Written answers
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) can be processed in advance of their upcoming travel date as all necessary supporting...
- Departmental Contracts
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
- Passport Services
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the refund for a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be issued. [23481/23]
- Departmental Funding
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for...
- Passport Services
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts in place to rectify the fault with the passport tracker that has not provided updates since 9 May; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Policy
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of providing a €100 electricity credit to each principal private residence; and if...
- Departmental Contracts
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021,...
- Departmental Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department...
- Energy Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities is responsible for protecting customers who use liquified petroleum...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for St. Bricin’s military hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23393/23]
- Departmental Contracts
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023;...
- United Nations
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of United Nations peace missions that Ireland has taken part in since 1960; the number of times Ireland indicated it would offer...
- Departmental Funding
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Development Plan
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork...
- Departmental Policies
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions that will be put in place following the introduction of E10 petrol to make E5 petrol available for use in small petrol...
- Departmental Functions
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body that regulates courier companies; and where one goes when they have an issue with those companies. [23330/23]
- Departmental Contracts
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
- Rail Network
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works will commence at a location (details supplied); and the estimated cost of this work. [23418/23]
- Dublin Bus
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any of the new busses in the Dublin Bus fleet will have the capacity to accommodate more than one wheelchair at any time. [23419/23]
- Road Network
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to provide a bypass of Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23548/23]
- Departmental Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent...
- Driver Licences
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has held or intends holding discussions with the Indian authorities regarding a mutual recognition of driving licences; and if he...
- Aviation Industry
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has held any discussions with relevant airlines about the possibility of direct flights between Ireland and India, given the large...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Rebates
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application made by a person (details supplied); if the application can be processed speedily due to the strain placed on the couple applying;...
- Financial Services
31. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will introduce to simplify switching mortgages. [23289/23]
- Banking Sector
33. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in light of recent bank frailty evident internationally and the failure of deposit insurance schemes developed pre-digital banking, he will provide the...
- Departmental Contracts
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount...
- Revenue Commissioners
35. To ask the Minister for Finance the capital budget allocation for the Revenue Commissioners in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [23420/23]
- National Asset Management Agency
36. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of Section 10 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009, he will provide a schedule of the funds released to its debtors and...
- Departmental Data
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the asset allocation of the National (Surplus) Reserve Fund, disaggregated by asset type and location, in tabular form; and...
- Tax Code
38. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons are expected to pay such a high rate of tax (details supplied) when they are exiting from investments; and if he will make a statement on...
- Universal Social Charge
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of abolishing USC for all earners and replacing it with a higher income social charge of 10% on all earnings over €100,000...
- Tax Code
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing tax bands by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23530/23]
- Departmental Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art scheme in...
- Banking Sector
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding from the banking levy could be used to assist in ensuring a network of bank branches throughout the country, in view of the major loss of such...
- Departmental Data
44. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators gave to the court, should be...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Policies
45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has any plans to reform the civil/public service to ensure greater accountability, transparency and that senior management is...
- Departmental Programmes
46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the bodies included in the second phase of the implementation of the Financial Management Shared Services Project; the number that will...
- An Garda Síochána
51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the way in which income derived from telecom masts at Garda stations is accounted for; and if it is returned to the...
- Departmental Contracts
52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
- Office of Public Works
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has awarded the contract for works at a location (details supplied); if so, the name of the company awarded the contract; and...
- Flood Risk Management
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Bantry flood relief scheme. [23546/23]
- Departmental Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the planned amendment to the rostering system for a company (details supplied) which has been...
- Work Permits
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23358/23]
- A Vision for Change
60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider changes to the work permit scheme to allow those coming to work as health care assistants to bring their spouses...
- Departmental Contracts
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date...
- Labour Court
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the options available to workers of a company (details supplied). [23441/23]
- Foreign Direct Investment
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial return generated from IDA Ireland investments in 2022; and the projected return for 2023. [23473/23]
- EU Directives
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the public consultation in respect of the transposition of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU)...
