Written answers
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Staff
29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the salaries of each of the top ten highest paid civil servants in his Department. [30867/23]
- State Bodies
44. To ask the Taoiseach the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body or other public body...
- Departmental Equipment
45. To ask the Taoiseach the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated expenditure on same...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual costs associated with operation of an office at the NATO buildings in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Passport Services
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can expedite a passport application for a person (details supplied). [32887/23]
- State Bodies
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State...
- Diplomatic Representation
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to establish a full-time Consulate General of Ireland in Montreal, Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33124/23]
- Departmental Equipment
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Inland Fisheries
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in 2008 when his officials were drafting the Western Fisheries Region Conservation of Trout Bye-Law No. 840, 2008, did...
- Sustainable Development Goals
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of data and sources used to measure the 232 unique UN SDG Indicators in the Voluntary National Review...
- Pension Provisions
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the March 2023 agreement to increase the pension of former workers at An Post, the reasons there has been a...
- Electricity Grid
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views regarding the constant electricity power cuts facing north County Dublin, including Donabate, Portrane,...
- State Bodies
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive...
- EU Regulations
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the public consultation to be undertaken under Regulation (EU) 2023/955 establishing a Social Climate...
- Housing Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has met with NAMA or sought a meeting with NAMA to discuss the issue of affordable housing delivery in the...
- Departmental Equipment
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten...
- Department of Defence
- State Bodies
61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body...
- Departmental Equipment
62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances in which his Department used unlicenced software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Transport Authority
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a renewed emphasis could be placed by the NTA on the allocation of funding to rural towns and villages, as opposed to larger urban...
- Driver Test
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32896/23]
- Taxi Licences
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 2 March 2023, the degree to which his Department monitors the transfer of taxi licences; if he...
- Departmental Priorities
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport being cognisant of the fact the population of Drogheda grew by 13% between 2016 and 2022, and with 25,000 new residents expected within a...
- Road Network
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what measures to alleviate traffic congestion, such as removing the slip road toll at Donore, are being considered whilst the Obelisk...
- Road Projects
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a strategic project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32964/23]
- Electric Vehicles
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he or his officials have had with the providers of charging points in relation to leaving the older-type charge points in...
- State Bodies
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Public Transport
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and the NTA will set out the policy in respect of domestic animals travelling on public transport with their owners; and if there...
- Departmental Equipment
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date;...
- Department of Finance
- Housing Schemes
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any circumstances where, in a joint mortgage application where one applicant is eligible for the help to buy scheme and one applicant is not, if...
- Departmental Correspondence
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if they have received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32858/23]
- Tax Code
77. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the proposed increase in VAT to 13.5 % for the hospitality sector (details supplied) if he will give a commitment to maintain the current 9% VAT...
- Departmental Correspondence
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32955/23]
- Housing Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial measures that are in place for older working people unable to secure a standard bank mortgage due to their age but unable to afford private...
- State Bodies
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body or other...
- Departmental Equipment
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Supports
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full list of the individual projects funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund by Department; the amount of...
- Flood Risk Management
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the case of a housing estate (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32905/23]
- Office of Government Procurement
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of travel agents currently on the Office of Government Procurement muti-supplier framework for the provision of travel services...
- State Bodies
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Departmental Equipment
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date;...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- State Bodies
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Trade Promotion
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the Enterprise Ireland office in Quebec, Canada, since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Bodies
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the work of drafting the Amendment of the Constitution (Unified Patent Court) Bill seeking to amend Article 29...
- Departmental Equipment
91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 293 and 301 of 20 June 2023, 79 of 24 November 2022 and 101 of 11 October 2022, if she has been made aware...
- Question Heading for question(s) 93
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a form of acceptance will issue to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32891/23]
- Departmental Priorities
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills being cognisant of the fact the population of Drogheda grew by 13% between 2016 and 2022, and with 25,000 new residents expected within a few...
- State Examinations
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the points attained by blind and vision impaired Leaving Certificate candidates on a national average basis versus the...
- School Admissions
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place can be found for a child (details supplied) in the Dublin 13 area for the academic year beginning September 2023. [32962/23]
- Departmental Correspondence
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32966/23]
- School Accommodation
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to increase the mandatory retirement age for school bus drivers from 70 to 75 years, to take into account those...
- State Bodies
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body...
