Written answers
Thursday, 11 May 2023
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Funding
7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times Government departments have requested additional funds from his Department since he took office; and the names of the...
- Office of Public Works
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the provision of rapid build houses by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22077/23]
- Pensions Reform
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department will have in approving an automatic enrolment pension system; the overall cost to the State of the scheme; and if...
- Interest Rates
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further measures his Department is considering in dealing with crippling rising interest rates which are greatly affecting thousands...
- Heritage Sites
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding improvements to visitor facilities and conservation efforts on An Blascaod Mór; and if he will...
- National Monuments
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the reinstatement of the Turoe Stone in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Risk Management
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made in relation to flood risk management at Annagassan and Termonfeckin, County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Heritage Sites
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on proposed developments at the Oldbridge site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22101/23]
- National Development Plan
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to prevent the incidence of the cost over-runs and project delays regarding the National Development Plan; and...
- Climate Change Policy
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the targets for 2023 for the climate division of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/23]
- Project Ireland 2040
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the recent Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Risk Management
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of any best international comparisons undertaken by him in his role as Minister for the OPW regarding flood...
- Climate Action Plan
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the development of definitions to identify, track and reduce Government spending that may be having a negative...
- Flood Risk Management
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocation to Monaghan County Council in relation to flood alleviation measures in 2022 and to date in 2023. [22042/23]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been any update or review of the national capital tracker to provide greater transparency in terms of projects status,...
- Flood Risk Management
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposed Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22088/23]
- Public Expenditure Policy
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policies and procedures that are in place and apply across the Government to ensure that senior civil servants are accountable for...
- National Development Plan
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key policy levers being examined by his Department to support a quicker delivery of vital projects outlined in the National...
- Flood Risk Management
36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is proposed to release the Environmental Impact Statement which has now been completed with regard to the Blackpool flood relief...
- Departmental Policies
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects reform and prudent management to continue to remain central to his Department's policy having regard to...
- Health Service Executive
38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what input his Department has in terms of ongoing HSE capital allocations, given the new attention on capital budgets; and if he will...
- Brexit Supports
39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocations to date from the Brexit adjustment reserve; the Departments to which funds were allocated; the purpose of the allocation;...
- Climate Action Plan
40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress to date on the development of a model to assess the impact of infrastructure investment as contained in...
- Flood Risk Management
41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 2 March 2023, the status of the review of the programme for the Coirib go Cósta flood...
- Public Expenditure Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the electronic health record IT project, providing details on the potential risks to the health capital...
- Flood Risk Management
43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the CFRAM programme in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22162/23]
- Legislative Measures
45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has reviewed the operation of the legislation which mandated the preparation of strategy statements, annual reporting against...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with respect to the national capital tracker, if his Department plans to provide an annual comparative analysis of annual spend by...
- Project Ireland 2040
47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the progress of Project Ireland 2040 deliverables with respect to County Clare to date; and if he will...
- State Bodies
49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding can be considered to allow for further planning roles within An Bord Pleanála, all local authorities, the...
- State Properties
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the disposal of disused Garda stations in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to exceed the 5% expenditure rule in respect of Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/23]
- Public Sector Staff
52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning any new measures in Budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public...
- Freedom of Information
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that public bodies do not use FOI refusals as a means to delay the release of information; and if he...
- Brexit Supports
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the exact amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund that has been reallocated from expenditure on fisheries and the marine...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Foreign Direct Investment
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of early warning reports for foreign direct investment companies for each of the past five years. [21603/23]
- Vacant Properties
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will assign a taskforce to deal with vacancy rates in Clonmel town; the efforts being made to support small and medium-sized...
- Site Acquisitions
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress on procuring of sites for the development of new industrial estates in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on...
- Enterprise Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he will offer support to the group currently working to renovate the butter exchange in Cork as an enterprise hub. [22065/23]
- Small and Medium Enterprises
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans to review the audit exemption regime for small and micro companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Regional Development
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21946/23]
- Flexible Work Practices
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with other Departments and State bodies in providing employees with the option to avail of a...
- Industrial Relations
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of recent actions by a company (details supplied) which are aimed at unilaterally changing the work contract of senior...
- Enterprise Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to drive a step change in digital adoption across enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Work Permits
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits approved for workers outside the European Economic Area to address skills shortages in...
- Enterprise Support Services
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures in place for nurturing digital start-ups with export potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22081/23]
- Industrial Development
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the budgetary estimates available to support the IDAs annual property budget for 2023; how this compares...
- Employment Rights
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in light of proposed redundancies at a company (details supplied) he will review current legislation around redundancies and...
- Work Permits
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 23 February 2023, the number of employment permits issued in respect of non-EEA home care...
