Written answers
Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Travel Documents
5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who arrived into the State through Dublin Airport without valid documentation to date in 2023; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the long waiting time for citizenship applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Prevention
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the new measures that have been taken to ensure that communities are safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25172/23]
- An Garda Síochána
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that there is an adequate Garda presence in the Cahersiveen area at all times; if he will provide details of...
- Gambling Sector
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the work to date of the CEO of the Gambling Regulatory Authority. [25221/23]
- An Garda Síochána
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to increase garda numbers on the streets of rural towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24652/23]
- Insurance Industry
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on insurance reform issues which fall under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a...
- Crime Prevention
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the preparatory work being done for the roll-out of community safety plans beyond the pilot areas; if new...
- An Garda Síochána
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers, by rank, in Cork city and Cork county, in tabular form. [24171/23]
- Mental Health Services
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the pilot project for a mental health crisis de-escalation team will be in operation in Limerick; and the reason for any...
- Victim Support Services
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action his Department is taking to ensure that victims of crime receive the highest standard of treatment and the necessary...
- Departmental Programmes
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a comprehensive review of the outworking of the immigrant investor programme. [25188/23]
- Legal Aid
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he proposes to take to raise criminal legal aid fees in order to protect the criminal justice system and ensure fair...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has concluded his deliberations on the report into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will now establish...
- An Garda Síochána
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to discuss the far right with the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/23]
- Family Reunification
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that the policy document on non-EEA family reunification 2016 has been amended to reflect the increased...
- An Garda Síochána
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on total Garda numbers in County Donegal; if he will outline his plans to increase Garda...
- Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for uninsured driving in 2022. [25106/23]
- An Garda Síochána
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a dedicated public transport section of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on...
- Prison Service
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can confirm that a whistleblower and former employee of the Prison Service was awarded a settlement by the WRC; if that...
- An Garda Síochána
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; the number of vacancies in these regions; and if he will make a...
- Victim Support Services
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the support to victims of crime now being provided, including an assessment of the numbers...
- Prison Service
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work currently being undertaken to provide reasonable accommodations to prisoners with disabilities, including those who may...
- An Garda Síochána
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; the number assigned to each station; the number who are fluent in...
- Domestic Violence
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement a new domestic violence register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25298/23]
- Departmental Reviews
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the report into familicide and domestic homicide reviews; when the report will be published; and if he will make a...
- Court Procedures
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined the community court system operating in New York and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sentencing Policy
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider legislating or taking any other measures that would result in tougher punishment for people who attack...
- Crime Prevention
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the interim report on the operation of the pilot community safety partnerships will be published; and if he will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána has adequate powers to deal with hate crimes; if An Garda Síochána has...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Farm Safety
59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new initiatives he plans on the farm safety front; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25319/23]
- Pesticide Use
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given the detrimental health effects, there are plans to ban glyphosate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25108/23]
- Agriculture Supports
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to increase the funding for social farming, given the benefits that are felt by people with psychosocial issues,...
- Greyhound Industry
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance and oversight frameworks that reside with his Department in instances of the governing body of greyhound racing or...
- Coillte Teoranta
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to reform the mandate of Coillte, in line with the recommendations of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Industry
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding will be allocated to the national liming programme, given the level of applications received; and if he will...
- State Bodies
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 20 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the work of the Wool Council; if the...
- Forestry Sector
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department is promoting the planting of trees; the progress that has been made to date in this regard; and if he will make...
- Public Spending Code
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the price of carbon fixed in the public expenditure code is factored into the design of agricultural policies; and if he will...
- Food Industry
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on sourcing new markets for Irish food produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25318/23]
- Land Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of land use currently under way; the key findings of the work to date; and the implications...
- Agriculture Supports
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to put supports in place for forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24655/23]
- Tree Remediation
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial supports or grants will be made available to farmers and landowners to safely manage roadside ash trees which would...
- Forestry Sector
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the low rates of afforestation. [25027/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will launch a voluntary reduction scheme for dairy farmers; how the scheme will be structured in a way which...
- Coillte Teoranta
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following a controversy (details supplied), the steps that are being taken to reform Coillte's approach to meeting Ireland's...
- Food Industry
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that agri-food production in this country continues to be recognised as a central part of the...
