Written answers

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Creation
      45. To ask the Taoiseach how many new jobs have been created in Cork for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. [31605/23]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the subgroups established as part of the expert forum on anti-social behaviour; if she will provide an...
    • International Protection
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what the new processes are that she introduced in 2022 to designate ‘safe countries of origin’; and if she will...
    • Departmental Policies
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on implementation progress with regard to the Justice Plan 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33473/23]
    • Domestic Violence
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Carlow women’s refuge. [33820/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to establish a dedicated transport police to ensure safety on public transport; and if she will make a...
    • Work Permits
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant general employment permit holders full access to the labour market after two years rather than five years...
    • Legislative Measures
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on any progress made on advancing duty-of-care legislation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts currently in hand to ensure an adequate number of gardaí by way of recruitment or delayed retirements to ensure...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she intends to take in response to the report from a scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied)....
    • Courts Service
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that the new county registrar for County Louth, based in Dundalk Courthouse, will commence in the position,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of current applications on hand in her Department for citizenship; the average time it is taking to make a decision...
    • Human Rights
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the recent criticisms by two organisations (details supplied) of the human rights abuses inherent in the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the increasing civilianisation of Garda staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34028/23]
    • Prison Service
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm what action she intends on taking in order to alleviate the number of prisoners who are required to sleep on the...
    • National Security Committee
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in regard to the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022, which has recently come into operation, if she can...
    • An Garda Síochána
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed in An Garda Síochána in County Meath; the number of resignations in 2022 and to...
    • Immigration Policy
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are specific work permits, processes or procedures for migrant workers in the circus sector; and if she will make a...
    • Ukraine War
      80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for international protection who have applied from Ukraine since the Russian invasion; if applicants...
    • An Garda Síochána
      81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status on the review of the culture within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Naturalisation Applications
      83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how long it is taking to process naturalisation applications for citizenships; if she will present data showing the percentage...
    • Prison Service
      84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a former prison officer (details supplied) has not been recognised for their bravery when they intervened in order to...
    • Crime Prevention
      85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what steps her Department is undertaking to reduce violent crime in the State. [33728/23]
    • Gangland Crime
      87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when additional measures will be introduced to deal with the scourge and damage being inflicted on families and communities...
    • Residency Permits
      88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that the Irish residence permit costs €300 every year for most non-EU people over the age of 18, but an...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take in response to the unlawful gender-based killing of an Irish woman in Spain; if, given the worryingly...
    • An Garda Síochána
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she intends to take to respond the recruitment crisis in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many applications to the community-based CCTV grant scheme have been successful to date; and if the scheme will be continued...
    • An Garda Síochána
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of designated community gardaí in Ballincollig for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33992/23]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what actions are being taken by her Department to continue to improve the Irish citizenship by naturalisation application...
    • Legislative Measures
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in regards to the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022 and the fact that the European Commission had...
    • Prison Service
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take, following the ‘Summary of the Inspection on Education and Work Training April-June...
    • Departmental Websites
      99. To ask the Taoiseach to clarify whether at any point over the past ten years the SSL certificates for his Department’s websites expired for a period of time; if so, the reason this...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      100. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance on a short- or long-term basis, and the fluctuation in this number over the last five years...
    • Departmental Staff
      101. To ask the Taoiseach to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department. [33591/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      102. To ask the Taoiseach if he will ensure that long-Covid is included in the terms of reference for the Covid inquiry; and if he will ensure those advocating on behalf of people suffering with...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      104. To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 2 of 2023 on the website of his Department. [33974/23]
    • Departmental Data
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or services; if so, if payments...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      106. 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
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he...
    • Passport Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33653/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship under FBR. [33753/23]
    • Passport Services
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to allow first-time applications online to be available to Irish passport holders located in Thailand. [33788/23]
    • Departmental Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or...
    • Passport Services
      116. 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....
    • Official Engagements
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the respect engagements Government has had with the Australian government or Australian state; the proposals for upcoming engagements; and...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic presence that Ireland has in Australia; any proposals to expand the Government's presence in Australia; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Agreements
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made on establishing an E3 visa agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied). [34339/23]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Policies
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the human cremation process is regulated; the statutory reporting responsibilities of crematoria relating to air,...
    • Protected Disclosures
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review (details supplied) is ongoing; if it has been completed, whether the findings will be made public; and if...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a report which suggests inaccuracies in the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the levy on single-use...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an area (details supplied) is underserviced for broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his...
    • Energy Conservation
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of one-stop-shop SEAI energy retrofit providers refusing to undertake initial energy rating assessments...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ringfence funding to meet the costs for the provision of radon testing kits for householders, radon being...
    • Electricity Generation
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on security of electricity supply and whether there will be sufficient electricity generation capacity to...
    • National Postcode System
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an Eircode address for a household (details supplied) in County Kerry will be corrected; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether any policy options exist for homes which have no fireplace and cannot heat their home without power in the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as...
    • Postal Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will approve the increase for pensions and deferred pensions for members of the An Post superannuation scheme;...
    • Departmental Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and capital funding budget allocation to National Cyber Security Centre in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form;...
    • National Postcode System
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an Eircode address mapping issue for a household in (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Grid
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the need to support family farm partnerships and small sole traders whose domestic...
    • Brexit Supports
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Staff
      141. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will...
    • Air Corps
      142. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he plans to replace EC135 P2 within the Air Corps fleet. [33778/23]
    • Defence Forces
      143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a list of all events unrelated to their work duties that have been sponsored by the Defence Forces each year for the past ten years; and the...
    • Departmental Data
      144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or...
    • Brexit Supports
      145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €2.2 million by his...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Car Test
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was generated in NCT charges for private vehicles and retests in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the...
    • Bus Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange for an additional bus stop to be placed on the R446 at Temple Spa, Horseleap (details supplied). [33450/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans in place to reopen a railway track from Tralee to Dingle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licences
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why a person (details supplied) lost time on a driving licence shelf life because of applying earlier than the expiry date on foot of a...
    • Taxi Licences
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the ten-year age limit for taxi vehicles, if he intends to extend the exemption to those with 141 vehicles; if he has...
    • Driver Test
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers in 2023 to date, per week, that failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; the number...
    • State Bodies
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 2022 audited financial statements and 2022 annual reports he has received to date from State agencies under the remit of his...