- Job Creation
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targeted number of new IDA-supported jobs to be delivered in County Monaghan in 2023. [22038/23]
- Enterprise Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 23 February 2023, the status of the first implementation plan for the White Paper on...
- Site Acquisitions
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the current position of the IDA on the strategic land bank acquisition in Castlebar that has been ongoing for the...
- Departmental Policies
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what part his Department is playing in providing a modern, cohesive and well-resourced regulatory framework for digital; and if he...
- Work Permits
86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to improve the efficiency of the work permit system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22168/23]
- Foreign Direct Investment
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work being carried out in his Department to promote the Border counties North and South as a destination for...
- Exports Growth
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the priority areas for his Department to increase the number of small and medium enterprises that export, with...
- Flexible Work Practices
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any engagement his Department has had with other Departments in relation to the tax implications for workers who...
- Trade Agreements
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current position in respect of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if he will report on any engagements he has had with EU member...
- Human Rights
91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 23 February 2023, the status of his Department’s engagement with the Department of...
- Departmental Strategies
92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of his Department’s new Statement of Strategy to cover the period 2023-2025; the measures planned...
- Industrial Development
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the site selection process for a new advance technology building in Kerry Technology Park will be accelerated by the IDA in view of...
- Food Industry
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the impact of the falling birth-rate in China and the impact of this on the infant milk formula industry in Ireland;...
- Foreign Direct Investment
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will list the foreign direct investment companies which have issued early warning reports to his Department in the each of the...
- Environmental Policy
96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the take-up of the Green Transition Fund incentives to decarbonise industrial heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Development
97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA commitment to deliver an advanced building solution in Longford town; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Strategies
98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the National AI Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22082/23]
- Work Permits
99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will urgently include lineworkers on the critical skills occupation list as companies rolling out vital national infrastructure...
- Trade Unions
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a report (details supplied) produced by a union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22016/23]
- Employment Rights
101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on efforts to develop legislation with regard to enhancing employee rights in collective redundancies; and if he will make...
- Trade Unions
102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has engaged with the trade unions regarding the liquidation of a company (details supplied). [22064/23]
- Small and Medium Enterprises
103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targets that are in place for SMEs to achieve basic digital intensity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22086/23]
- Employment Rights
104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work his Department has undertaken in relation to reviewing sick leave entitlements and how it interacts with other entitlements...
- Work Permits
105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current waiting times for the processing of general employment permits; the number of permits issued per month since 1 January...
- Industrial Development
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA advanced building solution to be provided on the purchased IDA land bank in north Drogheda;...
- Regional Development
107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the West Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22151/23]
- Co-operative Sector
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives he is taking to strengthen and enhance the co-operative sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22032/23]
- Climate Action Plan
109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position with regard to the detailed roadmap for long-term decarbonisation of the commercial sector, including requirements...
- Trade Unions
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to hold a meeting with a union (details supplied) to discuss the unacceptable treatment of employees of an organisation;...
- Departmental Policies
112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the competitiveness of this country’s trade and industry sectors in an...
- Work Permits
113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits to be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who is having ongoing difficulties obtaining same since their...
- Foreign Birth Registration
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (see details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will issue on time for children (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling abroad to a family wedding; if photographs...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fisheries Protection
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department support the conservation of invasive coarse fish and invasive pike in Ballyquirke Lough (part...
- Departmental Policies
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a route for a college (details supplied) which offers retraining and upskilling services, to avail of Just...
- Energy Conservation
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person in receipt of an invalidity pension can qualify for a roof cladding grant to cover the full cost. [22250/23]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the National Development Plan expenditure envisaged by his Department; the road projects that are being considered in terms of upgrading...
- Public Transport
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are no options to buy or top-up TFI Leap cards in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22294/23]
- Departmental Schemes
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is grant aid available to set up a wheelchair-accessible taxi business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22310/23]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax received on all fuel and energy in the past five years to date. [22208/23]
- Departmental Data
127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of sporting organisations that have made proposals in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in respect of the distribution...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Cost of Living Issues
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific measures his Department is taking to ensure better value for money on public expenditure; the steps he is taking to ensure...
- Heritage Sites
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on plans to invest in conservation and improve the visitor experience in the Hill of Tara; and if he will...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the departmental capital tracker plan outlining any improvements that have increased visibility on...
- Heritage Sites
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works appointment of an expert design team to complete Phase 1 works at the...
- National Development Plan
135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to monitor issues such as public procurement and-or the removal of any other administrative...
- Fiscal Policy
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that expenditure remains within the constraints laid down by the international...
- Public Sector Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he agrees with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications' recent analysis that thousands more civil and public...
- National Monuments
148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW has to protect and preserve the High Crosses at Monasterboice, County Louth; the quantum of resources the OPW has...
