Written answers

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development which counties will benefit from the initiative to develop outdoor recreation activities on Irish bogs. [28219/23]
    • Island Communities
      72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the step she is taking to support and promote employment and remote working on offshore islands. [28363/23]
    • Regional Development
      76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline any plans to strengthen the role of the Western Development Commission in order to drive investment in the West; and if she...
    • Rural Schemes
      77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28385/23]
    • Island Communities
      80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to improve public infrastructure on offshore islands. [28362/23]
    • Rural Schemes
      81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding LIS funding for 2023; if she will consider the Kerry situation and consider if a streamlined model for tackling...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the constituency of Cavan-Monaghan will benefit from the recently announced outdoor recreation and infrastructure scheme. [28325/23]
    • Community Development Projects
      83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give consideration to the resourcing of local authorities to establish community wealth building teams; and if she will...
    • Rural Schemes
      86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has examined the possibility of supporting local enterprises with three-phase electric power installations to assist growth in...
    • Undefined
      87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement she has had with her Government counterparts on active travel allocations for footpaths in rural areas. [28049/23]
    • Community Development Projects
      88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for community centre funding across all schemes operated by her Department in 2022; and the amount paid out...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      89. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development To ask the Minister forRural and Community Development if a commitment has been given to social enterprises, as there is increasing...
    • Community Development Projects
      90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new leader funding will be available to community groups; if eligibility criteria has been set; and how long the programme...
    • Rural Schemes
      91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to relaunch the connected hubs voucher scheme. [28326/23]
    • Island Communities
      93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the flexibilities provided for in the recently published Island Plan to ensure that issues of concern to islanders not addressed in the...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      94. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being done in providing...
    • Community Development Projects
      95. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action she is taking to support communities in forming community organisations where none currently exists; and if she will make a...
    • Island Communities
      96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the work her Department is doing to ensure the sustainability of island communities in terms of necessary...
    • Rural Schemes
      97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided by her Department to County Mayo since January 2020; the list of projects supported under the Rural...
    • heading
      100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a status update on Building Acquisition Measure 2023; the details of the successful applications; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rural Schemes
      101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department propose to ensure the widest possible availability of schemes likely to be of major...
    • Island Communities
      103. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 25 April 2023, the status of the new policy for the islands; if the policy and its...
    • Rural Schemes
      105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on thefunding allocated and works undertaken in Bagenalstown, County Carlow under the Streetscape Enhancement...
    • Island Communities
      107. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 25 April 2023, the status update on her Department's engagement with Galway County Council...
    • Rural Schemes
      108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the engagement her Department have had with the Department for Transport on securing joint funding...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      109. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Broadband Connection Points Programme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      110. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on how her Department are implementing the published guidelines on rural-proofing; and if she will make...
    • Rural Schemes
      111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply to new funding for the town and village renewal scheme;...
    • Control of Dogs
      115. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the current and recent engagement held with stakeholders by the working group of the cross-government review of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      116. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full list of public bodies under the aegis of his Department; and Oireachtas contact details for each. [27052/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      117. To ask the Taoiseach when the promised inquiry into the handling by the State of Covid-19 pandemic will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26928/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      118. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate...
    • Departmental Policies
      119. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public. [27682/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of ‘Practice for the Governance of...
    • Departmental Data
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role they filled; and the duration of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of expressions of interest received by the set closing date of 26 May 2023 for the election observer role; the percentage of...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department is now conducting an internal closed competition for the same rank, particularly when the current list has not...
    • Commemorative Events
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans the Government has to participate in the 25th anniversary of the official opening of the Island of Ireland Peace Park on 11...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position with regard to expanding the scholarships available to developing countries for enrolment in higher education, including...
    • Human Rights
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response and proposed actions to the harsh anti-LGBTQ measure signed into law recently in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if arrangements could be made for the original supporting documentation, submitted as part of a passport application, to be returned to the...
    • Middle East
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the context of the stated view of the UN in 2020 that the Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory are a significant source...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in respect of an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Departmental Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to the proposed ‘Consultative Forum on International Security Policy’, if he will provide the estimated cost of...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the requirements for an honorary consul to be appointed by Ireland; the requirements for a country to appoint an honorary consul to Ireland;...
    • Human Rights
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland regarding the ongoing execution of political prisoners in Iran; if he will endeavour to have international entities...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be announcing successful applications under the Shared Island Civic Society Fund 2023 in the near future; if he will note my full...
    • Middle East
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to submit a written statement to the International Court of Justice in respect of the planned advisory opinion on the Legal...
    • Departmental Communications
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public...
    • Departmental Policies
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he...
    • Passport Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27704/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the implementation of his Department's Climate Action Roadmap. [27772/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27837/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of...
    • Passport Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an EONI electoral identity card can be accepted as a form of photo identification through the passport application process; if this...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s view on Jammu and Kashmir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28071/23]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the progress made on reaching SDGs and on international aid; what the target is; and where we are at specifically in...
    • Passport Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite the passport applications of two persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28141/23]
    • Departmental Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and-or role they...
    • Passport Services
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the renewal of a passport for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will...
    • Official Engagements
      167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish Ambassador to Germany has visited any military facilities within Germany in 2022 and to date in 2023. [28447/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in the application for foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied), who applied in February 2020;...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the allocation to overseas development aid in each of the years 2017 to date; the corresponding percentage of GNI; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/23]
    • Data Protection
      174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electricity Supply Board
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 26 November 2009, to detail where in the Government books is the...
    • Recycling Policy
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of chemical recycling for flexible plastic packaging and other mixed polyethylene/polypropylene in Ireland;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when householders who produce surplus solar energy will be paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Prices
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to a priority vulnerable electricity customer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure broadband is provided to a household (details supplied). [27203/23]
    • Climate Change Policy
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his Department has assigned work on preparing a regulatory regime for carbon capture and storage; and whether...
    • Energy Conservation
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can suggest a solution to an issue affecting a person (details supplied) who has applied for a one-stop-shop...
    • Recycling Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he agrees that most people in rural areas recycle their garden waste on-site and use compost as a fertiliser, and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress in the conservation of salmon stocks in the rivers in the south east; how...
    • Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment i bhfianaise na heolaíochta a pléadh ag COP27 a léiríonn go ndéanfaí dochar...
    • Departmental Reviews
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the number of individuals in energy poverty or who are in arrears...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to publish any Shareholder Expectations Frameworks and any formal dividend policies for the ESB that were in place for...
    • Climate Change Policy
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to submit an updated National Energy and Climate Plan before the 30 June deadline. [27424/23]
    • Energy Conservation
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of rental properties that were retrofitted under each SEAI scheme, in tabular form. [27425/23]
    • Energy Policy
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the government's position on the 19 June EU Energy Council agenda items. [27426/23]
    • Energy Conservation
      190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the capital and current allocation for each retrofit scheme, in tabular form. [27427/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the pay grades hired in his Department division energy security emergency management;...
    • Departmental Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the potential cost of providing every second-level student in the State with a reusable water bottle, which could be...
    • Energy Conservation
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action his Department is taking to ensure that price gouging does not occur under energy grant schemes, including...
    • National Broadband Plan
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a medical centre (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in the National Broadband rollout because of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make a grant available for the installation of batteries as part of a residential solar panel system; and if...
    • Energy Policy
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider increasing the Clean Export Premium (CEP) feed-in tariff rate; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he will respond to the recommendations...
    • Departmental Communications
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media...
    • Departmental Policies
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by...
    • Waste Management
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the re-municipalisation of waste services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27723/23]
    • Environmental Schemes
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the average cost of a retrofit under each SEAI retrofitting scheme. [27720/23]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to develop hydro power in Ireland; if his Department are liaising with the range of State agencies including...
    • Energy Policy
      206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that the SEAI's database of BER ratings and the CSO's database on household incomes are entirely...
    • Environmental Policy
      207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which a public consultation on the use of direct lines and private wires will be launched; if he will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to address the barriers to hybrid connections to facilitate wind, solar and battery...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of smart electricity meters installed; the geographic distribution of the smart meters installed; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of undersea cables categorised as 'critical infrastructure' that pass through marine waters in the Irish...
    • National Broadband Plan
      217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll out; and if he...
    • Climate Change Policy
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which policies to achieve 2030 climate goals have been tested in order to create behavioural change; and...
    • Departmental Data
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the...
    • Energy Production
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs to date of providing emergency power generation under the measures carried out as part of the consent granted...
    • Electricity Generation
      223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what he expects the all-in costs to the Exchequer are in terms of (euros per MWHr) of emergency electricity generation...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce supports towards the purchase and installation of solar photovoltaic panels for those in receipt...
    • National Broadband Plan
      225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the rollout of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as...
    • Environmental Investigations
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the fact that 2,000 fish were found dead at Ballymacraven river in North Clare recently; the cause of...
    • Water Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he anticipates water shortages this summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/23]
    • Electricity Generation
      228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the proposed plans byESB to switch its power generation plant at Moneypoint in County Clare from coal to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the failure by the communications regulator to act in respect of contract changes by telephone providers...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government has looked at alternative fuels which are better for the environment (details supplied); and if he...
    • Data Protection
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against...
  • Department of Defence
    • Foreign Policy
      232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in relation to the proposed ‘Consultative Forum on International Security Policy’, the estimated cost of the forum; if he will...
    • Defence Forces
      233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if refurbishment works on block C at Stephen's Barracks, Kilkenny have commenced; the estimated timeframe for these works to be completed; and...
    • Departmental Communications
      235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies...
    • Departmental Policies
      236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he...
    • Defence Forces
      237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment of the Defence Forces, broken down by PDF and RDF, and divided by Corps; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Undefined
      239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans in place to commemorate the centenary of the Defence Forces on 1 October 2024. [27726/23]
    • Departmental Data
      241. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role they...
    • Defence Forces
      243. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on participation in PESCO projects of which the State is a project member; the cost associated to date; the benefits yielded;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      257. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total, capital and current allocations to his Department for the years 2017 to date; the commitments Government has made regarding the...
    • Defence Forces
      258. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of type APCs available to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28529/23]
    • Naval Service
      259. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the current programme for naval vessel replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      261. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to establish a joint cyber defence command; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/23]
    • Defence Forces
      262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital allocation and expenditure of the Defence Forces in the years 2020 to date, by domain; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Naval Service
      265. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of acquiring each Samuel Beckett class ship; if related contracts provided for the acquisition of any further ships; if so, if such are...
    • Defence Forces
      268. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the 130 recommendations contained in the Commission on the Defence Forces, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Environmental Policy
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate a publicity campaign to draw the public’s attention to the fact that petrol is being changed from E-5 to E-10...
    • Bus Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the TFI real time app does not provide details for some Dublin Bus services such as the 33x, which were available under the...
    • Road Projects
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons that he issued a Section 24 letter directing TII to only allocate €100,000 of funding to the Mallow Relief Road...
