Written answers

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what additional funding and resources she will provide to help create inclusive communities and to combat the influence of far right...
    • Departmental Policies
      56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her intended timeframe to implement an effective rural proofing model as committed in the ‘Our Rural Future’ policy....
    • Departmental Funding
      57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide additional funding to local development companies to support the increased demand they are experiencing for...
    • Island Communities
      60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the number of days subsided for heavy cargo to Cape Clear and Sherkin Islands can be increased to 85 days per year; and if she will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to clarify how a rural, sparsely populated area within an illegible electoral division, adjacent to an already-eligible electoral...
    • Island Communities
      62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question Nos. and 2104 and 2105 of 11 September 2023, the number of meetings to date in 2023 of the steering...
    • Departmental Strategies
      63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her Department's new Statement of Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41171/23]
    • Island Communities
      64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration has been given to the request for subvention for travel on the Dursey cable car for people within the community with...
    • Control of Dogs
      65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department would consider banning dangerous dog breeds, such as the American Bully XL; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being examined by her Department to address loneliness and social isolation in rural areas and communities; and if she...
    • Departmental Schemes
      67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development about the internships, apprenticeships and graduate schemes run by her Department; if any of these are focused in the green economy;...
    • Vacant Properties
      68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the strategies she will employ with respect to reducing the rate of commercial vacancies in Kilrush and Shannon towns; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has any plans to run another scheme for refurbishment of community centres across the country; and if she will make a...
    • Regeneration Projects
      70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 23 February 2023, to provide an update on funding for a project (details supplied) under...
    • Control of Dogs
      71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work being done by the stakeholders' group on control of dogs issues; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
    • Home Care Packages
    • Clár Forbartha Áitiúil
      73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad é líon na n-iarratas a fuarthas faoin nglaoch do thograí nua faoin gClár CSP; cén uair a dhéanfar...
    • Island Communities
      74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 13 June 2023, the status of the monitoring committee for the implementation of the new...
    • Flexible Work Practices
  • Department of Health
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHOs currently prescribing methadone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and the number of prescriptions prescribed in respect of each CHO in...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      543. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an appointment for surgery (details supplied); if he realises that the surgery was scheduled for 18 September 2023 and cancelled again;...
    • Community Development Projects
      I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Policies
      80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to assess the rural and community needs in both urban and rural settings with a view to addressing...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Programmes
      82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the delivery of the 2023-2027 LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41169/23]
    • Community Development Projects
      As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Flexible Work Practices
      85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise the recent engagement her Department had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on remote working...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key capital investments being made by her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41335/23]
    • Community Development Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 2101 of 11 September 2023, the details of the State-funded bodies in respect of whom applications...
    • Island Communities
      91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 13 June 2023, for a status update on the transfer to her Department of land on Inisbofin...
    • Departmental Consultations
      92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the engagement her Department has had with other Departments, agencies and local authorities in relation to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      93. To ask the Taoiseach if any chief executive of a State/semi-State body or other public body under the aegis of his Department received any benefit from taxable benefits being paid on their...
    • Census of Population
      94. To ask the Taoiseach if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [40957/23]
    • Child Poverty
      95. To ask the Taoiseach whether data is collected on rates of child poverty, particularly in areas of deprivation, as defined by Pobal, by his Department or any relevant bodies; the methods...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      96. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact Assessment; and the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timescale for the processing of an application for inclusion on the foreign births register (details supplied). [40985/23]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's position on the need to reopen the Lachin corridor route between Nagorno- Karabach and Armenia; if Ireland would raise...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the assistance which Irish citizens can expect to receive from his Department or from Irish embassies or consulates abroad in the...
    • Middle East
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will recognise the State of Palestine in the lifetime of this Government; and if so, if he will lay out a timeline for this to happen....
    • Northern Ireland
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will pursue legal action against the British government over the passing of the Legacy Bill in Westminster; if he has...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory...
    • International Relations
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent representations with the Government of Colombia; and if he will make a statement on reported threats of violence...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the NIS2 Directive on cybersecurity will be implemented in Ireland; and whether consultation and an information...
    • Bord na Móna
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to state all detail in relation to the decision to pay taxable benefits to the CEO of €64,000 which have been...
    • Angling Sector
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department will support Inland Fisheries Ireland in any potential marketing campaign to promote Lough...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Cyber Security Centre has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline Ireland's position on the establishment of a loss and damage fund at COP-28, including whether the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on Climate Action Fund contributions in the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, to break these...
