Written answers
Thursday, 1 June 2023
- Department of Health
- Hospital Facilities
9. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the elective hospital and the regional eye care facility in Cork. [26659/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
12. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that the number of long-waiters for hospital treatment has increased by 12% since start...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
14. To ask the Minister for Health if he has taken action to address the long delays in accessing equipment for children with disabilities. [25904/23]
- Medicinal Products
15. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking ensure that hormone replacement therapy medication is available without charge for persons going through menopause. [26394/23]
- Hospital Services
17. To ask the Minister for Health when the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be extended to include weekends and public holidays. [26741/23]
- Hospital Staff
18. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recent resignation of two consultant endocrinologists from Letterkenny General Hospital; the plans that are being put in place to address...
- Primary Care Centres
19. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a new building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/23]
- Hospital Facilities
20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the emergency department development in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26715/23]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
21. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify the position in relation to a person carrying prescribed medicinal cannabis products from an another state, specifically in relation to...
- Health Services
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23]
- Abortion Services
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he anticipates that legislation to reform the abortion law will be passed within the lifetime of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
25. To ask the Minister for Health when the current contract for the provision and repair of wheelchairs is due to end; if he will detail the procurement process involved in selecting the company...
- Eating Disorders
26. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to eating disorder services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
27. To ask the Minister for Health what oversight he has of pandemic special recognition payments to ensure that those who are entitled to this payment have received it; if there is a process in...
- Health Services Staff
28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE enhanced community care consultant posts will only be allocated to model 4 hospitals; if he will address concerns by consultants in the area...
- Hospital Facilities
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding and resourcing ofLetterkenny University Hospital to reflect the fact that the hospital is the sixth largest in the State with...
- Health Services
30. To ask the Minister for Health the action he intends on taking to speed up the delivery of smaller capital health projects and to simplify the processes laid down by his Department to do so,...
- Pharmacy Services
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national ePrescribing system to reduce the administrative burden currently faced by community pharmacists; and if he will...
- Substance Misuse
32. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Services
33. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the measures being taken to address the issue of attracting general practitioners to rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Facilities
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are only ten beds for haematology patients in Cork University Hospital to serve the whole south/south west region; and if he will make...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
35. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that 309 children are waiting for scoliosis-related surgery and that just 12 spinal fusions have been completed to date in 2023 in Temple Street...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 20 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the...
- Medical Cards
37. To ask the Minister for Health if he can detail any plans to review the criteria for medical card eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26687/23]
- Medicinal Products
38. To ask the Minister for Health the number of illegal units of medicine that have beendetained by the HPRA; if plans are in place for the HPRA to be given more powers in this regard; and if he...
- Hospital Overcrowding
39. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital's emergency department; the steps that are being taken to address it; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Facilities
40. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the date when the four-storey building attached to Mallow Hospital will be completed, taking into account that it is to accommodate 48...
- Departmental Reports
41. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate for the secretary general of his Department to publicly reject the majority of the findings of a report regarding the...
- Hospital Staff
42. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to address understaffing in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26679/23]
- Pharmacy Services
43. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the role of pharmacists in the Irish health system to include the prescription of some medicines under agreed protocols with GPs...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the considerations his Department is giving to the development of an elective hospital in north Dublin as detailed in the HSE Capital Plan;...
- Nursing Homes
45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the 240 beds which have been lost in public nursing homes and community hospitals in the Cork-Kerry region due to reconfiguration in the...
- Health Services Staff
46. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in the healthcare sector who applied for the pandemic unemployment bonus but have yet to receive payment; the number who were determined...
- General Practitioner Services
47. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23]
- Cancer Services
48. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in cancer survival rates between patients diagnosed in the public and private health services in the State;...
- Emergency Departments
49. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who left the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, without being seen, in each of the past ten years; and...
- Vaccination Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the creation of a no-fault vaccine injury compensation scheme as exists in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement...
- Care of the Elderly
51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline plans to reopen community beds in Mayo and increase home help provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26716/23]
- Substance Misuse
52. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a campaign to highlight the negative personal health effects of cocaine use; if his Department can provide up-to-date statistics on the...
- Mental Health Services
53. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a reply to the recent response to the report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office on Child Mental Health titled ‘A Piece of...