- Office of Government Procurement
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what plans he and the OGP have to provide for the recruitment of a minimum number of craft apprentices in the context of the State's...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Bodies
151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current budget for Enterprise Ireland; and the estimated cost of increasing its budget by 5%, 10%, and 20%. [22194/23]
- Workplace Relations Commission
156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current budget for Workplace Relations Commission; and the estimated cost of increasing its budget by 10%, 20%, and 50%. [22199/23]
- Departmental Bodies
157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of re-establishing the workers' co-operative development unit within his Department. [22200/23]
- Departmental Programmes
160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the programmes or schemes under his Department for which there was an underspend in 2022. [22203/23]
- Departmental Bodies
161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of hiring an additional ten health and safety (HSA) inspectors, in terms of first-year cost and full-year cost, in...
- Workplace Relations Commission
162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of hiring an additional ten Workplace Relations Commission inspectors, in terms of first-year cost and full-year...
- Regional Development
163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which cognisance is taken of the necessity to ensure that the regions are beneficiaries of sufficient developments in...
- Business Supports
164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to increase the opportunities for people with disabilities to start their own business; and if he will make...
- Foreign Direct Investment
165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the balance between the funds spent on foreign direct investment, relative to expenditure given to indigenous industries; and if he...
- Work Permits
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which applications for work permits continue to be dealt with expeditiously in all cases within a reasonable time; and...
- Regional Development
170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to ensure a steady supply of investment resulting in jobs in various areas and...
- Enterprise Policy
175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which efforts continue to ensure the development and growth of enterprise, trade and employment respectively on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools can expect to receive their ICT grant for this year. [22214/23]
- School Transport
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can guarantee definitively the additional school bus that is so desperately needed in North Kildare vis-à-vis children...
- Early School Leavers
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to solve the issues facing the school completion programme Newbridge, County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- School Transport
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to school transport services for students attending a particular school (details supplied) from outside its catchment...
- Departmental Correspondence
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to an application for incremental credit; and if...
- School Staff
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of SNA allocation will take place for a school that will include the needs of a new entrant (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
- Schools Building Projects
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of her Department’s plans to build new primary and secondary schools to cater for the rapid expansion of the...
- Departmental Correspondence
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm receipt of correspondence outlining an issue (details supplied); if a response has been provided to the correspondence; and...
- School Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if eligibility for school transport should be granted where a child wishes to attend a Catholic secondary school when their nearest school is...
- School Accommodation
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 18 April 2023, if the form of acceptance is now with her Department; if this ASA project for a...
- School Patronage
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reconfiguration report for three schools (details supplied) will be available to parents; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Facilities
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any allowance will be made for out-of-hours community use of a hall (details supplied) under the agreement to transfer the hall to school...
- School Admissions
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the child of a person (details supplied) might obtain a school place for September next, preferably at a particular school; and if she will...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to a person (details supplied) who is representing Ireland at the World Powerlifting Championships in...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new regulations will come into place which will allow local authorities and approved housing bodies to enter into...
- Departmental Schemes
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available to refurbish an old shed at the back of a house, not for use for agricultural purposes but for...
- Diaspora Issues
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that voting rights for Irish emigrants are aligned with the criteria used in other European...
- Fire Safety
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any safeguards or protections in place to ensure that when residential properties with very serious fire safety...
- Question Heading for question(s) 200
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Dáil Éireann and European Parliament Constituency Review Report will be completed; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to promote the single rural dwellings scheme in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons housed by way of homes built on that person's own site in Waterford in the past two years; and if he...
- Flexible Work Practices
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the recommendations regarding paternity and parental leave, and family friendly working hours for councillors proposed by...
- Development Contributions
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any concessions will be made for builders of one-off homes who submitted their commencement notices during Covid but have...
- Housing Schemes
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his targets for the number of homes to be delivered in 2024 funded by the first home scheme, the affordable housing fund...
- Emergency Accommodation
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people over 55 years currently in emergency homeless accommodation funded by his Department, with a breakdown by...
- State Bodies
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of staff employed by An Bord Pleanála; the number of staff full-time equivalents employed at each grade...
- Local Authorities
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of staff employed in local authority housing departments, the number of staff full-time equivalents employed...
- Defective Building Materials
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the defective block remediation scheme; the number of applicants in each of the qualifying...
- Housing Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes for the over-55s list and for rightsizing funded by his Department in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the number...
- Local Authorities
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost in a full year of the 541 full-time equivalents staff in local authority planning departments, as set out...
- Heritage Sites
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take following the late discovery of a report (details supplied) identifying No. 18 Moore Street as a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews of carer's allowance that took place in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on...
- Cost of Living Issues
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the most recent €200 cost-of-living payment was not also paid to dependents on other’s social...
- Pensions Reform
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has considered any other proposal for an auto-enrolment pension system where one system could be up to 70%...