    • Waste Management
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Environmental Protection Agency is involved in the issuing of all waste licences for landfill sites, or if it is...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41388/23]
    • Energy Conservation
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the details of those companies who are obligated entities in terms of energy savings; the extent of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date regarding the small-scale generation scheme; when it will be published and launched; and if he...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) where the present supplier say they cannot provide 30Mbps was not included in...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that...
    • Energy Prices
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make a statement on projections by the CRU that energy prices are unlikely to return to 2020 levels; and if...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an address (details supplied) will have fibre broadband; the reason that they are being told the year 2027 is when...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any progress has been made in securing payment for those who were connected to the microgeneration pilot scheme...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the health services provided to members of the Defence Forces includes covering the cost of getting a second medical opinion if requested by...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Expenditure
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the analysis of the breakdown of underspend by the Department of Transport contained in the fiscal monitor report of August...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown, figures and details of semi-State CEO remuneration and benefit details, broken down under five specific headings...
    • Driver Test
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait times for driving tests in eight testing centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Airport Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to Kerry Airport which is vital to Kerry tourism, and where we urgently need more flights to Kerry airport to connect other...
    • Public Transport
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on additional funding being made available for Connecting Ireland to ensure that as passenger numbers are growing on our public...
    • Bus Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that people are being turned away on bus services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41032/23]
    • National Car Test
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for NCT tests in each test centre in September 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the waiting time...
    • Electric Vehicles
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether public service bodies who have outreach services delivered by employees using their personal cars are obliged to count the carbon...
    • Bus Services
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will sanction additional capacity on a bus route in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Electric Vehicles
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what procedures are in place to ensure that people living in apartments and duplexes in estates with management companies can have a...
    • Road Network
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any proposals to put in proper stops along our motorways (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the installation of average speed zone cameras on stretches of national, national secondary and regional roads where...
    • Bus Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to staffing and hiring issues affecting the current operation of, and the planned extension of, public...
    • Road Safety
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure adequate road maintenance funding is in place in Budget 2024 to ensure the safety of roads for road users. [41323/23]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide clarity regarding the questions that have been asked; and if he will make...
    • Driver Test
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting on their driving test for over seven months now; and if he will make a statement...
    • Parking Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the number of public car parking spaces, per head of population, in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Fuel Prices
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the policy to seek increases in fuel excise on petrol and diesel as a demand management strategy to reduce the number of...
    • Bus Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the NTA around the issue of direct bus services from Chapelizod to the city centre, which, up until BusConnects,...
    • Road Safety
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the operation of the average speed safety camera system which has been in operation on the M7 in Tipperary for almost 18...
    • Coast Guard Service
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the new provider for the search-and-rescue helicopter service in Ireland will retain the existing crews, along...
    • Military Aircraft
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 20 September 2023, what time and date an airline (details supplied) submitted the original...
    • Haulage Industry
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what proposals he is working on to assist the Irish haulage industry to reduce their costs as fuel prices continue to soar; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what improvements are being undertaken to improve the waiting times for driving test appointments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine an issue on the train service from Sallins to Grand Canal Dock (details supplied) whereby the number of carriages has been...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions in respect of local property tax, and the number of deferrals sought and granted in respect of local property tax, in 2022 and to...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of what they believe is holding up the supply of properties above shops and so on; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department proposes to increase the pension threshold from €2 million to €2.4 million (details supplied); if he agrees that this...
    • Tax Yield
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 7 March 2023, to estimate the cost to the Exchequer if the planned increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel...
    • Tax Code
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason capital gains tax is applicable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41097/23]
    • Financial Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance when the EU's 'Right to be Forgotten' clause for cancer survivors as applied consumer credit will be placed on a legislative setting in the State. [41117/23]
    • Tax Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the costs to the Exchequer each year, in tabular form for the diesel rebate scheme since its inception in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a review of the VAT classification of hairdressers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41143/23]
    • Tax Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals who paid any amount of income tax, PRSI, USC, income levy or health levy in each year from 2007 to date. [41187/23]
    • Financial Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports and complaints of card processing fees that have been levied by a company (details supplied) on businesses credit card accounts in the...
    • Housing Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to make changes to the rent-a-room scheme with regard to taxable income (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Risk Assessment
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the National Risk Assessment published in July 2023 by the Department of An Taoiseach which identified that there needs to be a phased withdrawal...
    • Dental Services
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to concerns and proposals from a person (details supplied) in respect of the exclusion of permanent fillings on root canals from the MED2 process;...
    • Financial Services
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify who in the State is responsible for assessing the performance of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman with respect to Directive...
