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...

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