Written answers
Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Organisations
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how nature preservation and biodiversity initiates are being developed, advanced and supported in sports clubs nationwide; and if...
- Sports Funding
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund (LSSIF) will open for new applications; and if she will make a...
- Film Industry
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has read the recently published report on the section 481 film tax credit produced by the Budgetary Oversight Committee,...
- Sports Events
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the practical steps available to ensure that online GAA sporting content is not behind a paywall; and if she will make a statement...
- Film Industry
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention been drawn to the recommendations of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight Report on the Section 481 Film Tax...
- Legislative Measures
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on discussions with the European Commission regarding the Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill. [23457/23]
- Departmental Schemes
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she its taking to support festivals in meeting rising operating costs. [23338/23]
- Tourism Promotion
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the fruit and vegetable market in Dublin's north inner city (details supplied). [23664/23]
- Tourism Industry
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures her Department is taking to address staffing shortages in the tourism sector. [23456/23]
- An Coimisinéir Teanga
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 8506/23, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas an fheachtais earcaíochta maidir le...
- Commemorative Events
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the request by an organisation (details supplied) that both the national and international An Gorta Mór...
- Sports Events
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline when the Public Consultation on Designation of Major Sporting Events will be completed; does she anticipate...
- Tourism Policy
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding progress on the Wild Atlantic Walkway, as provided for in the Programme for Government; and if she will make...
- Broadcasting Sector
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she would support a review of the GAAGO subscription model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23666/23]
- Tourism Promotion
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details on how the Government is forward planning to boost tourism in mid County Louth, including areas such as Ardee,...
- Culture Ireland
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the difficulties experienced by Irish-based applicants to the diaphonique contemporary music fund, part-funded...
- An Ghaeltacht
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Meán faoin tacaíocht is féidir léi a chur ar fáil chun ceantar Mhúscraí a fhorbairt mar...
- Sports Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which award of further sports grants is anticipated in the coming year; the extent to which those who were...
- Sports Facilities
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide funding to Cork City Council to source and provide pitches for Glanmire Ladies Football Club. [23535/23]
- Sports Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regards to the Centre of Excellence in Glanmire, if she can outline the position in relation to entitlements and conditions of...
- Culture Policy
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with cultural and artistic groups in County Kildare and throughout the country at large...
- Tourism Promotion
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals, if any, there are to intensify marketing of the tourism potential of the Hidden Heartlands; and if she will make a...
- Irish Language
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her Department have tried to quantify the number of Irish speakers in the State; if she has identified any increase or...
- Na Meáin Chumarsáide
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí tar éis breathnú ar cén sainmhíniú a bhaineann le ‘cláir Ghaeilge’ i...
- Culture Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is going to request a further increase in the proportion of GDP that is spent on arts and culture in the forthcoming budget...
- Swimming Pools
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Government have received the National Swimming Strategy, and when it will be published; whether it is envisaged that this...
- Tourism Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what provisions her Department is taking to introduce financial supports to the tourism sector for the development of sustainable...
- Departmental Policies
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Departments strategy to deal with concerns about artificial intelligence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23668/23]
- Coláistí Samhraidh
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 3701/23, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an athbhreithniú ar chás na...
- Broadcasting Sector
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline her Department's plans to ensure that as many GAA games as possible are free to air; if she will outline her...
- Arts Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arts funding for Carlow in 2023; and what funding is for the visual arts centre in Carlow. [23670/23]
- Departmental Strategies
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 92 and 105 of 21 February 2023, to provide an update on the development of a National...
- Tourism Promotion
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work that is being undertaken by her Department to promote the Boyne Valley as a tourism destination; and if she will make a...
- Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an ráta íocaíochta a íocadh le teaghlaigh faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge ó...
- Artists' Remuneration
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on the progress of the universal basic income for artists pilot scheme; if she intends to expand it; and if she will make...
- Departmental Programmes
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the status of the Programme for Government commitment in respect of the roadmap for digital...
- Scéimeanna Tacaíochta
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici ardú breise eile a cheadú i mbliana do na teaghlaigh a choinníonn scoláirí...
- Tourism Industry
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what engagement her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in regards to the hire car shortage and increased...
- Departmental Policies
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Future of Media Commission; and if she will make a...
- Arts Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arts funding provided to groups in County Meath in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11465/23]
- Tourism Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide her response to the recommendation in the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media’s report...