    • Tax Code
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41314/23]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 11 September 2023, if he can clarify if bonuses are permitted for semi-State companies (details supplied); and if...
    • Tax Rebates
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any circumstances by which a rebate of capital gains tax is available (details supplied) when not eligible for farm restructuring relief; and if...
    • Defective Building Materials
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that the Central Bank was kept abreast of the previous Mica redress scheme (Statutory Instrument - €2.3 billion) and the current Mica...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact...
    • Rental Sector
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of renters who have claimed the renters tax credit. [41618/23]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the ESB’s plans and ongoing work to prepare for floods along the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement...
    • Heritage Sites
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to publish all the documentation relating to contacts between his Department, the Departments of Finance and the owners past and present...
    • Environmental Policy
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about progress to date in developing and implementing a system to track and report expenditure allocations that may adversely impact...
    • Departmental Priorities
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed bridge across the River Liffey at the War Memorial Gardens; the timeline for construction; and if he will...
    • Heritage Sites
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will liaise with his counterparts in OPW, Arts, Finance and Public Expenditure to secure the lands adjoining Castletown House for...
    • Departmental Reports
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average cost of producing an IGEES report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41283/23]
    • Departmental Contracts
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average cost of a private consultant report for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41284/23]
    • Waste Management
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of TFS office spot-checks and infringements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41285/23]
    • Public Sector Pay
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of backdating the planned pay increase associated with the grade review of the Secretaries General of the Departments of...
    • Office of Public Works
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which OPW and or a contractor engaged by them inspected the mature trees at the Kildare Street gate entrance and Merrion...
    • Urban Development
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions being taken by his Department to make Dame Lane more aesthetically pleasing and welcoming in relation to the Dublin...
    • National Parks
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 20 September 2023, if he will outline a timeline for submission of planning mission; and...
    • Flood Risk Management
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update from the Office of Public Works regarding its plans and works to prepare for floods along the River Shannon; and if he...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • Office of Public Works
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any positions currently open within the OPW in the north Tipperary area for digger and track machine operators; if the OPW...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Environmental Policy
      220. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how the sustainability loan scheme is being implemented to fund biodiversity initiatives; the number of successful applicants sought...
    • Labour Market
      222. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what mechanisms he is examining to make it easier for teachers from outside Ireland to access teaching positions, in view of the...
    • Work Permits
      223. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will move urgently to extend the current work permits/visa requirements to allow farm operatives to be employed under the work...
    • EU Directives
      224. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the next steps in developing a National position in respect of the proposed EU Product Liability Directive; if he will...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      225. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      226. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is responsible for approving any increases in the pensions paid to former employees of IDA; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application for major capital works submitted to her Department by the Board of Management of a school...
    • Air Quality
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has undertaken an audit of HEPA filters introduced in schools, including those provided privately by parents, if the...
    • School Accommodation
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the serious health and safety issues at a school (details supplied). [40973/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application for emergency works (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be made in this case, in view of the...
    • Labour Market
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what mechanisms she is examining to make it easier for teachers from outside Ireland to access teaching positions, in view of the current...
    • Special Educational Needs
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure special education teachers for a DEIS school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that a Ukrainian child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation 2023 which enables primary and post-primary teachers who qualified...
    • Schools Building Projects
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the emergency works required at a school (details supplied) as outlined and costed in the engineer's report, will be approved immediately, as...
    • School Transport
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/24 academic year; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding an additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update (details supplied) regarding an application for the provision of school transport; the time to assess this application and...
    • Grant Payments
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a remote area grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41098/23]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41109/23]
    • School Transport
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make provision for additional school bus places for secondary school students travelling from Collon to Ardee, County Louth, as the number of...
    • School Enrolments
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 11 September 2023, (details supplied) if she will clarify if "individualised data is not available...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building unit within her Department will meet with a school (details supplied) which has an outstanding meeting request since September...
    • Schools Building Projects
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress update on the various school projects (both primary and secondary level) that are either in planning or construction stage in...
    • School Funding
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has undertaken any analysis of the potential cost to State of prohibiting second-level schools from charging fees, and the...
    • School Staff
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ask her Department to investigate the case of a post-primary teacher (details supplied) whose request for incremental credits was...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 13 June 2023, the outcome of the teacher's union claim at the TCC in relation to incremental credit,...
    • School Accommodation
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation regarding additional classroom accommodation at a primary school in County Cork, (details supplied); if this project can...