- EU Regulations
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will set out the mechanisms in place in his Department to ensure full corporate compliance with the EU’s Disclosure of...
- Departmental Policies
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment following the expiry of Ireland’s second CSR Action Plan (Towards Responsible Business 2017-2020), if it is his intention to...
- Departmental Funding
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a school bus place for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23394/23]
- School Accommodation
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to a capital appraisal for a school (details supplied) to assess whether a new building is required for...
- School Facilities
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to an application by a school (details supplied) for emergency works funding for safety features...
- School Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ‘Primary Teachers Appointment/Re-appointment Form 23/24’ will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Development Plan
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in Cork South...
- Educational Disadvantage
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is giving consideration to DEIS proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23326/23]
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dáta faoina dtarlóidh an chéad chéim eile den phróiseas ullmhaithe le haghaidh Polasaí don Oideachas...
- State Examinations
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant extra time on examinations to candidates with dyslexia to complete State exams, both Junior and Leaving Certificate (details...
- Educational Disadvantage
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the model of the NEIC (North East Inner City) Multidisciplinary Teams to include all schools with a DEIS band 1 status in...
- Special Educational Needs
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of additional ASD places expected to be available in Dublin 9 and 11 at both primary and post-primary level for the next...
- State Examinations
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a petition for additional time to be introduced for students with dyslexia in the State examinations; if she...
- School Admissions
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made to ensure a school place for all pupils who will be commencing second-level in an English-language school in...
- School Accommodation
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation with the proposed extension for an urgently needed learning support room, which is required for a school (details supplied)...
- Departmental Contracts
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to her Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023;...
- School Accommodation
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation with the proposed extension for an urgently needed learning support room which is required for a school (details supplied)...
- School Staff
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider fair post-primary relocation as a system of redeployment allowing teachers in the post primary sector to relocate from one...
- State Examinations
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the provision of additional assistance to students who are diagnosed with dyslexia who require readers to assist them with...
- School Curriculum
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given a report (details supplied) which outlined that over 37% of 15-to-24-year-olds have an alcohol use disorder, the timeline for the updated...
- School Funding
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available for a sports-related workshop in a primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by her Department under the per cent for art...
- School Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ICT grant for the school year 2022/2023 will be sent to schools; and if she can ensure the 2023/2024 ICT grant will be released to...
- Special Educational Needs
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the shortage of special needs and ASD school places in Kildare South, when he anticipates the ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Development Plan
103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in...
- Departmental Bodies
104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name, function and establishment date of all organisations and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of...
- Tourism Promotion
105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the recruitment campaign for a new CEO of Tourism Ireland is being carried out just within the State or worldwide; and when she...
- Departmental Contracts
106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to her Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to...
- Tourism Promotion
107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the status of the St. Andrew’s Street church in Dublin; and if Fáilte Ireland still...
- Television Licence Fee
108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a report (details supplied) which was set up to examine reform of the TV licence fee, which was expected in Q1...
- Departmental Funding
109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by her Department under the...
- Tourism Promotion
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of sport-focused journalists, sport-focused personalities, and sport-focused publications, to...
- Sports Organisations
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her engagement to date with RTÉ and the GAA in making more GAA games free-to-air; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Waterways Ireland
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the work programme for Waterways Ireland completed on river Shannon maintenance since 2020 and scheduled for...
- Wastewater Treatment
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding two applications submitted by Clare County Council to his Department for wastewater...
- Housing Schemes
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will fund proposals in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/23]
- National Development Plan
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed...
- Departmental Contracts
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of external cleaning companies that provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2022 and to date in...
- Tax Code
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of funding local authorities in place of revenue for the local property tax; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance claim in view of the circumstances in the case of a person (details...
- Departmental Contracts
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to her Department in the years of 2021, 2022...
- Citizens Information Services
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Citizens Information Board will publish its Citizens Information Service Advocacy Annual Report for 2022; when the...
- Departmental Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by her Department under...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Service
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people within the prison population who have foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; the awareness training for staff...