- Departmental Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown for the moneys spent annually, and per project, as a result of the per cent for art scheme since the...
- Sports Facilities
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to discuss the need for a state-of-the-art sports facility in Alfie Byrne Park (details supplied). [23663/23]
- Tourism Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultations to date between her Department and its agencies with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in relation to the...
- Legislative Measures
73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the short-term tourist letting Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11466/23]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what incentives are being considered to prevent landlords leaving the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to use new technologies/building techniques to increase the delivery and supply of modular housing; and...
- Planning Issues
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the planning reforms to be implemented; how these reforms will speed up the delivery of critical...
- Traveller Accommodation
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Group on Traveller accommodation. [23331/23]
- Environmental Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise his intended next steps regarding the recently published Citizen’s Assembly report on Biodiversity;...
- Housing Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date since 2020 in bringing back to habitable use local authority housing stock that was vacant; and if he will...
- Wastewater Treatment
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to provide funding to Uisce Éireann to take in charge existing private wastewater treatment plants in...
- Housing Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost-rental homes delivered in north county Dublin in 2022. [23558/23]
- Fire Service
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on actions that are to be taken to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire...
- Housing Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many homes will be delivered by the LDA this year under the project tosaigh scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Policy
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering supports for the construction of affordable homes for purchase along the lines of the supports recently...
- Homeless Accommodation
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what he intends to do to ensure emergency accommodation is available for those who need it in their local particularly...
- Housing Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes to be delivered in Waterford in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Planning Issues
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the appeal process, if any, that is in place for farmers who unsuccessfully applied to local authorities to have lands zoned...
- Housing Policy
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the expansion of the croí cónaíthe scheme, if any consideration would be given to allow commercial...
- Building Regulations
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of Part B of the building regulations and related technical guidance documents. [23333/23]
- Housing Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on social housing provision in west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23603/23]
- Wastewater Treatment
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to launch a pilot scheme to provide sewage infrastructure in rural villages which are currently unsewered; and...
- Housing Schemes
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many buyers have now been approved under the first home scheme; how many of these approved applications are from Cork...
- Housing Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the move by Dublin City Council with regard to the regeneration of an estate (details supplied); and the...
- Cúrsaí Tithíochta
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas mar gheall ar na treoirlínte geallta don tithíocht agus don phleanáil...
- Housing Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the provision of affordable housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23204/23]
- Departmental Strategies
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the Implementation Plan for the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities...
- Defective Building Materials
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government will consider the 13 amendments to the Draft Defective Concrete Block Regulations put forward by the Mica...
- Legislative Measures
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a proposal from an organisation to reform homeless legislation so that local authorities and public...
- Housing Schemes
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding for housing adaptation grants for older and disabled people for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authorities
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on funding being provided to local authorities to cover the anticipated costs of moving to a single water...
- Housing Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied), where potential residents have been delayed from moving into...
- Housing Schemes
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of difficulties experienced by people purchasing their first home who are availing for more than one of the...
- Housing Policy
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the impact the lifting of the eviction ban has had on homelessness...
- Housing Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives he is taking to support the provision of rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23604/23]
- Departmental Reports
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the Residential Construction Cost Study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23063/23]
- Homeless Accommodation
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children living in Department of Housing-funded emergency accommodation in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and...
- Planning Issues
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to consult fishing bodies regarding offshore renewable projects. [23337/23]
- Housing Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number, separately, of social and affordable homes completed by Monaghan County Council in 2022; the targeted figure for...
- Housing Policy
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports, if any, in place by his Department to encourage over the shop living; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defective Building Materials
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the remediation of dwellings affected by the use of defective concrete blocks legislation to ensure 100%...
- Housing Policy
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key Housing for All achievements in the first quarter of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23642/23]
- Housing Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the revised guidelines for rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23344/23]
- Housing Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many social homes were delivered in 2022; how this compares to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23645/23]
- Housing Schemes
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider conducting a review into the administration and provision of adaptation grants for older people and those...
- Housing Policy
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his engagement with the Residential Tenancies Board concerning actions to address non-compliance with the...
- Housing Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on affordable housing at the glass bottle site in Ringsend, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water Services
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the waiver of water connection charges for new properties will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Wastewater Treatment
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding to Uisce Éireann for the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants that are currently...
- Housing Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider pre-purchasing affordable housing units similar to social housing, and a mechanism to speed up their...
- Rental Sector
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what actions he intends to take to reduce rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23567/23]
- Housing Policy
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to provide additional funding to local authorities to provide for the proper management of their existing and...
