Written answers

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

  • Department of Defence
    • Ukraine War
      12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 21 March 2023, if he will provide an update on Ireland’s involvement in the European Union...
    • EU Meetings
      13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the matters discussed at his latest meeting with EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21039/23]
    • Defence Forces
      14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the current number and type of ships within the naval fleet; the current number and type of aircraft operated by the Air...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to improve Ireland’s cybersecurity strength in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will detail both the maximum and the current strength levels of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22816/23]
    • Air Corps
      39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that are being taken to ensure that there is suitable aircraft available to Irish Air Corps to provide sufficient surveillance of...
    • Naval Service
      40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his engagement with the relevant stakeholders in ensuring safe guarding of communication subsea cables in Irish waters; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how he is implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Defence in relation to capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Naval Service
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Navy patrols cancelled or delayed because of staffing issues this year to date. [22910/23]
    • Defence Forces
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline his Department’s plans for the Defence Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22894/23]
    • Naval Service
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on proposals for an Irish naval vessel and personnel to participate in Operation Irini, part of which is to involve training of the...
    • Defence Forces
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the role and current strength of the First Line Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22631/23]
    • European Union
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail his Department’s engagement with European Union partners in respect of the defence of critical infrastructure; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces
      51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Government will instigate a public tribunal on bullying and sexual abuse in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Admissions
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding school places in the Dublin Mid-West constituency, when her Department expects to have ascertained the full extent of capacity issues in...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to mitigate the impact of inflation on the standard of living of teachers. [22564/23]
    • State Examinations
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results for Leaving Cert 2023 will be issued; what the difficulty is with giving students a date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what, if any, review there has been on the operation of the “infant hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22915/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can clarify, in relation to delays with certain school building projects, when a project is at the stage where a tender report is under...
    • Special Educational Needs
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all children attending a special school will be facilitated on the school-based summer programme 2023, if this is their choice; and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the OECD 'Education at a Glance' Report, which ranked Ireland 36th out of the 36 countries in terms of investment in second level education as...
    • School Funding
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious financial crisis caused to a school (details supplied) by the failure of her Department to allocate the normal...
    • Special Educational Needs
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the Summer Programme 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/23]
    • Education Policy
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the National Parents Council Post Primary in view of the fact that the NPCPP is the body named in the Education Act 1998 to...
    • School Admissions
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she hopes to have sufficient school places available at primary and second level in Kildare North, and throughout the country...
    • School Transport
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she aspires to ensure the widest possible availability of school transport in Kildare North, and throughout the country, in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of free solar panels to all schools; how the application process will be communicated to schools; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on new school builds for 2023 and new school builds in the Cork East constituency; if she can provide an update on a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that, due to the lack of an ASD room at a school (details supplied), children are having to be separated from siblings in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the design guidelines for school halls. [22912/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated per programme to the Summer Programme 2023; and the number of DEIS schools that have indicated they will run...
    • School Curriculum
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures can be taken to ensure that all schools offer an option to opt out of studying religion at Junior Certificate level. [22880/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building project (details supplied); if she will provide an estimated timeframe from construction to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department’s announcement of 12 April 2023 of the establishment of a special school in Carrigtwohill,...
    • School Transport
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide the number of applications made for the school transport scheme within Cork county; if there is an increase in applications in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school building projects in Carlow; how many new schools are in planning stage; how many new school builds have started;...
    • School Admissions
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the under-provision of secondary schools in Dublin 8. [22895/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish further ASD units in schools in County Monaghan. [22818/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on when a school (details supplied) will progress to the next stage of their building project; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the correspondence sent to her by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Admissions
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address a shortage of school places in the Cork south-west area. [22802/23]
    • School Staff
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the increasing demand for a comprehensive nationwide redeployment system for post-primary teachers; if her Department has...
    • School Transport
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ongoing school transport review will facilitate children in September 2023 who cannot gain access to their nearest school due to a shortage...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 13643/23, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bplean chun beartas...
    • Special Educational Needs
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many SENOs are currently working in North Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22674/23]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise exactly when and how schools can apply for solar panels on their schools as part of the commitment the Government gave in September...
    • Schools Building Projects
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of works in Our Lady of Lourdes national school, Inchicore, Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22896/23]
    • School Curriculum
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a Level 2 Leaving Certificate cycle for the 2023/2024 school year for students currently undertaking a Level 2...
    • Education Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what policy measures are in place in primary and secondary schools for the prevention of obesity among young people; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open additional units for children for September 2023 with autism at primary and...
    • School Transport
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will, in deliberations, give priority to, and thereafter expedite, the urgently-needed second bus in the Rathcoffey-Maynooth...
    • Residential Institutions
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any investigation by her Department into where children who died in industrial schools have been buried; whether the location...
    • School Facilities
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the capacity survey as referenced in her answer to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 February 2023 indicating the current level of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish additional special schools in County Cork. [22801/23]
    • Education Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the measures, if any, taken by her Department to encourage entrepreneurship and the development of business creativity among second...
    • School Admissions
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of students who currently do not have access to an appropriate school placement for this September in either a...
    • School Facilities
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the project plan for the installation of solar panels in schools nationwide; the assigning of resources to ensure capacity...
    • Schools Building Projects
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building project (details supplied); if she will provide an estimated timeframe from construction...
    • School Transport
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional capacity in school transport in 2023/2024 in comparison to the current school year. [22507/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for her consideration in engaging with second level schools that have ASD units to provide specific enrolment policy for their units; and if she...
    • School Facilities
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the roll-out of free solar panels to all schools is expedited; if the necessary funding and Departmental...
    • School Transport
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is collaborating with the Connecting Ireland planning in order to expand her Department’s school transport capacity and...
    • Education Policy
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a review into homework levels at primary and secondary level; her views on whether reduced levels of homework could lead to...
