Written answers
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Public Inquiries
23. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the progress of the public inquiry into nursing home deaths during Covid 19, which he promised in January 2023. [32555/23]
- Cabinet Committees
24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on a Humanitarian Response to Ukraine will next meet. [32820/23]
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [33234/23]
- Cabinet Committees
26. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on EU and International Affairs will meet next. [33969/23]
- Departmental Expenditure
31. To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and quantitative nature, by payee, in...
- Passport Services
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he has given any consideration to implementing or has undertaken any review, report or research into the feasibility of sending...
- Middle East
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the latest Israeli incursion in Jenin; the action Ireland is taking in relation to this; what engagement he has had with...
- Diplomatic Representation
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the number of officers at the Embassy of the Russian Federation who have been notified to his Department under Article 10...
- Overseas Development Aid
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget for overseas development assistance in 2022, and the expected amount in 2023; the proportion of GNI that has been committed; if he...
- Equality Issues
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of Actions 25.1-25.4 and 26.4 of the National LGBTI Inclusion Strategy (for which his Department is responsible),...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 27 June 2023, when people in rural areas will be able to access brown bins...
- Departmental Expenditure
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside/third-party reports of a technical nature or...
- Renewable Energy Generation
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider an adjustment to the tax exemption limit of €200 per annum for domestic solar microgeneration...
- Environmental Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the progress made to date on reducing single-use plastics; the details of plans to ban single-use...
- Sustainable Energy Communities
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of sustainable energy communities that gained access to a grid connection in 2022, Q1 2023 and Q2 2023, per...
- State Bodies
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown by year of the number of postal workers who have resigned from An Post between 2017-2023, in...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the miscellaneous expenses (subhead A.22) estimated to be incurred by his Department to date in 2023....
- Defence Forces
56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will ensure broader terms of reference for an inquiry to investigate whether there have been serious systemic failures in the complaints...
- Departmental Funding
57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department referred the proposed funding for the Consultative Forum on International Security under the miscellaneous expenses category...
- Defence Forces
58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline in tabular form, the number of commissioned officers promoted in the Army Reserve and Naval Reserve, by rank, from 01 January 2022 to...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- State Bodies
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown by year of the number of postal workers who have resigned from An Post between 2017-2023, in...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the miscellaneous expenses (subhead A.22) estimated to be incurred by his Department to date in 2023....
- Defence Forces
56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will ensure broader terms of reference for an inquiry to investigate whether there have been serious systemic failures in the complaints...
- Departmental Funding
57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department referred the proposed funding for the Consultative Forum on International Security under the miscellaneous expenses category...
- Defence Forces
58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline in tabular form, the number of commissioned officers promoted in the Army Reserve and Naval Reserve, by rank, from 01 January 2022 to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on prospective funding steams available to continue supporting the Leitrim community car scheme, which has...
- Rail Network
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed improvements to Tralee train station, especially any funding due under urban renewal schemes and...
- Departmental Expenditure
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside/third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and...
- Road Projects
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can use powers under section 10 of the Roads Act 1993 as amended to reclassify the R624 N25 to Cobh road in east Cork to...
- Transport Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether motor tax discs, and other motor discs, should go paperless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34539/23]
- Electric Vehicles
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on changes to a grant system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34540/23]
- Public Transport
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he was informed of the delay for the public consultation of a project (details supplied); and the issue that is halting this project...
- Rail Network
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the possibility of increasing weekend services on the Adamstown train line; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a report on the NTA's demand need assessment along the 68 and 69 bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on proposals to increase public transport capacity along the C-spine in Lucan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén fáth nach féidir cur isteach ar cheadúnas tiomána ar líne trí Ghaeilge, an bhfuil sé i gceist...
- Electric Vehicles
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what his Department is doing to tackle the issue of e-scooters being dangerously parked on footpaths. [34603/23]
- Legislative Programme
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 will come into force. [34604/23]
- Dublin Bus
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of those resigning from Dublin Bus per year between 2017-2023, in tabular form. [34662/23]
- Fishing Industry
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he and his Department had prior to the introduction of the European Union (International Labour Organisation Work in...
- Road Projects
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a report received by Meath County Council recommending the progression of the Julianstown bypass; if so the details of...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Exemptions
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year saving associated with restricting the employer's PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration for all companies other than...
- Housing Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form on a county basis how many homebuyers in each county have availed of the enhanced help-to-buy scheme since 23 July 2020; and...