    • Dublin Bus
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of penalties and deductions for Dublin Bus service disruption between 2017 and 2022, in tabular form; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a grant for a wheelchair-accessible taxi for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide electric vehicles charging for people who do not have their own driveway and must avail of on-street parking; and if...
    • Bus Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to implement additional stops (details supplied) to the Ennis - Milltown Malbay Bus Route 333. [27501/23]
    • Rail Network
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the future use of a railway station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27526/23]
    • National Car Test
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people who waited either more than 3, 6 and 9 months for an NCT test in each test centre in the State, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Contracts
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, as part of the Irish Coast Guard search and rescue aviation contract offer to a company (details supplied) consideration has been...
    • Departmental Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of free public transport on an annual basis for those under 22 years of age in the context of existing fare...
    • Departmental Communications
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public...
    • Departmental Policies
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if...
    • Bus Services
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration, if any, that has been given to the provision of linking Croom Orthopaedic Hospital through the public transport...
    • Departmental Contracts
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the new provider for the search-and-rescue helicopter service in Ireland will retain the existing crews, along...
    • Rail Network
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the NTA and or Irish Rail in respect of a new access/exit point from Bray rail station directly onto Strand Road;...
    • Departmental Projects
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a primary school (details supplied) selected to participate in the safe route to school scheme three years ago will have the...
    • Road Network
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 31 January 2023, if there is an update on the route considered; and if it is part of any...
    • Bus Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on an extra route to be added to the transport of patients from Kenmare Hospital, County Kerry, to Killarney...
    • Bus Éireann
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have used Bus Éireann bus route 109X in both directions in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of...
    • Local Authorities
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for each local authority under active travel for footpath repair and widening; the amount allocated per local authority;...
    • Rail Network
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bike spaces in trains available on each route; and if he plans to increase them to allow for more flexible bike travel...
    • Road Projects
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the current status on the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney Road scheme which is due to be progressed this year;...
    • Greenways Provision
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Boyne Greenway project, in particular the 'Drogheda to Mornington scheme'; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions are expected with the Road Safety Authority regarding upcoming safety campaigns; if a campaign to raise awareness of the...
    • Departmental Policies
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which active travel policies have been tested to create behavioural change; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greenways Provision
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that a section of the emerging preferred route of the Athlone to Galway Greenway is located on an SAC-designated area; if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the new contract with a company (details supplied) for the provision of aviation search-and-rescue services, specifically...
    • Departmental Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role...
    • Disability Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had an application refused by the Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland for an...
    • Fuel Sales
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a matter (details supplied) concerning petrol cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28313/23]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/23]
    • Rail Network
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount invested by Irish Rail in respect of signalling and associated supporting IT systems at Connolly station in the past two years...
    • Departmental Properties
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what plans exist to bring Nos. 10-13 Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28395/23]
    • Bus Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a bus stop (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28414/23]
    • Electric Vehicles
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his involvement to date with Tipperary County Council in the advancement of EV charging infrastructure for County...
    • Public Transport
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the public transport issues in the Knocklyon area; if he will ensure that adequate transport is provided, looking at...
    • Road Safety Authority
      319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving instructors who have been struck off by the RSA in each of the years 2011 to 2023, in tabular form. [28426/23]
    • Rail Network
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann has at least one customer service officer onboard each Intercity train; if not, the estimated cost of...
    • National Transport Authority
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE transport planners employed by the National Transport Authority in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023,...
    • Taxi Licences
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28453/23]
    • Road Network
      323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can provide an update on the work underway as part of Project BRUCE, Better Road User Charging Evaluation; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be awarded to South Dublin County Council in the coming years for active travel/cycle infrastructure. [28478/23]
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason TII has not engaged with a group water scheme (details supplied) along the N63 in Galway despite An Bord Pleanála...
    • Road Projects
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the N5 bypass at Ballaghadreen to Scramoge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28489/23]
    • Road Tolls
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his meetings based on media accounts (details supplied) with toll companies regarding the imminent proposed hike in...
    • Fuel Quality
      328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that E10 petrol does not damage older cars or boat engines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with local groups concerning the assignment of bus stops and the timetable on the 232 bus service in County Cork,...
    • Data Protection
      330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance the current wait times to secure appointments through an organisation (details supplied) to import and register cars from the United Kingdom over the years...
    • Tax Code
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27067/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      333. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living city initiative, in particular to include the Ballybough area of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the help-to-buy scheme in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [27077/23]
    • Insurance Coverage
      339. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of insurers writing to consumers on the issue of the danger of having homes underinsured, and so on; if the companies are now using...
    • Tax Code
      340. To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax band for married couples will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27099/23]
    • Departmental Reviews
      341. To ask the Minister for Finance if the comprehensive review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, committed to by his predecessor and agreed to be undertaken with a wider...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      342. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update regarding access to primary medical certificates for applicants; when the DDMBA is due to resume hearings; the action being taken...
    • Pension Levy
      343. To ask the Minister for Finance when private pension holders will be compensated and have levies stopped on their pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      344. To ask the Minister for Finance if the revenue foregone through the Special Assignee Relief Programme is factored within the base for each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will...
    • Tax Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated in 2024 by introducing a 40% rate of capital gains tax on the disposal of assets made by persons in cases in...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      350. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the dividends or other monies received from the ESB for each year from 2009 to date, in tabular form; and to outline the manner in which he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      351. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the steps his Department takes to ensure that consulting firms do not share confidential information in terms of policy development within...
    • Tax Yield
      352. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate in the form of dividend withholding tax paid by Irish real estate funds as a proportion of operating and pre-tax profits respectively...
    • Departmental Schemes
      353. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers' and passengers scheme facilitates disabled drivers charging their...
    • Tax Code
      354. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the implementation of the findings of the review undertaken by Revenue in 2018 and 2019 with respect to the flat rate expenses...
    • Tax Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of persons' who paid PAYE income tax and/or the universal social charge in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27295/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      358. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider putting a plan in place to give interest relief to mortgage holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Yield
      362. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected in the NORA levy, excise duty, carbon tax, and VAT on fuel in the past five years, in tabular form. [27391/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      363. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of rental properties that have availed of the tax incentive for small-scale landlords who undertake retrofitting works. [27462/23]
    • Tax Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes acquired under the help-to-buy scheme since its introduction, by the number of homes per local authority, in tabular form. [27557/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      365. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27572/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      366. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of extending consanguinity relief and acceleration of wear and tear allowances for farm safety equipment relief in 2024; and if he will...
    • Tax Exemptions
      367. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise the tax exemption on income up to €200 per year received by domestic micro-generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      368. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing an income tax relief at a rate of €2,000, €3,000 and €4,000 for those tutors training craft apprentices...
    • Tax Yield
      369. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the top four local property tax rates all increased by 30% based on 2022 figures. [27621/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      370. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies...
    • Departmental Policies
      371. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector
      372. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the larger transaction charges imposed on SMEs, especially in hospitality and retail, by the banking sector; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      373. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the capital acquisitions tax thresholds for individuals without children to assign a relative or relatives from Group B - a brother,...
    • Tax Exemptions
      378. To ask the Minister for Finance if counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are registered under CORU, that they would be eligible for VAT exemptions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      379. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can clarify (details supplied) in relation to the residential zoned land tax. [27918/23]
    • State Assets
      380. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of his and the Central Bank's investment assets and value to the end of Q1 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of disposed...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      381. To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of ‘Practice for the...
    • Tax Code
      383. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to the residential development stamp duty refund scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Universal Social Charge
      384. To ask the Minister for Finance if medical card recipients are required to apply for the reduced USC, or if the reduction is applied automatically; the total number of medical card...
    • Tax Exemptions
      386. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is time that the Government takes a serious look at the €330,000 exemption for children who have an inheritance left to them,...
    • Departmental Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role they filled; and the...
    • Tax Code
      389. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether or not active farmland is excluded from RZLT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/23]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      390. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compliance interventions made by the large cases high-wealth individuals division of Revenue Commissioners; and the money recouped as a result...
    • Fiscal Policy
      391. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's plans and policies for economic growth and fiscal stability; if he can explain the strategies being pursued to attract foreign investment,...
    • Data Protection
      392. To ask the Minister for Finance the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • An Garda Síochána
      393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of disused Garda stations in counties Longford and Westmeath. [27452/23]
    • Public Sector Pay
      394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive their FEMPI pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/23]
    • Local Elections
      395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions currently in place for civil servants and public servants contesting local government elections. [27061/23]
    • National Development Plan
      396. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been any changes/additions/deletions to the National Development Plan since its launch on 4 October 2021. [27082/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the list for the filling of first secretary posts in the Department of Foreign Affairs is set to close in November 2023, six...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the steps his Department takes to ensure that consulting firms do not share confidential information in terms of...
    • Heritage Sites
      399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on plans to reopen Barryscourt Castle, Cork. [27235/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade Tallaght district Garda station, due to the age of the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied). [27334/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department will commit to extending the SLWP scheme for HCWs and other public servants, who have developed and are seriously...
    • An Garda Síochána
      403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Castlebar Garda station or any Mayo Garda stations have been identified as a recipient of such funding to support its expansion and...
    • Office of Public Works
      405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been spent annually every year from 2012 to 2022, inclusive, on the procurement of archaeological services by the...
    • EU Funding
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects Ireland to receive almost €90 million in grants for REPowerEU projects; if he will provide details on the nature...
    • An Garda Síochána
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of section 8 complaints received in respect of the past five Garda recruitment campaigns broken down by formal and informal...
    • State Bodies
      410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a definition of business-as-usual use in the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016 in relation to...
    • Departmental Communications
      411. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public...
    • Departmental Policies
      412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and...
    • Flood Risk Management
      413. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be provided to repair a promenade in south Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies
      414. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of dividends paid into the Exchequer central fund and dividends not paid into the Exchequer for each...
    • Flood Risk Management
      416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of all arterial drainage schemes over the past five years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and...
    • Data Protection
      417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of Practice for the...
    • Office of Public Works
      419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW will meet with the elected members of the Inishowen municipal district,...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the inordinate delay in issuing a compensation payment to a person (details supplied); if he is aware of the financial...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      421. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of bus and coach companies on the Office of Government Procurement muti-supplier framework for the provision of bus and coach...
    • An Garda Síochána
      422. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the roof repairs to Store Street Garda station will be completed; and the estimated cost of these repairs. [28168/23]
    • Departmental Data
      423. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role...
    • Office of Public Works
      425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ask officials from the Office of Public Works when they will meet a delegation of Donegal County Councillors to discuss how...
    • National Development Plan
      426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the assessment by an organisation (details supplied) in its 2023 fiscal assessment report that the real value of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Communications
      427. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that his Department or State agencies has provided to a factory (details supplied) at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan;...
    • National Minimum Wage
      428. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to increase the minimum wage rate for those aged 20 years or younger; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Projects
      429. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a series of matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning departmental projects; and if he will...
    • National Minimum Wage
      430. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the age-related rates of the minimum wage; his views on whether this is fair; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      431. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated first-year cost of hiring ten additional WRC inspectors. [27386/23]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total funding for Enterprise Ireland's market discovery fund in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing this fund by 10% and...