- Fishing Industry
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in response to a report by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (details supplied), with the conclusion that, "for many length...
- Agriculture Schemes
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on delays to the basic income support scheme, and areas of natural constraints scheme; the action his...
- Food Industry
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a new report (details supplied); if so, the measures, if any, in the report under consideration by his Department;...
- Inshore Fisheries
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking fulfil the programme for Government commitment to "ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for...
- Agriculture Industry
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline any changes in regulations or requirements with regard to the stacking of silage bales, in particular, with regard...
- Forestry Sector
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is going to adopt the recommendations of the Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity in terms of reform of Coillte and forestry...
- Agriculture Industry
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to ensure the future of the agri-food sector, while at the same time meeting emission targets,...
- Fisheries Protection
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any measures planned for the protection of the sprat fishery which is concentrated inside the 6 nautical...
- Animal Welfare
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be allocating additional funding to support animal welfare in budget 2024; if he is concerned that animal welfare...
- Forestry Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the details of the stringent terms and conditions mentioned in clause 1.1 of the new interim afforestation scheme;...
- Fishing Industry
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-examine the current allocation system of the national mackerel quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Supports
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional supports being provided for the sheep sector, given that the Brexit adjustment reserve was not used to provide...
- EU Regulations
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed EU nature restoration regulation has been considered at the Council of Agriculture Ministers; if so, the proposals he...
- Forestry Sector
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of new afforestation in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the projected total for...
- Agriculture Schemes
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he proposes to treat farmers who did not make an application for the ACRES scheme by the November 2022 deadline as they had been...
- Departmental Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the reconstitution and underplanting scheme related to ash dieback in 2022; the number of...
- Forestry Sector
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new forestry programme, including when it is expected that new applications will be accepted into the scheme. [25193/23]
- Greyhound Industry
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department accept and endorse the findings of the 2021 Power report, commissioned by Rásaíocht Con...
- Agriculture Schemes
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on reforms to ACRES to allow non-turbary and turbary areas to be scored independently of each other; and...
- Forestry Sector
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new afforestation scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25143/23]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Data Protection
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data...
- Middle East
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to the UN database of companies operating in Israel’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, if he is of...
- Illegal Israeli Imports
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional measures he intends to take to ensure that no products from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine are imported into...
- Middle East
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that no Irish companies are engaged in activities in Israel’s illegal settlements in Palestine or profiting from...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Data Protection
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect...
- Construction Industry
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department has any responsibility to ensure the safety or...
- Energy Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the special interim dividend mentioned in Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); if he will detail...
- Broadband Infrastructure
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the resolution available to ensure that a household (details supplied) is broadband enabled; and if he will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Data Protection
112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data from...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- School Transport
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of delays in the roll-out of the school mobility programme in the administrative area of Dublin City Council due to staff...
- Road Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the M20 project; and a timeline for same. [25339/23]
- Departmental Funding
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 9 May 2023, if he will address a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Data Protection
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’...
- Public Transport
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the 50% discount on the young adult card and student leap card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25446/23]
- Electric Vehicles
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the necessary infrastructure will be put in place to facilitate local bus companies that are investing in electric buses so that...
- Air Services
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reassert his commitment to support the Kerry to Dublin air route in the event of future commercial market failure on the...
- Bus Services
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of public notices published on 18 May 2023 in an article (details supplied) in respect of the Bus Connects scheme; and if he...
- Taxi Licences
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide in tabular form the number, per county, of local area hackney service licences issued to date; if he will provide a breakdown...
- Road Projects
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the upgrade of Phase 2 of the N22 Macroom to Ovens project; if he will provide a timeline for completion of the project and...
- Department of Finance
- Ealaín na Gaeltachta
124. To ask the Minister for Finance an bhfuil machnamh déanta aige ar an moladh go ndéanfar Uplift Gaeltachta a chur mar chreidmheas cánach i gcás scannánaíochta,...
- Bus Services
125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will legislate to ensure that all electric buses purchased to provide transport through Local Link are exempt from VAT; and if he will make a statement...
- Data Protection
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data from being passed...
- Renewable Energy Generation
127. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recently approved amendment to the Finance Bill 2023 to apply a zero per cent VAT rate for the supply and installation of solar panels, where...