    • School Admissions
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the case of a pupil (details supplied) whose school place has been delayed opening of their class but is currently not receiving...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in issuing teacher registration numbers across the State (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Home Schooling
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41272/23]
    • Schools Administration
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the responsibility of a school in situation (details supplied); if the school is responsible for arranging alternative education or supervision;...
    • School Accommodation
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of phase 2 of school accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that a child (details supplied) did not receive the correct school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; when this issue will...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene, as a matter of urgency, in the case of an applicant (details supplied) for teacher registration to have their application...
    • Grant Payments
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ICT will grant be paid to primary schools for 2023/2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41432/23]
    • Irish Language
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the commitments made in the Programme for Government around education policy for the Irish language; what has been done...
    • Schools Building Projects
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will see work commence on its new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41450/23]
    • School Transport
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be made available for a person (details supplied). [41463/23]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update is available on the urgent repairs required to the roof at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action her Department is taking to ensure that all pupils who require school transport at both primary and post-primary level are...
    • Energy Conservation
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects to roll-out a retrofit scheme for schools, including a provision for the installation of solar panels; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently fast-track, on health and safety grounds, the application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide a status update on the application for teaching council registration made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many school bus tickets applications were declined in County Wexford for the academic year 2023/2024 compared to the previous 2022/2023...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills prepared by her Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory...
    • School Admissions
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on varying admissions criteria for primary and secondary schools. [41615/23]
    • School Transport
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for a school pupil (details supplied). [41625/23]
    • School Staff
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the recruitment of a NEPS psychologist to service schools in Westmeath; if she is aware that multiple schools in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41659/23]
    • School Facilities
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) that had been due to be in place in advance of the return to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Disability Services
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail the funding streams an organisation (details supplied) can apply to for a mobile wheelchair pool hoist, which costs...
    • Departmental Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any plans for a disability sport-focused club fund, similar to the funding launched in 2022; and if she will make a...
    • Sports Funding
      307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the review of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund will be completed; when the scheme will be open for new applications;...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of increasing the funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta by 10%, 20% and 50%, in tabular form. [41273/23]
    • Tourism Industry
      315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider implementing a business support scheme for the tourism and hospitality businesses that have been negatively...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      316. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Bills prepared by her Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is responsible for approving index linked or any other increases to pensions paid by the RTÉ superannuation scheme,...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Parking Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans included plans to develop serviced parking for touring motorhomes close to sites and town in the...
    • Water Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the multi-annual rural water programme will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on a matter (details supplied). [41664/23]
    • Industrial Disputes
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what interventions his Department have made in the matter of FORSA and its industrial action; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defective Building Materials
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a facilitator has been appointed to oversee the roll-out of his Department's defective concrete block redress scheme in...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on progress to support the National Parks and Wildlife Service's farm plan scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the establishment of a youth biodiversity forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40978/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a circular to local authorities in relation to the administration of housing adaptation grants, given that...
    • Environmental Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date on his Department's review of current and future taxation and levy policies, regulations and incentives...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline what legal obligation the State has to provide emergency accommodation to persons who are citizens of countries...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to intervene with the Approved Housing Body, Clúid Housing, regarding a stipulation in their tenancy agreement (details...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can clarify which functions have been delegated under legislation (details supplied); if an order is still in place; if...
    • Departmental Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state whether his Department centrally monitors the number of tenants of local authorities or approved housing bodies who...
    • Defective Building Materials
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance available, if any, to a person (details supplied) who suspects the issue of pyrite in their home; and if he...
    • Water Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what oversight, if any, his Department has in the awarding of public contracts by Uisce Éireann, particularly in relation...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has launched an investigation into the incident (details supplied) that took place in a homeless hostel on 2...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Section 28 planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas will be published; for an update on the interdepartmental group's...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out, in tabular form, a list of centres in Dublin that are used exclusively for homeless accommodation on behalf of the...
    • Waterways Ireland
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Waterways Ireland has entered into any contracts of confidentiality with land owners, jetty owners or marina owners in the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading deadline of 1 October 2023, to enable farmers to spread when conditions allow, in view...
    • Housing Schemes
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether plans to extend the first-home scheme to self-build units can be applied retrospectively to homes currently under...
    • Waterways Ireland
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Waterways Ireland are intending to bring forward new bye-laws pertaining to the Shannon river and, if so, if he will...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are rules in place in respect of the rents charged by approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm what version of a document is a local authority using (details supplied); when was the last time this document was...
    • Waterways Ireland
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on Waterways Ireland’s plans and ongoing work to prepare for floods along the River Shannon; and if he...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why an individual’s land (details supplied) was delisted and how it can be designated again; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she or officials from her Department will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied) regarding their...