    • Brexit Supports
      434. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total funding for Enterprise Ireland's post Brexit market growth and diversification grant in 2022; and the estimated cost of...
    • Departmental Projects
      435. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason there was an underspend of €38,250,000 for the disruptive technology fund in 2022. [27390/23]
    • Industrial Development
      436. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what Ireland's position is on the Net Zero Industrial Act regarding industrial planning. [27422/23]
    • Enterprise Policy
      437. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland are undertaking to secure foreign and indigenous direct investment in...
    • Work Permits
      439. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with other Government Departments in relation to improving the delivery of the work permit...
    • Departmental Reports
      440. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce final report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27458/23]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      441. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the WRC is no longer fit for purpose in the Government's eyes; the implication for all employees across all sectors, public and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the innovation voucher scheme by 25% and 50%. [27507/23]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the 'skills for better business' initiative in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding by...
    • Departmental Schemes
      446. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the 'leadership 4 growth' training programme in 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing that funding for...
    • Work Permits
      450. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to including agricultural mechanics, construction plant fitters and heavy vehicle mechanics in his...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing funding for the Digital Start Initiative by 10%, 20% and 50%. [27582/23]
    • State Bodies
      453. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocation for the Corporate Enforcement Authority in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [27624/23]
    • Ticket Touting
      455. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how effective the new law banning ticket touting has been since 2021; how many people have been prosecuted since the Sale of Tickets...
    • Departmental Communications
      457. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of...
    • Departmental Policies
      458. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public;...
    • Job Creation
      459. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which job creation through FDI continues throughout County Kildare; the number of jobs created in Kildare through FDI...
    • Work Permits
      460. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will have the mechanics, specifically agricultural mechanics, construction plant fitters and heavy vehicle mechanics added to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      461. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for technology centres in 2022; and if this is capital or current funding; and the cost of increasing this...
    • Departmental Reports
      463. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what is delaying a long-promised report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27917/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      464. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of...
    • Work Permits
      465. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there have been any changes made to the provision of work permits for non-EU nationals coming to Ireland to take up employment in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      466. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider having mechanics, specifically agricultural mechanics, construction plant fitters and heavy vehicle mechanics...
    • Industrial Development
      468. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of lands and building owned and leased by the IDA; the date on which they were purchased and or leased;...
    • Departmental Data
      469. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of instances in which his Department availed of services and or consultancy and or advices from a company (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      470. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title, at the Health and Safety Authority as of 7 June 2023; the estimated full-year cost of...
    • Departmental Strategies
      471. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what assessments are taking place within his Department regarding the impact of the EU pharmaceutical strategy review on the Irish...
    • Work Permits
      473. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's approach to work permits in Ireland, specifically the current guidelines and procedures for obtaining work permits...
    • Data Protection
      474. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered the urgent need to secure additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) who have been informed that...
    • School Enrolments
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has established the number of students in an area (details supplied) requiring a special education placement who have not yet...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if psychological or other such assessments for children paid for privately by parents, rather than waiting years on HSE or other State-funded...
    • School Transport
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with an address in Mullingar that had an application submitted for school transport to a school (details supplied) for the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cross-departmental engagement her Department has had in relation to the scoping inquiry, as announced in March 2023 into allegations of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will be announcing plans for additional schools in view of the census population figures and the substantial number of...
    • State Examinations
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will require the State Examination Commission to use and distribute dyslexia-friendly exam papers to all dyslexic students sitting their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building project of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27250/23]
    • Grant Payments
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of adjusting for inflation the primary school capitation grant. [27265/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline what the process is for an Irish exemption for an 11-year-old child (details supplied) diagnosed with a sensory processing...
    • School Funding
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry qualifies for emergency-works funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27290/23]
    • School Attendance
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will re-open applications under the home school community liaison posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Schemes
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate whether a person (details supplied) has applied for home tuition for a person, as advised by her Department; if an EWO...
    • School Enrolments
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the precise forecasting on behalf of the National Council for Special Education regarding enrolments for the 2023/2024...
    • Schools Building Projects
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for delivery of two modular classrooms granted by her Department's modular projects department for a school (details supplied); if...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ask her Department to take into consideration the primary teaching history instead of the registration status of a person (details...
    • Education and Training Provision
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options for a young girl's education (details supplied). [27419/23]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the decisions being considered by the Teachers' Conciliation Council to award incremental credit to teachers who...
    • School Facilities
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding temporary prefab classroom units for a school (details supplied); if she will confirm that they will be in place in...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a teacher (details supplied), who is not a new entrant, has never been recognised for their PGCE teaching qualification; if the Department...
    • School Admissions
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a place in a local ASD unit can be provided in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); if every effort can be made to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) which has had a site identified, given the ongoing...
    • School Transport
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be provided to a pupil (details supplied) from a safer pick-up point in the village; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Facilities
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications for roof repairs and reconfiguration of two rooms for a school (details supplied) will be processed, in view of the fact that...
    • School Admissions
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 23 May 2023, if a school place will be found in time for September for the son of a person (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise number of special needs organisers currently working in County Kildare; the number of positions currently vacant; her Department's...
    • Departmental Reviews
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the review of policy on specific learning difficulty/reading classes and schools has been completed; if so, whether the review can be...
    • Departmental Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the NCSE policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools has been completed; if so, whether it can be...
    • School Accommodation
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that the additional accommodation which has been approved by her Department will be put in place for a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a third ASD classroom for a school (details supplied), as recommended by the National Council for Special Education; if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer associated with State funding for a practical programme of driver education and a pathway to pass...
    • Departmental Strategies
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps, if any, that are being taken by her Department to educate and safeguard children around the potential harms and misinformation being...
    • School Curriculum
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans her Department has in place to accommodate students with learning difficulties to have the option of having two or three different...
    • School Transport
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be provided to four children from the same household (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 31 May 2023, if her attention has been drawn to reports from school principals, teachers and SNAs...
    • School Curriculum
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns about reforms to the Social, Personal and Health Education...
    • School Accommodation
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a section 29 appeal in respect of a school place for a person (details supplied). [27616/23]
    • Education Policy
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the potential risks associated with technology and social media use for children of school going age including social...
    • Mental Health Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with Roscommon Comhairle na nÓg, a group of 28 young people, regarding a project they are developing to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if she will respond to the recommendations set out in the report;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the 1/2A submission to build an ASD unit in a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she...
    • Departmental Communications
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and...
    • Departmental Policies
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, and public bodies and agencies under her remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if she...
    • Grant Payments
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a grant will be paid to all Kerry schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27709/23]
    • School Accommodation
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the provision of accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27722/23]
    • School Curriculum
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what languages are currently being considered as a Leaving Certificate subject. [27753/23]
    • Departmental Data
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request the NCSE to outline the total funding per annum for the past five years for assistive technology to support blind and vision impaired...
    • Teacher Training
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline what training is available to teachers and special education teachers exclusively on assistive technology used by blind and vision...
    • School Accommodation
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if it will progress in time for it to be operational...
    • Departmental Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a copy of all policy circulars that outline the diagnosed disabilities and/or medical conditions that apply for grant funding for assistive...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being taken to expedite the process where teachers returning home from abroad or travelling to Ireland with the purpose of taking up...
    • School Accommodation
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional temporary classroom spaces will to be added in a school (details supplied) ahead of the next school year. [27807/23]
    • School Transport
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update for the ongoing school transport scheme review; if there were any recommendations to change the shortest route...
    • School Facilities
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the board of management of a primary school (details supplied) will have a decision on its application for emergency works; and if she will...
    • School Curriculum
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to add Korean as a curricular language for the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27865/23]
    • State Examinations
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allocating extra time in exams for dyslexic students in the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate to bring...
    • Departmental Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her projected figures for secondary school places for Mullingar, County Westmeath, for September 2023; the figures for applications for these...
    • Departmental Programmes
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the inclusion of a Westmeath school (details supplied) in the counselling and mental health pilot scheme which she announced...
    • School Facilities
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) is the only community school in the country for which provision for all-weather playing facilities...
    • School Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can have confirmation of entitlement to professional years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure the temporary accommodation committed to for a school (details supplied) will be in place in advance of the new...
    • School Transport
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from Monaghan who availed of the school transport scheme in 2022/2023; the total number of late applicants; the number of...
    • Departmental Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the children awaiting school places in Kilcock have now been accommodated there, such children being the subject of previous Parliamentary...
    • Education Policy
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the activities of the Parents' Rights Alliance, Irish Education Alliance and the Irish National Party,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of ‘Practice...
    • Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndeachaigh sise nó a Roinn i dteagmháil leis an gComhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta FAOI RÉIR...
    • Oiliúint Múinteoirí
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard iad na riachtanais iontrála Ghaeilge a chaithfidh a bheith ag mac léinn le cúrsa bunmhúinteoireachta a...
    • Education Policy
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the release of the CSO Census population figures which show significant increases in south Louth and east Meath, if she will provide...
    • Special Educational Needs
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can offer some support to a neuro-divergent child (details supplied) who has limited educational opportunities; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to permitting second level students with a diagnosis of dyslexia additional time in the exam hall to complete...
    • Schools Building Projects
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions currently being made for the addition of a third ASD special needs classroom for a school (details supplied); if she will confirm...
    • School Accommodation
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of a much-needed extension for a school (details supplied); if she will confirm at what stage the...
    • School Facilities
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a general purpose hall and-or gymnasium for a school (details supplied). [28152/23]
    • School Accommodation
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the BFR is completed for a school (details supplied). [28153/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of a review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28159/23]
    • School Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a clear calendar of timelines in relation to the provision of ICT grants to national schools, that set out in advance the...
    • Departmental Data
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff seconded to her Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role they...
    • Education Policy
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a group (details supplied) that has been trying to stop the new junior cycle SPHE-RSE curriculum with no identification or no...
    • School Accommodation
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for emergency works for a named school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be approved grant aid for major capital works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28268/23]
    • School Accommodation
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school project (details supplied), waiting since March, will progress to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding a teacher salary query; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans in place to utilise a vacant ASD unit in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the lack of summer provision in special needs' schools; what she intends to do to resolve this issue; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary schools will receive a digital strategy ICT grant this academic year and in the next line with the Digital Strategy for Schools to...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS schools receive an enhanced grant under the Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027. [28377/23]
    • School Staff
      605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 191 of 1 June 2023, if he will indicate a timeframe for when the claims lodged by teachers' unions at TCC...
    • School Accommodation
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will now sanction an extension to a school (details supplied); if her Department can approve an extension for another 500...
    • Special Educational Needs
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new special educational needs organiser will be appointed to the Carlow area following the vacancy arising (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Curriculum
      608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the facilitating of the teaching of art in second-level schools; if there has been a drop in the number of schools offering...
    • School Facilities
      609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing support for IXL learning supports for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a DEIS status application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28467/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school to accommodate the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); and if the process will be expedited....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28476/23]
    • Departmental Data
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to run the north inner city multidisciplinary team each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28479/23]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her advice on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28492/23]
    • Education Policy
      615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the working conditions of resource staff working in YouthReach and how their employment terms and conditions...