    • Driver Test
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm current waiting times for all learner drivers waiting for their driving tests for all driving test centres across Limerick;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the wheelchair-accessible vehicle scheme has been paused; if so, the reason for this; his plans for the scheme in the future; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application for a taxi airport permit (details supplied) has not been granted, given that this person has been advised that...
    • Rail Network
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the spraying of weed-killer along the tracks of the Galway to Dublin rail line; if he will outline the...
    • National Car Test
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles due an NCT in each of the next six months; the number of tests conducted in each of the past six months; the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatalities and serious injuries caused to road users since 1990 on the N22 road between Farranfore village and the...
    • Road Network
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a comparative traffic count and analysis will be conducted between the R561 from Castlemaine to Annascaul and the N86 from Camp...
    • Public Transport
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the light rail system in Cork and the stations that will be on the northside of Cork city. [34074/23]
    • Road Projects
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed timeline for the M20 project. [34086/23]
    • Bus Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of BusConnects in Cork to date. [34088/23]
    • Grant Payments
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for the electric taxi vehicle grant and the number approved to date in 2023. [34089/23]
    • Departmental Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or...
    • Coast Guard Service
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a formal site transfer from Wicklow County Council to his Department for the Coast Guard station at a location (details supplied) has...
    • Cycling Facilities
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full-year cost of establishing a public bike scheme in County Monaghan consisting of ten bike stations and 100 bikes; the full-year...
    • Electric Vehicles
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points delivered, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people who sat the driving test in each county in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Bus Services
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date of the BusConnects project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34285/23]
    • Rail Network
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to date of the Metrolink North project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34289/23]
    • National Car Test
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason subsequent tests are not pushed out to reflect the current delays in getting appointments for NCT; if the future due dates for...
    • Brexit Supports
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €0.1 million by...
    • Local Authorities
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide his and/or the NTAs rationale for the discrepancy in funding for active travel office staff costs across the four...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the deferral of the introduction of the concrete levy given the current construction inflation and the additional burden the levy will...
    • Tax Reliefs
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department would consider extending the alcohol products tax relief to small artisan distilleries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33557/23]
    • Tax Code
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department would consider exempting from VAT all new buildings at the Near Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) Standard; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bilateral loans Ireland has with the UK; the amount outstanding per loan; the original principal sum per loan; the interest rate per loan; the...
    • Tax Code
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give due consideration for the provision of a VAT rebate on tools, materials and electricity for all Men's Sheds; and if he will make a statement...
    • Financial Services
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the oldest complaints the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has under formal investigation; the average wait time for a customer when their...
    • Departmental Policies
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if both a timeline and more information can be provided for the new transport scheme for disabled people, which he mentioned in Dáil Éireann on 22...
    • Tax Code
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends increasing the income tax exemption of €36,000 for a married couple over 65 years of age (details supplied) ( €18,000 single...
    • Departmental Reports
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the report and guidance that his Department received from a company (details supplied) on behalf of the National Pension Reserve Fund...
    • Tax Code
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing excise duty on hydrotreated vegetable oil as a low emissions alternative to diesel; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give due consideration to granting tax relief at the higher rate on all non-routine dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or services; if so, if...
    • Tax Code
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance what lobbying has been documented on the file pertaining to the setup and development and implementation of the residential zoned land tax. [34200/23]
    • Business Supports
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of businesses in each county that have successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy...
    • Tax Code
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered whether persons cohabiting with a partner for ten years or longer, but who are not married, should be in a position to avail of the more...
    • Tax Credits
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first-and full-year cost for making research and development payable credits, under the R&D tax credit, payable in one instalment within...
    • Tax Reliefs
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first-and full-year cost of extending the entrepreneur relief to angel investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34404/23]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Brexit Supports
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €15 million by...
    • Office of Public Works
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that the OPW offered to buy lands immediately adjacent to the State-owned Castletown House and demesne in Celbridge. [33433/23]
    • Departmental Projects
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed walking and cycling bridge across the River Liffey from the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge; if funding...
    • Heritage Sites
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed renovation of the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; if funding has been assigned to the project; if so, the...
    • Office of Public Works
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans OPW have to buy lands or lease lands adjacent to Castletown house and demesne [33524/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if...
    • Heritage Sites
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether any tenders were issued for the planned works to the National Monument 14-17 Moore Street; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Programmes
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding available for the new PEACE Plus Programme; the level of funding available for each measure under this Programme; the...
    • Budget Process
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodologies his Department will utilise within this year's budgetary process to ensure equality proofing of budgetary policies;...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the use of cloud computing services is important in helping the Government digitalise and improve public services; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 22 June 2023, in which the Minister for Health could not answer for information in relation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount surrendered back to the Exchequer in each of the years 2013 to 2022 and to date in 2023 from Vote 15, Secret Service; if he...
    • Office of Public Works
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the welcome works being carried out by the OPW at Old Abbey Lane in Drogheda, if he can address concerns raised locally...
    • Departmental Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods...
    • Flood Risk Management
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give detailed consideration to the request of a local authority (details supplied) [34186/23]
    • Legislative Process
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Freedom of Information Act (Amendment) Bill; the timeframe for this bill to move to the next stage; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary paid to the President for each year from 2012 to date; the details of any amounts waived or returned by him to the Exchequer...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of increasing the funding for the Green For Micro Programme by 10%, 20%, and 25% [34326/23]
    • Official Engagements
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings his Department, including the current and previous Minister, Ministers of State, and Department officials,...
    • Industrial Disputes
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in the ongoing dispute between workers (details supplied); and if he will end the practice of State contracts...
    • Redundancy Payments
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department would consider reintroducing the statutory redundancy rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33564/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and...
    • Equality Issues
      250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to discrimination cases brought to the Workplace Relations Commission and/or Labour Court under the Equal Status Act, if...
    • Industrial Relations
      252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagement with a company (details supplied), specifically on representations made in respect of the need...
    • Work Permits
      253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if working permits will be extended to the profession of monumental stone sculptors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give due consideration to the funding of pilot schemes to enable young cancer survivors' reintegration to work following...
    • European Union
      255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any sectoral or regional analysis has been undertaken on the potential benefits to national companies of Ireland's participation...
    • State Bodies
      256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the 2022 audited financial statements and 2022 annual reports he has received so far from State agencies under the remit of his...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Revenue online system will be updated to accept applications from businesses which use oil, LPG or kerosene; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of...
    • Trade Agreements
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the proposed EU-Australia trade agreement, the Irish government's position in this regard, whether he has...