    • Departmental Priorities
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her continued plans to address the needs of older people in rural or urban settings in the context of the Budget; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the special needs school transport grant is counted as means or income for carers allowance; and if she will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any way for a school (details supplied) to be added to the hot school mealsprogramme for primary schools for this...
    • State Pensions
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State pension (contributory) will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [41059/23]
    • Departmental Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether her Department conducts any research or compiles estimates of the number of people who are entitled to payments under...
    • Child Poverty
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether data is collected on rates of child poverty, particularly in areas of deprivation, as defined by Pobal, by her...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether it is possible to set up a trust for a person with a severe disability, without undermining their eligibility for...
    • State Pensions
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a widow's pension; if her application will be reviewed with a view to...
    • Parental Leave
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase statutory maternity and paternity benefit and to increase the length of paid leave available to both...
    • Employment Support Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance that is available in the form of financial supports or grants for women who wish to return to the workforce,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a travel allowance paid in respect of travel for dialysis treatment is counted as means in an assessment for...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how much it would cost to increase the rate of jobseeker's benefit by €80 per week; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current total number of recipients of child benefit payments. [41378/23]
    • Social Insurance
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an entitlement to PRSI benefits for an Hungarian national who is working part-time during the college term and...
    • Irish Language
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in the interests of promoting the Irish language and boosting employment opportunities, she will consider introducing a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be a provision for an increase in optical benefit (eye examinations) payments claims by dispensing opticians...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the criteria and policy for which a parent is paid children’s allowance where custody is shared, with...
    • Social Insurance
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected yield in 2024 from increasing the employers' PRSI rate of 11.05% by 1%, and what the full year yield in 2025...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that those in receipt of the disability allowance payment do not lose their current level of payment when...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Bills prepared by her Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for DCA now under appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [41643/23]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Aid
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to address the serious issues raised by the Bar Council on the need for fees paid to barristers practising...
    • Visa Applications
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the critical skills employment visa application of (details supplied). [40974/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of each of the Garda Youth Diversion programmes currently operating in each of the Garda divisions in the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Multi-Unit Developments, MUD, Act 2011 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Courts Service
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in establishing an environmental court within the High Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next citizenship ceremony will take place; the venue where this ceremony will be held; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are currently suspended from duty; to provide a breakdown of how long they have been suspended;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost, by month, from May 2023 to date, of television advertising in relation to her Department's public information...
    • Domestic Violence
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the provision of a domestic violence refuge in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Courts Service
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1391 of 27 July 2021, if she will provide an update on the parental alienation research...
    • Departmental Funding
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown, in tabular form of all funding received by Drogheda Implementation Board; the source of the funding and...
    • Legislative Process
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a timeline for the legislative process for the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023. [41159/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to give effect to the Government commitment to legislate for an independent commission on...
    • Family Reunification
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person's (details supplied) family reunification application was refused; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will carry out a review of the Family Law Act 2019 with a view to reducing the time period after which...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in the application of a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been in this jurisdiction for a...
    • Courts Service
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers listed in court for speeding by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the...
    • Ukraine War
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ukrainians can work longer than 20 hours if the work is being offered to them, as it would benefit businesses who are...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic collisions each year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in which the surviving driver was...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41249/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, given the recent ballot by the GRA, she will acknowledge that morale within An Garda Síochána is low; if she will...
    • Legal Aid
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide, in tabular form, the current waiting and number of applicants for a first appointment with a solicitor at each...
    • Domestic Violence
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the supports in Kildare for men who are victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Agreements
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the rationale for changing the requirements and procedures for visas for those from Bolivia; the reason for the...
    • Court Orders
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what she and her Department are doing to combat a problem (details supplied); if she is aware of the problem; and if she will...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Bills prepared by her Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included...
    • An Garda Síochána
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make a statement on the adequacy of community policing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41617/23]
    • Courts Service
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any plans are in place to deal with the continuing backlog of cases in Donegal courts that are continuing to cause...
    • Visa Applications
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for a de facto visa; to provide, if possible, an indication of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the cause of death in the case of the 1,241 non-coursing greyhounds classified as deaths notified by ICC, as recorded on...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering a scheme whereby farmers and landowners would be compensated for safely felling ash trees that have been...
    • Agriculture Supports
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has been approached by any farming organisations regarding compensation for farmers after the bad harvest; and if he will...
    • Nitrates Usage
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a numerical breakdown, in tabular form, of the approximate herd sizes of, and hectares farmed by, the roughly 3,000...
