Written answers
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
- Department of Finance
- Anti-Terrorism Measures
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current position of his Department on the transfer of money between Ireland and Cuba. [21314/23]
- Mortgage Interest Rates
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to mortgage interest rate increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21447/23]
- Insurance Coverage
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist sporting organisations that cannot access insurance cover at a reasonable cost. [21232/23]
- Interest Rates
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he formally enunciated his concerns at the ECB's policy of continuing to increase interest rates and the impact of this policy on households and businesses...
- Business Supports
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, respectively, that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support...
- Primary Medical Certificates
70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 7 March 2023, the status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when he expects the new board to be in...
- Budget Targets
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy an update on the expected budget surplus in 2023 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/23]
- Tax Code
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to review the rezoned land tax to ensure a fairer approach to land management in view of landowners being asked to review supplemental maps...
- Business Supports
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of farmers who have availed of TBESS to date; the total number in Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/23]
- Tax Reliefs
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on further tax breaks that could potentially be offered to landlords to keep them in the rental market. [11844/23]
- Tax Collection
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that just €73 million of the more than €2.2 billion in warehoused tax debt under the relevant Covid scheme, which is owed by...
- Universal Social Charge
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the rates and bands relating to the application of USC to workers' incomes with a view to reducing the taxation burden on workers in the...
- Insurance Industry
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to addresses high insurance premiums for SMEs. [21233/23]
- Inflation Rate
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's forecast for headline inflation in 2023 and for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21478/23]
- Tax Code
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work being carried out in his Department to fix the anomaly whereby many workers who live in the North and who work in the...
- Financial Services
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he and is Department are considering to promote switching for performing loans held by retail credit firms and credit servicing firms; and if he...
- Insurance Industry
81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published Private Motor Mid-Year Report of the National Claims Information Database; if he will consider measures to ensure that...
- Fiscal Policy
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the risks around windfall corporate taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21477/23]
- Financial Services
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline plans to address regulation of independent operators of ATMs, given that 75% of ATMs in Ireland are now owned by organisations that are not...
- Business Supports
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Donegal and Louth, respectively, that have applied for assistance under the temporary business...
- Consumer Prices
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the recently published ECB paper entitled 'How tit-for-tat inflation can make everyone poorer'; if he is concerned at the evidence that...
- Tax Code
86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on applying a zero VAT rate on heat pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/23]
- Universal Social Charge
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to amend the €60,000 USC threshold for the over-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/23]
- Economic Data
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to figures showing a decline in the Irish economy in the first three months of 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a cap on mortgage interest rates to prevent mortgage holders and families being impoverished by rising interest rates; and if he will make...
- Ukraine War
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all Irish-based financial services operations are adhering to financial sanctions imposed against Russia following its invasion of...
- Tax Reliefs
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recent examination of the section 481 film tax credit by the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, and in particular the concerns...
- Credit Unions
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that credit unions are no longer issuing debit cards to customers who reside in the North on the grounds that they are no longer residents of...
- Tax Reliefs
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to expand the rent-a-room scheme; if he is considering additional supports to renters and landlords in the upcoming budget 2024; and if he will...
- Tax Yield
97. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate for corporation tax receipts in 2023; the proportion of tax revenues that corporation tax receipts will comprise in 2023; the proportion of...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the impact of interest rate rises on persons whose home loans rest with a non-pillar bank or vulture fund; and if he will make...
- Tax Reliefs
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individuals who have benefited from the help-to-buy scheme in Cork; if there are plans to extend the scheme beyond 31 December 2024, in...
- Tax Rebates
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount yet to be reclaimed in PAYE overpayments collected by the Revenue Commissioners for 2022; the number of individuals yet to make an application...
- Interest Rates
104. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the failure of banks to increase interest rates for deposit holders. [21229/23]
- Financial Services
106. To ask the Minister for Finance whether cryptocurrency constitutes a social and economic threat to Irish citizens. [21228/23]
- Tax Code
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the application of the relevant contracts tax instead of the application of the professional services withholding tax to high-turnover...
- Insurance Industry
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can outline the short- to medium-term plans by the Government to ensure reductions in premiums for customers for insurance products, particularly public...
- Tax Reliefs
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review and expand the current tax incentives for home ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21512/23]
- Tax Code
112. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to introduce weight- and size-based taxes on private vehicles in Ireland to incentivise a switch to smaller and lighter vehicles in an...
- Budget Targets
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the forecasted budget surplus or deficit for the Exchequer in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21596/23]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committees
118. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [21483/23]
- Legislative Reviews
120. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; and if a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a passport application by a person (details supplied), given there is an urgent need for this passport as...
- Information and Communications Technology
123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official...
- Legislative Reviews
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question...
- Foreign Conflicts
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of Irish citizens and their dependents who were present in Sudan at the outset of recent violence in that country; their...
- Passport Services
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider streamlining the process by which a married person going through separation or divorce reverts to their maiden name on...