- Tax Code
128. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he was aware of this issue with professional services withholding tax faced by GPs...
- Primary Medical Certificates
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the disabled drivers medical board of appeal; the number of applications currently awaiting a decision; the current waiting time for a...
- Tax Exemptions
130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that VAT is applied to the directive charitable donations of goods; if it is possible to introduce a VAT waiver on such donations to support...
- Tax Rebates
131. To ask the Minister for Finance whether VAT refunds are available specifically on the purchase of through-floor lift used by people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Data
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual median earnings in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [25476/23]
- Tax Code
133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he might indicate, in respect of a recent tax appeals commission, TAC, ruling wherein both Revenue and the TAC held that the disposal of a portfolio of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Data Protection
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’...
- Wastewater Treatment
135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of wastewater treatment plants that will be included in NDP delivery up until 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Data Protection
136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’...
- Work Permits
137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the measures that are being taken by his Department to address current employment permit appeals waiting times; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be provided to a child (details supplied) from their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25331/23]
- Special Educational Needs
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline in detail the additional supports available in secondary schools for pupils with a diagnosis of autism; if there is a...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sí ar an eolas nach bhfuil an tairseach chlárúcháin MyRegistration/MoChlarú de chuid na Comhairle...
- School Transport
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 16 May 2023, if she will provide an update on new applications registered to date for the 2023/2024...
- Schools Building Projects
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe can be provided as to the commencement of...
- Schools Refurbishment
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of schools that were refurbished between 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; if she will...
- School Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of minor works grants for schools between 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; if she will provide a...
- Special Educational Needs
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of special needs assistants employed in schools between 2016 to 2019, in tabular form;...
- Data Protection
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data from...
- State Examinations
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 25 April 2023, when correspondence will issue from the State Examinations Commission; and if she...
- School Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring the primary school library fund at a rate of €10 per primary school child; and the additional estimated...
- Special Educational Needs
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a reasonable accommodation request for a student (details supplied) with severe dyslexia has been refused; and if she will make a statement...
- Residential Institutions
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of Caranua, which has been in existence since 2013, and funds it was set to administer and distribute for the benefit of...
- Special Educational Needs
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given consideration to allowing childcare providers to offer a service for the summer programme 2023, especially in areas where no...
- School Transport
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent annually on transporting children with special educational needs outside their local school catchment area. [25414/23]
- Special Educational Needs
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs who are waiting for appropriate school places for September 2023. [25415/23]
- Teacher Training
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the accountancy firm that has been commissioned to audit the 21 education centres in Ireland; the amount this exercise will cost; and...
- School Accommodation
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a school can commence engagement with her Department with a view to requesting a new school site and building; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progression of the review into the school transport scheme; if she will provide an indicative timeline for...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Na Meáin Chumarsáide
162. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad maoiniú a caitheadh ar TG4 in aghaidh gach bliana ó 2003, agus an ndéanfaidh sí briseadh...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
164. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad maoiniú a caitheadh ar RTÉ in aghaidh gach bliana ó 2003, agus an ndéanfaidh sí...
- Na Meáin Chumarsáide
165. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad maoiniú a caitheadh ar Raidió Rí Rá in aghaidh gach bliana ó 2003, agus an...
- Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad maoiniú caipitil a caitheadh ar chultúrlanna nó ionaid Ghaeilge in aghaidh gach bliana ó...
- Cúrsaí Gaeilge
169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéantar aon chúrsaí Gaeilge saor in aisce do dhaoine fásta a mhaoiniú faoi láthair, agus cad...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas atá ag éirí leis an gcoinníoll faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 a deir gur...
- Data Protection
171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect...
- Tourism Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider devising a bursary scheme to help accommodation and tourism providers in towns like Lisdoonvarna, County...
- Departmental Reports
173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has directed any relevant body under her aegis to prepare a report under section 15(2) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon...
- Commemorative Events
174. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the State has any plans to mark the 250th anniversary, in 2025, of the birth of Daniel O’Connell; and if she will make a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of individuals who have unsuccessfully applied for their land, with respect to land that is being actively...
- Rental Sector
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people on the social housing lists currently subject to notices-to-quit in County Kildare; the likelihood of...