- Social Welfare Payments
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the adult dependent allowance is outstanding is the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current entitlement in respect of appropriate social welfare support in the case of a person (details supplied) who was...
- Social Welfare Payments
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) might be approved for payment of guardian’s payment (non-contributory); and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if extra payment support or bonus is likely to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of those...
- State Pensions
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when favourable consideration might be given to an application for a State pension (non-contributory) in the case of a person...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Foreign Conflicts
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any plans to help evacuate the relatives of Irish citizens still trapped in Sudan; if the State will fast-track...
- Visa Applications
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people waiting for visa appointments in each Garda division, sub-analysed for each district within each division,...
- Immigration Policy
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases processed under the Afghan admissions programme, with particular reference to the number of applications...
- Civil Service
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many civil servants are currently seconded to An Garda Síochána; how many of those seconded employees have an...
- Residency Permits
237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) might be considered for residency approval, given the rest of their family has been approved;...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Sports Funding
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 4 May 2023, if he will provide a schedule of sporting organisations that have made...
- Agriculture Schemes
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure all applicants approved for the national liming programme 2023 will receive a financial contribution of €16...
- Agriculture Supports
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stags plans are at for financial support for the cohort known as the Forgotten Farmers; if the criteria as set out by him at an...
- Turf Cutting
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify whether farmers will be able to cut turf on commonage lands they own if participating in the ACRES scheme; and if...
- Agriculture Schemes
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person who turns 40 years of age any time from 1 January to 31 December in a given year can be deemed a young farmer,...
- Forestry Sector
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new forestry programme application; the expected timeframe for the commencement of the programme; and if he will...
- Food Industry
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications the opening of Chinese markets after the Covid-19 pandemic has for the Irish food industry; and if he expects this...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Equal Opportunities Employment
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to increase the opportunities for people with disabilities to enter the labour force;...
- Children in Care
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of children currently in care who do not have an allocated social worker, by...
- Care Services
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the reason a respite service (details supplied) is closed for three months; the...
- Mother and Baby Homes
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 30 March 2023, the steps he is taking to examine evidence presented...
- Maternity Leave
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will introduce legislation providing for maternity leave for Oireachtas Members; and the constitutional...
- Child and Family Agency
254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of successful family reunifications by Tusla in the five years from 2018 to 2022; and if he will make...
- Disability Services
255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when speech and language therapy might be made available to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Health
- Disabilities Assessments
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of functional vision assessments that have been completed on blind or vision-impaired students at primary and second levels in each of the past five...
- Health Service Executive
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the case of a person (details supplied). [22180/23]
- Mental Health Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no proper day care mental health facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22181/23]
- Primary Care Centres
265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if there is a timeframe available for...
- General Practitioner Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of available GP services in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if the HSE is taking any action to promote the provision of GP services to...
- Home Care Packages
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of a firm (details supplied) in the new home care tender process and the services provided, in view of the fact that this is not a...
- Nursing Homes
269. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the TAPS audit on nursing home payments; if the audit has been received by his Department; if so, the date it was received; the results...
- Medicinal Products
270. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the unavailability of medication for persons who suffer with diverticulosis, given that patients who are normally prescribed colofac and...
- Emergency Accommodation
271. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the legislative basis or policy rationale for the criteria that disused nursing homes, i.e., nursing homes registered with HIQA on or after...
- Departmental Schemes
272. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to include the rare medical condition Gitelman's syndrome on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on 24/7 cardiac care in Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22244/23]
- Departmental Correspondence
275. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a petition from a group (details supplied); if he has replied to the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22282/23]
- Local Drugs Task Forces
276. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown drug and alcohol task force is currently without a co-ordinator, despite the...
- Primary Care Centres
278. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene as indicated in Dáil Éireann to resolve the impasse between the HSE, landlord and contractor(s) where construction work...
- Mental Health Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health the pathways that are open to health professionals to train and specialise in child and youth mental health; if he will outline the list of courses in tabular...
- Healthcare Policy
280. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 27 September 2022, the progress to date in reviewing the Tobacco Products Directive; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
281. To ask the Minister for Health if there are statistics available in relation to the number of patients admitted to hospital as a direct result of the effects of the use of e-cigarettes and...
- Disability Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy might be made available to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22350/23]
- Medical Cards
284. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate, notwithstanding the unsatisfactory reply to the previous Parliamentary Question, when a medical card might issue in the case of a person...
- Hospital Appointments Status
285. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Leitrim will receive an appointment for surgery in Beaumont Hospital. [22362/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Agricultural Colleges
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in identifying funding support options available from his Department to a college (details supplied) to assist in the...
- Education and Training Boards
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Kerry ETB tutors have not received an increase in their pay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22290/23]
- Nursing Education
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what the new model of training for nurses via an ETB means for current students finishing level 6 nursing studies; and if he will make a...