- Environmental Policy
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on how Ireland intends to implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Services
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that all communities without water are supported and fast-tracked in joining group water schemes as a matter...
- Defective Building Materials
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide interim funding for individuals living in defective apartments to carry out remedial works in advance of...
- Local Authorities
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a funding request from Cork County Council to support the appointment of additional vacant homes officers;...
- Housing Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units delivered in Galway city in 2022; the number of same that were new builds; the number of...
- Road Projects
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he or his Department have yet approved the method statements for the upgrade of the N59 road from Oughterard to Bun...
- Homeless Accommodation
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless people in north county Dublin; and the number of people on the social housing waiting list in north...
- Housing Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in tabular form the details of all applications for housing projects in each local authority area, where the...
- Housing Policy
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take action to ensure that the Residential Tenancies Board has the legislative power to investigate illegal...
- Housing Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out in tabular form details of all applications received from approved housing bodies for housing projects, where the...
- Water Services
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the submission of requests for the 2022-2024 Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering any planning exemptions relating to structures that currently do not act as residential accommodation,...
- Housing Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 9 March 2023, if he has received the report in respect of 2021, 2022 and to date...
- Housing Policy
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23640/23]
- Rental Sector
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can outline his plans to address the crisis in elderly accommodation in the private rental market in light of a recent...
- Housing Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delays being caused to social housing developments funded via SHIP, CALF and CAS arising from delays in...
- Housing Policy
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to this Deputy's question on Questions on Policy and Promised Legislation on 11 May 2023, if he will consider...
- Housing Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes in the construction status update; the number that have been at their particular stage since Q1 2022; and...
- Defective Building Materials
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with mortgage lenders with respect to forbearance measures; the provisions of bridging finance and solutions...
- Housing Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department's work regarding housing in the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in respect of an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
- Overseas Development Aid
181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of ODA drawn down for science capacity building in the past year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement on...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will have further discussions with the British Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the need for the...
- Departmental Bodies
183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 4 May 2023, the national processes to which he refers by which the Chair of the Consultative...
- Military Neutrality
185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the Government’s consideration of joining a NATO subsea group would breach Ireland’s neutrality as...
- Patent Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23948/23]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Sustainable Development Goals
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment following the announcement by his Department that credit unions have been appointed sustainable development goal...
- Renewable Energy Generation
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any assistance or funding available for a start-up company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific methane indicators used in Irish climate calculations and assessments which are based solely on...
- Renewable Energy Generation
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for information on why Parkwind’s Oriel Windfarm in Dundalk Bay was unsuccessful in its recent bid to generate...
- Department of Defence
- Citizens' Assembly
192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will establish a citizens' assembly on security in all aspects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23898/23]
- Military Neutrality
193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the Government’s consideration of joining a NATO subsea group would breach Ireland’s neutrality as reported...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Test
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the number of people waiting on a driving test in each county; when the backlog will be dealt with, given...
- Bus Services
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the decrease in frequency in the P29 bus service from Adamstown, Lucan to Ringsend; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Costs
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of making all public transport free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23797/23]
- Rural Schemes
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the rural transport programme, including the cost of the programme and the annual capital investment; and...
- Road Safety
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost in 2022 of providing funding across the country for safe routes to school. [23801/23]
- Road Safety Authority
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA issues guidelines to driving schools in order for driving instructors to be respectful and mindful of residents living in the...
- Electric Vehicles
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what his engagement to date has been with both Cork County Council and Cork City Council in progressing EV charging infrastructure for...
- Rail Network
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Irish Rail on the matter of their booking systems, which, when accessed via web browsers on smart phones and apps,...
- Road Network
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on an emerging preferred route for the N3 to N4 link road and any work that has progressed between NTA, TII,...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
206. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations governing the bike-to-work scheme; if a person can change their choice of bike or e-bike during the process of purchasing their chosen...
- National Debt
207. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect a drawdown from the National Reserve Fund would have on the national debt given that the fund reserve is currently invested in National Treasury...
- Tax Code
210. To ask the Minister for Finance the adjustment made for indexation of income tax bands and income tax rates when calculating the budgetary stance for Budget 2024. [23763/23]
- Tax Data
211. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional savings that could be made by not indexing income tax bands and income tax rates. [23764/23]
- Departmental Data
212. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual return on investments made by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund for each year since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Investigations
213. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State will be investigating whether a company (details supplied) has leaked any confidential State documents relating to tax to its own private...