    • Work Permits
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what immediate efforts he is taking to help reduce the acute staff shortages being experienced by pig farms; if he has engaged with...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41194/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1315 of 11 September 2023, if he will advise on additional correspondence (details supplied);...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide clarity in relation to the discrepancies found in the figures provided by him in relation to thoroughbred slaughter...
    • Rights of Way
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the legal division within his Department will make a decision in respect of a request by a person (details supplied) in December...
    • Agriculture Industry
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider setting up a specific dedicated phone helpline in the nitrates section of his Department to assist and prioritise...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position on the review of the ash dieback RUS scheme; when he expects to make the review public; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2518 of 21 April 2021, if he could update the table provided to include 2021 and 2022 figures...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the fodder scheme for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the full list, in tabular form, by vessel name, registered owner, vessel size, quota attached to the vessel, tonnage and...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given any consideration in communication with Bord Iascaigh Mhara to opening a processing plant for the Irish...
    • State Bodies
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what plans he and his Department have to renew a long-term lease on the Bord Iascaigh Mhara coastal training centre based in Howth,...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that islanders whose only mainland vehicle is taxed as a “motor caravan” are not allowed free parking in the...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the money awarded for the repair of four piers and harbours (details supplied) will be ringfenced while the foreshore licences are...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Budget 2024
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding has been provided for MS sufferers in Budget 2024; if he has included a request from an...
    • Ukraine War
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the all-in cost of delivering modular homes for people from Ukraine, with a breakdown of purchase cost, and...
    • Childcare Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, under the child poverty unit, he plans to address the financial challenges being experienced by community...
    • Disability Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to set out, in tabular form, the number of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country, per CHO area;...
    • International Protection
      470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide all documents and relevant information on the timing and pathway to the designation and development...
    • Disability Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans for additional funding for the disability participation and awareness fund in 2023/2024;...
    • International Protection
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the contingencies in place for refugees and international protection applicants who are being accommodated in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 980 of 21 March 2023 and No. 153 of 31 May 2023, if he will report on...
    • Disability Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of each assistive technology and specialised seating department (ATSS) in the state; which CHO area...
    • Child Poverty
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether data is collected on rates of child poverty, particularly in areas of deprivation, as defined by Pobal,...
    • Disability Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a personal assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what action is taken when a vulnerability assessment is received on behalf of an individual in IPAS...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the mother and baby scheme will open for applications; if his Department is aware that some legal firms are...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that full-time AIM supports were initially granted to a child (details supplied) and subsequently...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update for a person (details supplied) regarding the mother and baby redress scheme; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the analysis of the breakdown of the overspend by the Department contained in the fiscal monitor...
    • Disability Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to increase funding to disability services in CH07 in order to provide badly needed residential...
    • Child Protection
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the case of adoptees, illegally adopted in the past, who are now being offered €3,000 in...
    • Disability Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, as part of Budget 2024, he will ensure that sufficient funding is in place for an organisation (details...
    • Childcare Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding is available for an organisation (details supplied) through his Department or the organisation's...
    • Disability Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, having been referred by their GP in October...
    • Departmental Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children seeking international protection, not including those with status or leave to...
    • Childcare Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the numbers of naíonraí being forced to close due to increasing costs and lack of...
    • Disease Management
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration would be given to classifying long-Covid as a disability, in view that long-Covid is...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will take place for a child (details supplied) who is showing signs of special needs;...
    • Health Services
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to account for the reason that no community neurorehabilitation team is in place in CH09; to set out his plans...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the request from a person (details supplied) to have their two children included in the ECCE...
    • Childcare Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of reports made of early years facilities in breach of the Core Funding Agreement for failing to pass...
    • Departmental Reports
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is anticipated that the Pregnancy Loss in Workplaces project will report in 2023; and if he will make a...
    • Family Resource Centres
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has conducted a review of the funding streams for family resource centres; whether he is...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Cards
      505. To ask the Minister for Health what solution will be in place for new patients seeking a GP to apply for a medical card and to sign social welfare forms, given that the HSE has indicated...
    • Health Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the progress that has been made by his Department since the formation of the Government to develop and fully efficient and modern eHealth...
    • Healthcare Policy
      507. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the progress that has been made by his Department since the formation of the Government to promote women's health. [40970/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the status of an application for funding submitted by (details supplied); If a positive decision will be expedited as there is an immediate...
    • Medicinal Products
      509. To ask the Minister for Health what measures he will take to increase the awareness of the danger for abuse and misuse of the drug pregabalin among the medical community; and if he will make...
    • Medical Cards
      511. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the process through which a person (details supplied) can obtain a medical card without having already been accepted by a GP, where their current GP...