- Humanitarian Access
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to help address the humanitarian need in Sudan as a result of hostilities in the region. [21239/23]
- Consular Services
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the post of Irish Honorary Consul in Malaga has been filled. [21288/23]
- Official Travel
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Portugal this year. [21290/23]
- Passport Services
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Passport Office is aware that in some instances, the date of issue on the Irish Passport website differs from the dates on the...
- Foreign Birth Registration
134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign birth registration will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21647/23]
- Passport Services
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21689/23]
- Foreign Birth Registration
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21754/23]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Information and Communications Technology
137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has...
- Legislative Reviews
138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of...
- Waste Management
139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the deposit return scheme; the timeline for the development of the...
- Departmental Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department can engage with a service provider (details supplied); if grants or assistance are available; and if...
- Departmental Bodies
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, staff working in the National Cyber Security Centre as of 2 May; and the...
- Energy Policy
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if woodchip imported to fuel power plants is sustainably sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21300/23]
- Departmental Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number waiting, and the median waiting time, between the time of application and time of works completed under the...
- Energy Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide his response to a semi-State company (details supplied) that imports large amounts of biomass fuels...
- Energy Prices
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to assist families meeting high energy bills between 1 June and 31 December 2023, inclusive....
- EU Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide both the allocation and drawdown of Renovate Wave funding by Ireland in 2020, 2021, 2022 and the...
- Building Energy Rating
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) has been given the wrong information after waiting two years on his or her...
- Energy Usage
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to the assertion made by Gas Networks Ireland in its Gas Forecast Statement 2022 (details supplied)....
- Energy Prices
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason electricity prices have remained so high in Ireland compared with Ireland's EU partners; and if he will make...
- Building Energy Rating
153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost per retrofit in each of the SEAI’s schemes per post-BER rating; and to report this in tabular...
- Energy Policy
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the solid fuel regulations that came into force on 31 October 2022; the measures in place to enforce them;...
- Broadband Infrastructure
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the way in which persons outside of the NBP intervention areas can access broadband provided by NBI...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will set out the supports available to former Defence Force personnel who find themselves in need of material support; if such supports...
- Foreign Policy
158. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position Ireland took regarding the inclusion of a humanitarian or search and rescue mandate during EU negotiations for the renewal of...
- Information and Communications Technology
159. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official meetings...
- Legislative Reviews
160. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from...
- Defence Forces
161. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed process of how military housing is applied for. [21554/23]
- Departmental Inquiries
169. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how he can reconcile the involvement of the Department of Defence and his office in drawing up draft terms of reference for a statutory inquiry...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Information and Communications Technology
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official...
- Road Traffic Offences
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when legislation will be enacted to ensure that drug testing takes place at the scene of a road traffic accident (details supplied); and...
- Public Transport
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to provide public transport links between Westport and Louisburgh; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the make-up of the Coastal Unit Advisory Group, including the number of volunteers on the panel; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Reviews
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question...
- Air Safety
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal basis for the restrictions against bringing 100 ml of liquids aboard aircraft; his views on whether these restrictions continue...
- Bus Services
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a regular bus service is put in place to service Clarinbridge into Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Network
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by Transport Infrastructure Ireland cutting trees beside national roads and motorway networks; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a review of rules allowing tractors to drive on the motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/23]
- Departmental Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media concerning investment in...
- Transport Costs
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated yearly cost of extending the young adult Leap card to 24-year-olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21262/23]
- Road Projects
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide assurances that the N80 Mountmellick bypass will be prioritised for funding in any review and included in the next...
- Wildlife Protection
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the NRA only mows embankments or cuts roadside hedging where necessary for safety to help protect these sites as...
- Semi-State Bodies
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with a trade union (details supplied) concerning the vesting day on the separation of the Irish Aviation Authority;...
- Rail Network
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to improve the frequency of train services stopping at all stations to help improve connectivity, especially at...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has a complaint handing system through which citizens can raise a complaint relating to national...
- Transport Costs
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to allow school groups, accompanied by a teacher, to use public transport without fares for expeditions; if he will...
- Public Service Obligation
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 18 April 2023, his Department's plans to provide additional PSO funding for the provision of...
- Transport Policy
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged in ensuring standards are being met in design for active travel in Cork city, particularly in respect of...
- Driver Test
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a matter relating to a driver test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21584/23]
- Transport Costs
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans to extend the short hop zone to Newbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21602/23]
- Road Safety
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason two applications for a school crossing made by Cork City Council for Bellevue, Grange and Colmcille Road were not approved....
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that his Department will engage with Cork City Council with a view to developing a park-and-ride facility on land the...
- Public Transport
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to make the Dublin Mountains more accessible through public transport routes such as the plan proposed by the Dublin...
- Road Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide his response to Cork County Council Northern Committee's disappointment with the allocation of only €100,000...