- Banking Sector
214. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is taking any action to address the situation whereby banks and other financial institutions in Ireland have not paid any interest on...
- Departmental Data
215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the breakdown of new car sales in each VRT band for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23950/23]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
216. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Medical Board of Appeal for Disabled Drivers will be appointed (details supplied). [23970/23]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Living Wage
217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage set at €13.85 per hour for public and civil service workers. [23762/23]
- National Library
218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list every property owned or rented by the National Library of Ireland; the rent paid by the National Library of Ireland on...
- National Archives
219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list every property owned or rented by the National Archives of Ireland; the rent paid by the National Archives of Ireland on...
- Public Procurement Contracts
220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether a company (details supplied) will continue to be able to bid for State contracts while the Australian government...
- Office of Public Works
221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when two bridges (details supplied) in County Mayo were replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23784/23]
- Heritage Sites
224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the 780 heritage sites in the care of the Office of Public Works in tabular form, with a row to indicate whether or not...
- Office of Public Works
225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of annual expenditure each year since 2000 on the Office of Public Works: OPW Heritage Services; the...
- Public Spending Code
226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline a list of each job title in the employment complement of OPW Heritage Services; the annual salary attached to each...
- Office of Public Works
227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline a list of every external organisation or company provided funding by the OPW in relation to heritage services over...
- Public Spending Code
228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the two approval stages prior to implementation under the planned reforms to the public spending code; and if he will...
- Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocated funding for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Public Spending Code
233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for introducing the technical reviews conducted by his Department with external assurance process; if he will outline any...
- Flood Risk Management
234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23935/23]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
235. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department expects to proceed with the next stage of the Employment Permits Bill 2022; and if he can confirm that the Bill...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
236. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will pursue immediately with an international company the concerns outlined by a retail representative organisation (details...
- Consumer Protection
237. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fines that have been enforced for each year of the existence of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's...
- Enterprise Support Services
238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is any assistance or funding available for a start-up company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Industrial Development
239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will list the locations and completion dates for the 8 advanced uilding Solutions delivered under the IDA regional building...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teaching Qualifications
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher (details supplied) will receive recognition for their qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23718/23]
- Schools Building Projects
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when clarification will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo on the completion of the project brief; and if she will make a...
- Capitation Grants
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary levels by 5%; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one point at primary level. [23755/23]
- Special Educational Needs
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for school places at primary and second level for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing...
- State Examinations
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to offer Leaving Certificate students the same choices in their exam papers as was offered to students in 2022; and if she...
- Schools Building Projects
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23782/23]
- State Examinations
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that the Leaving Certificate results will be issued (details supplied). [23822/23]
- Schools Building Projects
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department owns land at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 15 ; if the land could be used as the permanent site for a school along...
- State Examinations
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with assistance for the Junior Certificate for a candidate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- School Facilities
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a school build (details supplied); when she expects the school to be open; and if she will make...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Famine Artefacts
257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the inaugural 2008 national famine commemoration date plaque will be unveiled 15 years after it was held at the Custom House...
- Irish Language
258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the funding programmes in relation to the Shared Island Unit that are under consideration to support the...
- Departmental Reports
259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of every report conducted by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service by year, published or...
- Departmental Properties
260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will list every property owned or rented by her Department; the rent paid by her Department or its predecessor Departments...
- Cultural Property Inventory
261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will list every property owned or rented by the Arts Council; the rent paid by the Arts Council on each property every year...
- Departmental Properties
268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any property owned or rented by her Department currently idle, or if any such property has been left idle for any...
- Departmental Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will list each local authority which currently employs an Arts officer; the annual salary of each officer; and the portion...
- Arts Council
271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline a list of each job title in the employ of the Arts Council; the annual salary attached to each title; the...
- Departmental Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline a list of every external organisation or company provided funding by her Department over the past ten years to...
- Arts Council
283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline a list of every external organisation or company provided funding by the Arts Council over the past ten years...
- State Bodies
294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the number of board members for each state agency, semi-State agency, and public body under the remit of her...
- National Archives
299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the number of board members for the National Archives of Ireland; the current allowance for members of the...
- State Bodies
300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the number of board members for the Abbey Theatre; the current allowance for members of the board; the total...
- Arts Policy
304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to support the arts on a county basis and at national level; and if she will make a statement on...