- Health Strategies
54. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national hearing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/23]
- Primary Care Centres
55. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1569 of 18 April 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
56. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to expand capacity in respect to the impact of long-Covid on those impacted, either in terms of clinical research or the provision of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that over 1.1 million people are waiting for some form of hospital care, with 888,600...
- Health Promotion
58. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the impact of the sugar tax will be conducted and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25897/23]
- Health Services
59. To ask the Minister for Health the ways that he is encouraging and supporting the reduction of paper-based systems in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26613/23]
- Health Services Staff
60. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Review of Role and Functions for Health Care Assistants, published...
- Healthcare Policy
61. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will now be taken following the successful passage of the motion regarding Targeted Investment in the Health Service in Dáil Éireann;...
- Health Services Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to ensure employees of Section 39 organisations receive the same pay and conditions as their counterparts employed in the HSE. [26393/23]
- National Children's Hospital
63. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of services at the new National Children's Hospital; the estimated costs and target completion date; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Health when CORU will complete the regulation of allied health and social care professions, such as, but not limited to, psychologists, in line with its statutory...
- Healthcare Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the policy that regulates our health services' international cooperation, in light of the National Ambulance Service's recent trip to...
- Primary Care Centres
66. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26697/23]
- Medical Cards
67. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware it is almost ten years since the HSE has reviewed medical card eligibility on medical grounds, and the effectiveness of the system of assessment...
- Dental Services
68. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward new professional regulations for the dental profession in line with the requests of their representative body; and if he will make a...
- Health Promotion
69. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concept and practice of social prescribing; and if his Department will support budgetary measures to make the practice widespread. [19391/23]
- National Children's Hospital
71. To ask the Minister for Health the input the Government and he will have into the naming of the new Children’s Hospital, Dublin, in view of the large amount of Exchequer funding...
- General Practitioner Services
72. To ask the Minister for Health when the new expanded criteria to qualify for a GP card will be in place; the reason for delay in this being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
73. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a professor of palliative medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway recently said the medical cannabis access programme was a...
- Mental Health Services
74. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to early intervention psychosis services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26406/23]
- Hospital Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in Letterkenny University Hospital with the recent loss of consultant endocrinologists, and the impact this will have on the...
- General Practitioner Services
76. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the GP crisis in Cork city. [26660/23]
- Hospital Services
77. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures that have been cancelled at Beaumont Hospital to date in 2023; the reasons for the cancellations; and if he will make a statement on...
- Substance Misuse
78. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he can take to ensure that a residential treatment and rehabilitation centre (details supplied) in Athenry, County Galway, remains open and...
- Primary Care Centres
79. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will recommence on Ballyhaunis primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26666/23]
- Cancer Services
80. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the independent Radiation Therapist Review; how this review will align with the National Cancer Strategy; if the review will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is a sufficient increase in capacity in veterinary schools in Ireland to meet the growing...
- Third Level Costs
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that students who secure a third level place are not prevented from taking-up their place as a result of the...
- Research and Development
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps which he intends to take to improve the interface between the wider research community and Government; and if he will make a statement...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to the establishment of an apprenticeship centre of excellence in west Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further and Higher Education
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 30 March 2023, if he will indicate in which academic year the additional academic places will be...
- Research and Development
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the national review of State supports for PhD researchers; the outcome of the recent consultation on this issue;...
- Third Level Education
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to increase the number of places in third level education for mental health that would escalate the number of professionals entering...
- Further and Higher Education
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further outline hisplans to expand SUSI eligibility to part-time students, as has been reported in the media; and if he will make a...
- Student Accommodation
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being taken to ensure affordable on-campus student accommodation for the upcoming college semester in Cork; and if he will...
- Third Level Fees
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will use the opportunity of Budget 2024 to abolish all registration and tuition fees for undergraduate students; and if he will make a...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in advancing collaboration on a North/South basis in the provision of further education throughout this country; and if he...
- Technological Universities
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no clear objective in the South East Technological University Strategic Plan 2023-2028 to deliver a campus in Kilkenny city;...
- Third Level Staff
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work his Department is carrying out to address precarious work conditions for PhD researchers and early year academics; if he has engaged...