- Fuel Sales
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the potential impact of E10 fuel on vintage vehicles; if E5 petrol will still be available to purchase for the owners...
- Public Transport
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a report (details supplied); the steps he intends to take on foot of that report; the consideration given to introducing...
- Bus Éireann
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed arrival times for the Bus Éireann Expressway Route 30 X30 Donegal to Dublin service for the months January...
- Department of Finance
- Information and Communications Technology
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official meetings regarding the...
- Universal Social Charge
209. To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer returns for each USC bracket in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/23]
- Fiscal Data
210. To ask the Minister for Finance the debt servicing costs in each year since 2006, in tabular form; and projections of debt servicing costs into the future. [21150/23]
- Legislative Reviews
211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if...
- Tax Reliefs
212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide tax incentives to support the tillage sector, including to adjustments to tax-free land rental incomes to incentivise the leasing of land...
- Tax Credits
213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will adjust the rent tax credit to enable a person renting a room from a relative to claim the credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Yield
214. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by establishing two new income tax bands of 47% on earnings between €135,000 and €200,000,...
- Tax Code
215. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to concerns from trustees of a sporting organisation regarding registering with the Central Register of Beneficial...
- Tax Credits
216. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the qualifications for single person child carer credit to apply to both parents when they are legally separated; and if he will make a...
- Consumer Prices
217. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure the current reductions in inflation will be passed on to consumers nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Reliefs
218. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made under the help-to-buy scheme through the Revenue Commissioners for 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of applications...
- Defective Building Materials
220. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure mortgage holders, where their mortgage loan is secured against a property affected by defective concrete blocks, are treated...
- Insurance Industry
221. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason insurance premiums are not falling at a comparable rate to the reduced cost of claims; the steps he is taking to ensure that savings are passed on...
- Tax Reliefs
222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on intentions to extend consanguinity relief, given the deadline for this relief is approaching and he indicated the measure...
- Revenue Commissioners
225. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of nitrous oxide seizures made by the Revenue Commissioners in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of cannisters included in each seizure;...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
226. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports he will put in place to support mortgage holders who are in receipt of disability allowance and are on fixed income where the repayments are...
- Economic Policy
228. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy continues to be based on sound economic principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21777/23]
- Mortgage Interest Rates
232. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can encourage the existing Irish banks to assist mortgage holders who may have had to resort to fund operators in respect of mortgages;...
- Economic Growth
234. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this country's economy continues to compete with all others within and outside the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
236. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can continue to support sectors currently making a major contribution to the economy, such as the agrifood business, given the urgent...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
237. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department will take to support struggling mortgage holders, considering the ECB increased its interest rates again on 4 May 2023; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Magazine Fort, Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21068/23]
- National Monuments
239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the HIV and AIDS national monument will be installed in the People's Park. [21069/23]
- Information and Communications Technology
240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official...
- Flood Risk Management
241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the environmental assessments will be completed in relation to the River Deel flood relief scheme; when he will confirm the scheme;...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule, by Garda station and-or Garda premises. to include the amount derived, in respect of the licences issued...
- Legislative Reviews
243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question...
- Legislative Measures
244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the status of the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2018. [21225/23]
- Public Sector Pay
245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when payment arrears arising from the implementation of the 3% pay increase awarded from 2 February 2022 under the revised Building...
- Public Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department is taking to prevent digital exclusion in the context of the delivery of public services; the steps his...
- Public Expenditure Policy
248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department intends to select the most vital issues for public expenditure in the current year, having particular...
- Flood Risk Management
249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of flood remediation works and arterial drainage schemes for County Clare in 2023; and if he will make a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Information and Communications Technology
251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official...
- Legislative Reviews
252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in...
- Consumer Protection
253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of prosecutions initiated, and the outcome of each, by the CCPC in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
- Departmental Bodies
254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the WTE staff vacancies, by job title, currently in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the estimated full-year cost...
- Job Losses
256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement, if any, his Department has had with a company (details supplied) with a workforce in its manufacturing facility in...
- Redundancy Payments
257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that a company is abiding by the Workplace...
- Paternity Leave
259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by his Department to encourage the take-up of paternity leave in the workplace; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in respect of the payment of instalments to builders who have contracts for the building of new schools, in view of the fact...
- State Pensions
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21073/23]
- State Examinations
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any allowances can be made for students currently in fifth year studying for the leaving certificate, given the interference with their...
- School Staff
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has introduced flexibility to the teacher allocation process to enable schools to deliver the full curriculum without lowering the...
- Special Educational Needs
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the new special school in Dublin 7. [21085/23]
- Information and Communications Technology
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if her Department has had official meetings...
- School Transport
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider accepting all applications for the school transport scheme, given the difficulties experienced by some students (details...
- Schools Building Projects
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the planned building works at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outcome of an application for additional learning support in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be notified; and if she...
- School Staff
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 25 April 2023, if a board of management can contact those teachers who have been refused...