- State Examinations
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce measures (details supplied) to assist exam candidates with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33111/23]
- Departmental Equipment
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of instances in which her Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- State Bodies
104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Departmental Equipment
105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of instances in which her Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Angling Sector
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any provisions within the draft Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023, in addition to any technical...
- Wildlife Regulations
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 20 June 2023, if he will provide a precise list of "key stakeholders" and other...
- Rental Sector
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to amend legislation, whereby people who rent properties in rent pressure zones and their existing...
- Invasive Species Policy
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funds can be made available to local authorities to deal with Japanese knotweed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Tax Code
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the benefit of S class contributions which a person (details supplied) was deemed to make, arising from income received from...
- Disadvantaged Status
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the allocation for school lunches for secondary schools included in DEIS in 2022 differs from the allocation for...
- Pension Provisions
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will guarantee that the auto-enrolled pension scheme will not invest in fossil fuels or the arms industry; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if someone who has been receiving jobseeker’s allowance for a period of 18 months applies for disability allowance,...
- Family Law Cases
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any progress in establishing a family maintenance collection agency to follow up on those who do not keep their...
- Social Welfare Benefits
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal sent in April 2023 against the decision to refuse application for a carer's support grant and a respite grant...
- State Pensions
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- State Bodies
134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Pension Provisions
135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine, with urgency, a situation (details supplied). [33069/23]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an income derived from contributions made by a PAYE employee to an approved retirement scheme is now deemed to be...
- Social Welfare Payments
137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the backdated increase in child benefit to the qualified child will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Departmental Equipment
138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of instances in which her Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten...
- Social Welfare Appeals
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the qualifications of the officers and staff within her Department who are responsible for medically assessing...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Question Heading for question(s) 140
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of her statement that there exists a serious and genuine, present or foreseeable threat to the security of the State...
- Visa Applications
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32949/23]
- Family Reunification
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family reunification application (details supplied); when it is envisaged that same will be completed; and if...
- Rights of the Child
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the text of a Bill in relation to the ratification of the UN Second Optional Protocol has been finalised (details supplied)....
- Legislative Reviews
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she intends consulting with the Independent Reporting Commission in relation to the reports published recently on the...
- State Bodies
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Visa Applications
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she would consider allowing non-EU citizens working in Ireland long-term to have a longer lasting residency visa issued to...
- Antisocial Behaviour
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how incidents of anti-social behaviour are recorded for data purposes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Data
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how incidents of knife crime are recorded by category; such as numbers of knife seizures; numbers admitted to hospital due to...
- An Garda Síochána
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda schools programme is ongoing; the number of schools that have been engaged with over the past ten years; whether...
- Crime Prevention
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a national reduction and prevention of violence strategy for young people, outside of the youth diversion projects;...
- Work Permits
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a number of applications under the atypical working scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 21 June 2023, if she can clarify queries with regard to the deportation orders...
- Communications Surveillance
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she requested of the president of the High Court to designate a judge or judges of the High Court to be a...
- Departmental Equipment
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in which her Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years...
- Probate Applications
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to reduce delays in processing probate applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33178/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new forestry programme 2023-2027 will get State aid approval (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the recently announced TAMS woman farmer capital investment scheme, if he is aware of the concerns outlined by a group...
- State Bodies
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Departmental Equipment
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to...
- Agriculture Schemes
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify a query concerning the ACRES scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33177/23]
- Livestock Issues
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for his advice on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33179/23]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Community Care
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32902/23]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the extra social protection payments designed to combat the cost-of-living crisis are...
- Departmental Correspondence
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Rights of the Child
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Ireland should have launched public awareness campaigns in relation to the Second Optional Protocol on the...
- Community Care
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be made available to fully staff a community neurorehabilitation team in each of the nine CHOs...
- Disability Services
169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what can be done to help a person (details supplied) who has two special needs adult sons with profound...
- Community Care
170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding for a community neurorehabilitation team in CHO9; the timeline he is working towards; and...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a facility (details supplied) is being investigated; and if so, if he can provide an update on the...
- Housing Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the allocation criteria used for the rapid build housing programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Referendum Campaigns
173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the referenda on equality and care due to take place in November; whether all three...
- Maternity Leave
174. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the arrangements with respect to pregnant people being unable to defer maternity leave for...
- Defective Building Materials
176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered an expansion of his Department’s Building Blocks Capital Programme to make capital...
- Community Care
177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has not received OT support since January 2023; if he will ensure that...