    • European Union
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has taken note of Denmark’s referendum result of 25 May 2014 with regard to the country’s membership of the...
    • Industrial Relations
      261. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the case of a campaign by persons (details supplied); and if he will meet with the persons in question and their...
    • Departmental Bodies
      262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 7 March 2023, if a person (details supplied) is still on the Enterprise Digital Advisory...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Policy
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the level of funding and supports which will be made available to current trainee educational psychologists; and if he will...
    • School Transport
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to providing greater transport services to rural schools from urban areas, to ease pressure on schools in urban...
    • School Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate a claim for the revision of school secretary pay scales (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received and reviewed urgent correspondence from a school (details supplied) regarding a critical situation it is facing in...
    • Departmental Staff
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within her Department; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available for the provision of a bus for primary school students to an after-school facility (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Admissions
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the remit to set the secondary schools geographical catchment area for its admissions policy always rests with the board of management of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a neurotypical child has the right to access pre-school education at two years and eight months, yet a child with a diagnosis of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she can speed up the provision of the three-school project at Hazelhatch and Celbridge, County Kildare known as Project...
    • Special Educational Needs
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if 280 additional special education teacher posts were filled. [33776/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when each school within County Kildare that is currently ongoing major refurbishment works or construction of new schools that are currently...
    • National Council for Special Education
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the NCSE has failed to reply to a representation (details supplied) as indicated by her in correspondence dated 23 February 2023; and...
    • School Transport
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available for the provision of a bus for primary school students to an after-school facility (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Funding
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts spent by her Department on capitation in primary schools for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns regarding a building proposal for a school (details supplied). [33828/23]
    • School Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is such a large discrepancy between the pension entitlement for a primary school teacher and that of an SNA, where both staff...
    • Special Educational Needs
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 28 June 2023, if she can confirm if the two new classes due to open in Dublin 16 are for this coming...
    • State Examinations
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of candidates who sought access to the deferred sitting of this year's Leaving Certificate exams due to medical emergencies; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new SNA posts which have been created in the past five years; how these extra posts have been allocated as between special schools,...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will qualify for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33993/23]
    • State Examinations
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many students will be availing of the alternative Leaving Certificate papers in July 2023, following the option of this scheme in 2019; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building plans for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34053/23]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Cork that are awaiting an appointment with a NEPS psychologist; the number that are waiting less than 6, 6-12 and those...
    • School Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools in Cork under the major capital works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2023. [34081/23]
    • Departmental Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children per county that are receiving additional supports for deafness or hard of hearing. [34110/23]
    • School Staff
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost for a primary school teaching post. [34111/23]
    • School Transport
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school transport review will be published. [34112/23]
    • Youth Services
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding, in tabular form, for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 provided to Foróige. [34113/23]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a county breakdown of the average class size in primary schools for the 2022/2023 school year. [34114/23]
    • State Examinations
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the controversy surrounding the Leaving Certificate Maths Paper 1, with one school principal complaining in the "strongest...
    • Departmental Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a policy preventing the establishment of ASD units within single-sex girls' schools and boys' schools; and if she will make a...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the implementation plan of the national action plan against bullying will be published; how much will be allocated to implement it; and if...
    • School Enrolments
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total enrolment figures at primary and secondary level in school planning zones of Dublin postal code zones 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12; the future...
    • School Admissions
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort can be made to ensure a secondary school place in Clane, County Kildare can be facilitated in the case of the son of a person...
    • School Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much funding has been provided to schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan by her Department under the emergency works scheme and the...
    • Education Policy
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will direct relevant officials within her Department, who...
    • State Examinations
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills which organisation will be responsible for operating the Leaving Certificate helpline this year; and the estimated cost of same. [34302/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are available for a person (details supplied) who has applied to schools for a place in an ASD class for their son; the options...
    • School Accommodation
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a letter will issue to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34333/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of a charity having a designated liaison in her Department (details supplied) has been considered. [34389/23]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Culture Policy
      311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her Department have been involved in talks between the National College of Arts and Design and a company (details...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter concerning Údarás na Gaeltachta (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what supports could be provided to a museum (details supplied) to ensure it can continue to operate considering the bleak...
    • Departmental Staff
      314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within her Department;...
    • Sports Organisations
      315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions being taken by her Department to facilitate female participation in soccer in Ireland, particularly at a young age,...
    • Sports Facilities
      316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to establishing a sports facilities strategy for the State, identifying gaps in provision for certain geographic...
    • Television Licence Fee
      317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of TV licences sold (excluding social protection free schemes licences) in each of the past six months, in tabular...
    • Sports Events
      318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to obtain a derogation for the island of Ireland from the World Athletics 1934 political boundary rule so...
    • Departmental Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has been alerted to any instances where RTÉ may have been compromised editorially by financial transactions or barter...
    • Brexit Supports
      323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €7.75...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the scoping maps for the residential zoned land tax, what is the total area of land, in hectares, currently...
    • Rental Sector
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the short-term tourist letting register. [33441/23]
    • Housing Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of tenant in situ purchases in each local authority. [33442/23]
    • Local Authorities
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have a full-time vacant homes officer. [33445/23]
    • Housing Provision
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the effect of inflation on local authorities and approved housing bodies in the context of...
    • Animal Culls
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the cull of seagulls which was permitted on a pilot basis in Balbriggan proved a success; whether an extension into...
    • State Bodies
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline what progress has been made in relation to the proposed replacement of board members of An Bord Pleanála; to...
    • Housing Schemes
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures for a tenant on the Drogheda housing list who is moving to a HAP tenancy in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; which...
    • Waterways Ireland
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of concerns that Waterways Ireland may have failed to register any properties such as marinas over the course...
    • Housing Policy
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the date range for being liable for the development contribution fee will be amended to include...
    • Housing Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he intends to ensure the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg SDZ following the sale of NAMA's stake in the site to...
    • Postal Voting
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on expanding postal votes in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33507/23]
    • Electoral Process
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce measures to allow Irish citizens who are working overseas in the private sector to vote in national,...
    • Departmental Reports
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the subject matter of departmental reports which are pending publication; and the timeline for publication of each of these...
    • Housing Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for social housing in each county, and in Dublin City Council; and the number of social housing units...
    • Housing Policy
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding Part V tenants' use of communal areas in apartments; and his plans to review this policy. [33527/23]
    • Vacant Sites
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the adequacy of the vacant sites register. [33528/23]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department records the reasons for refusal of access to homeless accommodation; and, if so, the incidence of such...