- School Transport
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the Minister for Transport to deliver public transport links between Westport and Louisburgh in order to support the...
- School Curriculum
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a stream of beginner, novice and advanced swimming lessons as part of primary education. [21165/23]
- Legislative Reviews
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list all reviews of Acts which have been carried out by her Department in line with the provisions of the Act in...
- State Examinations
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the State Examinations Commission is permitted to hire individuals who are not working as or qualified as teachers to correct...
- Special Educational Needs
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); when this student will be offered a primary school place in this special unit; and...
- Departmental Meetings
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has spoken with her British counterpart to date in 2023. [21276/23]
- School Funding
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently request that her Department clears the moneys for a school (details supplied). [21294/23]
- School Staff
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that are available for a school (details supplied); if she will consider providing a full-time EAL teacher; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that provided the summer programme in 2022; the number of primary schools that are expected to provide the Summer...
- School Accommodation
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update with regard to a school (details supplied) which in August 2022 was offered a purchase option on a six-room modular...
- School Transport
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in a matter involving two bus routes for Ukrainian schoolchildren (details supplied). [21357/23]
- School Uniforms
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consultation with the parents’ association or parent representatives on the board of management satisfies the criteria for consultation...
- School Curriculum
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline all the courses taught in secondary school to teach children about fake news and equip them with the necessary skills to spot...
- Special Educational Needs
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to early years children with special needs or additional needs who are not enrolled in a full day care setting such as a...
- Schools Building Projects
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of autism-specific units for schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
- Irish Language
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the process through which a student can obtain an exemption from the study of Irish at secondary school level; and the...
- Special Educational Needs
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special education preschool facilities available for a child (details supplied) who has a diagnosis of autism and whose parents cannot find a...
- School Enrolments
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21630/23]
- School Accommodation
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a modular unit will be provided at a school (details supplied), given that it has been sanctioned for a third ASD class and will require this...
- Special Educational Needs
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist a disability service for young people (details supplied) to run the summer programme; if she will ensure that her Department...
- Health and Safety
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her engagement with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment concerning changes to the Health and Safety Authority's...
- School Accommodation
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a lease for a school (details supplied); when the matter will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Curriculum
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers are expected to teach new SPHE-RSE classes or modules without any formal training in same. [21734/23]
- School Transport
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a request from Bus Éireann to provide a school bus service on a route (details supplied); the number of students who are...
- Public Sector Pay
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out the rationale for requiring teachers to have not just a MyGov account but also a public services card in order to avail of...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether it would be appropriate to organise the national and international famine commemoration days on the same day,...
- Information and Communications Technology
310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if officials from her Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if her Department has had...
- Gaeltacht Policy
311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is aware that the increase from 12 to 16 in the number of students that Mná Tí can house has resulted in...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will detail the consent permit required to transfer raw sewage from one Údarás na Gaeltachta facility to another;...
- Legislative Reviews
313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will list all reviews of Acts carried out by her Department in line with the provisions of the Act in...
- Tourism Promotion
314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Tourism Ireland plans to open new offices abroad; and, if so, where. [21283/23]
- Sporting Rights
315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether it is appropriate for an organisation (details supplied) to have many high-profile games exclusively...
- Tourism Policy
316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking regarding the lack of accessibility at a publicly funded tourist attraction (details supplied); and if she...
- Tourist Accommodation
317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she has had with representatives of the hotel industry regarding room availability; and her views on whether this...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make...
- Domestic Violence
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if hardship funds are available for victims of domestic violence who are left in financial trouble after leaving their...
- Social Welfare Payments
384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how An Post will rectify deductions made in errors to the extra cost-of-living Department of Social Protection payment of...
- Information and Communications Technology
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if officials from her Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if her Department has had...
- Social Welfare Payments
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons qualified adults on partner’s State pensions did not receive the €200 lump-sum cost-of-living...
- Social Welfare Rates
387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the operational guidelines of jobseeker's allowance relating to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005,...
- Community Employment Schemes
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a community employment scheme sponsored by an organisation (details supplied) that is...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the fuel allowance, given they were informed by her Department on 12 November...
- Social Welfare Payments
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability payment will be approved for a person (details supplied). [21160/23]
- Legislative Reviews
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will list all reviews of Acts carried out by her Department in line with the provisions of the Act...
- Gender Recognition
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of male applicants for a gender recognition certificate to change their gender to female who had previously been...
- Social Welfare Payments
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 22 March 2023, if she agrees that, during an acute labour shortage in all...
- School Meals Programme
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements in place to ensure meals of a poor nutritional rating are avoided in school meals, and that participating...
- Social Welfare Appeals
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate for a person (details supplied) to be left waiting six months for a decision from the...
- Social Welfare Payments
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who received the April bonus payment of €200 but did not receive...
- Social Welfare Benefits
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed immediately; and if...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any further update on making free travel passes available to persons diagnosed with epilepsy who are temporarily...
