Written answers
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Official Apology
41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the State apologies issued by Taoisigh in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [42621/23]
- Proposed Legislation
42. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diaspora Issues
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost in 2024 if the budget allocation for the diaspora affairs fund were doubled. [42902/23]
- Official Travel
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Canada before the end of 2023. [42903/23]
- Human Rights
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a report (details supplied) by the UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental...
- Child Abduction
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); if he intends to meet the person concerned; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016...
- Passport Services
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that an application by a person (details supplied) for a passport is processed and any issues are referred back to the applicant....
- Election Monitoring Missions
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to indicate, in respect of the current application process for membership of the international election observation roster, the number of...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Infrastructure
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the decision to keep Moneypoint open up to 2029; how this aligns with Ireland’s carbon...
- Energy Conservation
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 16 May 2023, when the low-cost loan scheme for energy upgrades will be made...
- Proposed Legislation
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny...
- Broadband Infrastructure
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and when reliable, high-speed broadband will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Recycling Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has ensured that the infrastructure associated with the deposit return scheme will be universally accessible, in...
- Broadband Infrastructure
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a housing estate in County Kildare (details supplied) was not included in the laying of fibre broadband...
- State Bodies
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress of the just transition for former Bord na Móna workers; the number of...
- Department of Defence
- Official Travel
61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position regarding the purchase of a new Government jet; and if the contract for same is likely to be put out to tender before...
- Naval Service
62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the contract has been awarded for the installation of muti-beam sonar system on the P60 class vessels. [42917/23]
- Proposed Legislation
63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Schemes
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with Irish Rail with a view to removing a standing fee for free travel scheme passengers (details supplied); and if he...
- Road Safety
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the situation with a school in County Donegal (details supplied) where a dangerous incident almost occurred when...
- Public Transport
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the young adult Leap card; and any plans he has to increase the age eligibility criteria. [42853/23]
- Road Safety
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools nominated for round one, in March 2021, of the safe routes to school programme, funded by his Department, where...
- Active Travel
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that local authorities are prevented from using national active travel funding for the repair and upgrade of existing...
- Proposed Legislation
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the railway safety (amendment) Bill; and when this Bill will progress further. [42910/23]
- EU Meetings
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next date of the EU Council of Transport Ministers will take place. [42911/23]
- Cycling Facilities
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to have a public bike scheme in County Tipperary. [42912/23]
- Bus Services
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will approve an additional local link bus service route No. 391, going in both directions. [42913/23]
- Driver Test
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests that did not go ahead as scheduled to date in 2023; the day of the week each test was scheduled, and the...
- Bus Services
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the bus fleet serving the 226 Kinsale to Cork route, including the number of single and double-decker buses; the age...
- Proposed Legislation
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
- EU Meetings
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next date of the EU Council of Transport Ministers will take place. [42911/23]
- Cycling Facilities
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to have a public bike scheme in County Tipperary. [42912/23]
- Bus Services
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will approve an additional local link bus service route No. 391, going in both directions. [42913/23]
- Driver Test
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests that did not go ahead as scheduled to date in 2023; the day of the week each test was scheduled, and the...
- Bus Services
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the bus fleet serving the 226 Kinsale to Cork route, including the number of single and double-decker buses; the age...
- Proposed Legislation
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January...
- Scéimeanna Rannacha
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport chun a fhiafraí den Aire Iompair cén uair a cheadófar airgead do Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe chun dul ar aghaidh le...
- Bus Services
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review capacity issues on the 272 bus route from Ballybunion to Tralee (details supplied). [43005/23]
- Electric Vehicles
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on any upcoming plans to install electric vehicle charge ports in the Blackrock area and beyond; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the issue regarding the 76 bus not showing on time on Monday 25 September and Tuesday 26 September 2023, causing...
- Road Safety
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans, if any, the Government has to install motion sensor lights on roads in County Kildare; and if so, what timeline would be...
- National Car Test
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of candidates currently on the waiting list for NCT tests in County Kildare; the availability of appointments; the earliest...
- Driver Test
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to advise on the process involved in attaining a scribe to support an applicant through the driver CPC case study test; and if he will...
- Bus Services
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he anticipates the next phase of BusConnects in Dublin will be rolled out; the reasons for the continuing delays with the roll-out;...