    • Departmental Policies
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to several Parliamentary Questions of 13 June 2023, in particular where he provided additional information not...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a specific matter (details supplied). [33551/23]
    • Planning Issues
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department would consider reforming the zoning and planning process to improve the timelines for delivery of housing...
    • Departmental Staff
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his...
    • Housing Schemes
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the maximum grant available under the housing aid for older people scheme for roof repairs/replacement...
    • Housing Policy
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the decision to lift the temporary moratorium on no-fault evictions; and his plans to reinstate a winter...
    • Planning Issues
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress in respect of negotiations in respect of the proposed development at the former Irish Glass...
    • Housing Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing commencements and completions by each local authority to date in 2023. [33632/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if an older couple with medical issues (details supplied) who have rented a three-bedroomed property for the past...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he agrees that when a Government Department confirms a recurring threat to public health and safety for the first time...
    • Housing Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the tenant-in-situ scheme includes properties in which tenants are considered 'overaccommodated'...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocated to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the...
    • State Bodies
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 5 July 2022, the number of staff and their specific roles sanctioned by his...
    • Defective Building Materials
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the centralisation of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, the pyrite remediation scheme, the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times either he, his junior Ministers or departmental officials met with representatives of an organisation...
    • Departmental Consultations
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the cost of each report;...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many biologists are employed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; what areas they specialise in; and if he will...
    • Vacant Properties
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 27 June 2023, the details of the agreement reached with the Banking Federation of...
    • Housing Schemes
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of tenant-in-situ purchases that have been completed in each local authority...
    • Housing Policy
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department will provide grants of €50,000 to first-time buyers who build their own houses for permanent...
    • Housing Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and total funding sought from individual local authorities under the land acquisition fund; how...
    • Housing Policy
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications and total funding sought from approved housing bodies under the land acquisition fund; how much...
    • Defective Building Materials
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline a timeline for the roll-out of a scheme for approved housing bodies affected by defective concrete block. [33853/23]
    • EU Funding
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how much funding from the state's EU National Recovery and Resilience Plan has been earmarked and drawn down to date for the...
    • Housing Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the revolving fund established under Rebuilding Ireland and administered by the Housing Agency. [33856/23]
    • Water Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 15 November 2022, for an update on rural water frameworks; when money will be...
    • Hare Coursing
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of correspondence his office has received on behalf of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will list the occasions he has corresponded with the director of the Residential Tenancies Board since he took office;...
    • Defective Building Materials
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated figure for the number of houses that have been completed (either demolished and reconstructed and-or...
    • Housing Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a housing allocation for 42 social houses in Carrigart, County Donegal, where money was approved in 2018; and...
    • Legislative Measures
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 13 June 2023, if he will outline his plans to update the legislation pertaining...
    • Housing Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in Cork city in each of the past five years; the total amount...
    • Vacant Properties
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Cork City Council to make an application for the vacant properties or voids programme; if such an...
    • Housing Schemes
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications to date in 2023 through AHBs, local authorities and Home for Life, respectively....
    • Vacant Sites
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount collected, by local authority, by year in vacant sites levy since the levy was established, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a barter account for the provision of goods or...
    • Hare Coursing
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of pregnant females released on a club-by-club basis for the coursing seasons 2020, 2021 and 2022; and...
    • Construction Industry
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider creating a statutory oversight body for the construction sector that will investigate claims of negligent...
    • Departmental Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of families living in social housing, either directly with councils or with approved housing bodies, but...
    • National Parks
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of park wardens employed across the State, broken down by county council. [34187/23]
    • Legislative Reviews
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the departmental review of the effectiveness of the Derelict Sites Act; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing units in the State at present in respect of which local authorities are receiving rent...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 12,441 people in emergency accommodation who are Irish nationals, nationals of other EU member states, UK...
    • Fire Service
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained firefighters who have departed the service annually from 2010 to date; the number of retained...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the draft revised wind energy development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding compulsory purchase order powers of local authorities for the provision of housing; how this is being...
    • Housing Schemes
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of completed cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme offers; the number in progress, by county, in tabular form; and if...
    • Commercial Rates
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will actively engage with local authorities to ensure that where commercial rates are already in place for a building, a...
    • Housing Schemes
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding for housing adaptation grants for older persons and persons with a disability, in view of local...
    • Departmental Policies
      429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the new framework to continue the joint co-operative policy making and implementation between his Department and...
    • Housing Schemes
      430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the major discrepancies in the time it takes for different local authorities to reimburse...
    • Housing Policy
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his Department’s strategy in regard to modular housing building projects; and the number of units projected...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Management Companies
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when regulations will be made to ensure that owner management companies (OMCs) are financially sustainable; to ensure that OMCs...
    • Legislative Reviews
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Multi-Unit Developments (MUD) Act 2011 will commence and be completed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will detail her plans with respect to bringing forward legislation to allow for the use of facial recognition technology...
    • Domestic Violence
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of available Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge beds in each county; and number of occupied Tusla-funded domestic...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an applicant (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application for naturalisation; and if she will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the current cost of the Irish residence permit card; her plans to change this fee; and if she will make a...
    • Student Visas
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made regarding an application for a student visa (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within her Department;...
    • Immigration Status
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the outcome of a review request of application for the regularisation of undocumented persons...
    • An Garda Síochána
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in relation to the proposed online portal allowing the public to upload images and video footage of driving...
    • Prison Service
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 20 June 2023, if the information can now be provided; and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide clarification regarding her awareness of the concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the role that An Garda Síochána play in vetting applicants for local authority housing; if there are...
    • Departmental Programmes
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application (details supplied) will be finalised and permission granted; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Traffic Fines
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that gardaí issued for parking in a bus lane and cycle path and on the footpath in...
    • International Protection
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants who sought protection in Ireland from eight countries (details supplied) in...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 17 May 2023, what has been the impact of all of those actions in terms of the...
    • Departmental Policies
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she has considered extending greater residency rights to the spouse of an Irish citizen where the family has been...
    • Departmental Schemes
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff assigned to the regularisation scheme for undocumented people from the scheme's inception to date, in...
    • Prison Service
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a geographic breakdown of all inmates in Irish prisons, i.e. the wider area they resided in before incarceration; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a geographic breakdown or "heat map" of arrests made by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years;...