- Further and Higher Education
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the process of selecting a higher education institute to facilitate increased capacity in veterinary medicine. [26749/23]
- Third Level Staff
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends in Budget 2024 to ensure that all PhD researchers receive a stipend of at least the living wage; and if he will make a statement on...
- Further and Higher Education
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider third-level registration fees and post-graduate fees with a view to making it easier for people to improve their educational...
- Research and Development
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of Ireland's application to join CERN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16972/23]
- Further and Higher Education
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what factors influence the availability of college places; how much weight he is giving to industry needs, for example the construction and...
- Student Accommodation
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has interacted with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a campaign; and if he will give a commitment to further engage with...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to engage with key sectors, including the public service, in order to develop a single portal where people can not only get...
- Further and Higher Education
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the value of the National Training Fund, his further plans for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26611/23]
- Technological Universities
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered creating the role of professor within the new technological universities in order that these institutions might...
- Further and Higher Education
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 30 March 2023, if he will provide a status update on the proposed new further education college in...
- Third Level Admissions
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on efforts to reform the CAO system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26754/23]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the three new farming apprenticeships launched in September 2022; the uptake of places on these apprenticeships;...
- Third Level Education
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conversations he and his Department have had with the Department of Health in relation to increasing clinical spaces in mental health care to...
- Further and Higher Education
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Kilkenny and Carlow...
- Third Level Fees
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in relation to student fees, and how reductions could be used to ease the cost-of-living for students; and if he will make a statement...
- Third Level Costs
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his recent meeting with student and stakeholder groups to discuss reducing the cost of third level education;...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on apprenticeships; his plans to address the backlogs in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Further and Higher Education
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available on the third-level access course in each of the past five years and in the next academic year; and if he will make...
- Student Accommodation
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his engagement with Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage concerning the provision of student accommodation....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 9 May 2023, the details of any engagement he or his Department has had with local authorities around...
- Student Accommodation
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Budget 2024 will include measures to ensure that student accommodation is affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26747/23]
- Further and Higher Education
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken a study to determine if there is any disparity in rates of youth emigration across different graduate groups based on their...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that have been issued to children that fall under the parameters of a judgement (details supplied). [26812/23]
- Departmental Bodies
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26912/23]
- Passport Services
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if clarity could be given on travelling from Ireland to the Schengen area on an Irish passport with less than three months' validity, as his...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Water Pollution
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Environmental Protection Agency tests all rivers for the quality of the water to establish their suitability for...
- National Broadband Plan
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which broadband service to residents of Firmount, Clane, County Kildare, can expect an improvement in...
- Departmental Bodies
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for...
- Renewable Energy Generation
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the potential for alternative energy sources to be developed within local communities, or at the...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Bodies
151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26907/23]
- Defence Forces
152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital expenditure for the Defence Forces from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form. [26940/23]
- Naval Service
153. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant engineer room artificer technicians currently in the Naval Service; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Haulage Industry
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the British government is set to recommence the HGB road user levy from 1 August 2023; if he is aware whether there...
- National Car Test
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason NCT certificates are being given for six months instead of twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26851/23]
- Departmental Bodies
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26922/23]
- Bus Services
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations within Meath where a new bus shelter was installed in the past 12 months; and the locations within Meath that are scheduled...
- Electric Vehicles
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if supports are available to senior citizens to assist them in buying electric bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the capacity for trains to pass through Connolly Station, which is becoming a significant bottleneck in...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
160. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on rising insurance costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26788/23]
- Tax Exemptions
161. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest update regarding farmers being exempt from the residential zoned land tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26770/23]
- Departmental Bodies
162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26911/23]
- Revenue Commissioners
163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the Revenue Commissioners investigation and prosecution unit as of 24 May 2023, in tabular form. [26941/23]
- Tax Data
164. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge, levied through USC, on individual incomes with respect to the portion above €140,000, in...
- Tax Reliefs
169. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new system whereby tenants deduct a withholding tax from their rental payments where the landlord is living overseas will be applied after the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Supports
170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is negotiating with European Union officials to extend timelines and funding under the Brexit adjustment reserve fund...