- Social Welfare Benefits
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an application by a person (details supplied) for carer’s benefit; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Payments
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working family payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on adjusting the qualifications for the jobseeker's transition payment to enable single parents with joint equal...
- Social Insurance
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount stored in the Social Insurance Fund investment account; the amount stored in NTMA-issued Exchequer notes for...
- Employment Support Services
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for JobsPlus will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Rates
409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of increasing the rate of jobseeker's allowance for all young people aged under 25 years in line...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a matter concerning the rent-a-room scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial statements are always required for social welfare payments, including the medical card and GP visit card...
- State Pensions
413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is still the Government's intention that the State pension will be equal to 34% of gross average industrial earnings;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's allowance by a claimant (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- State Pensions
415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the contributory pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review of a refusal of an application for carer's allowance will be undertaken in the case of a person (details...
- Paternity Leave
418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals who have taken up paternity leave each year since its introduction, up to and including 2022; and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supports are available for a person suffering with fibromyalgia who is working part-time and suffers with mobility and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Public Sector Pay
421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what was and is the statutory basis and authority for the application of FEMPI reductions to the remuneration of a sector...
- Prison Service
423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place to address the issues raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to persons with...
- Legislative Reviews
424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980, specifically around the use of clauses by owner management...
- Information and Communications Technology
425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had...
- Prison Service
426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on how people in prison access specialist supports on sexual assault trauma; and if he will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action his Department is taking to reduce the eight-month waiting time for the processing of visa application appeals; and...
- An Garda Síochána
430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and GSOC officers by rank who have been sanctioned, suspended and dismissed for unauthorised...
- Legislative Reviews
432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act...
- Asylum Applications
433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum applications refused from 2016 to 2022 on the grounds that the applicant had already applied for asylum in...
- Travel Documents
434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum applications for 2016 to 2022 where it has become apparent that the applicant has destroyed their travel...
- Data Protection
435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of complaints made to the Data Protection Commission in each year from 2016 to date that related to the right...
- Ukraine War
436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Ukrainian refugees who have been welcomed to Ireland to date; the breakdown of the number which originated from...
- Appointments to State Boards
437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list all appointments to the boards of the Irish Film Classification Office and the Classification of Films Appeal...
- An Garda Síochána
439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost of increasing the training allowance of Garda recruits to €205 per week. [21285/23]
- Legislative Reviews
442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Programme for Government commitment to introduce domestic homicide reviews legislation can be delivered as he has yet to...
- Child Protection
443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 21 March 2023, when he will introduce the second stage of the Criminal Justice...
- Insurance Industry
444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the legal assessment of economic models has been completed with respect to a report (details supplied) into insurance...
- An Garda Síochána
446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taking to remove the bureaucracy associated with background checks/Garda clearance for Irish health...
- Departmental Correspondence
447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21505/23]
- Legal Aid
448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position on the reinstatement of criminal legal aid fees to pre-2008 levels. [21640/23]
- Citizenship Applications
449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what is involved in the process of applying for citizenship through Irish associations and seeking to avail of his discretion...
- An Garda Síochána
453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by gardaí for having no insurance within the Dublin metropolitan division in the years 2021,...
- European Council
461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next European Council of Justice Ministers is scheduled to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- An Garda Síochána
462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of senior investigating officers; the total full-time equivalent of each child protection unit since 2019 to date in...
- Residency Permits
468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21847/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horse Racing Industry
469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that will be monitoring the footage from CCTV cameras installed at horse racing courses to prevent doping; if the...
- Information and Communications Technology
470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official...
- Environmental Impact Assessments
471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1271, 1272 and 1273 of 8 November 2022, the timeline to commence, and the proposed delivery...
- Forestry Sector
472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to remedy the situation in which a person who has forestry land and the Forestry Service has...
- Agriculture Schemes
475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the young farmer payment was discontinued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will arrange to have them...
- Forestry Sector
476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for legislative change in light of recent tree felling at Ryevale House and the destruction of trees in hedgerows in Clare,...
- Legislative Reviews
477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in...
- Forestry Sector
478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry as defined in the Forestry Act 2014 that was logged in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively;...
- Animal Welfare
479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update to an individual (details supplied) seeking health certs for livestock. [21234/23]
- Forestry Sector
480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has not accepted any afforestation, ash dieback or forest road applications since 1 January 2023 from...
- Legislative Measures
482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a timeframe for implementation of the legislation banning 18 m vessels within the six-nautical-mile zone; and if...
- Agriculture Schemes
484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide clarity on the percentage of commanage that can be active turbary without negatively affecting the ACRES payment...
- Forestry Sector
485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if owners of ash dieback within SACs or SPAs are excluded from Circular 21/2022 issued by the Forestry Service, which allows for...
- Wildlife Regulations
488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be implemented to deal with the increasing prevalence of wild deer, particularly in view of dangers posed to...