- Legal Services Regulation
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress his Department has made on implementing the legal reforms suggested under the EU/IMF restructure programme. [23291/23]
- Drug Dealing
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being introduced to tackle the illegal drug trade across Ireland. [23293/23]
- Domestic Violence
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports being provided to a location (details supplied); if, in light of additional demands on domestic abuses service, he...
- Family Reunification
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will implement a mechanism for those resident in Ireland to apply for a family reunification visa on behalf of family...
- Citizenship Applications
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) can expect a response to their application for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Contracts
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and...
- An Garda Síochána
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each divisional drugs unit as of 11 May 2023, in tabular form. [23428/23]
- Coroners Service
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current remuneration scales for a sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23476/23]
- Departmental Funding
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under...
- Courts Service
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule by year, amount and organisation in respect of the funding his Department has issued for the...
- Departmental Functions
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has established a dedicated group in his Department that focuses on sexual violence and the prevention of same; if his...
- Courts Service
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that appeared before a court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for rape, sexual assault; child sexual...
- Visa Applications
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether visa requirements for Indian citizens visiting Ireland are cumbersome; and his further views on reviewing...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Industry
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the potential grain and straw shortages this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports available for farmers to manage roadside ash trees infected by ash dieback disease; and if he will make a...
- Horse Racing Industry
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that more clarity is needed in relation to injuries sustained in relation to the policy that if a horse is injured at a...
- Departmental Contracts
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to...
- Water Quality
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether his Department has sought a delay to water quality reports under the nitrates derogation to allow the...
- Agriculture Industry
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Suckler Brand Oversight Group, including progress and spending to date; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a suckler scheme entry will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23493/23]
- State Properties
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ministerial consent was provided approving the 1983 transfer of a Land Commission Trust property (details supplied); and if he...
- Departmental Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per...
- Departmental Properties
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify whether his Department owns a site (details supplied). [23605/23]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in considering proposals for housing asylum seekers, if consideration is given to the existing population of an...
- Disability Services
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the staffing to caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types, and scale of therapists...
- International Protection
196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review correspondence from a company (details supplied) regarding delayed payments from the Ukrainian...
- Homeless Persons Supports
197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will legally mandate local authorities to ensure that the needs of every homeless child should be...
- Mother and Baby Homes
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the resources available to the survivors of mother-and-baby homes once they receive their information; if the...
- Departmental Contracts
199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of...
- International Protection
200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when three overdue payments will be paid to an accommodation centre (details supplied) providing accommodation...
- Family Resource Centres
201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if family resource centres will be guaranteed of their budget on a yearly basis (details supplied); and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 9 May 2023, if he will clarify his response in respect of the...
- Departmental Funding
203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his...
- Disability Services
204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to the finding of a report (details supplied) concerning children’s disability services that...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the average wait times for medical procedures in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23266/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
206. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment; if they are on the urgent or routine list; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
207. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for inpatient and outpatient neurology appointments at each hospital across the seven hospital groups, in tabular form; if he will provide...
- Dental Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children in County Donegal on the waiting list for HSE dental and orthodontic services at the end of each quarter 1 of each year 2019...
- Hospital Appointments Status
210. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery in Beaumont Hospital; if they are on the urgent or routine waiting list; and...
- Homeless Persons Supports
211. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on homeless services by his Department and agencies under his remit for each year since 2013; the estimated projected spend for 2023; and if he will...
- Cybersecurity Policy
212. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on implementing the recommendations of a report (details supplied). [23294/23]
- Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health his views on establishing a digital health agency to drive the digital change in Ireland's health service. [23295/23]
- Suicide Prevention
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the engagement he has had to date with an organisation (details supplied); and the financial supports his Department is providing it. [23297/23]
- Legislative Measures
216. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of legislation on safe access zones; the timeline for this legislation to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he...
- National Development Plan
217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork South West, including...