    • State Examinations
      616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to grant extra time on examinations to candidates with dyslexia to complete State exams, both Junior and Leaving Certificate; and if...
    • Education Policy
      618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her efforts to enhance the quality of education in Ireland; the steps being taken to improve students' digital literacy skills, promote inclusive...
    • Special Educational Needs
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the possibility of using a school (details supplied), which closed in June 2022, as a special school for west Cork. [28588/23]
    • Departmental Circulars
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that Circular Letter 10/98 is made available to the public by publishing it in the departmental website; and if she will make...
    • Data Protection
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le plean teanga Bhéal an Mhuirthead; cén uair a bheidh an plean...
    • Irish Language
      623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the preparation of language plans in respect of all towns identified as possible Gaeltacht service towns following...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      625. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad iarratasóir a chuir isteach ar mhaoiniú faoi Scéim Forbartha na Líonraí Gaeilge gach...
    • Arts Policy
      626. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of introducing a culture card voucher system worth €200 each to all 18-24-year-olds in Ireland in 2024,...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the research surveys involving participants in the basic income for the arts scheme include, or will include, specific...
    • Departmental Meetings
      629. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body that sat on the Disability Consultative Committee of her Department during its existence; and if she will...
    • Sports Funding
      630. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in light of recent statements by the Football Association of Ireland regarding the lack of funding for League of Ireland clubs,...
    • Departmental Policies
      631. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an indicative costing for her Department to offer a practical programme of first-aid and CPR life-saving...
    • Departmental Communications
      632. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of...
    • Swimming Pools
      633. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide detailed feedback to Kildare County Council in respect of the unsuccessful application for funding in 2019 for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      634. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of...
    • Sports Funding
      636. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify the reason the ladies' League of Ireland was not successful in securing funding through her Department; if she...
    • Departmental Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff seconded to her Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or...
    • Sports Funding
      641. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available to an individual (details supplied) who is representing Ireland at an underage level at the upcoming...
    • Data Protection
      644. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Energy Conservation
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in Galway city and Galway county that have been upgraded through the retrofitting programme for social...
    • Housing Schemes
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes made by his Department now require a tenant to have resided in their home for ten years before accessing this...
    • Local Elections
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the restrictions currently in place for civil servants and public servants contesting local government elections. [27060/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will re-examine the rates of HAP payment in the light of the experience of a person (details supplied) who is struggling...
    • Housing Schemes
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an intention to increase the housing adaption grant for people with disabilities, which has a maximum grant of...
    • Water Pollution
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department have had any correspondence or discussion with officials from Northern Ireland in relation to...
    • Housing Schemes
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability will be published. [27164/23]
    • Allotments Provision
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed policy to help protect and provide more allotments and community gardens in...
    • Housing Schemes
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a policy proposal to help local people obtain a rental property (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out the timeline for proposed referenda due to take place this year, including the introduction of relevant...
    • Judicial Reviews
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the names of solicitors and their firms who have received payments from An Bord Pleanála who they have...
    • Housing Provision
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is on target to complete action 2.10 of Housing for All to examine a system of holding rental deposits by...
    • Housing Schemes
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been paid out under the vacant property refurbishment grant since it was established, broken down by...
    • Local Authorities
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with officials in Longford County Council in relation to the exceptional and severe...
    • Housing Policy
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his strategy for bringing all vacant local authority housing back into residential use to reduce social housing waiting lists;...
    • Local Authorities
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 as amended by each local authority in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form;...
    • Defective Building Materials
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline how he can assure the affected homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Limerick and other counties...
    • EU Directives
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of all recommendations, briefing notes and supporting documents including legal advices, external...
    • Departmental Regulations
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he stands over his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service's long-standing and continuing legal requirement,...
    • EU Directives
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will assure that all new or amended regulations pertinent to the annual State-wide derogations from protections afforded...
    • Departmental Reports
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request his Department to provide requested information (details supplied) covering the period from the 2020-2021...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on any proposals that are being made in relation to payments being made permanent for farmers in...
    • Housing Schemes
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 45 local authority housing units approved for construction in (details supplied) have finished construction; if so,...
    • Housing Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the five AHB units under a housing association approved for construction (details supplied) have finished construction; if...
    • Housing Schemes
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Offaly County Council and Laois County Council have made applications under the affordable housing fund to support...
    • Planning Issues
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek details from each individual local authority in respect of the percentage of rural one-off housing...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by nationality of the 12,259 people in emergency accommodation; how many that are Irish citizens, non-Irish EU...
    • Housing Schemes
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes by the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Housing Provision
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social houses constructed by the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Data
      689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of people who became homeless in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Rental Sector
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of notifications of termination of tenancy issued to the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the past ten...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of persons currently in emergency homeless accommodation in the State; and the total number of available...
    • Vacant Properties
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties owned by his Department which are currently vacant; and if he will detail the locations of these...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the mental and physical health impacts of extended periods of stay in...
    • Planning Issues
      696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the review of the 2018 regulations that exempt certain vacant commercial...
    • Water Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is honouring the brokered Management Transformation Framework Document delivered in June 2022; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to anomalies in the criteria for qualifying for cost-rental schemes administered through the...
    • Housing Schemes
      701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have applied for the derelict property grant, by county; and the amount paid out under the grant in...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Minister and officials responsible for negotiating a deal (details supplied). [27493/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes acquired under the first home scheme since its introduction, by the number of homes per local authority,...
    • Departmental Communications
      708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he will respond to the recommendations set out...
    • Departmental Policies
      710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the...
    • Housing Schemes
      711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give additional resources to Louth County Council to expedite urgent housing adaptation grant application cases...
    • Departmental Bodies
      712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many ecologists are currently employed in An Bord Pleanála; and the cost per year per post, in tabular form. [27694/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the workforce plan for the marine and climate unit; the current staffing levels; and the cost per year per post, in tabular...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the workforce plan for the maritime area regulatory authority; the current staffing levels per specialism; and the cost per...
    • Housing Schemes
      721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of active tenancies in the housing assistance payment scheme and rental accommodation scheme. [27719/23]
    • Housing Policy
      722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on introducing regulations to allow individuals who rent or buy an apartment to have a pet; and if he will make a...
    • Electoral Process
      723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide accurate electronic copies of clear maps for every local electoral area in the country. [27771/23]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of establishing a marine biodiversity national coordination body as recommended by the Citizen's Assembly...
    • Housing Schemes
      725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to address an anomaly with the Croí Cónaithe grant scheme (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Wildlife Protection
      726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have undertaken hedgerow surveys; if targeted funding is available to councils to...
    • Architectural Heritage
      727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has any plans to acquire Knocklofty House, Clonmel, County Tipperary to prevent it from further...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will supply a complete copy of all recommendations, briefing notes and supporting documents (including legal advices -...
    • Wildlife Protection
      741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, with regard to the Annual State-wide Wild Birds derogation Declarations for the period 2020.21 to the 2023.24 extension of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the new defective scheme will accept applications from beneficial owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Schemes
      747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the vacant property refurbishment grant will last. [27916/23]
    • Housing Policy
      748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation will be brought forward to provide tenants facing a no-fault eviction the right of first refusal if the...
    • Water Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the towns which currently must limit housing development due to inadequate waste water treatment capacity, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications under the domestic lead remediation grant scheme since its introduction in 2016, per local...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code...
    • Defective Building Materials
      753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if officials from his Department will be meeting with homeowners and representatives prior to an updated report on the...
    • Wildlife Protection
      754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that a company (details supplied) has responded positively to appeals and banned cruel animal snares from its...
    • Defective Building Materials
      755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of establishing the working group to examine defects in housing, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full cost, current cost and capital cost to establish the registration and inspection scheme 2012 for the domestic...
    • Public Sector Staff
      757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ecologists, marine biologists and ornithologists to be employed at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority; if...
    • State Bodies
      758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority as...
    • Public Sector Staff
      759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ecologists, marine biologists and ornithologists employed in An Bord Pleanála; if there are any plans to...
    • State Bodies
      760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing at An Bord Pleanála as differentiated under...
    • Housing Schemes
      761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a series of matters (details supplied) will be clarified in relation to the tenant in situ purchase scheme in cases in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Government is not ensuring the installation of solar panels on local authority homes that are undergoing...
    • Defective Building Materials
      766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with the organisers of a campaign (details supplied) before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title...
    • Housing Policy
      769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the temporary time-limited waiver in respect of development contribution fees for self-build homes in...
    • Defective Building Materials
      770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has determined the number of houses in the ownership of Mayo County Council that have tested for pyrite; if these homes...
    • Local Authorities
      771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects a biodiversity officer to be appointed in County Longford. [28255/23]
    • Defective Building Materials
      773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given the recent final report submitted by Sligo County Council, Sligo will be included in the defective concrete blocks...
    • Housing Schemes
      774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans for a 'right-sizing' scheme; if this will support older people who own their own homes and are...
    • Housing Provision
      776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most up-to-date housing needs assessment for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the number on each of the local authority...
    • Septic Tanks
      777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the infrastructure fees waiver that has been announced includes septic tanks. [28282/23]
    • State Bodies
      778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the review commissioned by Uisce Éireann to be carried out by a company (details supplied) on Uisce...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide update on efforts to reduce and eliminate rhododendron ponticum; if he will introduce incentives to...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised guidelines on wind energy development will be published as part of Q2 targets for the 2023 Climate Action...
    • Foreshore Issues
      781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all foreshore licence applications in County Dublin submitted in each year from 2000 to 2010, including...
    • Housing Schemes
      782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will look at amending the criteria with regards to the croí cónaithe grant to allow someone who is the only...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Uisce Éireann will take charge of the wastewater system at Sliabh Dubh, Corduff, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, to...
    • Water Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is intended to announce the rural water programme for 2023; the reason for the delay with this in view of the fact...
    • Housing Policy
      786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government's approach to addressing Ireland's housing crisis; the measures being taken to increase affordable housing...
    • Water Services
      787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether there is any grant funding available to support the cost of works to a private group water scheme where a total...
    • Departmental Strategies
      788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Implementation Plan for the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2022-2027 will be published; and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the significant decline in the salmon population; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Schemes
      790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on removing means testing of a spouse's income for applicants to the rural social scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify if there is a limit on the amount of savings a person can have if they are to be successful in obtaining...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      805. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all relevant information in respect of an application for a working family payment in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      806. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the entitlement for a qualified adult dependent on a partner’s State pension (details supplied)....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      807. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the situation regarding the possibility of further consideration of a case (details supplied) for partial...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been paid the social welfare spring bonus. [27492/23]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      809. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided on a matter regarding a CE supervisor scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Community Welfare Services
      810. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the weekly service of community welfare officers visiting towns has not been resumed in Cavan since Covid (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      811. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications; the number of refusals on first application; the number of appeals;...
    • Departmental Communications
      812. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts...