    • Eating Disorders
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the average waiting list timeframe for adults for referral to specialist eating disorder services both at a national level and...
    • Dental Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance is in place to assist parents who paid for orthodontic treatment with a registered orthodontist, but the practice closed; what insurances are...
    • Eating Disorders
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out the proposed National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders; the projected year on year cost of maintaining this service...
    • National Archives
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if all of his Department's records relating to a constitutional action (details supplied) in relation to the criminalisation of homosexuality have been...
    • Departmental Contracts
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the value of the contracts awarded to companies for the provision of homecare services in each of the past five years and the names of the...
    • Health Service Executive
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41025/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on a right hip replacement in Cappagh hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41027/23]
    • Dental Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the numbers of dentists around the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the automatic provision of medical cards to people with a spinal cord injury based on certified medical needs, rather than...
    • Hospital Deaths
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the reports of elevated death rates; and whether any research is being undertaken to evaluate underlying factors. [41033/23]
    • Medical Cards
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card patient should be charged for an MRI with a healthcare provider (details supplied) following a contract change on 1 August 2023, which would...
    • Disability Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment can be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41035/23]
    • Medical Qualifications
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made representations to the Health Service Executive in relation to the exclusion of graduates of medicine in Northern Ireland from working in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      527. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of x-ray facilities at Tuam primary care centre; when work will commence and when the facility will be operational; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the current vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services, in tabular...
    • Medical Cards
      532. To ask the Minister for Health what options are available to a person who needs work carried out on their teeth under their medical card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has any plans to introduce the shingles vaccine shingrx for free for over-65s (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Recognition
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a recent study (details supplied) that has found strong evidence of a link between autism and gender dysphoria and gender/body incongruence;...
    • Medical Cards
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that several MRI scans (details supplied) are no longer covered on CHO5 or medical card in Wexford MRI unit, operated by a healthcare provider; and...
    • Home Care Packages
      537. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE-contracted home care visit staff in Laois and Offaly will resume evening and weekend hours to ensure that a full complement of service is available to...
    • Primary Care Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced in the centre; and if he will...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHOs currently prescribing suboxone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and the number of prescriptions prescribed in respect of each CHO in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      543. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an appointment for surgery (details supplied); if he realises that the surgery was scheduled for 18 September 2023 and cancelled again;...
    • Legislative Measures
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Alcohol Advertising
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the data being collected on the effects of the marketing of zero-alcohol products with the same branding, logos and colours as their parent alcoholic...
    • Health Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for expanding the current number of minor injury clinics nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41148/23]
    • Medical Records
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the reports of elevated death rates; and whether any research is being undertaken to evaluate underlying factors. [41165/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the policy of allowing only one funded respiratory mask per annum for people suffering with chronic respiratory disease and using BiPAP...
    • General Practitioner Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the process through which a couple (details supplied) can obtain a new GP accepting medical cards; where the relationship with their current GP is...
    • Primary Care Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to ensure the continuation of speech and language services at Kilcock primary healthcare centre given the local demand for the...
    • Home Care Packages
      554. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the necessary arrangements can be put in place as soon as possible to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      555. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he will ensure that this matter is dealt with speedily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41201/23]
    • Health Strategies
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if he and or the HSE have developed guidance for end users in respect of blue light from computer screens and digital devices in the context of eye health; and...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      557. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; how many patients are on the orthodontic...
    • Nursing Homes
      559. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41262/23]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Health what mediation process is in place for developers and contractors who cannot fulfil their signed agreements in capital building projects; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the pandemic special recognition payment is not being paid to haematology staff, given the heroic work that they performed in keeping the...
    • Health Services Staff
      564. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has started to recruit to the position of physician associates; whether the extent of the responsibility of such posts have been defined: and...
    • Hospital Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if a multidisciplinary medical team can be assembled at University Hospital Galway to assess the case of a 17-year-old (details supplied) who is wheelchair-...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a patient is being asked to wait until 15 January 2025 for an dermatology consultation in St. James's Hospital (details supplied) for...
    • Hospital Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if an interview taken in April 1994 in a hospital setting will be released to the patient involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      569. 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...
    • Medicinal Products
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been refused a drug prescribed by their GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41384/23]
    • Medical Cards
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will agree to the automatic provision of medical cards to people with a spinal cord injury based on certified medical needs, rather than means; if he...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      572. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the future of the medical cannabis access programme will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a child (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41406/23]
    • Health Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people approved under a scheme (detailed supplied), by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41420/23]
    • Budget 2024
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given in Budget 2024 to increase funding for people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41435/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if the pay of a worker in the health service will be rectified to their correct scale (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41453/23]
    • Emergency Departments
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fast-track the creation of a quiet/sensory waiting room in the Tallaght Hospital accident and emergency department where autistic people and people...
