Written answers
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who submitted an application to the foreign birth register and...
- Passport Services
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passports for two children (details supplied) will be expedited. [28706/23]
- Foreign Birth Registration
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28717/23]
- Foreign Birth Registration
43. 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. [28722/23]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Sustainable Development Goals
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the new actions that are being put in place in advance of the UN SDG High Level Political Forum in New York in July, to...
- Electricity Generation
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the short- and medium-term plans for emergency electricity generation in counties Laois and Offaly;...
- Energy Prices
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the measures being taken to reduce the cost of electricity for households; if he will outline the...
- Waste Management
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his work to ensure that all households with a waste collection service are provided with...
- Recycling Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) which expresses the concerns that the deposit return...
- Sustainable Development Goals
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has read a report (details supplied); and if he will meet with the report's author to discuss its findings and...
- Fisheries Protection
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the circumstances surrounding the death of a critically endangered sturgeon in the River Suir in Clonmel, as confirmed...
- Energy Prices
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures or reliefs he could consider or put in place to prevent pensioners and others on low fixed incomes being...
- Energy Conservation
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details on when the low-interest loan for retrofitting will be available; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reviews
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the energy review report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28811/23]
- Data Centres
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the information collated by his Department on the energy usage by data centres; how this information...
- Environmental Policy
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will comment on the report by the EPA which states that Ireland is on course to miss its climate targets; what...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of non-disclosure agreements that have been signed with members or former members of the Defence Forces in each year from 2010 to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Motor Industry
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a matter for a retailer (details supplied). [28646/23]
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the crash barriers TII is putting in place in Glenbeigh, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
- Public Transport
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an examination has been carried out on active travel and public transport connections in higher education institutions, including in...
- Transport Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual spend on the safe routes to school scheme between 2017 and 2022, in tabular form. [28689/23]
- Public Transport
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual spend on the Connecting Ireland scheme in 2021 and 2022. [28691/23]
- Road Tolls
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of deferring the upcoming toll increases. [28692/23]
- Rail Network
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that Iarnród Éireann will take to ensure that older people with no credit cards or computer skills will still be able...
- National Car Test
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the booking system for NCT testing if he will ensure that no money is taken from applicants by a company (details supplied)...
- National Transport Authority
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to reply to email communication (details supplied) regarding the proposed bus gate on...
- Bus Services
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure that the Bus Éireann Routes 236 and 237 incorporate a stop in Ballinhassig County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Tolls
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was consulted regarding the announced increase in toll charges from 1 July 2023; if he intends to intervene in relation to the...
- Driver Test
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Clare who applied for a driving test 24 November 2022, will be given a date for a driving test;...
- Department of Finance
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a definition of cannabinoid products as they relate to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 30 May 2023. [28659/23]
- Departmental Data
74. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 23 May 2023, the average VRT band, and the average emissions from the average car registered in 2020, 2021, 2022...
- Tax Credits
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that recommendations 7 and 8 from the Film Tax Credit Report from the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight will be implemented in...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of flood protection works carried out by the Office of Public Works in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Public Appointments Service
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 22 November 2022, the current status of the review his predecessor directed in relation to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Support Services
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding is available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28670/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual spend on the school transport scheme between 2017 and 2022, in tabular form. [28690/23]
- Schools Building Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise regarding a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28666/23]
- Special Educational Needs
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an ASD class for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Funding
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ICT grant for the school year 2022/2023 will be sent to schools. [28696/23]
- School Transport
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) in County Mayo can avail of the school transport pick-up point which is located closer to their home and is in a...
- School Textbooks
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if "You've Got This", book 1 is a Junior Cycle SPHE text book for children in schools; if students will be taught that gender identity is separate...
- Schools Building Projects
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval and funding will be given to a school (details supplied) for the provision of modular accommodation which is required to be in place...
- School Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) is to lose a teacher for the coming school year, resulting in the two largest classes having to be...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm how much money has been allocated to soccer clubs, sporting clubs (details supplied) and rugby clubs under the...
- Artists' Remuneration
98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that recommendations 7 and 8 from the Film Tax Credit Report from the Committee on Budgetary Oversight will be...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Emergency Accommodation
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital expenditure cost of providing one staffed additional family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the scope under the National Islands Policy 2023-2033 to enable the construction of clusters of houses on offshore...
- Departmental Strategies
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full estimated cost of implementing the Youth Homelessness Strategy over its three-year life course; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of the Supported Housing for Youth pilot project per young person, per year; and if he will make a...
- Hare Coursing
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a report in the media (details supplied) relating to alleged hare coursing activities during a burial at St....
- Wildlife Protection
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 5 July 2022, if, the NPWS carried out a review of the issue of pigeon damage to...
- Hare Coursing
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given the findings of a NPWS study which revealed that coursed hares fared worse than uncoursed hares when released back...
