Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the analysis into the availability of land for the delivery of social and affordable homes through to 2030 will be...
- Homeless Persons Supports
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Youth Homeless Strategy 2023-2025 commitments to offer LGBTI+ Youth Homelessness Training...
- Housing Schemes
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loans that have been issued by each respective local authority; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Programmes
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes and initiatives his Department has introduced to benefit rural Ireland since 2020. [21004/23]
- Housing Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many new builds have been completed in rural areas since 2020. [21005/23]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Business Supports
185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for the hospitality sector which is struggling to recover its staff levels from pre-pandemic levels;...
- Community Welfare Services
186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the community welfare office service in Mountmellick, County Laois; if...
- State Pensions
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension increase is due to a person (details supplied). [20856/23]
- Social Welfare Benefits
188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied)...
- Social Welfare Payments
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that can be taken to provide welfare payments to people who are changing from one type of payment to another for...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Measures
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the regulations on service charges and sinking funds - under Sections 18.17 and 19.9 of the Multi-Unit Developments Act...
- Immigration Policy
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons who are in the State on student visas are allowed to work on a casual or part-time basis, but are not...
- Family Reunification
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all current general employment permit holders, their employers and agencies have been made aware of amendments to salary...
- Child Abuse
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will the number of allegations of child sexual abuse involving any member of the Probation Service that he or his...
- Crime Prevention
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be implemented to improve security in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Data
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an appeal filed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Supports
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial support schemes and incentives that are in place to support sheep farmers in the Irish sheep sector; if consideration...
- Forestry Sector
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry planting licences granted from the 1 January 2023 to date; when Ireland formally submitted its completed...
- Animal Welfare
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set up a nationwide animal cruelty register to help authorities identify breaches of bans on keeping animals and prevent...
- Greyhound Industry
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in races and trials to-date in 2023; the nature and date of the injuries at the tracks at which they...
- Animal Welfare
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sectors that are involved in the maceration of chicks in Ireland; the number of companies killing chicks in this abhorrent way;...
- Greyhound Industry
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that another Irish greyhound has ended up in China (details supplied); if he will investigate if the dog was exported...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a financial package for childcare for persons who wish to return to work; and if he will...
- Disability Services
208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to previous Parliamentary Questions on the same issue, if a place will be approved for a child (details...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that when making provision for the European Accessibility Act (EU Directive 2019/882), he...
- Equality Issues
212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the progress to date on the development of a legal ban on the practice of conversion therapy;...
- Emergency Accommodation
213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that those currently completing a doctorate in counselling psychology at Trinity College, Dublin will now be the only trainee psychologists...
- Abortion Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of 'The Independent Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, when the 'providers'...
- Ambulance Service
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the arrangement for the Ambulance Service overnight emergency vehicle in (details supplied) in Trim, County Meath which would effectively...
- Home Care Packages
217. To ask the Minister for Health if home care will be increased for a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/23]
- Medical Cards
218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70's medical cards in circulation at the end of April for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, for each local health area, in...
- Departmental Meetings
219. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to meet with an organisation (details supplied) as requested by the organisation. [20850/23]
- Hospital Facilities
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds currently provided in each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [20851/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the payment of the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for Section 39 workers; and when this payment is expected to be...
- Hospital Facilities
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds, excluding critical care beds, currently provided in each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [20853/23]
- Mental Health Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend CAHMS services to assist further children who have ADS (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20855/23]
- Departmental Budgets
224. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [20858/23]
- Hospital Staff
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; and 2023, in tabular form. [20859/23]
- Hospital Admissions
226. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive,...
- Emergency Departments
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and by location in tabular...
- Hospital Admissions
228. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in...
- Emergency Departments
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in each month of quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by...
- Hospital Admissions
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in quarter 1 and by month for 2023 by hospital group and hospital, in...
- Hospital Facilities
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds available at the end of February 2020 and at the end of February 2023, by location, in tabular form. [20871/23]
- Hospital Transfers
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, at each location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and...
- Hospital Facilities
235. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the...
- Patient Safety
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form [20884/23]
- Health Services Staff
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20885/23]
- Ambulance Service
238. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
241. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF reported waiting lists by speciality by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023,...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular...
- Disabilities Assessments
246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for...
- Mental Health Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20898/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 2023; the number for each quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider sanctioning cancer treatment for an Irish patient (details supplied) overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20901/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive,...
- Hospital Procedures
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland in each year 2017-2023 by month at each...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in November and December 2022 and January and February 2023, by reason for removal;...
- Departmental Legal Cases
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal’s...
- Dental Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019-2023 by LHO in tabular form; the number of dentists...
- Vaccination Programme
258. To ask the Minister for Health when community facilities which are currently being used as vaccination centres will be discontinued; if he agrees that such vaccination hubs are no longer...
- Tobacco Control Measures
259. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent on tobacco cessation measures in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/23]
- Disability Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason that the community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7 has not progressed, despite funding being made available; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in having an appointment made (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20952/23]
- Tobacco Control Measures
262. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a trend has been developing whereby cigarettes are being sold in larger packs than the standard 20 pack, and that this allows a lower unit...
- Eating Disorders
263. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 1 March 2023, the progress that is being made in developing an evidence base for service models or formal...
- Energy Prices
265. To ask the Minister for Health if any supports are offered by energy companies to assist customers with an illness (details supplied) with more expensive energy bills; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry-out an independent review of radiation therapy to deal with recruitment and retention in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Strategies
269. To ask the Minister for Health if following the National Maternity Strategy, if a national policy has been agreed on the role of GPs in relation to homebirths; if a review of the maternity...
- Consumer Prices
270. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the impact of inflation on breast feeding baby formula which has increased by up to 25%; if he is also aware of reports by the European...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
271. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff at health facility (details supplied) are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; and if so, when they will receive said payment....
- Hospital Appointments Status
272. 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. [20998/23]
- Healthcare Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken for rural Ireland since 2020. [21003/23]
- Hospital Procedures
274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgery's cancelled in Tullamore Hospital in January, February and March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/23]
- Medicinal Products
275. To ask the Minister for Health if ozempic will be made available to medical card patients who have had gastric by-pass/sleeve surgery and who are regaining weight due to lack of consultation...
- Hospital Appointments Status
276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [21018/23]
- Medicinal Products
277. To ask the Minister for Health the reason utrogesten 100ml tablets are no longer available under the DPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21019/23]
- Mental Health Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health how many psychiatrist positions and how many mental health nurses are available to persons in the Athy area of south County Kildare. [21020/23]
- Home Care Packages
280. To ask the Minister for Health if the home support legislation which provides home care supports for all will make sure older people are equal in inclusion of supports (details supplied);...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
281. To ask the Minister for Health if staff in an organisation (details supplied) will be included in Covid funding; if so, when they will receive their payments, given staff continued to...
- Home Care Packages
282. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the further delay to the HSE Home Support Tender 2023; the steps he is taking to ensure that the tender is not delayed any further; and if he...
- Medicinal Products
284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make orally inhaled levodopa (details supplied) available under the long-term illness scheme to treat Parkinson’s symptoms; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Funding
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for an organisation will be released (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20909/23]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Schemes
286. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a list of all projects supported by her Department since 2019 under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme...
- Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna
291. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development an bhfuil iarratas faighte ag a Roinn le scrúdú a dhéanamh ar oibreacha mara ag Céibh an Chóra, in Inis...