- Agriculture Industry
490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to regulate unincorporated agriculture associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21332/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the funding for the straw incorporation measure by 50% and increasing the acreage that can be applied for by...
- EU Directives
493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to address his obligations under the Sustainable use of Pesticides Directive (2009/128/EC) regarding the...
- Teagasc Activities
494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that the tillage sector is represented on the Teagasc authority; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Schemes
495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will adjust the tillage incentive scheme to support current tillage farmers, including the requirement that the land must...
- Animal Welfare
496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the decision of the UK Government to commence legislation to prohibit the use of shock collars in England from 2024; his...
- Fishing Industry
497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vessels decommissioned under the recent post-Brexit decommissioning scheme; the size of each vessel in length; the...
- Turf Cutting
498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of peat produced in Ireland from 2016 to 2021; and the level of peat exported from Ireland from 2016 to 2023, in tabular...
- Trade Data
499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2023, broken down by country, in tabular form. [21416/23]
- Agriculture Supports
500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available for the rewilding and-or wilding of land; and the current level of uptake of these supports, in tabular form....
- Agriculture Industry
501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of cross-Border agriculture trade in each of the past five years; and the measures being considered to boost cross-Border...
- Agriculture Schemes
502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme will open to participants; his plans to extend the age limit; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Industry
503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in kilogrammes and value in euro of sheep meat, either chilled or frozen, by animal category (details supplied) exported...
- Live Exports
505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in number of head and value in euro by animal category (details supplied) of live sheep exported from the State, by the...
- Agriculture Industry
506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in head and value in euro by animal category (details supplied) of live sheep imported into the State, by the country...
- Export Controls
507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the process that is in place and followed in Ireland to verify the accuracy of information recorded by those...
- Departmental Correspondence
512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he will review the responses that issued in...
- Agriculture Schemes
513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry received a reduced organics payment; if this payment will be reviewed; and if...
- Greyhound Industry
514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the contribution of the Irish greyhound industry to GNP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21577/23]
- Environmental Policy
515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person is permitted to burn off scrub land during the summer months if the purpose of the burn is to reclaim land; and if he...
- Brexit Supports
516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a support package for the sheep sector can be established through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund, given the extreme financial...
- Public Services Provision
517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that there is no digital exclusion in the delivery of public services by his Department; if he can...
- Agriculture Industry
518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on banning or restricting the use of glyphosate. [21674/23]
- Departmental Data
519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can retrieve the herd number, now dormant, held by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the funding for the Protein Aid and Protein/Cereal Mix (50/50) Crop Scheme by 50%; and if he will make a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people receiving Specialist Community-Based Disability Services from organisations funded...
- Childcare Services
523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional cost of increasing the universal national childcare scheme subsidy by €1 and €2, in...
- Care Services
525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if respite services can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date he intends to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
- Youth Services
527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider providing funding to reinstate the employability support worker for the Finglas Targeted...
- Information and Communications Technology
528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his...
- Emergency Accommodation
529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when outstanding invoices will be paid to an accommodation provider in Westmeath (details supplied); and if he...
- Parental Leave
531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend parental leave in the future; and whether the age limits for children with a disability will...
- Childcare Services
532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a company (details supplied) has signed up to the core funding model for childcare and in doing so agreed to...
- International Protection
534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the use by his Department of Ryevale House, Leixlip, County Kildare; and the recent planning enforcement from...
- Disability Services
535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of respite care for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21174/23]
- Legislative Reviews
536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the...
- Departmental Contracts
537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the extreme displeasure he has expressed in his email of 28 April 2023 to elected representatives...
- Emergency Accommodation
541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has taken legal advice regarding its compliance with the law in respect of prompt payment for...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and-or his officials has been contacted by and-or if he has engaged with the National Parks and Wildlife...
- Disability Services
544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an occupational therapist assigned to a school (details supplied) is solely employed to provide services to...
- Emergency Accommodation
547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the duty of care that he has provided to all emergency accommodation recipients under his Department with basic...
- Legislative Programme
549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023 will be signed into law; and if he will make a...
- Emergency Accommodation
550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently review transport services for the residents of a centre (details supplied); if he will...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to increase both the universal and means-tested subsidises available under the national...
- Children in Care
553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a mechanism to request an independent review of specific cases involving Tusla and children who were...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
554. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in relation to youth-specific mental health initiatives and promoting positive mental health among...
- Health Services
555. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the representations he has received on behalf of a person (details supplied), if he or the HSE can provide assistance to this person to avail of...
- Prison Service
556. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has in place to address the issues raised at a conference (details supplied) in relation to people with serious mental health problems detained in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
557. 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. [21067/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
558. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has still not been paid the pandemic special recognition payment Covid bonus; and if he will make a statement...
- Dental Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that medical card patients can access dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21084/23]
- Information and Communications Technology
560. To ask the Minister for Health if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official meetings regarding the use...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
561. To ask the Minister for Health when the outstanding front-line workers bonus payment will be processed for those still awaiting payment, in particular those working in an agency (details...