    • Health Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any further update regarding providing retinal screening facilities in locations in County Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance, if any, available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41482/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      585. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 658 of 7 March 2023, when staff from a nursing home (details supplied), which has since closed down will receive their...
    • Tax Code
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the evaluation of the sugar sweetened drinks tax; if he will provide a timeline for the evaluation process, including...
    • Vaccination Programme
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if an injection (details supplied) which lessens the chances of contracting shingles is covered under the GMS; if not the reason it is not; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Staff
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if a pension payslip would be sent to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, previously employed by the HSE, in hard copy form by post. [41543/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      590. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a HSE Covid payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41564/23]
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory Impact Assessment;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      592. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41604/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      593. To ask the Minister for Health when the rapid HTA, undertaken by HIQA in November 2022, reviewing the evidence of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of continuous (including the Dexcom,...
    • Hospital Facilities
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres open in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively, by day, for the past 60 days, in tabular form. [41635/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery cancellations, by week, in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively, since 1 August 2023 to date, in tabular form, by reason...
    • Hospital Facilities
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatre closures in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively by week since 1 August 2023 to date, in tabular form, by reason for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      598. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital,...
    • Nursing Homes
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements that he has had with the HSE CEO regarding the recent testimony by a safeguarding expert that they were instructed by senior HSE managers to...
    • Dental Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41644/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a fair deal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41654/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health to consider additional investment in the mental health budget to provide more supports and measures in Donegal and across the country to ensure that people are...
    • Health Services Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the total provision to date made in the HSE budget in respect of its liability for unpaid Report 42 pay awards and arrears which were...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures and policies his Department has in place to promote gender balance in apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Fees
      605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he has contemplated exploring alternative measures to the one-time €1,000 tuition fee reduction that was introduced in 2022; and...
    • Further and Higher Education
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the plans he has in improving pay and conditions for personal assistants working in further education settings and to provide an...
    • Medical Internships
      607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the exclusion of graduates of medicine in Northern Ireland from working in hospitals here by reason of the Health...
    • Grant Payments
      608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any procedures being put in place to ensure that the SUSI grant applications involving temporarily laid-off workers from Tara Mines...
    • Third Level Education
      609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department is aware of any practice in third-level institutions whereby complaints of bullying or harassment are resolved informally...
    • Education Costs
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills can he outline what impact the increase in the state contribution for new places for graduate entry medicine (details supplied) will have on...
    • Further and Higher Education
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of the case of a person (details supplied). [41104/23]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support industry-led apprenticeships in hairdressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41144/23]
    • Further and Higher Education
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the issue created by the technological universities where posts in disciplines which are heavily industry focused remain...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for the expansion of pre-apprenticeship courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/23]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work that his Department is doing with Government and the FHE sector to get more students with socio-economic difficulties into...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills prepared by his Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a Regulatory...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      621. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider any initiatives by her Department to support rural and community security and home living, such as disbursements...
    • Animal Breeding
      622. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which the schedule of the restricted and specifically banned dog breeds was updated; if she has added the Presa Canario;...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      623. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which her officials last engaged with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of developing an all-island...
    • Community Development Projects
      624. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the Empowering Communities programme and its implementation in Finglas south, Dublin 11. [41180/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      625. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has any plans to review the CLÁR areas in Cavan to include areas (details supplied) not currently included; and if she...
    • Departmental Programmes
      627. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding or resources can be provided from her Department to assist community centres (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when...
    • Departmental Schemes
      628. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has calculated a multiplier for the knock-on value within the community of the different schemes under which she allocates...
    • Departmental Policies
      629. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has analysed trends in remote working as the economy has fully reopened again; and if there are areas of initiative to help...
    • Island Communities
      630. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 2105 of 11 September 2023, the expected timeline for the completion of the phase 3 development...
    • Departmental Functions
      631. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to expand and extend the role of her Department in addressing issues of rural and/or urban isolation;...
    • Digital Hubs
      633. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ongoing development of digital hubs throughout the country, with a view to increased and ready access to such facilities in both...
    • Departmental Programmes
      636. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her intentions for the future of the Leader Programme; whether she intends to introduce any modifications to the programme; and if she...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      639. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Bills prepared by her Department in the 33rd Dáil to date; the number and title of those Bills that included a...

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