- Grant Payments
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received reports from local authorities on the waiting lists to adapt their properties to meet the needs of tenants...
- Legislative Measures
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the provisions relating to substitute consent (Part XA) and section 37L of the Planning and Development, Maritime and...
- Housing Schemes
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional funding that has been given to Kildare County Council to purchase homes under the 'tenant in situ'...
- Planning Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on extending the planning exemption for conversion of certain former commercial properties to housing to be applied...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28628/23]
- General Register Office
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the General Register Office at Werburgh Street, Dublin 8, is only open to the public for one day a week; if...
- Social Welfare Schemes
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the free travel scheme from five to ten years after returning to work for those previously in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for carer’s benefit, now under review, will be expedited and...
- Social Welfare Rates
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of additional increases of €10, €12, €15, €20 and...
- Departmental Contracts
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total cost of the data protection impact assessment conducted by a company (details supplied) in respect of the Public...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by those utilising the atypical visa process, including...
- Medicinal Products
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a definition of cannabinoid products as they relate to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 30 May 2023. [28660/23]
- Prison Service
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in the prison system that are there on remand; the percentage this represents of the whole prison...
- Courts Service
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of charged persons who are awaiting trial for criminal offences for more than two years, and for more than five...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Emergency Planning
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with other Government Departments regarding the European Commission’s Copernicus Emergency...
- Agriculture Industry
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish sheep meat plants that have formally applied for approval to export to the US; if he will confirm the number of...
- Horse Racing Industry
126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses injured and killed at the 2023 Punchestown horse racing festival; the nature of the injuries; how many horses...
- Aquaculture Industry
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the position in relation to an application (details supplied); when a survey will be carried out to progress matters; and...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disabilities Assessments
130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an assessment for autism to be carried out. [28702/23]
- Child and Family Agency
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider intervening in the very serious case of a young mother (details supplied); the measures he...
- Departmental Schemes
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to alter the eligibility for the ECCE scheme, given that the current cut-off dates for the...
- Mother and Baby Homes
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 28 March 2023, his views on whether there needs to be an...
- Disabilities Assessments
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for further information on proposed refund to parents who are forced to seek private assessments for their...
- Disability Services
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that there are huge gaps in the provision of services within the CDNT based in Tuam, with only...
- Departmental Data
137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost to increase the foster care allowance to €500 for the under-12s...
- Departmental Policies
138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the process by which properties are inspected regarding their suitability to accommodate people...
- Referendum Campaigns
139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will set out the period of time during which the Inter-Departmental Committee concerning the Referendums...
- Departmental Data
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first and full-year cost to increase the minimum wage (€13 p/h) for early years staff to €15...
- Department of Health
- Pharmacy Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding concerns it has for future funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28620/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission [28624/23]
- Departmental Data
148. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the expenditure levels of new medicines and new uses of existing medicines in 2022 on an in-year basis under the oncology drug management system;...
- Medicinal Products
151. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the expenditure levels of new medicines and new uses of existing medicines in 2022 on an in-year basis under the long-term illness scheme; and if he...
- Hospital Services
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he request that a case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated (details supplied) who is an inpatient in hospital has been advised that they...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that contract cleaners in Tallaght University Hospital have not yet received the pandemic recognition payment. [28762/23]
- Departmental Communications
161. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a response to communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28765/23]
- Hospital Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are in place to provide the additional secretarial services required to support the two neurology consultants in Galway University Hospital, as...
- Hospital Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are in place to relocate the neurology department at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28769/23]
- Health Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists and physiotherapy services available to MS sufferers, and those with other neurological conditions in CHO7 for the years 2020,...
- Nursing Homes
166. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the revoking of the ban on nursing homes transferring their business and converting to providing accommodation for people under temporary...
- Medicinal Products
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Solpadine and its generic equivalents can only be dispensed in capsule form, usually in 60 capsule packs, and not in soluble form to...
- Disability Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair will be provided to a child (details supplied) given an occupational therapist has approved same to the HSE resource allocation group; and if...
- Pharmacy Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health his views on banning or restricting the sale of disposable vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28805/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) is on the HSE cataract waiting list and at which hospital. [28813/23]
- Hospital Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a costing proposal from the HSE/NSAC for the introduction of a population screening programme for haemochromatosis in order to appropriately...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Accommodation
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline any supports or schemes available to assist with the construction and provision of student accommodation. [28698/23]
- Third Level Costs
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for adults looking to return to higher education in low-income, single-parent households; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Education
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, when the current constitution skills certification scheme (CSCS) comes to an end because of the proposed licence system for construction...
- Proposed Legislation
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views in regard to the upcoming Bill for construction workers and the proposed new licence system for construction workers to replace the...
- Third Level Education
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new construction workers who will use the new licence system to become a skilled construction worker have to be in possession of a SOLAS...