    • Legislative Reviews
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline for her substantive response to the Independent Review of the Offences Against the State Acts; the...
    • Legislative Measures
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the rules and penalties which apply for unauthorised and unlicenced entry to a person’s land in...
    • Departmental Priorities
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she received submissions (details supplied); if so, the number of submissions received; and the steps she took on foot of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Garda Commissioner on the new initiatives that have been put in place to make Dublin city...
    • Departmental Policies
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department requested members of the Firearms Expert Committee to fill out a declaration of interests; if any conflicts...
    • Visa Applications
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what action is being taken by her Department to improve upon the timeframe for the processing of appeals on decisions of visa...
    • An Garda Síochána
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently working in each of the Garda stations in Cork, by rank, in tabular form. [34099/23]
    • Gambling Sector
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work carried out to date by the CEO of the Gambling Regulatory Authority. [34100/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Adult Diversion Programme; the number who have availed of it in 2023; and the plans to improve the...
    • European Council
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a report was made available at the European Council meeting which he attended with regard to the refugee...
    • Asylum Seekers
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if fleeing Russia to avoid military conscription will be grounds for granting asylum in Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected position in regard to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Residency Permits
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in granting residency approval in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • An Garda Síochána
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what her Department is doing to increase safety and security measures in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Gambling Sector
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in relation to obligations on licensees of in-person gambling licences as outlined in the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022,...
    • Departmental Data
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision...
    • Domestic Violence
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she anticipates bringing forward legislation for first stage of the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023. [34219/23]
    • Visa Applications
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visitor visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Gambling Sector
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address concerns that the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 will adversely impact the ability of registered charities to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue still owed to An Garda Síochána as of 3 July 2023 in respect of non-public duty events that...
    • Departmental Data
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 9 May 2023, the reason for the delay in publishing the Criminal Law (Sexual...
    • Prison Service
      539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which drug rehabilitation and educational classes are available throughout the prison service, with particular...
    • An Garda Síochána
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which she and her Department continue to combat the various levels of organised crime operating in this...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for applications for citizenship/naturalisation; the extent to which plans are in hand to improve...
    • An Garda Síochána
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women currently serving in An Garda Síochána; the extent to which these numbers have fluctuated in the...
    • Legal Aid
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for any review of the criminal legal aid programme, with particular reference to its application to repeat offenders;...
    • Courts Service
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate judges are being appointed to the various courts in order to minimise delays; and if she will make...
    • Asylum Seekers
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of refugees/asylum seekers/undocumented persons currently in this jurisdiction for more than ten years who...
    • Residency Permits
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the €312 million generated from IRP cards over the past ten years; and where this is reinvested....
    • Departmental Data
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 11 May 2021, the number of speeding fines issued on foot of evidence obtained from...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic accidents in each county in the State in each of the past five years and to date in 2023....
    • Health Service Executive
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the report the Working Group on medical negligence...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged with the European Commission on allowing Coillte to avail of Government grants or premiums within the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take action in a case (details supplied) where a registered fishing company has been refused storage at Howth Harbour; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 27 June 2023, the number of applications to the protein aid scheme in 2023; the number...
    • Animal Welfare
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized and/or impounded for trespass and for non-compliance with chipping law and regulation, by county, for the...
    • Departmental Staff
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what entitlements are in place for farmers who wish to opt into the exit dairy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Environmental Investigations
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many soil testing labs are approved by his Department, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33672/23]
    • Animal Sales
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of beef produced in Ireland per month; the corresponding tonnage of beef produced from feed lots; the tonnage of beef...
    • Animal Welfare
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with farmer representative bodies with respect to the issue of deer causing animal worrying and damage to farm...
    • Departmental Staff
      571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new recruitment campaign for technical agricultural officers will be launched in quarter 4 this year. [33787/23]
    • United Nations
      572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials plan to attend the UN Food Systems Summit in July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33871/23]
    • Turbary Rights
      573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide any historical evidence or documentation from the period 1906 to 1923 that confirms the completion of a purchase...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Cork City Council for the control of horses in 2023 to date [34077/23]
    • Live Exports
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 9 May 2023, if he will detail the value in euro by animal category, in addition to the...
    • Departmental Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of...
    • Grant Payments
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is grant aid available for drainage works on farm land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34159/23]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of persons used by Horse Racing Ireland to promote a primary teaching resource (details supplied) since...
    • Departmental Schemes
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 27 June 2023, if he will provide specific scoring deadlines across all ACRES streams; if...
    • Agriculture Industry
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farms in each county; to outline, in tabular form, the number of dairy farms with the following: less than 100...
    • Food Promotion
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the progress in applying for PGI status for boxty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34341/23]
    • Brexit Supports
      588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €271...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will take action to ensure that a service provider (details supplied) has the required funding to...
    • Nursing Homes
      590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of men under the age of 65 years living in nursing homes; the number of women under the age of 65...
    • Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to provide sustainable funding in Budget...
    • Primary Care Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm when the positions (details supplied) within the primary healthcare system in north Donegal will be...
    • Disability Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of respite hours provided to families in Cork over each of the past 12 months; the total number...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the proposed referendum on gender equality will take place in November 2023; if not, the reasons for delaying...
    • Immigration Support Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently review the transport links provided to the residents of an accommodation centre (details...
    • Childcare Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that CORE funding will be increased to support childcare services and parents, particularly in light...
    • Legislative Measures
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the proposed referendum on Article 40.1 of the Constitution will specifically include a reference to disabled...
    • Departmental Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of children on the waiting list for assessment and intervention services through the CDNT in...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children have a diagnosis of Autism that the HSE is aware of in CHO5, broken down by the age groups of...
    • International Protection
      612. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if applicants for international protection or refugees from Ukraine, are being housed in social housing in the...
    • Disability Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason St. Michael's House is unable to provide a placement for a person (details supplied) in adult...
    • Departmental Meetings
      615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will arrange a meeting with senior officials from his Department and an organisation (details supplied);...
    • Disability Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of inadequate adult day service places available for those who have finished their schooling at a...
    • Direct Provision System
      617. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status/leave to remain in Direct Provision centres giving...
    • Children in Care
      618. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid by the State to a company (details supplied) in each of the past twenty-four months; the number...
    • Residential Institutions
      621. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a place in a residential care home; and if he...
    • International Protection
      622. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that some student accommodation facilities (details supplied) are not taking students for the...