- Rental Sector
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular by county how many taxpayers are currently claiming the rent tax credit [34458/23]
- Departmental Expenditure
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and quantitative nature,...
- Public Sector Pay
89. To ask the Minister for Finance when arrears of pay due under Building Momentum 2022-2023 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Reliefs
90. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a person (details supplied) can apply for tax relief for health expenses for a procedure that is undertaken overseas and without a referral from a GP...
- Tax Exemptions
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an adjustment to the tax exemption limit of €200 per annum for domestic solar microgeneration to further incentivise their...
- Film Industry
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding supports for the non-scripted television sector (details supplied) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33494/23]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- State Bodies
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public bodies that currently operate a barter account, and the amount processed through these accounts in the past 12 months, in...
- Departmental Expenditure
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and...
- Public Sector Pay
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 13 June 2023, when a retired person (details supplied) will receive their FEMPI restoration...
- Office of Public Works
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost, broken down by category, including advertising and social media advertising, for an event titled “The Elizabethan...
- Equality Issues
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of Action 2.1 of the National LGBTI Inclusion Strategy (for which his Department is responsible), to implement LGBTI+...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Trade Data
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide, in tabular form for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, the number of arms export licences...
- Departmental Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative...
- Job Losses
102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned about the series of proposed collective redundancies at a company (details supplied); if he will confirm the date...
- Industrial Relations
103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will encourage the management of a company (details supplied) to engage with pickers and drivers and their trade union...
- Enterprise Support Services
104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible for a company to become an Enterprise Ireland client, thus allowing for the company to employ graduates in its...
- EU Regulations
105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in respect of the expansion of the Covid-19 temporary framework with regard to state aid rules; the current...
- Equality Issues
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of Action 2.1 of the National LGBTI Inclusion Strategy (for which his Department is responsible) to build LGBTI...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the works at a school (details supplied), which were approved on 17 November 2022 and approval for further works given on 10 March...
- Teacher Training
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why many extra personal vacation, EPV, course providers, who provide high-quality continuous professional development courses, have had their...
- Departmental Expenditure
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid by her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside/third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and...
- School Transport
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary school bus escorts will be provided with a pay increase under the recent pay agreement; if not, when they will receive a pay increase;...
- School Staff
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school cleaners will receive a pay increase under the recent pay agreement; if not, when they will receive a pay increase; and if she will...
- School Transport
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of buses in the Bus Éireann school transport fleet for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34544/23]
- School Admissions
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will receive a place in a school in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34554/23]
- School Transport
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus decanting service will be provided for 66 students in County Mayo (details supplied) whose school has had to transfer locations for the...
- School Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 29 June 2023, the reason schools that planned and budgeted around the ICT grant to schools as listed...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills ag éirí as freagra ar Cheist Pharlaiminteach Uimh. 125 ar an 29 Meitheamh 2023, cé mhéad den 25 iar-bhunscoil ina...
- School Transport
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the request by a school (details supplied) in County Meath for a new school bus route to be put in place; and if she will make a...
- Teacher Training
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be facilitated to repeat modules as part of her teacher training; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied). [34679/23]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Expenditure
126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount paid by her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or...
- Sports Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when applications will open on the 2023 sports capital funding programme; when the applications will close; when the allocations...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the completion of the two independent reviews into governance and culture in RTÉ and into contractor fees,...
- Culture Policy
130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 18 May 2023, the details of any reporting relationship between her Department and...
- Departmental Funding
131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what engagement her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to date in 2023; for...
- Equality Issues
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status of Action 7.1 of the National LGBTI Inclusion Strategy, for which her Department is responsible, regarding the...
- Straitéisí Ranna
135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil a Roinn tar éis aon iarrachtaí a dhéanamh dul i dteagmháil le Siamsa Tíre chun a chinntiú...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht liosta de cruinnithe an Coiste Chomhairleach a bunaíodh é faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2021 agus...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if cases for naturalisation of a minor are quicker in the event that both parents have become Irish citizens; and if she will...
- Legislative Measures
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if there are plans to amend section 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 as amended by section 39 of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid by her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or...
- Citizenship Applications
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34511/23]
- Pension Provisions
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the terms of the pension of a person (details supplied); and whether continuing payments are due to their surviving spouse; and...