- Public Sector Staff
171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department refused to participate in the WRC Conciliation Conference on 19 May, especially given that there could not...
- Legislative Measures
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will introduce legislation in relation to the Office of the Information Commissioner to ensure its procedures comply with the...
- Departmental Bodies
173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26917/23]
- Brexit Supports
174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications that were submitted by Ireland to the Brexit adjustment reserve in the years since it was established; and if he will...
- Flood Risk Management
175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the decisive actions he is undertaking to urgently accelerate the implementation of the Crossmolina flood relief schemes in order to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a visa application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/23]
- Departmental Funding
177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any proposals to fund or commence a property tech-related innovation fund to try and encourage and grow new and...
- Departmental Bodies
178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26909/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm when a school (details supplied) can progress to construction for a three-classroom extension; the current status of the...
- Court Judgments
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a court ruling has granted court interest to a successful claimant to the ex-gratia scheme; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school building project approved for a school (details supplied), which is at stage 1 of the process, will be expedited; and if she will...
- Departmental Circulars
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of circulars related to the consistent awarding of contracts of indefinite duration across...
- Schools Building Projects
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the accommodation project for a school (details supplied); the current status of the project; when it is...
- Special Educational Needs
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for a school (details supplied) accepting temporary modular accommodation as a permanent design solution instead of a permanent...
- School Accommodation
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a shift in policy within the building and planning unit regarding the delivery of modular technology as a permanent solution to...
- Schools Building Projects
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the accommodation project for a school (details supplied); the current status of the project; and when it is...
- School Accommodation
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will ensure that all classrooms for a school (details supplied) will be on-site and ready for use by August 2023; if an...
- Teaching Qualifications
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will appeal the decision made in relation to the salary credit of a post-primary teacher (details supplied) who has returned to Ireland...
- Schools Building Projects
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding a school (details supplied); the reason the building and planning unit are not providing a permanent...
- Education Policy
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to the expansion of the north east inner city multidisciplinary teams model to include a cluster of...
- Special Educational Needs
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that can be taken to accommodate a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26890/23]
- School Textbooks
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 23 May 2023, if private schools are included in the free schoolbook scheme; and if she will clarify...
- Departmental Bodies
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of her Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26908/23]
- Education Schemes
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that those who previously opted out of the supervision and substitution scheme cannot now opt back in; if this position will be...
- Capitation Grants
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give further consideration to a possible restructuring of the capitation grant scheme for primary schools to provide for additional...
- School Curriculum
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the composition of each of the NCCA Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificated subject development groups and any other subject review groups, in...
- Departmental Reviews
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review and research...
- Special Educational Needs
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the visiting teacher for the visually impaired will be reinstated to a family in light of correspondence (details supplied); the reason for...
- School Curriculum
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration has been given to supporting education programmes surrounding alcohol and drug misuse in schools which can be delivered by...
- Childcare Services
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the displacement on childcare places, as schools take back spare classrooms to accommodate ASD units and other school needs;...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Traveller Community
206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met with national Traveller organisations on the development of Traveller-specific cultural and heritage initiatives...
- Departmental Bodies
208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of her Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26921/23]
- Sports Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any additional funding available to recipients of the 2022 tranche of the sports capital programme in order to cover...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Hare Coursing
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm the cost of The Hare Release Survey, conducted jointly by an organisation (details supplied) and the NPWS....
- Housing Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the qualifying threshold from €36,000 to €40,000 for couples who are working and who wish to...
- Housing Schemes
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the recently announced croí cónaithe grant is only payable on houses that are accessible...
- Energy Conservation
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons looking to receive grant assistance under the croí cónaithe scheme can also be eligible for grant...
- Animal Culls
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if permission was given, overriding the section 42 licence, for pregnant deer to be shot at a location in County Meath on 3...
- Departmental Data
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a study to determine, or if he has access to any data pertaining to, the number of homeless...
- Local Authorities
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent leasing dwellings by each local authority in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each....
- Housing Schemes
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase his Department's funding for 2023 to Louth County Council for housing adaptation grants, in view of the...
- Departmental Consultations
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 20 April 2023, the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under...
- State Bodies
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there was any cost incurred when changing Irish Water's name to Uisce Éireann; the rationale behind the name-change;...