- Medicinal Products
562. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE primary care reimbursement service will consider including melatonin supplements on the list of medicines or aids provided under the medical...
- Nursing Homes
563. To ask the Minister for Health whether a review of policy to prohibit former nursing homes registered on 1 September 2022 converting to accommodation for Ukrainian refugees has been...
- Hospital Appointments Status
564. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of people who have received phone call appointments compared to in-person appointments in long-Covid clinics over the past 12...
- Primary Care Centres
565. To ask the Minister for Health the total operational leasing costs of privately owned primary care centres each year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
568. To ask the Minister for Health if GP visit cards will be made available to couples whose earnings do not exceed €46,000.00. [21147/23]
- Hospital Facilities
571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute beds; the number per 1,000 of the population; and the number per 1,000 of the population over 65 years in each year since 2006, as national...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the assessment of hospital-acquired infection; the comparative figures for other European Union member states; and if he will...
- Hospital Facilities
573. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of public and private beds in each public hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21155/23]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
574. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure of the national treatment purchase fund in each year for which data is available; the number of patients that benefitted from the fund each...
- Nursing Homes
575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the private nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/23]
- Health Services Staff
576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help staff employed directly in the public sector each year since 2001, in tabular form. [21158/23]
- Medical Cards
577. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied). [21161/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
578. To ask the Minister for Health when a front-line health worker (details supplied) will receive their Covid1-19 recognition payment. [21172/23]
- Ambulance Service
579. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of an interim work place for the national ambulance base in Carlow; and the progress, if any, since his meeting with those...
- Legislative Reviews
580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
581. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of the construction of independent living pods near the Millfield House mental health facility in Blackpool, Cork; the estimated costs of...
- Mental Health Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health if current security arrangements for Millfield House, Blackpool, are expected to continue indefinitely or for a fixed timeframe; if the security arrangement...
- Medicinal Products
585. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with a person (details supplied) in respect of their request. [21224/23]
- Data Protection
586. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address GDPR issues with the HSE online self-service portal for staff, including individuals being able to access other individuals'...
- Home Care Packages
587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will personally intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) is provided with home support on their discharge from hospital; if he is aware that...
- Health Services Staff
588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job advertisements for home care workers in CHO 4 that the HSE has placed in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of home care positions that...
- Departmental Funding
589. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department provides financial assistance to families who wish to create equipped sensory rooms in their homes for children with autism; and if he will...
- Home Care Packages
590. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to alleviate the crisis in home care services delivery; the new initiatives that are being proposed to resolve the staffing shortages in...
- Public Sector Pay
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to update pay scales for non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
592. To ask the Minister for Health if a claim relating to an employment (details supplied) has been submitted for the pandemic bonus; if the claim is eligible; and if he will make a statement...
- Nursing Homes
593. To ask the Minister for Health the payment and subvention rates for private nursing homes via the NTPF; the total amount spent in each of the past five years; and the range and average of...
- Medical Cards
595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include in the criteria for medical cards patients who received transplants. [21274/23]
- Pharmacy Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting one additional WTE pharmacist chief 1, 1 WTE pharmacist chief 2, and senior pharmacist, in tabular form. [21277/23]
- Ambulance Service
598. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 170 additional paramedics for the National Ambulance Service. [21278/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
599. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. [21279/23]
- Hospital Staff
600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric urologists attached to CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [21280/23]
- General Practitioner Services
601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs based in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO 8 as of 2 May 2023, in tabular form. [21281/23]
- Departmental Data
602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lung injuries and all other injuries arising from e-cigarette use admitted to the HSE in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a...
- Civil Registration Service
603. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to provide the HSE civil registration service at the primary care centre, Athlone, County Westmeath as it had been. [21301/23]
- Healthcare Policy
604. To ask the Minister for Health the rules in relation to unhealthy food outlets being located close to schools; if she will introduce a national ban on unhealthy food being sold within 400 m...
- Health Service Executive
605. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is engaging formally with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to assisting with its funding needs; if the HSE will provide an update on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that clinical employees in section 39 organisations who engaged in clinical work with clients in residential care are eligible for the...
- Parliamentary Questions
607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions he received in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and number of those per year he has referred to the HSE for a direct...
- Health Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for therapies; and the dates for same. [21390/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
609. To ask the Minister for Health if the special leave with pay for healthcare workers who got Covid will be extended beyond June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21391/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
612. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for an urgent ophthalmology appointment. [21422/23]
- General Practitioner Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health when GP visit cards will be extended to cover children aged six and seven years, as announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
614. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a reimbursement of funds under the HSE's EU cross- border directive. [21463/23]
- Mental Health Services
615. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023, 204 of 15 February 2023, 1153 of 21 March 2023...