    • Departmental Policies
      813. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department, and public bodies and agencies under her remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      815. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for child benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Employment Support Services
      817. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the number of people who are on the live register in each town in County Cork; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      818. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department will process an application for a free travel companion pass (details supplied); if there is currently a...
    • State Pensions
      820. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate in the case of a person (details supplied) the income that he is deemed to received from his ARF which deemed him...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      821. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current rate of pay for the job initiative scheme; if there are plans to increase this; and the measures she will take to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will look at creating a childhood and adolescent and young-adult cancer-care allowance; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      825. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27984/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      827. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the carer’s allowance payment to include an additional option for the allowance to be paid based on...
    • Departmental Staff
      828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of employees of her Department who were Class B PRSI contributors between October 2011 and December 2015;...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      830. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the freepost instruction was removed from social welfare child benefit review forms (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      831. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28088/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      832. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons the May cost-of-living payment was not paid to qualified adults on a contributory pension in their own right; if...
    • Departmental Data
      835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff seconded to her Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give due consideration to expanding the criteria for the household benefits package to include all cancer...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      840. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 23 May 2023, the reason those on non-contributory pensions were omitted from the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a reply will issue from her Department to an email received on 31 May from a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of medical assessors assigned to examining applications for domiciliary care allowance and the number of medical...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the claim of a person (details supplied) to determine if they are in receipt of the correct benefit at the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the eligible non-profit bodies which can access CE scheme workers; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to extend eligibility for child benefit for a child aged 18 years or older who is still in post-primary education; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the children’s allowance has not been extended to the parents of 18-year-olds who are still in full-time...
    • Data Protection
      852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Programmes
      853. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a factory (details supplied) in Carrickmacross was part of any application for the immigrant investor scheme; the details of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      855. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 25 May 2023, how often the information is collated. [27095/23]
    • Airport Security
      857. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the e-gates in Dublin Airport for passport control have been subject to any review and checking since the IT malfunction in...
    • International Protection
      858. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new staff devoted to handling the increasing number seeking international protection; the target processing...
    • Visa Applications
      859. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the current status of an EU Treaty Rights application by a person (details supplied); if the...
    • International Protection
      860. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were granted permission to enter the State in the context of the temporary protection decision who...
    • An Garda Síochána
      861. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to work in Ballymun Garda station. [27317/23]
    • Asylum Applications
      863. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for asylum which was made in 2021 is being processed for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be...
    • Visa Applications
      865. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will conduct a review of the business visa requirements based on the information in a letter. (details supplied). [27327/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      866. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost associated with any current planned updates Garda ICT structures. [27345/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      868. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of implementing the Judicial Planning Working Group recommendations. [27348/23]
    • Restorative Justice
      869. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of increasing funding to restorative justice initiatives by 100%. [27349/23]
    • Prison Service
      870. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected yearly cost to the Prison Service of housing a single prisoner. [27350/23]
    • International Protection
      871. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of doubling funding to the International Protection Office and International Protection Appeals Tribunal....
    • An Garda Síochána
      872. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 25 May 2023, the projected cost of doubling funding for Garda diversion programmes...
    • Crime Prevention
      873. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of establishing a homicide review board within her Department, including designated office space and administrative...
    • An Garda Síochána
      874. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of training an additional 3,000 gardaí in the Competency-Based Driver (CBD) Level 2 course in 2023. [27363/23]
    • Crime Prevention
      876. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing a crime prevention officer, including administrative and technological support per annum. [27365/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      877. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of GDPR and data protection training for at least four members of An Garda Síochána per district...
    • Asylum Applications
      878. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of single male applicants who were granted asylum in each year from 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      880. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the current capital funding allocations from her Department to the Garda small capital works budget; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality since reform in January 2021, how many international protection applicants have sought work after six months of waiting for a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a dedicated Garda liaison officer exists to investigate complaints of assault against taxi drivers and to liaise generally...
    • Departmental Programmes
      886. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 18 May 2023, if she will give confirmation as requested (details supplied); and if...
    • Prison Service
      887. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of doubling the number of psychologists in the Irish Prison Service. [27608/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      889. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of...
    • Departmental Policies
      890. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, and public bodies and agencies under her remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      891. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it currently takes for a citizenship application to be processed; the reason a person (details supplied) has...
    • Drug Dealing
      892. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of illegal narcotic seizures and the monetary value of each seizure in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, per county,...
    • Child Protection
      893. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on reviewing guardianship laws (details supplied) to reflect larger societal changes; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Policy
      894. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the average processing time for the join spouse visa - spouse of an Irish national; the steps she is...
    • An Garda Síochána
      895. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any pathway whereby an experienced prison officer could transfer to An Garda Síochána without going...
    • Visa Applications
      896. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); when a decision is...
    • Citizenship Applications
      897. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application by a person (details supplied), for citizenship which is pending...
    • Departmental Programmes
      898. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of two projects (details supplied) that are to be funded through the immigrant investor programme; and if she will...
    • Statute of Limitations
      899. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position in relation to establishing the three-year statute of limitations for medical negligence cases, in light of the...
    • Prison Service
      900. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress she has made in relation to the establishment of the proposed role of the Ombudsman in prisoner complaints; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a tabular breakdown of the projected and actual numbers of Garda recruits, resignations, retirements and overall force...
    • Child Protection
      902. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent, if any, to which parental alienation is a defined condition in this country, given the extent to which the concept...
    • Restorative Justice
      904. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the implementation plan for restorative justice; the plans to invest in services to make...
    • Visa Applications
      905. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person's (details supplied) approval of visa was two weeks into the approval dates; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      906. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided to purchase high-powered jet skies for the Garda water unit. [27907/23]
    • Official Travel
      908. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to visit the United States before the end of 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27925/23]
    • Court Judgments
      909. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison for the offence of handling stolen goods and who are due to be released in either...
    • Oireachtas Proceedings
      910. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the postal packages and telecommunications messages (regulation) (amendment) Bill; when this Bill will...
    • Crime Prevention
      911. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána or her Department has made funding applications for projects under the EU anti-fraud programmes...
    • Visa Applications
      912. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Stamp 4 application for an individual (details supplied). [27956/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      913. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total spend on consulting services and on "business-as-usual" outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of "Practice...
    • Adoption Services
      914. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on adoption applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Reunification
      915. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the family reunification application of persons (details supplied). [28032/23]
    • Asylum Seekers
      916. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify whether there are states or territories that have refused to readmit persons who were the subject of a...
    • Court Judgments
      917. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, details of the judgments made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European...
    • An Garda Síochána
      918. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the powers An Garda Síochána has to disclose personal information to a victim of a violent crime in relation to their...
    • Ukraine War
      920. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process that is in place for Ukrainian nationals here under temporary protection who wish to establish permanent roots and...
    • Departmental Data
      921. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff seconded to her Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title...
    • Prison Service
      923. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of psychologists employed in each prison; the number of vacant positions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      924. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the application status of a person (details supplied) to the Afghan Admissions Programme; and if she...
    • Family Reunification
      926. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite the application by a person (details supplied) for family reunification, in order that the child concerned...
    • Visa Applications
      927. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1064 of 18 April 2023, if he will ensure that an original passport is returned to a...
    • Departmental Funding
      928. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of Irish soccer clubs (details supplied) that registered their interest in accessing funds and...
    • Visa Applications
      929. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans being put in place by her Department to address serious backlogs in atypical visa processing (details supplied); and...
    • Immigration Policy
      931. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the hundreds of long-term undocumented migrants who applied for the Government scheme in early 2022, who were...
    • Forensic Science Ireland
      932. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE forensic analysts working in the Garda national economic crime bureau in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
    • Departmental Data
      933. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons successfully prosecuted for being a passenger in a stolen vehicle in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      934. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to issuing a certificate of naturalisation at the forthcoming ceremony in June in the case of a...
    • Departmental Properties
      935. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the ownership of the small building at the rear of a courthouse (details supplied); if this is under the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      936. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to An Garda Síochána; the Government's planned investments aimed at ensuring that An Garda...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Commonage Land Use
      937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if ten farmers are owners in a commonage and one farmer cuts turf against the rules in that commonage, if all farmers will be...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the details of the scheme (details supplied) for the forgotten farmers will be made available; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Supports
      939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to his Department from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve in 2022 and 2023; the areas to which his Department has...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme; how many applications have been received for the scheme and...
    • Forestry Sector
      941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much of the announced €1.3 billion for forestry that is from core expenditure; how much additional funding is in Budget...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration would be given to increasing direct payments per sheep under the sheep improvement scheme which is a targeted scheme...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the reports in the latest edition of 'The Skipper' of the alleged actions of SFPA officials, while encouraging...
    • Forestry Sector
      944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that foresters need some form of financial support to stay in the industry while his Department is awaiting approval...
    • Animal Culls
      946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the status of the internal departmental report which suggested that up to 65,000 cows would need to be culled for...
    • Animal Welfare
      947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans his Department has to ensure that all breeders selling animals as pets online are registered with his Department under The...
    • Agriculture Industry
      948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to support the farm machinery industry, in view of the current critical shortage of qualified...
    • Horticulture Sector
      949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector will open for applications in 2023; and...
    • Departmental Communications
      950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of...
    • Departmental Policies
      951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy that can be accessed by the public; and...
    • Livestock Issues
      952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current cattle, sheep and pig population in each county in the State, in tabular form. [27711/23]
    • Horticulture Sector
      954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs, per applicant, on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline, in tabular form, the number of bovine animals slaughtered and processed at Department-approved processing plants from...
    • Departmental Projects
      958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to the BRIDE project in 2022; the amount allocated for 2023; and if he plans to extend this funding beyond 2023....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES scheme will open for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27767/23]
    • Coillte Teoranta
      960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to Coillte in 2022 and 2023; the staffing levels for WTE and PTE staff; and the staffing costs in 2022 and...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for environmental impact assessment screening for boundary removals that have been received; the number of...
    • Forestry Sector
      962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is reluctant to accept the UN recommendation for countries to leave untouched all peat soils of 10 cm depth rather than...
    • Departmental Properties
      963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the management of assets and occupancy at a location, details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the Fishery Harbour Centres (Amendment) Bill; when this Bill will move to the next Stage; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of Practice for the...
    • Forestry Sector
      966. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total hectares of afforestation for each of the past ten years; the total area of afforestation planted with Sitka spruce in each...
    • Teagasc Activities
      967. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of establishing the Teagasc signpost advisory programme; the staffing levels and workforce plan of same; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27994/23]
    • Insurance Coverage
      969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the North Tipperary Horse Show had to cancel this year's show due to rising insurance costs; and the steps he is...
    • Forestry Sector
      970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any analysis which has been conducted in County Wicklow to determine the extent of the spread of Ash...
    • Departmental Funding
      973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to provide funding to local authorities to address safety concerns surround Ash dieback; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Breeding
      974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the use of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each greyhound track from the horse and greyhound racing funds from 2016 to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Departmental Data
      977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role...