- Housing Schemes
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for allocating cost rental properties managed by approved housing associations, given concerns raised by the...
- Industrial Disputes
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that all avenues are explored to avoid the upcoming potential strike action (details supplied) which may...
- Special Areas of Conservation
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 83 of 15 February 2023 and 294 of 29 November 2022, if there is a time-line for...
- Local Authorities
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of local authority playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can qualify for carer's allowance for a member of their family, while continuing to work 18.5...
- Social Insurance
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the revenue raised by introducing a higher rate of employers’ PRSI, at 12.05%, 13.05% and 13.55% respectively, in the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the payments being made to an individual (details supplied), in particular the means being taken versus an...
- Social Welfare Appeals
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a Section 317 review request by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Payments
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason two persons (details supplied) are not receiving the full amount of jobseeker's allowance, given they are...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for disability allowance will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Rates
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons under 25 years of age can receive the back-to-education allowance at the rate of €220 per week but...
- State Pensions
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined to ensure they are on the correct rate; if...
- Departmental Bodies
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of her Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each....
- Public Sector Pensions
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has plans to assist people who paid class D contributions in the public sector (details supplied); and if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal against a decision to refuse the invalidity pension will be allowed in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Payments
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment might be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing can be arranged in respect of appeal against a decision to refuse disability allowance in the case of a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the progress that has been made to date in respect of having a single application process, both for...
- Legal Aid
243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to legal practitioners, including firms and individuals, in descending amounts, under the provisions of free...
- An Garda Síochána
244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported cases made to An Garda Síochána with respect to financial fraud; the number of cases...
- Domestic Violence
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of breaching domestic violence orders; the number of cases which resulted in jail terms for the...
- Probation and Welfare Service
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people took part in restorative justice delivered by the Probation Service in 2022; the outcomes of same; and if she...
- Departmental Data
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people availed of the drugs treatment court, per location in 2022; the outcomes of same; and if she will make a...
- Prison Service
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average percentage of bed capacity used in Irish prisons, by male and female in 2022; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people are on waiting lists for mental health treatment in Irish prisons in 2022; the average waiting period; and if...
- Prison Service
254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people are on waiting lists for addiction treatment in Irish prisons in 2022; the average waiting period; and if she...
- Domestic Violence
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the introduction of domestic violence courts similar to the British model; and if she will...
- Citizenship Applications
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person whose spouse has died is eligible to apply for Irish citizenship through marriage; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Bodies
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of her Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each....
- Departmental Consultations
258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 20 April 2023, the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the...
- Asylum Seekers
259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the published daily figures on the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection and temporary...
- An Garda Síochána
260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 9 May 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Residency Permits
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected position with regard to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Citizenship Applications
266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend section 9 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 in the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous...
- An Garda Síochána
267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there have been any prosecutions under incitement to hatred arising law from protests against asylum seekers; and when...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional money will be allocated to animal rescue charities in budget 2024, given the unprecedented amount of surrenders they...
- Wildlife Protection
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that a company (details supplied) has responded positively to appeals and banned cruel animal snares from its website;...
- Food Industry
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the exact quantity of imported beef that has entered the Irish market in each of the past four months to date; the...
- Brexit Supports
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent, by scheme, in the Brexit adjustment reserve fund since its establishment; the outstanding moneys awaiting...
- Fishing Industry
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish a full breakdown of funding provided to all fish producer organisations, including recently established, for the...
- Harbours and Piers
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the most recent professional drawn and Department-initiated plans for an extension of the current harbour...
- Fishing Industry
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all moneys from the EMFF programme 2014-2020 were spent; if any monies unused were returned to the programme; and if he will make...
- Harbours and Piers
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline any requests he has received from local authority-owned fisheries harbours for funding for capital improvement...
- State Bodies
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current annual budget for the Marine Institute in Ireland; the estimated cost of increasing this budget by 10% and 20%,...
- Departmental Policies
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he and his Department have taken and will take to prioritise traditional coastal communities, as per a commitment in the...
- Aquaculture Industry
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken during this Government's term to introduce a fit-for-purpose functioning aquaculture licensing system in...