- Vacant Properties
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to Kerry County Council for the voids programme each year since 2015, in tabular form; the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Government is waiting for the new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to start requiring measurement of...
- Housing Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a pension lump sum one-off payment is taken into account when assessing someone for social housing; and if he will make a...
- Data Protection
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect...
- Housing Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify his Department’s position on four housing issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant-in-situ sales completed by Cork City Council to date; the number in progress; and the number requested....
- Housing Policy
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of general Government capital expenditure on social and affordable housing by local authorities, approved...
- Disability Services
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants and supports available for the purchase and maintenance of through-floor lifts used by people with disabilities in...
- Vacant Properties
187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 18 April 2023, which to date remains unanswered, the reason for this; if he will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will arrange to issue a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Social Welfare Benefits
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to address the anomaly whereby someone who was on one social welfare payment and was entitled to the Christmas...
- Data Protection
190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect...
- Social Welfare Benefits
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite the review and re-instatement of a carer’s allowance payment for a person (details supplied)....
- State Pensions
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of an application for a State pension (non-contributory) for a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any update on her Department's position regarding the recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum social protection payment available under whatever heading in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- International Protection
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to designating South Africa and Brazil as safe countries under section 72 of the International...
- Data Protection
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect...
- An Garda Síochána
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the last full meeting of the Garda national diversity and integration forum took place; what supports are in place to...
- Immigration Status
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Policy
201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the establishment of a regulator for owner management companies; and if he will make a...
- Prison Service
202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a prisoner (details supplied), now in Cloverhill Prison on a serious charge, has already received treatment for a contagious...
- Naturalisation Applications
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected position in regard to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Immigration Status
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/23]
- Family Reunification
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the case of a person (details supplied), family reunification will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); if their case might be addressed...
- Immigration Status
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which plans are in hand to increase recruitment to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement...
- Gangland Crime
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he and his Department are successfully combatting organised crime; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which educational or rehabilitative provision is being made for first-time offenders while in prison, with a view...
- Departmental Data
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons deemed to have committed further offences while on bail in each of the past ten years; and if he will...
- Gangland Crime
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which membership of criminal gangs or those associated with drug crimes have decreased/increased in each of the...
- Departmental Reviews
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of the historic Poff and Barrett pardon cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Data
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles reported stolen in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [25539/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Data Protection
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’...
- Forestry Sector
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail in tabular form, for each of the past five years, the percentage of private felling licences and the percentage of Coillte...
- Food Industry
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the needs of the agri-food producing sector, with particular reference to the need to...
- Fishing Industry
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the needs of the agri-food producing sector, with particular reference to the need to...
- Food Industry
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food and food products; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Farm Safety
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farm safety continues to be a major issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25519/23]
- Agriculture Industry
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the Irish dairy industry can invest with confidence, with particular reference to the need to maintain markets; and if...
- Pigmeat Sector
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the pigmeat sector is adequately supported in a highly competitive environment; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Industry
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the poultry production sector here remains viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25523/23]
- Tillage Sector
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the cereal growing sector is adequately supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25524/23]
- Animal Diseases
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the battle against bovine TB continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25525/23]
- Food Industry
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all food imports into this country remain subject to Irish and EU standards in respect of husbandry, processing...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to encourage compliance to meet emission reduction targets, while at the same time ensuring that the...
- Fishing Industry
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that Irish fishermen will retain their fishing entitlements into the future; and if he will...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Child Abuse
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which investigations into child abuse continue vigorously, in order to ensure the safety of...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth cad é an meastachán ar chostais a bhainfeadh le bliain saor in aisce a mhaoiniú i naíonra...
- Data Protection
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to...
- Childcare Services
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the situations, if any, where childcare providers are required to hold a public services vehicle...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 18 May 2023, if he will provide details of the practical concerns...
- International Protection
241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if SI 121/2018 remains in force; if not, when and how it was revoked; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grants and supports available for the purchase and maintenance of through-floor lifts used by people with...
- Planning Issues
244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 18 May 2023, if the developer is unilaterally extending the scale...