    • Disability Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline in detail the recommended staff-to-patient ratio for CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      629. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if details or a breakdown can be...
    • Health Service Executive
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to advance paediatric neurology services in Cork and across CH04; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in each of the CDNTs in Cork; the number who...
    • Departmental Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      637. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether an announcement will be made in relation to the proposed wording for the family, care and equality...
    • Children in Care
      638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost if the foster care allowance increased to €345 per week for children aged...
    • Residency Permits
      639. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a non-EU national with leave to remain in the UK and resident in Northern Ireland is permitted to work...
    • Employment Rights
      640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the remaining provisions of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 will be commenced;...
    • Departmental Policies
      641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied). [34273/23]
    • Disability Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of clinical placements that have been provided for students within children's disability network...
    • Legislative Measures
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is considering legislation to restrict the use of non-disclosure agreements in the case of sexual...
    • Disability Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the necessary funding and resources are provided to an organisation (details supplied) so...
    • Legislative Programme
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on his plans to bring forward legislation prohibiting conversion therapy; when he plans to...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Strategies
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide update on the last meeting of the SIG under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [34091/23]
    • Mortality Rates
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the excess mortality rate in Ireland has been spiking so high in recent months; the reason there were 25.4% more deaths in Ireland in December 2022...
    • Departmental Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Health what funding has been allocated to the ICGP to provide training and certification to health care professionals on long-acting reversible contraception...
    • Departmental Schemes
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the type of data being compiled to inform further development of the free contraception service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33452/23]
    • Health Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the planned revision of the model of care for long-Covid following the publication of the report by HIQA; when the model of care was last...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      654. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 15 June 2023, if he will provide the spend out-turn for the first six months of 2023 and the corresponding...
    • Health Services Staff
      655. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm how €750,000 provided in Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology training places has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      658. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that ten years since the major flood at Letterkenny University Hospital, the onsite outpatient clinic has not been...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      659. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the €1,000 pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33478/23]
    • Departmental Data
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of concerns HIQA has received relating to a facility (details supplied) for the years 2020-2023, with a breakdown into specific themes of concern...
    • Departmental Reports
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the audit report that took place into the TAPs funding. [33483/23]
    • Departmental Data
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of concerns that HIQA has received relating to a facility (details supplied) for the years 2020-2023, with a breakdown into specific themes of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      666. To ask the Minister for Health how many meetings the Government has had with an organisation (details supplied) and or private care companies since March 2020 to date in relation to Covid,...
    • Departmental Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Health how many concerns HIQA has received relating to a facility (details supplied) for the years 2020-2023, with a breakdown into specific themes of concern type;...
    • Legislative Process
      668. To ask the Minister for Health when the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33489/23]
    • Departmental Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Health how many legal actions have been lodged against the State in regard to nursing homes and hospitals; and the breakdown of what type of cases are being taken....
    • Departmental Schemes
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including testosterone cypionate in the drug payment scheme in view of the financial hardships being endured by patients (details...
    • Dental Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce orthodontic treatment waiting times for children, with particular reference to those whose current estimated treatment...
    • Departmental Funding
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of funding allocated in Budget 2023 part of a €100 million fund to support community-based service providers...
    • Nursing Homes
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if any meetings have taken place between him and representatives from private nursing homes in relation to the current challenges that private nursing homes...
    • Health Service Executive
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will directly engage with a person (details supplied) in relation to accessing rehabilitation care. [33520/23]
    • Disability Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health whether the National Access Policy is being followed by CAMHS in each CHO; which CHOs are implementing it fully, partially and/or not-at-all; and if he will...
    • Health Strategies
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to improve breastfeeding supports and postpartum care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33534/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      680. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to have an MRI conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33535/23]
    • Mental Health Policy
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in what way the removal of the locked status of unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital, as reported by the Mental Health Commission in November...
    • Mental Health Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment from CAMHS, given that their situation is deteriorating; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      684. To ask the Minister for Health given the low approval rates for certain medicines subject to managed access protocols, if he believes that the criteria is currently too restrictive; his...
    • Medical Cards
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department would consider increasing the income level for medical card qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33565/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      689. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided for occupational therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33567/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      690. To ask the Minister for Health when the income limit for the GP visit card will be increased to include people on a median household income of €46,000 or less, as announced in Budget...
    • Departmental Staff
      691. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick without being seen, in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date...
    • Medical Cards
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a long-term illness card when an ADHD assessment was submitted with the application; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      694. To ask the Minister for Health to provide specific details in relation to the rate of recovery for those attending long-Covid clinics, including length of time attending the clinic and how...
    • Departmental Policies
      698. To ask the Minister for Health whether a pandemic response register exists in his Department; if so, to outline what assumptions, restrictions and response plans are contained within it; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      699. To ask the Minister for Health whether long-Covid clinics are prescribing medications; and if so, what medications they have been recommended to prescribe by the HSE. [33604/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      701. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason behind the decision to remove mandatory masks in lexical settings; and the evidence used to make this decision. [33606/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of GPs in the west Cork area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33609/23]
    • Health Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for a lack of awareness of the complaints management system as referenced in the June 2023 HIQA Report of an Inspection Against the National...
    • Departmental Policies
      706. To ask the Minister for Health when the membership and the review of the terms of reference of the Deteriorating Patient Steering Committee at UHL will be concluded; the progress made to...
    • Health Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a capital and revenue cost for an intermediate care bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33621/23]
    • Medical Cards
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to the granting of life long medical cards for survivors of child, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancers; and if he will...
    • Cancer Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to the provision of dedicated funding for a children's, adolescents and young adults (CAYA) specific psycho-oncology service;...
    • Cancer Research
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding for sustained, regular investment in clinical trials, research, and infrastructure to offer cancer patients the best...
    • Cancer Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with regard to the recruitment and funding of all outstanding psycho-oncology service posts in 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to the inclusion of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and other smoking cessation supports in the drug payment scheme, in...
    • Medical Cards
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of the average medical card, including the direct cost to the general practitioner; a breakdown of the indirect...
    • Ambulance Service
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was a delay in sending an ambulance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33686/23]
    • Health Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review a cessation of service contract (details supplied) in respect of the distribution of incontinence wear in Drogheda and surrounds; if he will...
    • Hospital Staff
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies by job title in the Accident and Emergency Department of Portlaoise Regional Hospital; when will these vacancies be filled in...