- Ambulance Service
619. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation in relation to ambulance services at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/23]
- Health Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive full payment from the Northern Ireland health care scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Meals-on-Wheels Services
621. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1620 of 18 April 2023, if he will increase the level of funding requested for 2023 and ringfence additional annual...
- Abortion Services
622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken by his Department and the HSE to reduce waiting times for genetic testing at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; the...
- Medicinal Products
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a working group to examine the feasibility of introducing a prescription card to record all medications issued within a...
- Departmental Data
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data regarding the number of deaths recorded as a codeine-related overdose from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
629. To ask the Minister for Health if there any options available for a person to be reimbursed for genetic testing which had to be sourced privately (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
630. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the HSE to recruitment companies in each month in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the specific areas for which these...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
631. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 7 October 2020, the breakdown of all payments made to each company; and the service they provided since March 2020...
- Departmental Contracts
632. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the name of the...
- Health Services Staff
633. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle the issues highlighted in response to a parliamentary question (details supplied) in relation to current nursing resource...
- Public Sector Pensions
634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the cost-of-living payment increases being provided to retired HSE workers pensions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the funding given for respite services, by CHO, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [21649/23]
- Healthcare Policy
640. To ask the Minister for Health if reimbursement of surgery costs under the cross-border directive will be expedited for a person, given the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
641. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for all therapies for children, occupational therapy and so on, in primary care in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form....
- Healthcare Policy
642. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve the capacity for genetic testing to identify rare diseases. [21673/23]
- Eating Disorders
643. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of eating disorder teams currently in place in each CHO, including the number of staff currently assigned to each...
- Health Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a EHIC refund for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21687/23]
- Health Services Staff
645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the number of public health nurses currently employed, specifically whether on full-time or part-time basis; the number of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Covid bonus payment for a group (details supplied). [21693/23]
- Medicinal Products
649. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports received by this Deputy that medical card holders are being denied the dispensing of prescribed solphedine due to shortages, despite the...
- Health Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case and entitlement for further reimbursement of a person (details supplied) given the circumstances. [21721/23]
- Health Service Executive
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of members of the Clinical Expert Group on the free contraception scheme in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
652. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to replace the three eye doctors in the County Donegal ophthalmology service that have vacated their positions in recent times; and if the...
- Health Strategies
653. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 3 May 2023, the timeline he is working towards for finalisation and publication of the RHA Implantation Plan; and...
- Eating Disorders
657. To ask the Minister for Health when the money for the fourth phase of eating disorder team progression will be released from budget 2023; the CHOs it will be used for; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
663. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing shortages of the medication concerta; the action he will take to ensure the regular supply of the medication is restored; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
664. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when the long-Term Illness scheme will be reviewed in relation to the age restriction of 16 years of age on the mental illness category of the...
- Health Services Staff
665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant physiotherapy roles in children's primary care services in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21794/23]
- Health Services
701. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care beds will be provided again in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/23]
- Health Services Staff
702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant occupational therapy roles in children's primary care services in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21835/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
711. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for the pandemic special recognition payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Facilities
713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra inpatient beds allocated to each hospital nationally for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Staff
715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly employed, full-time medical staff by hospital in the Saolta region for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
717. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure individuals on waiting lists are made aware of their options to seek treatment under the cross-border directive. [21869/23]
- Disabilities Assessments
718. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is paying for private assessments to be carried out on all children with autism; if so, if his Department is paying it to everybody that has...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the principle of academic freedom and parity of esteem can be embedded in the Research and Innovation Bill 2023; and if he will make a...
- Information and Communications Technology
720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official meetings...
- Third Level Fees
721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of further reducing third-level fees to €1,000 in 2023-2024, and subsequently to abolish these fees in 2024-2025; and...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total estimated yearly cost to the Exchequer of abolishing apprenticeship registration fees, broken down by consortia-led and craft; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government expenditure on the free fees initiative contributes towards calculations of Government spending on research and development;...
- Legislative Reviews
724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from...
- Research and Development
725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the potential dangers of a commercially driven research system in the name of innovation in the Research and Innovation Bill 2023,...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships currently being undertaken in each local authority area; the disciplines in which those apprenticeships are being...
- Education and Training Boards
729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills about his policy in relation to internal transfers within the City of Dublin Education and Training Board, specifically in relation to (details...
- Student Accommodation
730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there have been no progress reports on the National Student Accommodation Strategy since 2019; if he will provide an update on...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
731. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when applications for strand 2 for the community services programme will reopen for new applicants; and if she will make a statement...
- Information and Communications Technology
732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if officials from her Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if her Department has had official...
- Library Services
733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 25 April 2023, if she is aware that library staff received an email on 15 March 2023...
- Legislative Reviews
734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will list all reviews of Acts carried out by her Department in line with the provisions of the Act in...
- Departmental Meetings
735. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether her Department has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to governance concerns raised by present and...
- Hedge Cutting
736. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to work with Tidy Towns committees locally and nationally to encourage the protection of nectaring habitats by...