- Child and Family Agency
245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost to allow new recruits of Tusla to carry over their annual leave entitlements from private social work...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Programmes
246. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the healthy age friendly homes programme, the amount of resources under the programme that have been allocated; and the number of older people...
- Health Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason 14 step-down beds in Clonakilty Community Hospital are no longer in use, in particular where there is enormous pressure on the...
- Nursing Homes
248. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the recent withdrawal of a nursing home (details supplied) in Cork from the fair deal scheme due to the difference between the amounts paid per...
- Home Care Packages
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home support packages that have been delivered to date; the number of intensive home care hours that have been delivered to date in...
- Health Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the new national safeguarding policy for the health and social care sector, as promised in budget 2023, with particular emphasis on the...
- Nursing Homes
252. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has in place to help nursing homes that are locked into deeds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25337/23]
- Nursing Education
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to review future placement pay for students in work following the announcement of student nurses to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages
255. To ask the Minister for Health when tender 2023 will be published for home care services. [25349/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of his plans to expedite the construction and opening of the proposed additional 1,500 rapid build of hospital beds; the number of...
- Nursing Education
258. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the supports promised to student nurses and midwives, as announced on 13 December 2022, that are yet to implemented, given that his Department...
- Eating Disorders
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of adult and adolescent eating disorder services at 1D Griffith Avenue, as outlined in an article (details...
- Medicinal Products
260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the payment for low-dose naltrexone prescribed to long Covid patients under the drug payment scheme and the medical card scheme; and if he...
- Dental Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25359/23]
- Data Protection
263. To ask the Minister for Health if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data from being passed to...
- Medicinal Products
264. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline on the consultation process committed to in respect of drug cost reimbursement including the cost of drugs for rare diseases. [25387/23]
- Nursing Homes
265. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is being assessed 7.5% contribution from their principal private residence on their fair deal contribution to the cost of care...
- Health Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hearing test; the current waiting time for a test; the number of persons awaiting a test; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that tender 2023 for home care workers will take effect from June 2023 as it has been delayed since 2022, resulting in tender 2018 still operating,...
- Hospital Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of scalp-cooling services in the oncology ward of the Mater Hospital, which was previously curtailed on...
- Disability Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a provider’s new permanent location (details supplied). [25409/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [25417/23]
- General Practitioner Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline any ongoing schemes to encourage GPs into rural areas to assist with the current shortage of GPs across rural practices and to assist our...
- Health Service Executive
272. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 918 of 8 November 2022, 299 of 19 January 2023 and 659 of 21 February 2023, if he will provide the information already...
- Health Services Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for one year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
274. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having fully staffed mental health teams in each CHO across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25430/23]
- Eating Disorders
277. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully funding the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders and delivering the remaining eating disorder teams by 2025; and if he will make...
- Mental Health Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of establishing and operating a 24-7 multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalating team, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
280. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25436/23]
- Mental Health Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25437/23]
- Health Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for recovery education by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25438/23]
- Mental Health Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing a mental health liaison respectively, inclusive of salary and PRSI costs, as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if he...
- Health Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the national model of care for dual diagnosis over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25441/23]
- Eating Disorders
286. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of establishing a ten-bed inpatient unit for eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25442/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
287. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a further urgent appointment for a pain management procedure, given the timeframe since the...
- Mental Health Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all sections 38 and 39 organisations that receive funding from his Department or the HSE MHS budget for the provision of mental health...
- Disability Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health when an organisation (details supplied) can expect to receive agreed funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25454/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
290. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25460/23]
- Meals-on-Wheels Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 170,000 additional meals on wheels allocated to CHO 7 in budget 2023, covering 34 services, which have been drawn down in the intervening...
- Health Services Staff
292. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed and-or instituted a medium three-to-five-year-term recruitment plan aimed at increasing direct provision of home care support and to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a SUSI grant might be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/23]
- Data Protection
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data from...
- Third Level Education
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date regarding the integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's into the Higher Education Authority; the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the anomalies that have been brought to the attention of the National Apprenticeship Office, SOLAS and the Health and Safety...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Data Protection
297. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’...
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
298. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cen fáth nach bhfuil coinníoll sna tairiscintí atá á lorg do sheirbhísí lastais go Inis Meáin...
- Wastewater Treatment
299. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered ring-fenced funding for wastewater treatment plants for offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on...