- Sports Funding
305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she and her Department have supported and continued to support the sport and recreational sector through the...
- Tourism Funding
307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department propose to support and promote the tourism sector at home and abroad in the current...
- Irish Language
309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to promote Irish language and culture in Gaeltacht areas throughout the...
- Tourism Promotion
310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to use the arts and Irish culture as a means of attracting tourism here; and...
- Sports Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether major capital sports projects are likely to be announced; if any changes to previous policy in this regard is...
- Tourism Industry
312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which opportunity exists for winter holidays in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23979/23]
- Departmental Policies
313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor developments in the media with particular reference to the need to...
- Sports Events
314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she sees opportunity to attract major sporting events to this country, thereby promoting this country as an...
- Tourism Industry
315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which hotel bed spaces continue to remain sufficiently available throughout Dublin city and greater areas, with a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Paternity Leave
351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending paternity leave by two weeks. [23758/23]
- Parental Leave
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending parental leave by two weeks. [23759/23]
- Social Welfare Payments
353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 15 December 2023, if she will provide updated figures for the duration of...
- State Pensions
355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Government’s intentions regarding the pension road map in 2018 to bring the State pension to the level of 34% of...
- Social Welfare Payments
356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the fuel allowance available for 32 weeks per annum, 40 weeks per annum and 52 weeks per annum....
- Social Welfare Eligibility
359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the systems that are in place to ensure that persons living outside this jurisdiction are not in receipt of payments that...
- Social Welfare Payments
360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing children's allowance by 10%, and extending the payment until children are finished...
- School Meals Programme
363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing free school meals for all post-primary school pupils in public schools; and if she...
- Social Welfare Payments
365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to all pensioners, to all in receipt of the...
- State Pensions
367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the pension age to 65 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23794/23]
- Social Welfare Payments
368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all headline social protection payments to €300 per week, excluding...
- Registration of Births
370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will update the stillbirth registration process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23895/23]
- Health and Safety
371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of her consideration of long Covid as an occupational illness for front-line workers; if she has been...
- Social Welfare Payments
372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 891 of 18 January 2023, if she will provide updated figures on overall numbers and the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their social welfare appeal. [23937/23]
- Social Welfare Payments
374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the recent cost-of-living bonus paid to those in receipt of certain social welfare payments; the amount the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate on what basis a deciding officer has ruled that a person (details supplied) does not qualify for disability...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that were received for the Garda recruitment campaign 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Protection
397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the situation whereby a number of tents have been erected in close proximity to the...
- Departmental Reviews
398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department and the Government will agree to establish a group to review the remuneration of a sector (details supplied)...
- Legislative Programme
399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the latest developments with legislation to disregard historic convictions for offences which...
- Family Law Cases
400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will publish the parental alienation research study considering the draft report was received by his...
- Naturalisation Applications
402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision is due on the application for naturalisation made by a person (details supplied); and the status of the...
- Domestic Violence
403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of protection and safety orders secured in courts in the Republic of Ireland where the respondent was living...
- Departmental Programmes
404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23897/23]
- Immigration Status
405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to remain can be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legal Aid
406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why legal aid cannot be offered to a person (details supplied); if the matter can be investigated as a matter of urgency; and...
- Citizenship Applications
407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected status regarding applications for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will...
- Naturalisation Applications
408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) might expect an outcome regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of his son; if...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Tillage Sector
409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the needs of tillage farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23730/23]
- Greyhound Industry
410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds born in 2022 that were entered on a system (details supplied) in 2022; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of carbon dioxide his Department have failed to capture due to missing afforestation targets during the lifetime of the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if those persons can be accommodated adequately elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23708/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pathways available to families of children requiring needs assessments to secure private assessments funded...
- Equality Issues
416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his plans to address the prevalence and use of non-disclosure agreements in...
- International Protection
417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the situation whereby a number of tents have been erected in close proximity to...
- Maternity Leave
418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 11 May 2023, if he will provide the practical implications for the...
- After-School Support Services
419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 and 533 of 9 May 2023, if he can detail the steps his Department...
- Mother and Baby Homes
420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for providing enhanced medical cards to mother-and-baby-home survivors; if...
- Youth Services
421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if discussions are expected to provide more services for disadvantaged children in Limerick city and county....
- Disability Services
422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) who has been diagnosed with autism and was referred to...