- Dublin Bus
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action he will take to resolve the longstanding problems with the Dublin Bus No. 15 route; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Motor Fuels
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what has been achieved in increasing production of HVO to expand its use in transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Traffic Accidents
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents on a stretch of a road (details supplied) in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Finance
- Motor Fuels
92. To ask the Minister for Finance what measures are being considered to reduce the price of motor fuel, given the rising costs of oil globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tillage Sector
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is reviewing any support package for the farm tillage sector, understanding the importance of the sector and the decimation to many farm...
- Banking Sector
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all banks licensed to operate in Ireland; the date each one was issued; and the particular focus of each. [42925/23]
- Tax Collection
95. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that all homes within the scope of the vacant homes tax are compliant with the tax, in view of the fact that the tax is self-reported; and...
- Tax Credits
96. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include compliance with the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, as well as the EU copyright directive, as a specified requirement in order to...
- Proposed Legislation
98. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date...
- Tax Code
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the issues raised by a national organisation concerning taxation matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Proposed Legislation
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January...
- Flood Risk Management
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the drafting of the River Shannon management body Bill within his Department; the timeline for presenting the...
- Waterways Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will increase the minimum statutory flow over Parteen weir from 10 cu. m per second; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has enough sites to complete the Government's modular homes programme; to identify which sites were offered by each...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Support Services
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what supports and training are available to Irish indigenous SMEs to assist them in competing for public procurement contracts in...
- Proposed Legislation
107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1...
- Industrial Development
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding IDA and Enterprise Ireland supported employment in Louth and east Meath; the present investment by both State...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Funding
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools will receive their annual IT funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42855/23]
- Teacher Training
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans or proposals to halve the length of the current postgraduate teacher training courses (details supplied); and if she will make...
- School Transport
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42881/23]
- Education Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any planning in place to facilitate Islamic holidays where children are required to spend time celebrating the holidays during school...
- Proposed Legislation
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to...
- School Accommodation
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for additional accommodation which was urgently required by a DEIS school in County Mayo (details supplied) has been...
- School Transport
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be secured for a new pupil who has started in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Admissions
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an ASD place will be provided for a child (details supplied) for the academic year beginning September 2024. [42984/23]
- Teacher Training
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether, given the shortage of primary teachers, and to assist those anxious to work in the area, she will liaise with the Minister for Further...
- School Transport
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total parental contribution made for school transport for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the exceptionally poor conditions of the prefabs being used to teach children at a school (details supplied); if she will...
- Teacher Training
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, to reduce the current duration of the postgraduate ITE programmes to one year; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Film Industry
123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any engagement between her Department and the Department of Finance with regard to the establishment of a...
- Proposed Legislation
124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1...
- Artists' Remuneration
125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that the observation of selection process for the basic income for the arts pilot scheme, commissioned from a company...
- Film Industry
126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will agree to include the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007 and the EU copyright directive among the...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 July 2023, if, in relation to RTÉ pensioners, many of whom are surviving on...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funds that are available to someone who is eligible for the full housing aid for the older persons' grant, but where the...
- Fire Stations
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department are aware of when the energy upgrade will be completed at Carrickmacross fire station. [43201/23]
- Waterways Issues
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houseboats currently moored on the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and Barrow navigation; if, in the event the...
- Foreshore Issues
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a foreshore licence was required for the survey activity referred to in marine notices Nos. 46 and 47 of 2023; if so, to...
- Solar Energy Guidelines
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department intends to issue guidance to local authorities on the installation of solar or PV panels on council-owned...
- Housing Policy
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in view that the grant maximum for housing aid for older people has not gone up in a number of years, he will consider...
- Proposed Legislation
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1...
- National Parks
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of plans for a marine national park, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will...
- Local Authorities
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding can be provided to local authorities to support the installation of free public drinking fountains; if...
- Housing Schemes
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position regarding local authority and Croí Cónaithe grant applicants drawdown where the local...
- Constitutional Amendments
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a date has been set for a referendum on enshrining public ownership of Uisce Éireann in the Constitution; and if he...
- Housing Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a staff nurse who has returned to this country at the request of the HSE is being refused a local authority...
- Housing Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 28 September 2023, if he can confirm and provide clarity on the reason the...
- Fire Stations
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify if there are plans for a new fire station in Monasterevin; and if so, if he will provide a timeframe for...
- Defective Building Materials
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views in response to the confirmation from a person (details supplied) speaking at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will commit to increasing the carer’s allowance income disregard from €750 to €1,000 for couples...
- Social Insurance
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the PRSI contributions of parents can be made applicable for the provision of glasses, optician services and dental...
- Social Welfare Code
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she would consider putting in place to assist those older people with disabilities who are ageing, in addition...