    • School Facilities
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what, if any, efforts are made by her Department to ensure capital scheme projects keep pace with residential development in the Dublin Mid-West...
    • School Transport
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is taking steps to roll-out workplace travel plan initiatives for all schools and her Department campuses; and if she will make...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      124. To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 1 2023 on the website of his Department. [22645/23]
    • Equality Issues
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of the labour force that is currently made up of people with disabilities. [22248/23]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of the amounts paid to three independent experts by a commission (details supplied) since it was formed, to date, including the amount by...
    • Social Media
      127. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under...
    • Equality Issues
      128. To ask the Taoiseach how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Air Corps
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland contributes financially to the RAF air defence arrangement with the UK; if so, the percentage and total funding allocated to this...
    • International Relations
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/23]
    • Passport Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite passports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/23]
    • International Relations
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his and his Department’s recent engagements with the Belarusian government, including with embassy officials;...
    • Consular Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consular assistance can be given to the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22496/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied). [22512/23]
    • Electoral Process
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will consider adding persons with a disability to the roster of persons who act as election observers in other...
    • Passport Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22534/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the protocols, if any, that are in place to counter hybrid threats to State security; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to facilitate the evacuation of Irish residents from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22743/23]
    • European Union
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the progress made implementing the EU Strategic Compass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/23]
    • Middle East
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the Israeli government in response to the demolition of the EU-funded school in Jubbet Adh Dhib in the occupied...
    • Passport Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will issue in time for two children (details supplied) in County Donegal who are travelling for a family wedding; and if he...
    • Social Media
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies...
    • Equality Issues
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the...
    • Official Travel
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2022 and to date in 2023 that the Irish Ambassador and or Deputy Head of Mission in Mexico has visited Cancún; and the...
    • Middle East
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the death of a child abroad (details supplied); if he knows that in the first three months of 2023, 17 Palestinian...
    • Passport Services
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will issue. [23107/23]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is providing assistance in repatriating an Irish resident (details supplied) stuck in Sudan; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Public Service Obligation
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment why the PSO levy has not been removed from the ESB bills in view of the effectiveness of the wind energy and solar...
    • Departmental Staff
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the WTE cost of recruiting three additional principal geologists for his Department. [22375/23]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a new-build house (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in the NBI roll-out; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider allowing multiple homeowners in the same locale to apply for a solar electricity grant through a...
    • North-South Interconnector
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the north-south interconnector is still considered an EU project of common interest; and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Conservation
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if those working on community employment schemes and in receipt of fuel allowance are entitled to apply for SEAI better...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property owner (details supplied) will be able to avail of high-speed broadband. [22696/23]
    • Energy Conservation
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on progress towards meeting the target of 5% electricity demand reduction at peak time per...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Local Energy Assessment Fund funding for sustainable energy communities; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Grid
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has conducted any analysis on the effect of increasing demand for gross and peak electricity on the cost of...
    • Energy Conservation
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-cost loan scheme for energy upgrades will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Quality
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the last date the EPA independently completed a full audit of the water treatment plant responsible for water in...
    • Environmental Schemes
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on a grant application under the circular economy innovation grant scheme 2022 from a...
    • Social Media
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media...
    • Equality Issues
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable...
    • Waste Management
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in light of the cost-of-living crisis, if he is aware that various waste collection companies have substantially...
    • Legislative Measures
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide clarity on three issues concerning legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an application by a person (details supplied) is taking so long; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Business Supports
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the programmes, further supports and initiatives for enterprise and business community that are funded under his...
    • Energy Prices
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on customers in rural areas being charged more than those in urban areas for electricity; and if he will make...
    • Electricity Generation
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have PV solar systems fitted and which are eligible for a smart meter but do not yet have one;...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current average wait times for installation of a smart meter by ESB Networks. [23187/23]
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Taoiseach last made use of the Air Corps CASA aircraft; and the reason he did so. [22238/23]
    • Defence Forces
      189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in recruit training in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, respectively, in tabular form [22372/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of the companies that currently hold the contract to provide musical instruments to the Defence Forces School of Music; the amount...
    • Air Corps
      191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the types of flights and missions the Air Corps CASA CN 235s are suitable for and engage in; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces
      194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he, his officials and-or the Defence Forces have engaged with organisers of an event (details supplied) in respect of the use of Baldonnel...
    • Air Corps
      195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current capabilities of the Defence Forces to monitor or intercept hostile aircraft in Irish airspace; if there are proposals to improve or...
    • Defence Forces
      196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the Defence Forces' response to the presence of four Russian vessels inside the Irish EEZ, including the vessels Admiral...
    • Air Corps
      197. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the aircraft owned by the Irish Defence Forces; the year in which each aircraft was manufactured; the year it was purchased by the Defence...
    • Defence Forces
      198. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made on implementing the recommendations outlined in the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [22620/23]
    • EU Directives
      203. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if will report on his intended approach regarding the implementation of the Critical Resilience Directive; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      204. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the investment plan in place to build up the State’s air defence capacity; and in the context of war on the eastern borders of...
    • Social Media
      207. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
    • Equality Issues
      208. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the...
    • Defence Forces
      209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently undergoing training outside of the State; and the locations of such personnel. [23093/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      210. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Defence and security systems in this country are sufficiently updated to meet any act or threat of aggression; and if he...
    • State Properties
      211. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which previously vacated military installations are being made available for housing or refugee purposes; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the national army is being upgraded and updated in line with the requirements of a modern army within the European Union in...
    • Departmental Policies
      213. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which coastal, air and sea surveillance continues at pace, given the various threats in these areas; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which matters related to pay conditions remain outstanding for resolution in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide information in relation to lighting the M1 motorway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22604/23]
    • Parking Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for the remarking of the car park at the front of a station (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Motor Fuels
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is has considered maintaining a supply of E5 fuel after 1 July 2023 for owners of older petrol vehicles; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Car Test Service requires the owner of a vehicle to present a driver's licence or public services card at test...