- Health Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that heel-prick screening includes testing for spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23311/23]
- Legislative Process
220. To ask the Minister for Health the date he is working towards for the second-stage discussion of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022. [23313/23]
- Health Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that workers in Section 39 (Health Act 2004) organisations receive the same annual leave entitlements as workers in Section 38...
- General Practitioner Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify when free GP care for under seven-year-olds will come into effect. [23318/23]
- Health Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health his views on plans for peer remuneration within an organisation (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the progress of the setting-up of the...
- Medicinal Products
226. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to the family of a young person who has been prescribed and had been taking Ozempic, until earlier this year when supplies dried up, and...
- Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health how the National Gender Service implements operational standards and guidance in fulfilling its remit under the Health Act 2004: Your Service, Your Say on...
- Nursing Homes
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue with the fair deal scheme (details supplied). [23379/23]
- Home Care Packages
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender; if he has engaged with representative organisations to ensure there are no delays to the 2023 tender;...
- Departmental Contracts
231. To ask the Minister for Health the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount...
- Hospital Procedures
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vascular surgeries performed in St. James's Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23421/23]
- Hospital Staff
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists attached to the Mater Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23422/23]
- Emergency Departments
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
- Hospital Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality, at St. Vincent's University Hospital; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form....
- Hospital Equipment
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart/lung machines in use in Beaumont Hospital. [23425/23]
- Emergency Departments
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff vacancies, by job title, currently in the accident and emergency department at Connolly Hospital; and when these vacancies will be...
- Nursing Homes
238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify as to the reason the HSE has not allocated additional nursing support in order that children with complex medical issues can attend school;...
- Disability Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of residential care service for adults with disabilities; the number of persons currently waiting for this...
- Health Service Executive
240. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to instruct the HSE national estates to appoint one design team to deliver the model 4 hospital to UHG, to include the ED department, maternity...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
241. To ask the Minister for Health if a new wheelchair will be supplied to a person (details supplied) with many medical needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23488/23]
- Medical Cards
242. To ask the Minister for Health the reason people with life-long disabilities are asked to submit reviews for their medical cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for April, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23533/23]
- Health Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health given a report (details supplied) which outlined that over 37% of 15-to-24-year-olds have an alcohol use disorder, the plans in place to combat this; and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
245. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23555/23]
- Departmental Funding
246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art scheme in...
- Mental Health Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients referred from emergency departments to community mental health teams in the past 12 months per hospital, and the average wait time for...
- Hospital Facilities
249. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline involved in delivering the capital project to be financed from the recent €75 million funding allocation for Tipperary University Hospital;...
- Home Care Packages
251. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the rate of €28.50 per hour that has reportedly been offered for homecare services under a prospective new authorisation scheme is...
- Health Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23631/23]
- Mental Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health further to your reply to my previous question confirming there are no mental health services for lorry drivers whose mental health has been badly affected by...
- Home Care Packages
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the expected date for completion of the homecare tender 2023 process; the reason behind the delay in its publication to date; whether or not...
- Medical Cards
255. To ask the Minister for Health if he can investigate the refusal of a medical card and mobility aids to a person (details supplied). [23693/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied) which highlighted that one in four employees stating they suffered from moderate levels of burnout,...
- Grant Payments
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are no provisions made for those who have been renting rooms in properties that are not registered with the RTB and are trying...
- National Development Plan
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork South...
- Technological Universities
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the delay of approval to purchase a shareholding (details supplied). [23327/23]
- Departmental Contracts
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023;...
- State Bodies
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that many State agencies, including local authorities, will not allow for their workers to upskill or reskill by undertaking...
- Departmental Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- National Development Plan
263. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in...
- Departmental Schemes
264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can confirm that Leader programming for the islands will be delivered entirely through Irish, including local development...
- Departmental Contracts
265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to her Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date...
- Departmental Funding
266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if officials from her Department will meet a delegation from an organisation (details supplied) to debrief them on the reason that...
- Departmental Schemes
267. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding being allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for the next round of Leader funding; how this compares...
- Departmental Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by her Department under the per...