- International Protection
423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if permission will be provided by IPAS in relation to a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Correspondence
424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); the action he is taking; and if he will...
- Planning Issues
425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of extensive site alterations in the grounds of Ryevale House, Leixlip, County Kildare which...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational health reviews which have taken place in relation to long-Covid or similar indication, in tabular form; the number of workers who...
- Health Service Executive
428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the property section of the HSE with a view to forming a plan on the protection and enhancement of the old Famine Workhouse, a...
- Hospital Admissions
429. To ask the Minister for Health if it is considered satisfactory to wait ten hours to be assessed for a head injury in the case of a person (details supplied), who attended an accident and...
- Nursing Homes
430. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of temporary assistance payment funding that has been provided to nursing homes to date, by nursing home name or company name, address and...
- Health Service Executive
431. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 11 May 2023, if he will provide further details on the internal HSE TAPS audit referred to; the date it was...
- Nursing Homes
432. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed closure of the fair deal scheme at a nursing home in Cork (details supplied). [23686/23]
- Medical Cards
437. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding a current medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23699/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure an early appointment with the outpatient ENT Clinic in Waterford University Hospital for a child (details supplied) who has been...
- Care Services
439. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in final capital cost of developing the new Waterford residential care centre; the number of beds; the all-in revenue cost of staffing and servicing...
- Pharmacy Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacy fees will be restored (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23728/23]
- Care Services
441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current state of Tender 23 home-care considerations, given the criticality of home care, and the many people waiting for...
- Health Services
443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is an automated external defibrillator installed in the Walkinstown area (details supplied); and if not, the reason therefor....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
444. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic payment will be paid to clerical staff who worked in the Enniscorthy vaccination centre during the pandemic who met with thousands of members...
- Health Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fulfil the promises he made on a radio show (details supplied) and put protective zones in place with utmost urgency; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23747/23]
- Nursing Homes
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to review the payments to nursing homes, both private and public, both in regard to those payments and to wage levels in the sector. [23770/23]
- Departmental Schemes
449. To ask the Minister for Health if people with long-term and serious allergies would be considered for the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/23]
- Health Services
450. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent body that is separate from the HSE can be appointed in order to assess and grade claims made through the Cross Border Directive Scheme; and...
- Departmental Schemes
451. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to address the current delays in the reimbursement of money through the Cross Border Directive Scheme; and if he will make a...
- Dental Services
452. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will assist a medical card holder (details supplied) to access dental services, given this matter was queried twice to the primary care section of...
- General Practitioner Services
455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he was aware of this issue with professional services witholding tax faced by GPs...
- Abortion Services
456. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify when legislation will be in place to ensure there are safe zones to protect women and medical staff in health settings facilities to ensure...
- Hospital Staff
457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved ICU staffing allocations in the ICU at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023;...
- Home Care Packages
458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people approved for the provision of homecare in CHO5; the number of those people who have received homecare provision; the number of those...
- Nursing Homes
463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the feasibility study concerning the potential acquisition of a nursing home (details supplied).; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
464. To ask the Minister for Health if there are financial supports available to assist former voluntary providers of mental health supports and counselling which continue to be contacted by...
- Health Services
465. To ask the Minister for Health the further qualifications a person (details supplied) needs to enable them to work in the health service, nursing homes and so on; and the cost for same....
- Departmental Policies
466. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 28 March 2023, the rationale for reducing the stillbirth registration criteria from 24 weeks to 23 weeks and 500...
- Health Service Executive
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23901/23]
- Departmental Data
468. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the...
- Primary Care Centres
469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the primary care centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; the status of stage one preliminary design; if the legal process to transfer...
- Medical Cards
470. To ask the Minister for Health if long-term illness card/full medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23997/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to implement the 2020 Labour Court recommendations for adult education teachers; and if so, if he will provide a timeframe for its...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Data
473. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost of developing the 400 remote working hubs and the requisite support services identified in Our Rural Future and for...
- Island Communities
474. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the ReAct (Renewable Energy for self-sustainable Island Communities) is still open for applications or if there are similar schemes...
- Departmental Policies
475. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a timeline on the implementation of rural proofing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23751/23]
- Flexible Work Practices
476. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will provide funding for towns in rural areas to develop remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on...
- Island Communities
477. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the development of second level education on the island of Inishbofin, County Galway will be included in the island policy to be...
- Departmental Schemes
478. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the town and village scheme funding application by a community group (details supplied); and if she...