    • Departmental Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at the public car-park within the Mater Hospital in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Hospital Staff
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons based at Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2022 and to -date in 2023, in tabular form. [33706/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health services that are available in each primary care centre in the area of County Roscommon covered by CHO2; and if there are plans to...
    • Health Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for hearing examinations in County Kerry by length of time waiting, in tabular form. [33708/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a national ambition to reduce the number of neo-natal deaths. [33709/23]
    • Hospital Equipment
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if the budget for medical aids and equipment for children is ring-fenced within CHO9; if he will provide figures on the breakdown of difference types of...
    • Health Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the current funding that would be required to extend the opening hours until 9pm, seven days a week at the Mater Smithfield Rapid Injury Unit. [33711/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; the nature of these works; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Monaghan General Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [33713/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in older persons services in CHO9 in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [33714/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers working in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [33716/23]
    • Health Services
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births at Mayo University Hospital Maternity Ward in each of the past three years and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and the staffing level...
    • Health Services Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the recruitment of the outstanding nurses promised as part of the 2018 Valproate Response Project, for which funding was confirmed in...
    • Medical Research and Training
      734. To ask the Minister for Health whether the medical school which the Secretary General of his Department suggested will be established by TU Dublin will be located on the Tallaght campus;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      735. To ask the Minister for Health when Letterkenny University Hospital will have an onsite outpatient clinic to replace the one damaged in the flood ten years ago; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      736. To ask the Minister for Health who decided to go ahead with reconfiguration of the mid-west region despite the 600 beds required by the Hanly Report to offer safe patient safety not being in...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the figures he relied on when speaking on a radio station (details supplied) when he stated that trolley numbers were down at UHL while...
    • Care Services
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation of the nursing home expert panel review, in tabular form. [33761/23]
    • Health Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the Cross-Border Directive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33770/23]
    • Hospital Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended the specialist menopause clinic at the National Maternity Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, and the backlog for...
    • Hospital Equipment
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optical coherence tomography machines currently in use in the ophthalmology department of St. Vincent's University Hospital. [33782/23]
    • Hospital Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of selective dorsal rhizotomy surgeries carried out in public hospitals here in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and the public...
    • Health Services Staff
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE mental health midwives; the training they receive; and the role of mental health midwives within the perinatal mental health integrated care...
    • Health Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline how each individual CHO funds interpreting services in general practices; if he plans to improve access to interpreters in general practice...
    • Health Service Executive
      748. To ask the Minister for Health when the report (details supplied) will be completed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33800/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      749. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the total funding provided by the HSE/his Department to all older persons’ support groups/organisations/advocacy services in 2022 and planned...
    • Nursing Homes
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department will address serious concerns with the ongoing crisis in the funding of nursing homes under the fair deal scheme, given that a number...
    • Health Services Staff
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently allocated to working on Older Persons issues in his Department; the number of people working at national level in Older Person...
    • Nursing Homes
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request HIQA and the decision support service to jointly develop a code of practice to protect the rights and interests of people entering nursing...
    • Health Strategies
      754. To ask the Minister for Health if he could outline the extent of his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department have engaged with stakeholders regarding the implementation of...
    • Medicinal Products
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the level of drawdown on the €30 million announced for new medicines as part of Budget 2022, inclusive of acute spending and described on an in-year...
    • Healthcare Policy
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if he could outline to what extent the work of the NCPE is subject to audit and review; how many audits have been carried out on the work of the NCPE; whether...
    • Home Care Packages
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive homecare packages delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by CHO, in tabular form; the number of hours sought; the number of...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33846/23]
    • Health Services
      764. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the review of cardiac services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33861/23]
    • Health Strategies
      765. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that he will work towards publishing a new cardiovascular strategy, which Ireland has been without since 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Healthcare Policy
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that funding from the EU4Health Joint Action on diabetes and cardiovascular disease will be utilised to establish a pilot early detection...
    • Nursing Homes
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the financial and staffing difficulties currently experienced by private and voluntary nursing homes, including at a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the measures his Department is taking to increase capacity in the GP service; and to ensure GPs can avail of cover when needed. [33873/23]
    • Health Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for extension of the free contraception scheme to girls aged 16; the timeframe for further extensions; what consultation his Department has...
    • General Practitioner Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the full details of the GP visit card expansion agreement announced on 4 July 2023, in tabular form; the categories and timelines for implementation; the...
    • Health Service Executive
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the HSE/letters of claims issued, regarding or alleging the misreading of smear tests in each of the past ten years and to...
    • Health Services
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck smear test samples sent abroad to foreign laboratories for testing in each of the past five years and to date in 2023; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid, per year, to a company (details supplied) by the HSE and his Department; the details of the cases being handled by year, by the company; the...
    • Medical Cards
      779. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the cost of increasing the medical card income threshold by €5,000, €10,000, €15,000 and €20,000; to...
    • Hospital Services
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of cutting private activity in public hospitals by 10%, 20% and 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33900/23]
    • Health Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing external professional fees in public healthcare by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33901/23]
    • Hospital Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated weekly, monthly and annual cost of contracting a bed in a private nursing home for short-stay use by public hospitals; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the use of electronic patient records across the public healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing capital spend on the National Ambulance Service by 10% above the 2022 and 2023 spend or allocation; and if he will make a...
    • Parking Provision
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of capping public hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33907/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering a living wage to all staff in non-HSE organisations delivering care to public patients on behalf of the HSE; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to run the north inner city multidisciplinary team each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33916/23]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are currently accessing cannabis-based products via the medical cannabis access programme; the conditions for which they are accessing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people availing of the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19 infection; the ongoing...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the maximum rebate under the Cross-Border scheme for a cataract operation has been reduced from €1,872 to €1,700; if he can explain...
    • Health Service Executive
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek responses from each individual CHO HSE areas on the policies, administration and distribution relating to a question (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      798. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 25 May 2023, if he will explain why three arborist companies (details supplied) carried out assessments of trees...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring the repeated failure on the part of Cork HSE mental health management to provide clarity in responses to numerous Parliamentary Questions on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork, the average waiting time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      801. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of funding to the north inner city DATF. [34090/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of nurse prescribing of opioids. [34092/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for ethnic minorities, by year, in tabular form. [34093/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      805. To ask the Minister for Health whether a funding stream is available for relevant organisations to celebrate Recovery Month. [34095/23]
    • Community Care
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people availing of a community detox programme, by year for the past five years, in tabular form. [34096/23]
    • Legislative Process
      807. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the full commencement of all of the sections of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [34101/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      808. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new Action Plan under the National Drugs Strategy. [34102/23]
    • Health Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have used Keltoi, by month in 2023. [34103/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Irish physiotherapists who achieved qualifications in EU countries such as the Netherlands are unable to register with CORU; if he is aware...