    • Road Safety
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safety measures, if any, that are being considered to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclist road users due to the high volume...
    • National Transport Authority
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline a timeline for when the National Transport Authority will produce recommendations on the development of camera-based...
    • Pension Provisions
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on correspondence and meetings by his officials around the CIÉ 1951 Pension Scheme; if he will confirm...
    • Road Projects
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide in tabular form the funding provided to local authorities for the Non-National Roadworks Programme in 2020, 2021, 2022 and...
    • Driver Test
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22641/23]
    • National Car Test
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a case for an NCT refund will be reviewed in light of the cancellation policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the persistent issue of unreliable Luas service on the Saggart line, with issues including schedules that are not being...
    • Ports Policy
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when boats (details supplied) will be inspected by the Port State Control under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding. [22794/23]
    • Public Transport
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which upgrade works will commence on the forecourt area of Bray train station; and if the forecourt will contain additional...
    • Road Safety Authority
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on any progress the RSA has made since it closed the temporary driving test centre in Drogheda on the...
    • National Transport Authority
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what future plans he has with respect to the use of contactless payments by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22936/23]
    • Transport Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a timeframe of an assessment on increasing capacity as per the Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022-2042 states in...
    • Rail Network
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Wexford-Waterford rail line will be in operation in time for Fleadh Cheoil 2024 to give passengers from Waterford, Cork, Limerick,...
    • Road Projects
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when adequate funding will be made available for structural repair works and a pedestrian bridge adjacent to Ardfinnan Bridge, County...
    • Road Safety
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, in conjunction with TII, will address safety concerns at a junction (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm whether 2015 vehicles are to be included under the extension on age limit for vehicles used as taxis, in view of the...
    • Social Media
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies...
    • Equality Issues
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under...
    • Road Safety
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will work to implement a hierarchy of users-based approach to road safety and legislation; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann will organise public meetings to discuss its plans regarding the DART+ Coastal North project. [23088/23]
    • Electric Vehicles
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the cost of electric cars in the State makes them accessible to lower and middle-income families; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify whether the TFI Real Time information app will have the same coverage and scope as the current Dublin Bus app; if he...
    • Bus Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when BusConnects in Dublin South West will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23146/23]
    • Road Projects
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 18 April 2023, if he has made a submission or if his officials have made a submission; and...
    • Bus Services
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to request a review of the current services of the A1/A2 bus route in Athlone, with a view to extending the service to...
    • Ports Policy
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the leasing of 14 hectares of space within the port of Dublin in order to service previously expected Brexit-related...
    • Bus Éireann
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of penalties and deductions for Bus Éireann service disruption by county between 2017 and 2022, in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the results of a recent Revenue survey which found that 30% of cigarettes smoked in Ireland are either illegal cigarettes or are being...
    • Banking Sector
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can explain the reason the main banks are not paying any interest on deposit accounts held on behalf of ordinary citizens, despite the increase in...
    • Housing Schemes
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance when the help-to-buy scheme will be expanded to help private renters who are facing eviction to buy their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis under which the hypothecation of the betting tax for the Horse and Greyhound Fund, as is stated in Section 12 (4) of the Horse and Greyhound...
    • Housing Schemes
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the help-to-buy scheme to include help for first-time buyers with the purchase of second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defective Building Materials
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on potential low-interest bridging loans to address working capital difficulties for Mica homeowners, contractors and suppliers; and if he will make...
    • Social Media
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that...
    • Equality Issues
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment...
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain what is meant by "the four-year rule", as recently quoted by a tax appeal commissioner, when overturning a tax assessment by Revenue; if he...
    • Vacant Properties
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated revenue in 2023 from the vacant property tax if it were to be increased to 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% with a vacancy rate of 3.2% and 7.8%, in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • EU Funding
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on Ireland's transfer of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to the REPowerEU fund; if a timeline can be...
    • Departmental Contracts
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with frontline security, including any that are subcontracted to...
    • State Properties
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which it is expected to complete the Block J Refurbishment at Garda HQ; the contractor engaged for the delivery of the...
    • Coast Guard Service
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the upgrade of facilities for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22470/23]
    • Heritage Sites
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has plans to construct public toilets and additional information signage in the vicinity of the car park at Grianán of...
    • Public Appointments Service
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the short-listing procedure and scoring matrix used by the Public Appointments Service regarding the appointment of...
    • Local Authorities
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for regular updates of the job description and appointment assessment procedure for the role of the chief executive of a local...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all major public projects with an estimated cost of over €200 million at any stage of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all external assurance process reviews tendered for to date; the value of the contract and the name...
    • Office of Public Works
      287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for resources to be issued to the OPW to allow them to extend the opening hours of (details supplied) to be in line...
    • Departmental Contracts
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion of contracts awarded under the Office of Government Framework for the Provision of Electricity Supply to Public Sector...
    • Flood Risk Management
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to reduce the water levels at Termonbarry Harbour, County Roscommon, to previous levels and have the gates re-opened...
    • Office of Public Works
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the OPW is denying access to Oweynagat Cave, Rathcroghan, County Roscommon; the steps that will be taken to ensure access to...
    • Public Sector Staff
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has any plans to change or discontinue the additional superannuation contribution (ASC) for public servants; and if he will make a...
    • Social Media
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
    • Equality Issues
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of suppliers currently on the Office of Government Procurement Multi-Supplier Framework for the provision of executive...
    • Office of Public Works
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revenue generated through visitors' entrance fees to heritage sites under the remit of the OPW in 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
    • Public Sector Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that degrees undertaken by State employees paid for by public monies are suitable for the areas they...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Policies
      297. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is an overall cross-departmental approach to the rapidly developing technology surrounding artificial intelligence; and the...