- Fisheries Protection
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken to explore a more flexible approach to the inspection of fishing vessels by the Sea Fisheries...
- Departmental Funding
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide all fisheries local area group (FLAG) funding, by county and project, for each of the years 2015 to 2023, in...
- Fishing Industry
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategic investments his Government has made during this Government's term to attract increased landings into Ireland of...
- EU Regulations
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on current negotiations and his Department's approach to negotiations with the EU institutions on The...
- Departmental Bodies
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26905/23]
- Greyhound Industry
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds microchipped with the Irish Coursing Club and entered on the Irish Stud Book between 1 January...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Traveller Community
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans he has to make provision for a Traveller culture and heritage safeguarding strategy; if he will...
- Disability Services
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for Dungarvan children's disability network team, the Waterford city north team...
- Maternity Leave
306. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans in place to support mothers with newborns who wish to defer their maternity leave if they...
- Disability Services
307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the respite services available for people with an intellectual disability in Gorey, County Wexford, following...
- Social Welfare Code
312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, given the vulnerability of domestic violence victims, domestic violence leave will be paid in full, at 100%...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review a case whereby a child (details supplied) has been recommended to participate in another year...
- Childcare Services
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the childcare centre project run by the family resource centre at St. Michael's Estate in Dublin 8,...
- Child and Family Agency
316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many social workers are employed by Tusla in children in care teams; how many social care workers are...
- Immigration Support Services
317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Ukrainians who are accommodated in hotels are allowed to have people visit them in their accommodation; if...
- Disability Services
318. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Communications
320. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of submissions that have been received to his Department's consultation on the Referendums on Family,...
- Departmental Bodies
321. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact...
- Food Prices
323. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made by his Department to counter the rising costs of baby formula recognising the necessity...
- Department of Health
- Medical Cards
324. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners receive a payment for each appointment attended by a medical card holder; if so, the level of payment received for each appointment...
- Disabilities Assessments
325. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care area assessment team (PCAAT) in Wexford will be in a position to inform children when they will receive their diagnostic assessment;...
- Health Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update regarding the proposals for a national screening programme for generic haemochromatosis in primary and hospital care...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
327. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a full-length pillow and an alarmed floor mat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26778/23]
- Hospital Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that he will review the decision to appoint HSE enhanced community care consultants to model 4 hospitals only in view of the fact that the...
- Medical Qualifications
329. To ask the Minister for Health when athletic therapy will be assessed for inclusion as a recognised profession under CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26789/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
330. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have spinal surgery at Temple Street Children's Hospital; the reason for multiple cancellations; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme since it commenced in 2021, including a breakdown of the type of...
- Nursing Homes
334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will place a cap on the figure that uplifts each year's loan to the 'current' rate in relation to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Data Protection
335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review current GDPR policies to ensure data sharing is possible and more streamlined between State agencies where serious safeguarding issues are...
- Medical Cards
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all secondary entitlements associated with medical cards; the total cost of each entitlement; the average secondary cost of a...
- Mental Health Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the National Youth Mental Health Task Force, in particular the youth mental health pathfinder...
- Health Services Staff
339. To ask the Minister for Health if redeployed employees to the HSE that are not HSE staff or Section 38/39 staff are entitled to the pandemic payment; if so, when it will be paid; and if not,...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
340. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26855/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Health the sites being considered for the new surgical hub in north Dublin; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26856/23]
- Departmental Budgets
343. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated, by project, for addiction services and treatment in budget 2023; and the amount spent to date, in tabular form. [26889/23]
- Hospital Staff
344. To ask the Minister for Health if a radiologist is in place in a hospital (details supplied). [26899/23]
- Departmental Bodies
345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26914/23]
- Eating Disorders
346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people nationwide being treated for eating disorders in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26923/23]
- Cancer Services
348. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the continuation of cancer screening services nationally, including cervical screening; the action he will take to ensure the...
- Medical Cards
349. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card held by a person (details supplied) will be extended immediately, given the medical circumstances of the applicant and their continuous need...
- Hospital Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the minutes of the management committees or equivalent decision-making bodies concerned with the commissioning and implementation of reviews...
- Hospital Staff
351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a tabulated anonymous breakdown of the tenure of persons whose direct line manager is the CEO or general manager in Connolly Hospital,...