    • Nursing Homes
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for the fair deal application processing in Cork currently. [34107/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      814. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the jury in the inquest into the deaths of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      815. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the current number of epilepsy nurse specialists, neurologists and associated team members currently attached to epilepsy adult and paediatric...
    • Medical Cards
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a discretionary medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment with a specialist doctor can be urgently facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or services; if so, if...
    • Hospital Services
      819. To ask the Minister for Health whether the internal and external reviews into spinal surgeries in Temple Street Hospital will be published; and if so, when they will be published; and if he...
    • Dental Services
      820. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will approve additional funding to increase the current 0.6 WTE orthodontic specialists appointed to orthodontic services in County...
    • Health Services Staff
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the current vacant full-time orthodontic consultant post in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34178/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer;...
    • Health Services Staff
      825. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacant senior dietitian post for Waterford/Wexford CAMHS has been filled; when his Department will approve funding for a whole-time paediatric dietitian...
    • Medicinal Products
      826. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the terms of reference for the HSE review of access to Cariban under the drug payment scheme for sufferers of hyperemesis; who is leading the review...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      827. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the urgent services they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34213/23]
    • Dental Services
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency out-of-hours dental services that are currently available in the Cavan-Monaghan region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34229/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      829. To ask the Minister for Health how far below optimum levels of staffing of medical scientists in HSE laboratories nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34230/23]
    • Abortion Services
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if, on foot of his Department's preparation for the introduction of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, he will state...
    • Proposed Legislation
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons it took five years for his Department to draft the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, a Bill containing just...
    • Nursing Education
      834. To ask the Minister for Health when a number of measures (details supplied) to ease burdens on student nurses will come into play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34278/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      836. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1242 of 13 June 2023, if he can report on the progress of the further engagement that was due to take place at the WRC on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34294/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the visiting hours policies for Roscommon University Hospital psychiatry services; how this compares to other hospital psychiatry visiting policies; and if he...
    • Dental Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health when dental surgeries in the Cork University Dental School and Hospital will have access to a theatre to allow them to perform dental surgery; the waiting list...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a lack of theatre beds and resources and long waiting lists for scoliosis procedures in Tallaght Hospital (details supplied). [34309/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      841. To ask the Minister for Health if clinical posts are vacant in the cancer genetics department of St. James's Hospital; the length of time that these posts have been vacant; and if he will...
    • Cancer Services
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated to the cancer genetics department in CHI at Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34319/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      846. 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...
    • Health Services
      847. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 13 June 2023, if karotype tests will be available to males referred to regional fertility hubs; and if he will...
    • Pharmacy Services
      848. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm what action he, his Department and the HSE will take to improve the efficiency of the high-tech medication scheme as there are delays in the supply...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      849. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) or alternatively refer this patient through the National Treatment...
    • Health Services
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people, other than those in prison, currently involved in drug rehabilitation programmes; the extent of the programmes, whether first-time...
    • Departmental Funding
      851. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €5.5 million by his Department; the...
    • Dental Services
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no person has had access to the Orthodontic Dental School and Hospital at Cork University since March 2023; the reason patients are being told that...
    • State Claims Agency
      854. To ask the Minister for Health what systems are in place to ensure appropriate and swift reporting of adverse incidents to the State Claims Agency; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      855. To ask the Minister for Health what systems are in place within the HSE to ensure staff re-training takes place following adverse medical incidents where a patient suffered harm during their...
    • Disease Management
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to improve the awareness and treatment of Lyme disease in Ireland. [34393/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an employee of an organisation (details supplied) who worked on the frontline during the pandemic will receive the pandemic special...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Accommodation
      859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Cork city in September 2023. [34080/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the funding for the MentorsWork Programme by 10%, 20% and 25%. [34325/23]
    • Third Level Admissions
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person can apply with a late application after the closing dates for CAO if at the time to apply they were unable to, due to medical...
    • Third Level Fees
      862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the Irish student grant scheme does not include funding for tuition fees for students that are living in the Republic of Ireland...
    • Third Level Education
      863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the rationale for the three-year break in studies required for a person to apply for a SUSI grant as an independent mature student for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department would consider revising supports for post-2016 apprenticeships to assist small business employers to take on apprentices; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will...
    • Education Schemes
      866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will permit automatic eligibility for young cancer survivors into the disability access route to education (DARE) scheme; and if he will...
    • Third Level Staff
      867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer at TU Dublin received a pay increase outside routine pay awards; if so, if these payments...
    • Third Level Education
      868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the technological universities which have a foundation to raise philanthropic donations for the university. [33745/23]
    • Third Level Admissions
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can make provision for school leavers with a stamp 4 Visa to get access to third-level education at an affordable price, in order that they...
    • Student Accommodation
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that some student accommodation facilities (details supplied) are not taking students for the 2023/2024 academic year,...
    • Third Level Education
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the introduction of virtual reality/augmented reality headsets in colleges throughout Ireland, in a similar fashion to...
    • Pension Provisions
      876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on his Departmental proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in...
    • Third Level Education
      877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is it intended to continue with the William C. Campbell bursary (details supplied) following its introduction in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Admissions
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students expected to enrol in Cork universities in September 2023. [34078/23]
    • Departmental Data
      880. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or...
    • Third Level Admissions
      881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in Level 5 pre-nursing courses in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      882. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a course (details supplied) is deemed suitable for a grant under SUSI but not the free fees scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Supports
      883. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a full list of the projects/schemes a full list of the individual projects funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      884. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the CLÁR measure 1 funding for community facilities and amenities will be announced. [33460/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      886. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within her Department; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      887. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ringfence dedicated funding for the establishment of an annual Men's Shed sustainability grant, in light of the essential...
    • Community Development Projects
      890. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will engage with the relevant authorities for the purposes of conducting an audit of all unused properties in their ownership...
    • Rural Schemes
      892. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities for all rural schemes provided by her Department, including town...
    • Departmental Funding
      893. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of Clár funding is expected to be announced; how much funding will be made available in the scheme; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      894. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of WTE senior case managers at the grade of higher executive officer employed in the Charities Regulator in 2021, 2022 and...
    • Departmental Data
      895. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods...

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