    • Forestry Sector
      979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission has reverted to his Department with any questions or requests for further information in relation to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the Horse and Greyhound Fund has received since its inception, by year and amount allocated, in tabular form. [28343/23]
    • Forestry Sector
      983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to introduce a scheme for private homeowners living in the countryside in addition to the €9 million in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise when the fodder support scheme will open for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28404/23]
    • Forestry Sector
      987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the reconstitution scheme for ash dieback from 2013 to date and the reconstitution and underplanting...
    • Departmental Meetings
      988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates to date in 2023 where he has met each CEO and or chairperson of each State agency under the remit of his Department, in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding reports of 'severe' penalties should ACRES scoring deadlines not be met; if he will advise...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's spending of EU CAP funding in 2022, after meeting all direct farm payments for...
    • Animal Welfare
      991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department will take to ensure the welfare of all animals currently being looked after by an organisation (details...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a cheadófar airgead do Chomhairlí Áitiúla le h-aghaidh oibreacha mara ar chéibheanna beaga i...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his efforts to protect Ireland's ritual (religious) slaughter practices in order that the meat...
    • Agriculture Supports
      995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government's efforts to promote sustainable agriculture, ensure food security, and support rural farmers in Ireland; the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in response to the significant decline in the salmon population; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Data
      998. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds, in tabular form, in each unit, in each LHO, assigned for respite for children and families...
    • Departmental Funding
      999. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on delivery of funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1000. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of the 22 neurologist speciality nurse positions that were announced have been filled to date; if he...
    • Health Services
      1001. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of HSE-run residential care homes for persons with mental health difficulties and an...
    • Disability Services
      1002. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the crisis in the recruitment and retention of staff in Section 39-funded disability...
    • Health Services Staff
      1003. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will seek an update from the HSE on much-needed plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team...
    • Disability Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can guarantee to a person (details supplied) that four home care hours will become four 'actual' hours...
    • Health Services Staff
      1006. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the need and acknowledgement from the HSE that a population-based community...
    • Disability Services
      1007. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to address the recruitment and retention crisis in Section 39 disability organisations which is having a...
    • Ukraine War
      1009. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on outstanding payments to an accommodation centre for Ukrainian refugees (details...
    • Health Services
      1010. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive appointments for speech and language and occupational therapy; the...
    • Disability Services
      1011. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many young adults with an intellectual disability on the south side of Dublin are on the wait list for day...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1012. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the progress that is being made on his previously stated confirmation in February 2021, as to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1013. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost to undertake the external expert report 'Towards a new governance framework for children and youth...
    • Mental Health Services
      1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if psychological or other such assessments for children paid for privately by parents, rather than waiting...
    • Departmental Policies
      1015. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if parents of children with disability, educational or psychological assessments who pay for such assessments...
    • International Protection
      1017. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27182/23]
    • Domestic Violence
      1019. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the regulations for domestic violence leave under the Work Life Balance and...
    • Departmental Communications
      1020. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cross-departmental engagement his Department has had with the Department of Education regarding the scoping...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1021. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is his intention to organise work done by speech and language, OT and physio professionals who work with...
    • Departmental Funding
      1022. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount each section 38 or 39 organisation receives from the HSE per hour to fund personal assistant...
    • Departmental Projects
      1023. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that as part of the personalised budgets demonstration projects pilot, that when PAS funding...
    • Childcare Services
      1024. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the lack of early learning and care and school-age childcare services in the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1025. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the age criteria for qualifying for the early childhood care education programme; if exceptions...
    • Office of Public Works
      1026. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address concerns that the OPW has failed to actively engage with residents of the Clonminch Lane...
    • Domestic Violence
      1027. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if matters raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied) will be examined. [27316/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      1028. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expand community neurological-rehabilitation teams to each CHO area; the timeline for delivery; and...
    • International Protection
      1029. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will pay a contractor (details supplied) in Cork for accommodation and services rendered;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1030. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments long overdue will issue to a centre housing refugees from Ukraine (details supplied) in view of...
    • Health Services
      1031. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital cost of providing 1,200, 1,450 and 1,700 additional day service places for school leavers and...
    • Disability Services
      1034. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of additional day services for people with disabilities that will be required in 2024; and...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1035. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential units managed directly by Tusla or its predecessor agency for each of the past ten...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      1036. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the terms of reference for the interdepartmental committee concerning the referendums on family, care and...
    • Health Services
      1037. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when River Walk House, Carndonagh, County Donegal will reopen to offer respite services to families in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1038. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments for April, May and June will issue to an accommodation provider for Ukrainian refugees (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      1039. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding is available to a facility (details supplied) for works considering that the works are urgent as...
    • Health Services
      1040. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first and full-year current costs of providing 24, 36 and 48 additional planned residential places...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1043. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first- and full-year current costs of transferring 100, 200 and 300 people with disabilities out of...
    • Disability Services
      1048. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of intensive home support packages for children with disabilities that will be required in...
    • Health Services Staff
      1053. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27560/23]
    • Health Services
      1054. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when PA home support hours will be provided a person (details supplied) who is being discharged from hospital...
    • Health Services Staff
      1055. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE behaviour therapists working in children's disability network teams based in County Kilkenny...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1056. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that TUSLA has spent on redeveloping St. Dympna's Hospital, Athy Road, Carlow. [27627/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      1057. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he will respond to the...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      1058. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will work with Sport Ireland and sporting NGBs to develop a strategy that will support the delivery of...
    • Departmental Communications
      1059. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social...
    • Departmental Policies
      1060. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be...
    • Child Safety
      1061. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children continue to be supported in situations that present a threat to their well-being;...
    • Housing Provision
      1062. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that a building (details supplied) being used to accommodate refugees has a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1063. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the senior Departmental officials will meet with an organisation (details supplied). [27734/23]
    • Housing Provision
      1064. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to house homeless refugees camping at Mount Street’s International Protection...
    • Health Services
      1065. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds, in tabular form, in each unit, in each LHO, assigned for respite for relatives of families...
    • Disability Services
      1066. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if exit interviews or questionnaires are conducted when staff leave Children’s Disability Network Teams;...
    • Direct Provision System
      1067. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which it is expected to augment social facilities in the vicinity of Firmount, Clane, County...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1068. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grounds upon which a person (details supplied) may not get redress, who is a potential beneficiary under...
    • Health Services Staff
      1069. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to entering into a formal agreement to address the pay disparity of Section 39 organisations;...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      1070. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Inter-Departmental Committee concerning the Referendums on Family, Care and Equality will produce...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      1071. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason montessori or other pre-school teachers/practitioners who may have taken time out to care for their...
    • Health Services
      1073. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the additional funding that is required for the national MS respite centre (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1074. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated...
    • Childcare Services
      1075. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child's absence by virtue of illness will impact on their qualification for receipt of the NCS grant; and...
    • Health Services
      1078. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 April 2023, the number of children who were referred to Kilbixy...
    • Childcare Services
      1080. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a policy advisor will meet with a childcare representative (details supplied) from County Kerry to discuss...
    • Forbairt na Gaeilge
      1081. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth maidir leis an 'Little Baby Bundle' atá le dáileadh ag do Roinn ar 500 tuismitheoir nua ó...
    • International Protection
      1082. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can detail the procedures and systems in place in the Citywest centre for IPO applicants, specifically in...
    • Departmental Data
      1083. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date;...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1085. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent posts broken down, in tabular form by the numbers vacant and occupied in...
    • Children in Care
      1087. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster care children who are without a fully qualified social worker; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      1088. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been consulted and-or briefed by the Garda Commissioner and-or his staff, the Department of Justice...
    • Health Services
      1092. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 9 May 2023, the reason that funding for respite services is not...
    • Disability Services
      1095. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE allocations for the north Tipperary and Clonmel children's disability network teams; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1096. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what stage the ECCE programme review is at; when he expects the review to be completed; if the recommendations...
    • Disability Services
      1098. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the case of a young person unable to access disability services (details supplied). [28585/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1099. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that a child with additional needs (details supplied) will be provided with...
    • Public Transport
      1100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the Minister for Transport concerning the assignment of bus stops and the timetable on...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the extent of the use of lean management systems in the health service to make it more efficient and effective for staff and patients; and...
    • Legislative Process
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the development of the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017 which is currently being led by his Department; and the reason this is not being...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017 will provide for the establishment of an independent national adult safeguarding authority with an interagency...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the progress that has been made to date in developing the project of a new paediatric department in Cork University Hospital; the work that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the recognition of Covid/long-Covid as having an occupational connection in social or health care and certain other settings...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) could be given an earlier appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27075/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE capital plan for 2023 will be published. [27083/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health if he will endeavour to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives an urgent orthopaedic appointment at Navan Hospital, considering the significant pain...
    • Home Help Service
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on the home support pilot study undertaken in four CHO areas will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27090/23]
    • Health Services
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in regard to tender 2018 for a service (details supplied); if he will ensure the process is transparent; if he will provide an...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health if psychological or other such assessments for children paid for privately by parents, rather than waiting years on HSE assessments, are accepted by the CAMHS...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the establishment of the integrated care of chronic disease management hub based in north Cork; the location of the hub; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan to regulate the psychology profession under CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of long-stay elderly care beds there will be in Roscrea town following the proposed purchase of a nursing home (details supplied) in the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the situation with regard to the HSE job evaluation team scheme as it relates to the Haddington Road Agreement of May 2013 where an...
    • Disease Management
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical care programme will be implemented to meet the requirements of patients with lung fibrosis; the resources that will be allocated to its...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of the review of this policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation whereby nursing home residents in private nursing homes who are medical card holders were wrongly charged for nursing home...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive approval for an item; the reason for the delay; the number of such applications awaiting approval in Roscommon;...
    • Health Services Staff
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing non-payment-of-pay increases to retired HSE staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27200/23]
    • Health Services
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing funding to address the rising cost of baby formula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27206/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug, Ozempic, used to treat obesity as a consequence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) will be available to medical card holders; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a waiting list for ophthalmology services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27217/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the desire of athletic therapists to obtain recognition for their profession; and how such a process can be initiated. [27223/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      1125. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that negotiations have broken down between the NTPF and some private nursing homes, thereby jeopardising continuing care for many residents; if...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health if will outline the recent capital investments made in Beaumont Hospital; and the planned investments in the next five years, covering both buildings and...
    • Home Care Packages
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health If she will outline the progress being made on a 2023 tender for home care services, and on the development of a statutory scheme for home care, which would...
    • Hospital Services
      1128. 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. [27233/23]
    • Health Services
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [27237/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health in view of his Department's decision to fund the recruitment of an additional 3,500 skilled staff for the Enhanced Community Care Programme, 1,500 of whom are...
    • State Bodies
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 737 of 30 May 2023, the number of times the Chief Clinical Officer of the NCPE has briefed him since he took office in...