    • Trade Missions
      298. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a Trade Mission to Canada is scheduled for Quarter 3, this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22388/23]
    • Visa Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the salary figure for visa applications relative to the hospitality sector will be reduced to €25,000 per annum to enable...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      300. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to make an order to commence Part 3 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 regarding the...
    • Employment Rights
      301. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any plans to change the minimum wage for persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Sanctions
      302. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of any Irish companies that are circumventing trade sanctions/trade embargoes with Russia; and the process in place to...
    • Irish Sign Language
      303. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations specific to his Department...
    • Consumer Protection
      304. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 9 May 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of complaints made to the CCPC...
    • Ukraine War
      306. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will assist displaced Ukrainians residing in other European countries to work and live in Ireland (details...
    • Social Media
      307. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
    • Equality Issues
      308. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation...
    • Employment Rights
      309. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking in response to working conditions being unilaterally changed by workers employed to fulfil orders for a...
    • Business Supports
      310. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants available for a person who wants to make their own picture frames from their own garage (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      311. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of the disruptive technologies innovation fund that has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • State Examinations
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to increase the number of Travellers who sit the Leaving Certificate exam each year; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22403/23]
    • School Accommodation
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm when a school (details supplied) can expect an update on its school accommodation extension submission; and if she will make...
    • Education and Training Boards
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment figures for each ETB school in Tipperary for each of the years 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [22500/23]
    • School Transport
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made regarding individual transport for a student (details supplied) in County Cork. [22518/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 4 May 2023, if it is anticipated that these classrooms will be available to meet September 2023...
    • Departmental Funding
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) and reconsider a decision to withdraw recognition and funding from this organisation....
    • Special Educational Needs
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort is being made to secure a placement in Kildare ASD unit for the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport tickets for the academic year 2023-24 will be facilitated in the case of the two sons of a person (details supplied); if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the two proposed additional classrooms and two special needs units are scheduled to commence construction at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the supports available to schools to access and install solar panels; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the SNA contract in line with commitments under the Building Momentum national pay agreement; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in County Mayo is being denied school transport in view of the fact that this student qualifies under the...
    • School Equipment
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of blind and vision-impaired students who have received assistive technology from her Department in the past five years, broken down...
    • School Staff
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department’s work to provide additional continuous professional development and supports to SNAs; if...
    • School Transport
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the grants for children attending special schools or the transport options provided to children attending special...
    • School Admissions
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine urgently the case of a child (details supplied); if she will provide a suitable school place for them; and if she will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and how schools can apply for solar panels on their buildings as part of the commitment the Government gave last September to put solar on...
    • School Transport
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans her Department has for the transport of pupils to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22735/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new school building project for a school (details supplied) will commence; the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will...
    • Irish Sign Language
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations specific to her Department outlined in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the financial contribution will be paid by her Department in respect of a pedestrian road crossing for a school (details supplied) as per...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of physics teachers in Gaeltacht schools; the measures being implemented to overcome this shortage; and if she will...
    • Irish Language
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the strategy for teaching Irish in schools outside of Gaeltacht areas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an approved building project for a school (details supplied) which includes five new classrooms as part of a two-storey...
    • School Transport
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the review into the school bus transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22932/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special education pre-school facilities that are available for a child (details supplied) who has a diagnosis of autism and their parents...
    • Departmental Policies
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a clear policy regarding devices for school work in secondary schools; if she is aware that some schools insist students...
    • School Textbooks
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can request a monetary contribution per child from parents toward the cost of providing the free primary schoolbooks scheme; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the project progressing; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of caretakers employed in schools across Ireland under the TUS and broken down by county; the cost of this to the Exchequer per annum;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a funding line request for a school (details supplied) to contest a competition. [22992/23]
    • Social Media
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
    • Equality Issues
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under hers remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the...
    • State Examinations
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if specific additional accommodation can be made for students taking State examinations who suffer from dyslexia; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take and the measures she is examining to reduce carbon emissions associated with the school transport scheme. [23152/23]
    • State Examinations
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing extra time in State examinations for dyslexic students. [23167/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adjustments can be made for retired teachers in order that they are not penalised in their pension for working more than 50 days as part of a...
    • Business Supports
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes, further supports and initiatives for enterprise and business community that are funded under her Department; the capital, current...
    • State Examinations
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency request for reasonable accommodations at the Leaving Certificate examinations will be taken into account for a candidate (details...
    • School Admissions
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she continues to liaise with the various school authorities in County Kildare and nationwide within whose areas there appears...
    • School Accommodation
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to meet the challenges in terms of primary and second level school accommodation and...
    • Departmental Priorities
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the present position in regard to the development of the three-school project including replacement for schools (details supplied); the progress...
    • Departmental Communications
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to have dialogue with the various pre-school, primary and post-primary school authorities in Leixlip, County...
    • School Transport
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate in respect of school places and schools transport in Clane and Straffan, County Kildare, the extent to which she and her Department...
    • Departmental Priorities
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all efforts are being to ensure the availability of special needs school places at primary and second level schools...
    • Schools Building Projects
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects in County Kildare at planning stage that are currently incorporating the provision of additional buildings...
    • School Transport
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 February 2023, if her Department will consider advising Bus Éireann’s school transport...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Contracts
      383. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with frontline security, including any that are subcontracted...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      384. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the 2021 and 2022 capital budget allocation to her Department; the percentage of that funding that was actually spent in each of...
    • Departmental Funding
      385. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full level of Exchequer funding provided to a sporting organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      386. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company limited by guarantee, whose primary purpose is the development of sports and leisure facilities in a local area, was...
    • Irish Sign Language
      387. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations specific to her...
    • Departmental Funding
      388. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any grants or funding available for a school (details supplied) to travel and compete in a competition. [22993/23]
    • Social Media
      389. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
    • Equality Issues
      390. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under hers remit meet their obligations for reasonable...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Rental Sector
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend Part V rules to allow a tenant in situ to purchase their local authority property; and if he will make a...