- Nursing Homes
352. To ask the Minister for Health how the rates of payment to nursing homes under the nursing home subvention scheme are determined; the reason for the regional disparity between the different...
- Hospital Facilities
353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric intensive care unit beds and paediatric high-dependency unit beds that will be available when the new children's hospital opens. [26945/23]
- Emergency Departments
354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at the accident and emergency departments at both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
- Departmental Meetings
355. To ask the Minister for Health the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to date in 2023, in tabular form. [26946/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
356. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical injection port product (details supplied) is not available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
358. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to improve the mental health facilities available in CHO 7 in respect of each category of patient; and if he will make a...
- Healthcare Policy
359. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which school health examinations continue, including dental and ophthalmic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26984/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
360. To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing progress on the Naas General Hospital project, with particular reference to the promised extension of services and buildings thereat; the degree to...
- Primary Care Centres
361. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which consideration has been given to a primary care centre in Maynooth, County Kildare, which is a university town with a rapidly expanding...
- General Practitioner Services
364. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which plans are in hand to ensure an adequate GP service throughout County Kildare, given the number of GPs retiring and the existing and future...
- Medical Cards
365. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is intended to ensure the availability of full medical cards for those with life changing or terminal conditions, given the degree to...
- Healthcare Policy
366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health professionals likely to be covered by the regulations of health professionals Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26991/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
367. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the construction of the new maternity hospital; the degree to which the necessary preparations are being advanced; and if he...
- National Children's Hospital
368. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in the construction of the new children's hospital; when completion is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26993/23]
- Health Services Staff
369. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate staffing has or is being achieved at all levels throughout the health services, with a view to ensuring maximum operational...
- Healthcare Policy
370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017; the rational for this Bill not being developed by his Department, given that adult safeguarding is...
- Health Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to assist where persons are concerned with another person’s serious self-neglect which may be a danger to themselves or others...
- Emergency Services
372. To ask the Minister for Health the contact arrangements that are in place, outside of the hours 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, for emergency safeguarding services (details supplied); and...
- Medicinal Products
373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review (details supplied) which examined the governance arrangements around the HSEs drug pricing and reimbursement process; if the...
- Health Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made by his Department to counter the rising costs of baby formula recognising the necessity of the product for many woman and babies where...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health if the newly launched HSE capital plan for building and equipment will cover the construction of community adult day services centres; and if he will make a...
- Healthcare Policy
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received submissions raising concerns that future plans of the WHO in coordinating responses to pandemics might overreach the need for local national...
- Health Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people using Tandem insulin pumps who are aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or greater, in each county, for the year 2022, in...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pump starts done in Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in people aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or greater, for the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Costs
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he intends to reduce the cost of attending third level education for the academic year 2023-2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Education
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans in relation to expanding the teaching of university courses through the Irish language; and if he will make a...
- Further and Higher Education
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the discussions on pay grades for adult education tutors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Education and Training Boards
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarification on the differences in pay arrangements across the education and training boards for adult education tutors; the...
- Further and Higher Education
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the claim to align adult education tutors with a pay scale of an existing grade in ETBs; the progress that has...
- Third Level Fees
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for changes to the student contribution charge for undergraduate fees in the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Qualifications Recognition
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm whether every new candidate will have to hold QQI certification as part of the new licence system for construction workers;...
- Further and Higher Education
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for a project (details supplied); if he will outline a timeline for a support framework to be put in place; and if...
- Departmental Bodies
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26913/23]
- Third Level Education
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to research future requirements in the education sector with a view to ensuring an adequate supply of graduates...
- Labour Market
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated requirements in the technical market in the future on an annual basis and the degree to which it is expected to meet this demand;...
- Third Level Education
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is expected to provide student accommodation on campus to facilitate the academic and technical sectors for the...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which provision continues to be made to eliminate bullying throughout the educational sector in both the academic and technical...
- Third Level Education
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is possible for all students to reach and avail of third level education; the obstacles, if any, to this achievement; and...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
403. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm whether she will provide grants for agricultural shows, in view of the fact that these shows promote community...
- Departmental Bodies
404. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of her Department and Oireachtas contact details for each. [26918/23]