    • Medicinal Products
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason melatonin is not covered by the medical card or the drug payment scheme; the plans he has, if any, to review this; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a referral to the National Rehabilitation Hospital is expedited for a person (details supplied). [27255/23]
    • Medical Cards
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health when the increase in the income limit thresholds for medical cards is due to come into effect. [27259/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans to address parking charges in hospitals, especially for those who attend hospital regularly due to ongoing...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been any circumstances where the State has covered the cost or provided the direct funding for pectus carinatum bracing for an individual,...
    • Health Services
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health if stem cell-based therapies are available to people living with arthritis; and if not, if the HSE intends to progress to providing such treatments. [27270/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a programme to expand the Sláintecare initiative in the West to employ a senior physiotherapist in each CHO area for people with multiple...
    • Health Services
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health when a community hospital, Newcastlewest, County Limerick (details supplied) will receive the requested letter from his Department or the HSE in response to...
    • Nursing Homes
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the reason that a person (details supplied) who has a diagnosis of paranoid schizoaffective disorder, dementia and several other physical health...
    • Hospital Services
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not received their diagnosis letter from a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27333/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer financial support for practical home assistance, such as cleaning, to healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid, whose infection was...
    • Departmental Policies
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 18 May 2023, if he will confirm that the reduction in the definition of the threshold of foetal viability from 24...
    • Medicinal Products
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long-term illness scheme, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health what plans his Department has, and if it is working with the Department of Social Protection, to ensure the SLWP scheme continues for HCWs who contracted...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that some health insurance companies do not cover the drug, pembro; the way that a patient can avail of it if their health provider does not cover...
    • Hospital Services
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an urgent hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27428/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will follow up on a request by a person (details supplied) for immediate access to CAMHS. [27456/23]
    • Hospital Services
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get a letter from their consultant in Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a home care package for a person (details supplied) who has a variety of obvious and serious needs but is under the age of 65...
    • Hospital Services
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27474/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not published a Performance Profile or Management Data Report since its September 2022 publications; if he can provide both the...
    • Departmental Data
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health the number and details of all approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site grouped and totalled by Hospital Group/CHO respectively...
    • Legislative Measures
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative measures that are in place to ensure parents of an adult child residing with them with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia or other such...
    • Departmental Data
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with lung injuries and all other injuries arising from e-cigarettes treated by the health service in 2022 and to date in 2023; the...
    • Health Services
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a campaign (details supplied); the steps being taken to improve access to male infertility services and address stigma...
    • Health Services Staff
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health if the offers of bursaries made to new incoming psychology students who will work in counselling that can be made retrospectively to current second and third...
    • Health Services
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health the on-street outreach work that is being conducted in Dublin 1,3,7 and 9 to engage with people who are abusing substances in public places; the level of...
    • Dental Services
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the planned developments in the DTSS; and whether discussions are under way with the profession to extend these services. [27575/23]
    • Health Services
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health if the condition fibromyalgia, will be recognised on the long-term illness scheme; what supports will be introduced to assist people with fibromyalgia; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      1166. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that adolescent mental health services that parents are being told that there is no funding available for a public bed in a private in-patient...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to support for those with long-Covid, if he agrees that the SLWP scheme needs to be extended; and if he will ensure that this view is expressed at...
    • Home Help Service
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home support hours provided; the total number of home support workers covering an area (details supplied); if there are issues with...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1169. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the potential negative impact of technology and social media on users' mental well-being; if he can detail if current mental health services...
    • Health Services Staff
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality and registrar posts by speciality currently at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny; and when each of...
    • Departmental Data
      1171. To ask the Minister for Health if a price has been agreed for the purchase of the Mount Carmel nursing home and site in Roscrea that has been referenced in the HSE's 2023 capital plan; and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health if it is appropriate for the HSE to say in its capital plan that it intends to purchase a specific site and business without any due diligence undertaken and...
    • Nursing Homes
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health how many private nursing homes the HSE is in negotiations to purchase currently and where. [27633/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      1174. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies...
    • Departmental Policies
      1175. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health when semaglutide will be available to diabetic patients as there currently is a shortage of this vital medication for many patients; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      1177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE on a case (details supplied) of owed pension arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27688/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27689/23]
    • Living Wage
      1179. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering a living wage for home care workers; and the estimated cost of providing for mileage expenses. [27690/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 600 job vacancies currently within the HSE, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27691/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1182. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm that the cost of hearing aids and the cost of replacing hearing aids is covered under the medical card for people over 70 years of age; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1183. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to try to improve the waiting list time for cataract procedures in Galway University Hospital given that the list is now at three years; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health the nursing homes that have already exited the fair deal scheme and the nursing homes that have applied to exit the fair deal scheme, per county, in tabular...
    • Health Services
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of an individual (details supplied) waiting for treatment in a public health service. [27739/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recognising Covid-19 as an occupational disease for front-line health care workers as per EU ACSH agreement in November 2022; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the long waiting lists for children with scoliosis for their first appointment with an orthopaedic consultant; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health for information and contact details for advice on how to procure for a voluntary organisation (details supplied) providing mental health services; and if he...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      1191. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied ) who is a retiree of the HSE will receive their arrears of payment under the recent pay agreement; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1192. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the ongoing plans, if any, to have the athletic therapy profession in Ireland regulated, given the ARTI was formed in 2009 and serves as the...
    • Hospital Services
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health if overspending across his Department will result in any delay to the works required to bring Wexford General Hospital back to full operational capacity; and...
    • Dental Services
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the creation of a mobile dentist unit to provide dental care for housebound people with oral problems; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from a company (details supplied) when payment will issue to a person given that they have raised this issue directly with their...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications currently being assessed by the CHO4 Resource Allocation Group. [27797/23]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation around the housing of beneficiaries of temporary protection in disused nursing homes which are no longer in use; if it is the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      1199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      1200. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding could be provided for the expansion of a service (details supplied) to enable people to attend more frequently; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      1201. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen under the school dental programme for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27829/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is waiting so long to get their appointment in Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27830/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 24 January 2023, if any price agreement has been reached between the HSE and a drug company (details supplied)...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1204. To ask the Minister for Health if the GMS contract in place in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, requires the contracted GP to have a practice located in the town, or if there is leeway...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1208. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment for a lung function test with the lung specialist in University Hospital Kerry; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1209. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will be issued to the petition submitted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27893/23]
    • Eating Disorders
      1210. To ask the Minister for Health the eating disorder services available to people in CHO3 and CHO8; the plans in place to develop services in these CHO areas; and if he will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      1211. To ask the Minister for Health if bereavement support funding will be made available to communities in instances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/23]
    • Pharmacy Services
      1212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a Departmental review of community pharmacy services; if he is currently engaging with an organisation (details supplied) on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      1213. To ask the Minister for Health the first- and full-year cost of providing five additional ambulances in each HSE region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant nephrologist at Beaumont Hospital; the average waiting times to see the consultant; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      1215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental surgeons employed by the HSE working in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO1 in 2022 and to date in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ceiling hoists delivered to families in CHO1 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [27936/23]
    • Departmental Data
      1218. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements or training missions abroad engaged in by the Irish National Ambulance Service in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the purpose...
    • Mental Health Services
      1219. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission took any action against the HSE in 2022 following the transfer of a resident of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, to Unit 3,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason the HSE has not replied to Parliamentary Question No. 718 of 9 May 2023; when a reply will be forthcoming; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement his Department has had with the INMO in relation to the latest figures outlining the number of patients on trolleys awaiting a hospital bed;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of ‘Practice for the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital for cardiac surgery; if they are on the routine or urgent waiting...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1225. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 10 May 2023, in relation to long-Covid and providing financial support for HSE personnel suffering from...
    • Medicinal Products
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the eye-drop medication, muro, has been removed from the medical card scheme; if he plans to reinstate its coverage in the scheme; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      1227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE on the case of a person (details supplied) of owed pension arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28004/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1228. To ask the Minister for Health further to the release of the CSO Census 2022 population figures which show significant increases in south County Louth and east County Meath, if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1229. 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. [28033/23]
    • Hospital Services
      1230. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a CHI-commissioned external review of the paediatric gastroenterology department at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, which was initiated to...
    • Medicinal Products
      1231. To ask the Minister for Health if acarizax can be added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28062/23]
    • Health Services
      1232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown and timeline for the allocation of the additional €3.5 million announced in Budget 2023 to support front-line community...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the Health Act 2004 to assess the nature of services provided by Section 39 organisations; his plans to ensure a multi-annual, sustainable...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1234. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to establish if a vaccine compensation scheme will be established in view of the urgent recommendations made in the Expert Group Report to...
    • Nursing Homes
      1235. To ask the Minister for Health if a rehabilitation place will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [28107/23]
    • Primary Care Services
      1236. To ask the Minister for Health whether an audit can be lifted for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28119/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1237. To ask the Minister for Health the supports his Department has in place for advice, healthcare, medication and mental health supports for adults in Ireland diagnosed with foetal alcohol...
    • Health Services
      1238. To ask the Minister for Health the opening hours of each MAU in Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28122/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1240. To ask the Minister for Health the total list of GPs in County Clare who are enrolled in the GMS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28124/23]
    • Dental Services
      1241. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will have an orthodontic assessment carried out; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the lack of access to eye care services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28142/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28150/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the scheme whereby cancer patients can only avail of one wig per year. [28156/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28165/23]
    • Dental Services
      1247. To ask the Minister for Health the steps, if any, currently being undertaken to reduce the HSE general anaesthesia waiting list for children, which is currently at 12 to 18 months within...
    • Departmental Staff
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and-or role they filled; and the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in which his Department availed of services, consultancy and-or advices from a company, details supplied, in the past ten years to...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      1250. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the increasing costs of infant formula and that amid the cost-of-living crisis, some parents are taking drastic measures to try to make ends...
    • Public Sector Pay
      1251. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to altering the salary pay scale of radiation therapists, details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Service
      1252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists employed in each prison; the vacancy rates for psychiatry staff within prison services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      1253. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE sought to acquire any of the private nursing homes for use as HSE public community nursing homes prior to them being granted permission to transfer...
    • Residential Institutions
      1254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will step in to ensure a person, details supplied, and the other residents of Beaumont residential care in Cork are not made homeless and are provided...
    • Hospital Charges
      1255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the management of hospitals to abolish car parking charges for patients attending hospital for cancer treatment, such as radiotherapy...
    • Departmental Funding
      1256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence dedicated funding for the establishment of a treatment abroad fund to cover non-medical expenses incurred when travelling abroad for...
    • Hospital Charges
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure current parking concessions offered to cancer patients are highlighted through the HSE website and hospital websites and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funding to expand the catch-up programme for HPV vaccination between the ages of 15 to 24 years, as recommended by the national...
    • Medicinal Products
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to a maximum of €50 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28245/23]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure greater take up of the HPV vaccine, including a review of the current information campaign; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Strategies
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funding to ensure that the provisions of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 are implemented, in light of the fact that...
    • Health Services
      1262. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that environmental health officers are adequately resourced to ensure that sun bed operators comply with current...