    • Local Area Plans
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people waiting on local authority housing lists per local authority; the average waiting time per list; the use...
    • Defective Building Materials
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the position on defective building materials; the agency responsible for oversight in this area; if he will...
    • Local Area Plans
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all stalled capital advance loan facility-funded social housing projects, indicating the local...
    • Housing Schemes
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 25 April 2023, when he will issue a circular to local authorities setting out the...
    • Building Regulations
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all organisations and individuals that have made a submission to his Department’s review...
    • Departmental Policies
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department’s policy to remove a social housing applicant from choice-based letting for a year following a first...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific supports available to those accessing homelessness services and who are in employment; and if he will make a...
    • Commercial Rates
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government’s plans for the abolition of rates, in view of the recommendation of the Commission of Taxation for the...
    • Water Charges
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to assist people who are building houses and who started prior to 25 April 2023 and waiver water charges due...
    • Housing Policy
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered creating a housing information office to provide a centralised space for people to go to when seeking...
    • Rental Sector
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the regulations underpinning the tenant purchase scheme to expand eligibility for persons in...
    • Water Supply
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if supplemental funding could be increased to enable a community water connection (details supplied) to proceed in order that...
    • International Protection
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement, if any, he has had with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Dublin...
    • Housing Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised guidelines and application forms for the croí cónaithe scheme will be released following recent...
    • Mayoral Election
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the progress made in establishing a democratically-elected mayor for Limerick; when the people...
    • Electoral Process
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason citizens completing register-to-vote forms are now required to pay for postage, when previously such forms could be...
    • Housing Provision
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently intervene to ensure that a property is prepared and allocated by a housing body (details supplied). [22751/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and approvals for the first home scheme that have been made in counties Kerry, Cork, Limerick,...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether it is intended to re-open the caravan loan scheme in 2023; when it is likely this scheme will open, in view of the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new applications for housing adaptation grants within the Louth County...
    • Derelict Sites
      415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what powers he has to compel local authorities to form a vacant sites register; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 15 AHB housing units (details supplied) approved for construction in Ballyglass Road, Howth, Fingal, in July 2015 have...
    • Rental Sector
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the process for allocating cost rental properties managed by approved housing associations, in particular, given...
    • Social Media
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of...
    • Equality Issues
      429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable...
    • Fire Safety
      430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests his Department has received from Dublin City Council seeking funding to purchase additional emergency...
    • Tourism Policy
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on permitting flexibility in planning laws to enable guesthouse owners set up on-set pods as additional bedrooms to...
    • Housing Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the certification documents required by Approved Housing Bodies in a case (details supplied) before new units can be occupied;...
    • Vacant Properties
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if flexibility will be granted on the 24-month vacancy criteria for the refurbishing vacant home grant scheme for an...
    • Development Contributions
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when details will be given regarding the removal of the development levy for one-off housing; the conditions relating to its...
    • Vacant Properties
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who has a pending vacant property refurbishment grant application as their principal residence submitted to their...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend child benefit to children who are 18 years or over and attending full-time post-primary education; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration would be given to review the reasons that a person (details supplied) was unsuccessful in their carer's...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a public services card or other photographic identification is required to be presented in order to collect a social...
    • State Pensions
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently claiming the State pension (contributory) and (non-contributory), respectively; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to increase the levels of disability payments and allowances to reflect the very different costs of disability...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider writing off, on compassionate grounds, the debt of a person (details supplied). [22513/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the practice of reducing the State pension (non-contributory) due to the decision of the householder to rent their home...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for non-payment of the €200 cost-of-living lump sum payment commencing 24 April 2023 to an individual...
    • Pension Provisions
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the sale of residence disregard is not applicable to a person who is not a burden on the State at the date of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a disability allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Insurance
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm the number of public servants who were transferred from a class A to Class D stamp (public servants...
    • Budget Process
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider bringing forward supports, including tax relief, for the non-custodial parents/guardians of children, as...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on a payment for a person (details supplied). [22679/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a school (details supplied); if she is aware that this school now has a funding shortfall...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person applies for the additional needs payment to purchase a household appliance such as a cooker, fridge or washing...
    • Irish Sign Language
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations specific to her...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what assessable property was used by a deciding officer in County Donegal to carry out a means assessment for a jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Media
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of...
    • Equality Issues
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under hers remit meet their obligations for reasonable...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an applicant (details supplied) can expect a decision on their invalidity pension appeal. [23059/23]
    • Employment Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the rate of pay for those working on jobs initiative schemes in light of significant increases...
    • Departmental Schemes
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for invalidity pension in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of applications made that...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Business Supports
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the programmes, further supports and initiatives for enterprise and business community that are funded under her Department;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of international protection applicants not offered accommodation by IPAS who have been issued any payment under...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Parking Provision
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to the IMMA in respect of additional car parking spaces for staff based at the new Military Road Garda...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration he has given to the establishment of a domestic independent body or bodies for the purpose of the monitoring...
    • An Garda Síochána
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on hiring crowd control barriers in 2022 and to-date in 2023; when is this...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify, given the crisis in Sudan, the pathways that exist for family reunification for Irish citizens with family...
    • Deportation Orders
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been made by persons seeking to have their deportation order revoked, pursuant to the...
    • International Protection
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal on an application from a person (details...
    • Control of Firearms
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality where and when he will meet the representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of the Family Courts Bill 2022; when he expects it to reach Committee Stage; and...
    • Freedom of Speech
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of submissions received in relation to the recent public consultation on hate speech and hate crime; the...
    • Work Permits
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a delegation of workers (details supplied) who are facing redundancy and are in Ireland on Stamp 1 working...
    • Prison Service
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a timeframe on the opening of the new women's prison in Limerick; the reason for the current delay; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will seek an update on the application for a visa by a person (details supplied) which was made during the summer of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality he progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of the daughter of a person (details...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 17 November 2022, the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years...