- State Bodies
178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare facilities will receive an injection of funding which is required if they are to survive; and if he...
- Departmental Equipment
180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Correspondence
181. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32857/23]
- Community Care
182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 39 physiotherapists not received the Covid recognition payment of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32863/23]
- Health Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and staffing that would be associated with expanding clinical psychology to heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO8; the projects completed since June 2020; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further assistance to the private and voluntary nursing home sector to help these providers deal with the difficulties they are experiencing...
- Hospital Staff
189. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in Drogheda hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32904/23]
- Departmental Priorities
190. To ask the Minister for Health being cognisant of the fact the population of Drogheda grew by 13% between 2016 and 2022, and with 25,000 new residents expected within a few years due to...
- Nursing Homes
191. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the financial assistance, if any, available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32945/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
192. To ask the Minister for Health the current size of the waiting list for initial appointments at the Coombe Hospital's endometriosis clinic; the median waiting time, in days, over the past...
- Substance Misuse
193. To ask the Minister for Health whether he or the relevant Minister of State will engage with the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce, including meeting with the executive, to enable the...
- Nursing Homes
194. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional funding provided for nursing homes in Budget 2023 under new measures and the amount provided to/via the NTPF, the nursing home support...
- Health Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be put in place for a multidisciplinary team for the only dedicated neurology service for Irish patients with long-Covid in St. James’s...
- Health Services Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can fund an investment to bring about pay parity for dementia care workers. [33010/23]
- Health Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a national heart failure registry, equipping health service planners with the information to cut excessive mortality and hospital...
- Nursing Homes
201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the processes and discussions that led to the decision to add an additional 18 months to the existing six-month timeframe for closing nursing...
- Pharmacy Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the dispensing fee for pharmacists from 2009 levels of €5.00 for the first 1,667 items up to €6.50, in line with the FEMPI pay...
- Departmental Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have died from sepsis in Ireland in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33027/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health if, given that amounts of €4.3 million and €11.3 million were reimbursed under the Cross Border Directive and the Northern Ireland Planned...
- Community Care
205. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for speech and language therapy for children and adults, by CHO; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
206. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available to provide a shingle vaccination programme to people over the age of 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Care Packages
207. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the consumer-directed home support scheme can be rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33031/23]
- Abortion Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the discrepancy between the 8,876 combined termination procedure and aftercare claims under the primary care reimbursement scheme in 2022, whilst...
- State Bodies
210. To ask the Minister for Health the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body or other...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider developing a green field hospital facility to service Athlone (details supplied). [33064/23]
- Health Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the podiatry service provided by the HSE in the health centre in Glenties, County Donegal, is unavailable to service users; when it is planned to...
- Health Service Executive
214. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will instruct the HSE to schedule a follow-up appointment and resolve the issue of the case of a person (details supplied). [33067/23]
- Nursing Homes
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm his availability for a meeting with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33101/23]
- Emergency Departments
217. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the number of emergency department attendances in 2022 in St. James's Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater Hospital...
- Hospital Facilities
218. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the number of inpatient beds in St. James's Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater Hospital and St. Vincent's...
- Hospital Appointments Status
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient appointments that have been cancelled at University Hospital Limerick in Q1 and Q2 of 2023; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Equipment
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated...
- Departmental Priorities
221. To ask the Minister for Health when the national guidelines in respect of wigs/hairpieces and post-mastectomy products will be published; the funding to be allocated for the implementation...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Labour Market
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are being taken to support Ireland’s labour supply with the skills needed to meet labour demands under residential...
- Technological Universities
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on changes to the borrowing framework for technological universities. [32859/23]
- Third Level Education
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a SUSI application by a person (details supplied); if there are any considerations for single parents in relation to SUSI...
- Departmental Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can confirm that funding (details supplied) comes from the National Access Plan, and for the avoidance of confusion, that this does not...
- Third Level Education
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether PhDs classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four-year duration, similar to the hosting agreement...
- State Bodies
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the Shared Island cross-border funding to expand Ulster University’s Derry campus announced on 20 June 2023. [32835/23]
- Departmental Equipment
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Men's Sheds
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans or if consideration is being given to the pre-Budget 2024 to a request by an organisation (details supplied). [32929/23]
- Rural Schemes
239. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in respect of the recently published Census figures, the area of Pullough, Tullamore, County Offaly will be included in the...
- State Bodies
240. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of...
- Departmental Equipment
241. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of instances in which her Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to...