- Sentencing Policy
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recording and reporting of sentencing data, with a particular focus on sexual offences; and what changes or...
- Departmental Reviews
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the strategic review of the Abhaile dedicated mortgage arrears service; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1053 of 21 March 2023, the reason some groups have not yet received their rebate from...
- Citizenship Applications
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the current timeframe for the processing of citizenship applications, given it is almost six years since an...
- Deportation Orders
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of failed refugee applicants currently held in Cloverhill Prison in Dublin or other prisons across the country...
- International Protection
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the international protection recognition rates for all countries of origin at first instance and appeal stages, in 2022 and to...
- Work Permits
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite the application process for persons seeking a visa to enter this country for work purposes; and if she...
- An Garda Síochána
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the number of gardaí in the force presently; the number of gardaí who will be retiring in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a detailed timeline of correspondence between his Department and the European Commission concerning the proposed forestry...
- Agriculture Schemes
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and ask officials from his...
- Agriculture Industry
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to requests previously made by the Irish Beef and Lamb Association, IBLA, at both the beef market...
- Departmental Expenditure
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative...
- Departmental Funding
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government funding received by the National Dairy Council; and if they are required to submit accounts to his, or any Department....
- Grant Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive their 2021 Glas payment. [34559/23]
- Renewable Energy Generation
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed trial on micro biodigesters has commenced; what supports are in place for micro biodigesters in Ireland; and if he...
- Horse Racing Industry
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Chief Executive of Horse Racing Ireland was the one to choose who would conduct the independent review of IHRBs...
- Agriculture Industry
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle herds in the State with livestock units, LSU, of 350 or higher; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Supports
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 4 July 2023, if he is aware of shipments of Ukrainian grain being imported into the...
- Horse Racing Industry
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the funding of €50,000.00 approx. allocated by Horse Sport Ireland for the purchase of sand for the...
- Aquaculture Industry
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 25 May 2023, the status of the National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture...
- EU Regulations
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of any engagement his Department has had with farming, forestry and fisheries representative groups to date in 2023 with...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering providing funding to deal with the non-payment of increments to staff working...
- Direct Provision System
205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of persons in direct provision who have leave to remain getting eviction notices when they cannot...
- Disability Services
207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available people with a disability respectively, by CHO in 2019 and in 2023; when...
- Health Services Staff
208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the recruitment of speech and language therapist positions at a centre (details supplied); and...
- Disability Services
209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy; and if he will make...
- Disabilities Assessments
210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 529 of 20 June 2023, his views on the fact that when healthcare...
- Disability Services
213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied), who has been on the list for residential care since 2010, can expect to be...
- International Protection
214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a formal application has been made to his Department for the use of (details supplied) for the accommodation...
- Disability Services
215. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of children who have been in the disability services since birth who now find themselves without...
- Departmental Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical...
- International Protection
217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address issues raised by the residents of a facility (details supplied) who have highlighted that...
- Childcare Services
218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure appropriate provision of childcare services for babies aged six to 12 months in the Dublin...
- International Protection
220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there are negotiations ongoing between his Department and accommodation providers in Galway city with...
- Legislative Measures
222. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times the postponement part of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 has been accessed....
- Departmental Programmes
223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of programmes, and their purpose, operated by his Department with ESF support in place during 2023;...
- Child Protection
224. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 16 May 2023, if the information can now be provided; and if he will...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to childcare and early learning providers' petition to notify service users of...
- Equality Issues
227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of Action 2.4 of the National LGBTI Inclusion Strategy, concerning the development of an...
- Disability Services
228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can offer an explanation for the 75% failure to meet set targets for movement of those with disabilities...
- International Protection
229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to accommodating an individual (details supplied) in a certain accommodation...
- Disability Services
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his view on a recent HIQA report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34764/23]
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in Wexford; the number of unfilled positions for speech and language therapists in Wexford; the steps his...
- Mental Health Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the specific services being considered for upstream interventions in the area of youth mental health services in the community and voluntary sector;...
- Health Services
234. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the outcome of discussions with the European Commission following the latter's contact with the Irish authorities regarding Ireland's implementation...
- Health Service Executive
235. To ask the Minister for Health in terms of the procurement process for the HSE, what efforts are being made to ensure best value for money where potential suppliers can demonstrate that...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
237. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting period for any genetic test in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34449/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
238. To ask the Minister for Health when a support worker (details supplied) who worked in a healthcare facility during the pandemic can expect their pandemic special recognition payment; and if...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO 1; the projects completed since June 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Dental Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no dental surgeries have taken place in Cork since March; and to identify the numbers of surgeries delayed for dental work and the age profile of...