    • An Garda Síochána
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to give a budgetary breakdown of the 115% (€500,000) increase in allocation from €436,000 to €900,000 for...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications awaiting decision on naturalisation whereby the application is with his Department for 3, 4, 5 and...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the naturalisation ceremony in Ireland is held only twice a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 15 February 2022, if updated figures are available relating to concerns raised...
    • Paramilitary Groups
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to proscribe formally a group (detail supplied) as a terrorist organisation under the Offences Against the State...
    • Prison Service
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons incarcerated in Ireland currently for cannabis-related offences, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Social Media
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of...
    • Equality Issues
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable...
    • An Garda Síochána
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided to increase the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit; and, if so, when these new dogs will come...
    • Legislative Reviews
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to update the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003. [23098/23]
    • Coroners Service
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the month and year in which the last review of the remuneration of a sector (details supplied) was carried out by the...
    • International Protection
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and mean processing times for applications under the accelerated procedure for "safe countries of origin" (the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fishing Industry
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in paying fishermen compensation; the timeframe for paying them in 2023 and ensuring there will be no loss...
    • Farm Partnerships
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a farm partnership will be finalised in respect of a couple (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Forestry Sector
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences that have been issued within five to six months of receipt by the Forest Service of his...
    • Agriculture Supports
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on recent media reports that a possible dairy retirement and reduction scheme may be introduced in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if "Future Energy Ireland", a joint venture between Coillte and the ESB, is required to report to him; if Future Energy Ireland falls...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request a detailed report from HRI/IHRB as to how many meetings the Irish Thoroughbred Welfare Council has had, who...
    • Departmental Functions
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the responsibility for the horse and greyhound fund transferred from the Department of Sport to the Department of...
    • Land Issues
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department deducted land from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and then declared an overclaim, in view of...
    • Tillage Sector
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to encourage carbon farming, including schemes or policies to recognise the work of the tillage sector in this...
    • Agriculture Supports
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support farmers in hiring agricultural workers and to encourage more people take up work as agricultural...
    • Legislative Measures
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Section 12 (4) of the Horse and Greyhound Act 2001 has been amended since the Act was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas....
    • Animal Culls
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the members of the public that were involved in the survey in relation to the first major public consultation into the impact of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the announced low-emission slurry scheme under TAMS 3 will be available to contractors; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there is no backlog of applications waiting to be processed for afforestation, ash dieback or forest road...
    • Brexit Supports
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 9 May 2023, if he will direct officials in his Department to develop a case study for...
    • Fishing Industry
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the fishing boat scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22958/23]
    • Social Media
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
    • Equality Issues
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation...
    • Departmental Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTE staff, by grade, working within the import controls operations division within his Department as of 10 May 2023; the number...
    • Bord Bia
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia’s remit includes the promotion of Irish tillage farmers, and their inclusion in Origin Green; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Communications
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media concerning a report...
    • International Agreements
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding plans for a sanitary agreement to be established between Ireland and Algeria for dairy and...
    • Agriculture Supports
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2021 Beep payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry following a sucessful appeal; and if he will make...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Health Service Executive
      551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will instruct the HSE to sanction additional nursing support in order that children with complex medical...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what additional capacity is being made available to the HSE to undertake assessments of needs in Dublin south,...
    • Departmental Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the structure in place to fund the provision of nursing support to children with complex medical issues in...
    • Parental Leave
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his intention in relation to extending parental leave up to the age of 16 years for children, for all parents;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the portion of the €259 million full-year core funding that was used to meet the ERO...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that a three-year-old child (details supplied) is still waiting for an assessment of needs. [22473/23]
    • International Protection
      558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS procurement will provide an update to an accommodation owner (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications that were made from counties Cavan and Monaghan to the communities integration fund...
    • Child and Family Agency
      560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to increase the funding to Tusla in order that it can provide additional staff in family...
    • Medical Cards
      561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when enhanced medical cards will be made available to survivors of mother-and-baby-home institutions. [22535/23]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a payment will issue to a centre housing asylum seekers (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
    • Disability Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans, if any, to put in place community neurorehabilitation teams for people living with neurological...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would consider more flexibility with the ECCE hours to accommodate parents on shift work; and if he will...
    • Asylum Seekers
      565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average cost per person per night to accommodate individuals at the IPAS centre at Richmond Street, Dublin...
    • Paternity Leave
      566. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the illnesses acceptable when producing a medical certificate signed by a...
    • Childcare Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider bringing forward supports, including tax relief, for individuals who employ childminders, as...
    • Disability Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine alternative transport options and timetabling for persons (details supplied) with disabilities...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the plan to pay redress to the survivors of mother and baby homes who satisfy the existing...
    • Asylum Seekers
      570. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Dublin Region...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 will be put as a priority before the summer recess...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding schemes offered by his Department for established early childhood education providers to construct a...
    • Asylum Seekers
      573. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that all individuals in the international protection system are provided with...
    • Irish Sign Language
      574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations...
    • Childcare Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are in place for working parents who cannot source placements for their children in childcare...
    • Disability Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how personal assistance hours can be divided between two service providers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Workplace Relations Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the provisions in relation to remote working as part of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions...
    • Public Sector Pay
      578. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the salary scale range, including all benefits, for the grade of chief social worker. [23002/23]
    • Child Protection
      579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people under 18 years of age in each Tusla local area office. [23015/23]
    • Children in Care
      580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in care, broken down by each Tusla local area office. [23016/23]
    • Child and Family Agency
      585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of young people in aftercare receiving an aftercare allowance, broken down by each Tusla local...
    • Children in Care
      586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on their third or subsequent placement in the past 12 months, broken down by each Tusla...
    • Social Media
      587. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media posts made on each of his departmental social media accounts or the social media...
    • Equality Issues
      588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for...