    • Health Strategies
      1263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence multi-year funding dedicated to implementing all outstanding recommendations from the National Cancer Strategy to 2026; and if he will...
    • Health Promotion
      1264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE and other relevant bodies to develop education and awareness campaigns on the dangers associated with e-cigarettes usage; and...
    • Health Strategies
      1266. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set aside funding to implement the National Cancer strategy 2017-2026 recommendations in relation to genetic services, by reducing genetic service...
    • Nursing Homes
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health how many private and public nursing homes beds are registered in the State for each of the past five years; how many nursing homes have opened and closed in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1269. To ask the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) with a medical card and history of oral cancer can expect to get an urgent appointment with a dentist in County Kerry; and...
    • Nursing Homes
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health if an application has been made by a nursing home (details supplied) for a pandemic special recognition payment for a staff member; if this payment has been...
    • Housing Policy
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to develop housing for older persons where they can live independently but in a safe community, given that older people want to downsize and...
    • Nursing Homes
      1273. To ask the Minister for Health how many private nursing homes the State has purchased or taken over; the locations of these nursing homes; and the costs associated with purchasing/taking...
    • Health Service Executive
      1274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of all capital acquisition circulars/regulations/capital appraisal/capital value for money rules/capital acquisition due diligence...
    • Health Services
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [28283/23]
    • Mental Health Policy
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health the voluntary mental health/counselling service organisations that are receiving funding from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health the reason court safety orders or court barring orders older than 12 months are not accepted as proof of relationship estrangement by the medical card...
    • Health Services
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reinstating genetic clinician satellite clinics in each of the regions by the national genetic services in Crumlin as national genetic resources...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1281. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment from Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      1282. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to implementing a bursary of €5,000 per annum for the training of radiation therapists, similar to the scheme which is...
    • Health Services Staff
      1283. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by his Department to increase the number of training places that can be allocated to radiation therapy students in the HSE, in view of...
    • Mental Health Services
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health what is required by a county to apply for a JIGSAW project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28382/23]
    • Care Services
      1287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of respite care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28388/23]
    • Hospital Charges
      1288. To ask the Minister for Health what plans he has to address hospital parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28393/23]
    • Pharmacy Services
      1290. To ask the Minister for Health if a pharmacy will be located in the new primary healthcare centre in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if so, if a contract has already been agreed with a provider;...
    • Mental Health Commission
      1291. To ask the Minister for Health the undertakings the HSE committed to in respect of the transfer of a patient to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital in July 2022 in breach of a condition of...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1295. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of free GP care for children aged six and seven years, as announced in Budget 2023; if any automatic GP cards for children aged six and...
    • Dental Services
      1296. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the dentists in County Wexford providing services to medical card holders under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek an update from within the HSE in respect of the need to provide a state of the art new primary care centre in Dunleer, County Louth given the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1298. 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. [28411/23]
    • Health Strategies
      1300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland; the status of the development of the...
    • Health Services
      1301. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending the opening hours to 8am-9pm, seven days a week for the Cashel minor injury unit. [28435/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1303. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care centre in Roscrea will be opened; and the services that will be provided at this PCC when opened. [28437/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health the out-of-hours GP services that are contracted or in operation; the number of GPs with contracts; and the number of GPs actively making claims, by month, to...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1305. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that were allocated funding for obesity surgery in 2023; and the number of such procedures that will be funded. [28439/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      1306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the University Maternity Hospital, Limerick in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be...
    • Health Service Executive
      1307. To ask the Minister for Health the current members of the implementation working group set up to consider and progress the various recommendations contained in a report (details supplied)...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1309. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid bonus will be paid to section 39 healthcare workers given the significant delay; whether KOSI has engaged with companies (details supplied) to...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1311. To ask the Minister for Health if the report into the tragic death of a person (details supplied) and the subsequent recommendations will be published in full; if not, if he will detail the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1313. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1315. To ask the Minister for Health considering that community pharmacies were linked to the public sector agreements through FEMPI legislation when pay cuts were implemented, but are currently...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a gynaecological procedure in view of the fact that they have been waiting since November...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress made to date in respect of the programme for Government commitment to commence talks with pharmacists on a new contract and...
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      1318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 9 May 2023, if he will increase the level of guaranteed ring-fenced annual funding for a meals-on-wheels service...
    • Health Service Executive
      1319. To ask the Minister for Health the body or bodies representing professional counsellors and psychotherapists that are recognised by his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for physiotherapy at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [28511/23]
    • Health Services
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce medical treatment wait times, improve healthcare infrastructure, and ensure equitable healthcare provision across County...
    • Medicinal Products
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a shortage of HRT medications in the country; the measures being put in place to alleviate this shortage; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      1325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide his response to the request from an organisation (details supplied) for sustainable funding for national physiotherapy services for people...
    • Health Services Staff
      1326. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deploy all healthcare professionals currently on panels in CHO4 to front-line roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reform the national treatment purchase fund/fair deal scheme to meet current healthcare costs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes
      1328. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in relation to a nursing home (details supplied) that will exit the fair deal scheme at the end of May if the National Treatment...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28601/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission. [28604/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      1332. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made with the provision of a new ambulance base (details supplied); the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      1333. To ask the Minister for Health the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Policies
      1334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy initiatives his Department supports to protect academic freedom in third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27069/23]
    • Third Level Education
      1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 940 of 23 May 2023, if he will provide the full-and first-year cost to the Exchequer from the one-off...
    • Departmental Funding
      1337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the gap that was closed via Budget 2023, following his Future Funding in Higher Education report published in June 2022, in which...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 722 of 9 May 2023, the total number of craft and consortia apprenticeships currently in the system, in...
    • Student Accommodation
      1339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 19 May 2022, the number of on-campus student accommodation places or places in accommodation owned...
    • Education Schemes
      1340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the deadline for a training fund (details supplied) beyond 1 November 2023, given that the majority of the fund remains...
    • Grant Payments
      1342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what continual funding will be put in place to ensure that the SUSI grant payments are reflective to the cost of living; and if he will make a...
    • Student Travel Card
      1343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason apprentices cannot get a student ID card, given that a number of apprentices have been refused access to various premises despite the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if future legislation is planned in the regulation of capitation fees in HEIs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/23]
    • Education and Training Provision
      1345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a part-time apprenticeship course is available for people with disabilities (details supplied).. [27256/23]
    • Third Level Fees
      1346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the student registration fee for 2023-2024 will remain the same as last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27292/23]
    • Educational Reform
      1347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the integration into the higher education framework in a region of an institution (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action his Department is taking to attract people into agricultural and heavy vehicle mechanics apprenticeships, in view that there is a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if universities will be able to avail of Government plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      1350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with regard to the Technological University Development Fund, the proposed successor to the Technological...
    • Student Accommodation
      1353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his awareness of the issues of the subsidisation of college-owned student accommodation but not for extensions of already built accommodation;...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of cases where non-disclosure agreements in third-level institutions have been used and placed upon a student or staff member;...
    • Prison Service
      1356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism for interested parties to make submissions to the Task Force on Prison Education; and if he will accept a submission or...
    • Third Level Education
      1357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he aware that the HEA has written to the recently formed Technological Universities informing them that they will be substantially reducing...
    • Departmental Communications
      1358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies...
    • Departmental Policies
      1359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he...
    • Third Level Education
      1363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be called to college as he is 18 months into his electrical apprenticeship; and if he will be given a...
    • Technological Universities
      1366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide an update with regard to the Technological University Development Fund, the proposed successor to the Technological University...
    • Veterinary Services
      1367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a further update will be provided regarding the establishment of a new veterinary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Education
      1368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he intends the Committees of the Board, known as Councils, as part of the new national research agency referenced in the Research and...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) to date in 2023; when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO; and if he will make...
    • Third Level Education
      1371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the SUSI grant application case of a person (details supplied) on the basis of fairness and justice where the special rate...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure that was followed in the appointment of the CEO of the new agency to be created arising from the anticipated amalgamation of SFI...
    • Industrial Relations
      1373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of the engagement between unions representing personal assistants in ETBs and his Department in relation...
    • Student Accommodation
      1374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with TUS, Athlone in relation to student accommodation for the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of...
    • Technological Universities
      1376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with regard to the technological university development fund, the proposed successor to the technological...
    • Third Level Costs
      1377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of covering subscription costs of publishing and access for HEIs across Ireland with the aim of open access for all students;...
    • Departmental Data
      1379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role they...
    • Third Level Education
      1381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason universities that are providing courses in radiation therapy have not increased their student capacity (details supplied); if...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28341/23]
    • Further and Higher Education
      1384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 June 2023, to detail what additionality he has secured in conjunction with the Higher Education...
    • Grant Payments
      1387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a change of circumstances of reckonable income was not taken into consideration for a student's (details supplied) SUSI application...
    • Data Protection
      1388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      1389. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to reintroducing the emergency hardship scheme, in view that it was a way that a local improvement...
    • Departmental Communications
      1391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of...
    • Departmental Policies
      1392. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department, and public bodies and agencies under her remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public;...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1393. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 25 April 2023, the status of the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the status...
    • Rural Schemes
      1394. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 25 April 2023, for an update on the development of the rural proofing model promised in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1395. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what engagement her Department has had with Galway County Council in 2023 with regard to dredging works at Céibh an Chóra...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1396. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total spend on consulting services and on ‘business-as-usual’ outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1397. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current status of an appeal by an organisation (detail supplied) to the community services programme; when a decision is likely...
    • Rural Schemes
      1398. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will seek an update on the long-awaited and now much-delayed Ardee Castle redevelopment, funded through the rural regeneration...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1399. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will consider opening a scheme in order that highly used community centres can avail of funding to appoint full-time...
    • Departmental Data
      1400. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff seconded to her Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role...
    • Rural Schemes
      1402. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will make additional allocations within this budgetary year towards local improvement schemes to deal with the huge backlog of...
    • Island Communities
      1403. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital spend each year from the island-specific sub-head in the vote of her Department and Departments that have had...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      1404. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider providing support for the creation of a broadband connection point (BCP) at a location (details supplied), given...
    • Rural Schemes
      1405. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2023 town and village renewal scheme will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28567/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      1406. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she remains disposed to the continuation of interaction with urban and rural communities, with a view to...
    • Digital Hubs
      1409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department expect to support and expand communication hubs at strategic locations throughout the...
    • Island Communities
      1410. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to support efforts towards population regeneration on habitable offshore islands; and if she will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1413. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she anticipates any changes or improvements in the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Development Projects
      1414. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions for the Community Enhancement Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/23]
    • Tidy Towns
      1416. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she expects to support the Tidy Towns efforts throughout County Kildare and throughout the country, now and in...
    • Rural Schemes
      1417. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ambitions for the town and village renewal scheme throughout County Kildare and throughout the country, now and in the future;...
    • Digital Hubs
      1418. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ambitions for the development of the National Hub Network in the future; the major beneficiaries to date; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Schemes
      1419. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions to support the rural road network under the LIS schemes throughout County Kildare and the country in the...
    • Data Protection
      1420. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal...

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