- Local Drugs Task Forces
242. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the north inner city drug and alcohol task force consultation report; the reasons for not providing the task force members with a copy of...
- Departmental Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and quantitative nature,...
- General Practitioner Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been made aware of proposed changes to SouthDoc out-of-hours GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34481/23]
- Health Services Staff
245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ENT consultants in Dublin; how many patients these consultants currently cover; are their plans to hire additional ENT consultants for Dublin; if...
- Health Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the introduction of a text messaging reminder service for HSE appointments; if he will agree that the degree of missed...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
248. To ask the Minister for Health if rehabilitation will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in the National Rehabilitation Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34506/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
250. To ask the Minister for Health if the specialist referral of a child (details supplied) can be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34508/23]
- Health Services
251. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity in HSE audiology clinics; if consideration is being given to offering adult medical card holders the option to be assessed and...
- Medical Cards
253. To ask the Minister for Health is he aware that there has been no processing of medical card authorisations by the optical department in Kilkenny (details supplied) for approximately four...
- Health Service Executive
254. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is not progressing the sale of a property (details supplied) in County Leitrim to provide for a new health resource for the town in...
- Health Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) can apply for the cross-border treatment scheme if they travel overseas for a procedure without a referral when the waiting...
- Departmental Funding
256. To ask the Minister for Health the reason emergency respite funding was withdrawn from an organisation (details supplied) overnight recently; if he will reverse this decision in light on the...
- Health Services
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available for older people by CHO in 2019 and in 2023; when respite beds withdrawn during Covid will be reinstated in light of the...
- Medical Cards
259. To ask the Minister for Health the median income figure being used in relation to the expansion of GP visit card income limits; the reason the thresholds provided in his statement on 4 July...
- Hospital Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to lymphoedema, there are plans to address deficiencies in funding for Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget allocation to section 38 organisation in 2023; the share of allocation used for pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is provided by the HSE to a young person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34597/23]
- Mental Health Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on visiting times at Roscommon Psychiatric Hospital; if he will provide an update on average waiting times at the hospital; if he will advise...
- Health Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the funding he has provided specifically to support patients with a diagnosis of multiple system atrophy in the midlands region; and if...
- Medical Records
267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for medical records from CUMH in each of the past five years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [34609/23]
- Ambulance Service
268. To ask the Minister for Health whether an application for planning permission has been lodged with Galway County Council by the HSE for the conversion of the disused health centre in Recess...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
269. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an ultrasound appointment at UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Emergency Departments
270. To ask the Minister for Health given the lack of hospital consultants in the midland region, the safety research that has been done by the HSE on the ambulance and patient bypass of Navan...
- Health Service Executive
271. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the 100 highest salaries within the HSE; how many management staff in the HSE have salaries above €400,000; how many management staff in the...
- Dental Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health what action is being taken to ensure that dental surgeries can take place at Cork university dental school and hospital, as patients are being told surgeries...
- Home Care Packages
276. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the Public Sector Performance Report and figures showing that only 80 of a targeted 235 intensive homecare packages were delivered, he can...
- General Practitioner Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health what measures he would consider to address the extreme shortage of GP services in Kildare, in circumstances where a person (details supplied) has been unable...
- Nursing Homes
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to undertake a review of the fair deal scheme; if he will detail the precise terms of reference that would underwrite such a review; if he...
- Primary Care Centres
281. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 118 and 119 of 19 April 2023, for an update on the acquisition of the site for the primary care centre in Collinstown,...
- Mental Health Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a child (details supplied); if he will ask his officials to review the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34765/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Expenditure
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and...
- Third Level Fees
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a revision of third level fees or a similar measure to assist families where more than one child is attending college...
- Research and Development
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure an invitation is extended to an organisation (details supplied) to the Research and Innovation Policy Advisory Forum; whether...
- Departmental Funding
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of State funding to each technological university in each year since 2019, in tabular form. [34578/23]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will urgently intervene to ensure an apprentice (details supplied) is offered a placement in September to complete stage 6 of his course....
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
289. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether there are plans to run the community centres investment fund, launched in 2023, again in 2024; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
290. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid by her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative...
- Departmental Programmes
291. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34501/23]