    • Child and Family Agency
      589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on an individual seeking information under the Birth Information and Tracing Act...
    • Child Protection
      590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of eligibility assessments for childcare services under the Childcare Act carried out in 2022 and to...
    • International Protection
      593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans to extend eligibility for the daily expenses allowance or an equivalent payment to...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria applied to the long-term illness scheme; if Addison's disease will be included in the scheme; if the scheme or other schemes will be extended to...
    • Hospital Staff
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologist based at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [22376/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pacemaker procedures carried out in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the hospitals in which these procedures are carried...
    • Ambulance Service
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles allocated to each HSE ambulance basis and that are available to attend emergency incidents on a 24-7 basis, in tabular...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an operation in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22391/23]
    • Hospital Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health to advise the reason the podiatry service in the diabetes centre in Loughlinstown Hospital has been removed; whether there are plans to replace it; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if any plans are being made to address the fact that staff in an organisation (details supplied) have not had a pay rise for fourteen years; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to get reimbursed from the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023; if funding for 2023 has been reduced; if so,...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the overcrowding at Letterkenny University Hospital last week; if any plans are in place to deal with this issue; and if he will make a...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      610. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 April 2023, if nursing degrees obtained in India will meet the criteria for renewal of the general employment...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are still frontline workers who have not received the pandemic payment; the action a frontline healthcare worker should take if they...
    • Home Care Packages
      613. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with the home help support, already allocated, so that he can return home from nursing home care; and if he...
    • Healthcare Policy
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if mask-wearing in health facilities such as hospitals reduces transmission of Covid-19 and/or RSV; if he will outline any evidential basis for same; and if he...
    • Patient Files
      615. To ask the Minister for Health his views on patients’ access to genetic testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22524/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of payment made to private nursing homes, under the nursing home subvention scheme (fair deal), broken down by health region, in tabular form; the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      619. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are discussions taking place about a new WHO international agreement that would oblige Ireland to follow a course set out by WHO in the event of...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      620. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is intended to appoint a project team to manage the development of the three major proposed health projects on the Newcastle Road site of GUH,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 25 April 2023, the reason an initial €4 million costing of a rebuild of the Carraig Mór mental health...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider establishing community mental health residences in Cobh and Youghal, as well as Midleton, to bring the combined Midleton/Youghal and...
    • Nursing Homes
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the public nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person who has entered long-term care and who has agreed to rent out their home is assessed on the double for this income by having the...
    • Health Services Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there have been difficulties experienced by home support workers with the pay and expense system (details supplied); when the matters will be...
    • Medical Cards
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when the scheme for GP-only cards for households earning under €46,000 per year will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports available to those hoarding and support for decluttering, either through his Department or through the HSE; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Policy
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if data on the rates of hoarding as a mental health concern are collected and collated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22582/23]
    • Health Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to date in relation to furthering the expansion of the heel prick test for newborn screening in Ireland, with regard to specific testing for...
    • Home Care Packages
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for home help support can be approved for a person (details supplied). [22594/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      635. To ask the Minister for Health how a non-national physiotherapist (details supplied) can meet work placement requirements enforced by CORU for physiotherapy practice in Ireland if the...
    • Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a formal complaint made against a centre (details supplied) based on the rejection of one of the Alzheimer’s patients attending a person;...
    • Community Care
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the urgent need of a community health nurse assessment by Cabinteely primary care centre for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22600/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties women are facing when trying to access vital medicines for hyperemesis gravidarum; if he will provide an update on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      640. To ask the Minister for Health following the recent pandemic, the health system saw the usage of PPE soar beyond anything the State has ever experienced; the vast majority of this involved...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with employment agencies to ensure the €1,000 Covid bonus payment has been paid to all those workers who are entitled to same;...
    • Medicinal Products
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals to establish an independent inquiry into the use of, and adverse outcomes related to, sodium valproate (epilim) in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      645. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in the Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [22642/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware there is a significant shortage of some medications at the current time; if he is aware that pharmacists are unable to indicate when the issue...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied). [22644/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to deliver a living wage for home support workers and healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to repurpose disused and vacant HSE-owned buildings for community facilities or other uses; if his attention has been drawn to the high...
    • Health Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has mobility issues will be given an urgent appointment to see an occupational therapist. [22670/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the €1,000 pandemic recognition payment, having worked in a nursing home throughout the...
    • Mental Health Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to reduce the number of CAMHS teams from the current total of 73; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/23]
    • Health Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE in the midwest will provide physiotherapy for children diagnosed with primary lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/23]
    • Home Help Service
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency home help can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the appropriate contact can be made with the person's family; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if dialectical behaviour therapy treatment is due to continue locally in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work being carried out to rectify shortages of public health nurses at seven locations in Dublin (details supplied); the...
    • Nursing Homes
      660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 22 February 2022, if an update can be provided on the number of social work investigations, reviews, NIRP reports,...
    • Home Care Packages
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the funding proposals he has considered for the HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds to population in each hospital, by bed type, in tabular form. [22753/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the drafting of legislation for the GP card for children under seven years, as provided for in budget 2023; the reason for the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      666. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023, 1151 of 21 March 2023 and 1452 of 18 April 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the...
    • Health Services Staff
      667. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 674 of 28 March 2023 and 1451 of 18 April 2023, the dates that meetings were scheduled since June 2022 between...
    • Mental Health Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 236 of 22 March 2023 and 1744 of 17 April 2023, the names of the HSE estates managers who approved contracts for...
    • Health Services Staff
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted any analysis of the cost of ensuring a living wage for health care assistants who are providing services in nursing homes to people whose...
    • Home Care Packages
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring a living wage for healthcare assistants and home support workers who are providing publicly contracted home support hours,...
    • Hospital Staff
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time-equivalent consultant vascular surgeons attached to University Hospital Waterford in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form;...
    • Health Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a dedicated chronic disease clinic in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22783/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time-equivalent radiographer sonographers working in Wexford General Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this...
    • Hospital Procedures
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeries carried out at Wexford General Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Strategies
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of...
    • Mental Health Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the independent review of the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in the State by the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      679. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 8 February 2023, if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has yet to receive their pandemic...
    • Home Care Packages
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new home care tender 2023; the reason for any delays to date; how they are being expedited; if he is committed to engaging with...
    • Health Strategies
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a timeline for the publication of the current review of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22939/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pandemic bonus payment for three agency workers (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22941/23]
    • Home Care Packages
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of Tender 2023 which will set out how the homecare sector will operate over the next several years; the reason the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      689. To ask the Minister for Health what progress is being made in appointing an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22985/23]
    • Home Care Packages
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date timeframe as to when he expects the statutory home support scheme to be finalised and operational. [22986/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an up-to-date assessment of the ongoing effects of the impact of isolation on the mental health and wellbeing on the elderly...
    • Departmental Investigations
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if he has informed himself and can provide data for each of the past five years regarding the number of complaints reported to the HSE and HIQA with respect to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an eye apointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22990/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of statements of interest submitted by hospital consultants employed at Children's Health Ireland and its predecessor hospital organisations,...
    • Dental Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 10 May 2023, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is referred for orthodontic treatment before she...
    • Health Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive assessment will be undertaken as a matter of urgency by the public health nurse of the homecare needs and supports required by a person...
    • Health Services Staff
      699. To ask the Minister for Health when retired HSE employees can expect to receive increases in their pension in accordance with terms and conditions of their retirement; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data regarding the number of deaths recorded as prescription related overdose from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      701. To ask the Minister for Health what engagement has taken place with the HSE with regard to providing additional financial supports for patients requiring a higher level of care in private...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      702. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on waiting times for gynaecological outpatient waiting lists in hospitals nationwide of the conditions the referrals relate including...
    • Hospital Facilities
      704. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update as to when specialist endometriosis services located at Tallaght University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital will begin to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update in respect of his Department's plans to give additional training to general practitioners to enable them to diagnose women with...
    • Health Services Staff
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the additional revenue cost of staffing and servicing the additional acute inpatient beds added to the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [23012/23]
    • Social Media
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that...
    • Equality Issues
      708. To ask the Minister for Health how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment...
    • Medical Cards
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card review can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [23060/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric vascular surgeons working in the public health service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended...
    • Home Care Packages
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the names of for-profit, voluntary and not-for-profit companies that provided home care support to persons on behalf of the HSE within CHO7 in the years of...
    • Health Services Staff
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurology nurses in epilepsy working in Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further...
    • Health and Safety
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents that the HSE pest control service within Dublin attended in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if there is an...
    • Medicinal Products
      714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 13 January 2021, the status of the licensing and reimbursement of jorveza, used to treat eosinophilic...
    • Care Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the supply of residential care places in the Dublin, south Kildare and west Wicklow areas; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate lower rate of qualification for single-person households applying to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the screening services available for children for type one diabetes in Ireland and across Europe; if screening is provided by public health systems; and if so,...
    • Mental Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903...
    • Departmental Funding
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund annually from 2020 to date, inclusive; the amount spent to reduce specific community care waiting...
    • Mental Health Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 25 April 2023, the estimated costs associated with renovations of Millfield House, Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a commission on care for older people; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Nursing Home Expert Panel report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Recognition
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any advice from the National Gender Service to GPs not to provide blood testing facilities or to administer HRT therapies to people accessing...
    • Departmental Contracts
      731. To ask the Minister for Health concerning the homecare sector which has been engaged in discussions with his Department and the HSE since December 2022 about homecare Tender 2023; the reason...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      732. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, in view of...
    • Hospital Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if staff will be recruited for a department in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23189/23]
    • Health Services
      735. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will pay for all private assessments of children with autism from validated practitioners given that it has made a precedent by already doing so in...
    • Health Services Staff
      736. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 30 March 2023, if discussions between his Department and the HSE regarding funding for trainee counselling...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards
      737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the relevant ETB, Solas and other agencies regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Research and Training
      738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to medical students in Sudan who have been displaced by the current Sudanese conflict and who are now living in...
    • Technological Universities
      739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the technological universities will be able to borrow money on the financial markets in the same way as the traditional universities, given...
    • Departmental Reviews
      740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the OECD Report entitled: ‘A Review of Technological University Academic Career Paths, Contracts and Organisation in Ireland’...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarity on how the consortium-led apprenticeships will be rolled out in the technological universities; if he will provide...
    • Technological Universities
      742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will liaise with the Minister for Health to ensure that the pilot Together All Programme, funded jointly by the Higher Education Authority...
    • Further and Higher Education
      744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the announcement of a construction tender award for the long-awaited PPP funded engineering building block to the old Waterford IT...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 997 of 21 March 2023, the reason that a full response has not issued to date (details supplied); and if he...
    • Further and Higher Education
      746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has anymore plans to encourage the use of more online learning given the accommodation crisis facing students; and if he will make a...
    • Student Accommodation
      747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to bringing forward...
    • Abortion Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the health units in the various universities that are currently offering on-campus abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Education
      749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who dropped out of university in 2022, disaggregated by university name, course family, (i.e. engineering,...
    • Legislative Measures
      751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on any public engagement process with academics and stakeholders who have suggestions and concerns in relation to...
    • Research and Development
      752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of any Government-funded PhD grant schemes or financial support schemes which those without an undergraduate degree can apply for...
    • Research Funding
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the board will be appointed to the new research body that is a merger of the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland; how funds...
    • Irish Sign Language
      754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations specific to his Department outlined in...
    • Social Media
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
    • Equality Issues
      756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by county of apprenticeships available, in tabular form. [23188/23]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Social Media
      758. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public...
    • Equality Issues
      759. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under hers remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation...

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