- Social Welfare Appeals
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) has been approved. [42933/23]
- Proposed Legislation
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from...
- State Pensions
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a statement of non-contributory pension paid to a person (details supplied) for the year 2022 can issue; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Payments
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be approved for a person (details supplied) to cover the cost of their...
- Citizens Information Services
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pay claim submission for its staff, and a request for extra staff for 2024, has been received by her Department from the...
- School Meals Programme
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a school (details supplied) can be included in the roll-out of the hot meal programme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the refusal of an allowance for a person in County Sligo (details supplied). [43028/23]
- Social Welfare Code
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, with regard to the 18.5 hours per week limited allowed to work or study in order to qualify for carer’s allowance,...
- School Facilities
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any financial supports are available through her Department to facilitate the board of a school (details supplied)...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1185 of 11 September 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Proposed Legislation
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the disregard of convictions for certain qualifying offences related to consensual sexual activity between men legislation...
- Departmental Funding
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of spending, in tabular form, of the two allocations made to the Drogheda implementation board of...
- Citizenship Applications
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application with INIS (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42935/23]
- Proposed Legislation
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1...
- Legal Aid
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to raise criminal legal aid fees paid to solicitors to pre-2008 levels; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on plans for the old Cork prison. [43009/23]
- Prison Service
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is permitted to attend their placement on an ARAS drug treatment course,...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Harbours and Piers
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if construction of the new deep-water quay at Ros an Mhíl fisheries harbour has commenced; and when his Department expects these...
- Departmental Data
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products seized by his departmental officials at Dublin Airport in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
- Harbours and Piers
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if construction of the smooth point pier extension at Killybegs fisheries harbour has commenced; and when his Department expects...
- Proposed Legislation
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1...
- Hen Harriers
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of farms in receipt of the hen harrier payment in County Clare, in tabular form. [43003/23]
- Horse Racing Industry
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, with regard to the Indecon report entitled Review of Certain Aspects of the Irish Horse Racing Industry, he will provide an...
- Departmental Advertising
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how his Department engages with non-governmental bodies and private companies on compiling and distributing information leaflets to...
- Agriculture Industry
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the very serious losses as a result of the summer flooding in July 2023 on the Shannon callows resulting in the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Special Educational Needs
182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of therapist posts, including speech and language therapists, occupational,...
- Disability Services
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has lost their respite entitlement and has not received any respite since...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in receipt of AIMS support in early years settings for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in...
- Proposed Legislation
186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative...
- Disability Services
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an individual who is approved for 24-7 adult disability services can also attend adult disability day...
- Childcare Services
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full breakdown of the funding allocated to the early years sector for 2022 and 2023 in tabular...
- Disabilities Assessments
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting an appointment; and if he will make a...
- Department of Health
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding in budget 2024 to extend the national treatment purchase fund to include timely assessment for both child and adult psychological...
- Medical Records
194. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person (details supplied) can access old medical records in order to follow up on some historical issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a cohort of nursing staff (details supplied) have yet to be paid their Covid-19 pandemic payment. [42898/23]
- Hospital Facilities
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in each hospital part of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group, in tabular form. [42914/23]
- Hospital Procedures
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmology procedures, by type, that were carried out at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
- Health Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to provide recognition for those professionals operating as athletic therapists in Ireland, who have been campaigning for the...
- Proposed Legislation
200. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date...
- Primary Medical Certificates
201. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
202. To ask the Minister for Health when all remaining agency staff will receive their pandemic payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42968/23]
- Hospital Services
204. 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. [42972/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; if he intends to extend or replace...
- Mental Health Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health if a young person can be referred to a different CHO area for CAMHS-ID services if their CHO does not have a team in place; if so, to outline the procedure for...
- Hospital Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
209. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for people to be seen and treated at the pain clinic in Galway; the number of people waiting for an appointment, by length of time or...
- Medical Cards
212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43023/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
213. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1560 of 11 September 2023, if further investigation can be given to this matter as the person (details supplied) informs...
- Vaccination Programme
214. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 booster vaccines are being restricted to older and vulnerable people when US health officials are recommending that everyone over the age...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
215. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment with the HSE audiology services for hearing aids, which he is without since 2020; and if...
- Legislative Measures
216. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards for the publication of his amendments to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; when he expects this Bill to...
- Health Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of funding allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit, in conjunction with...
- Hospital Appointments Status
220. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment in the oncology clinic at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make...
- Mental Health Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to address the serious underfunding in mental health, which has been exposed in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the...
- Health Services Staff
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he can look into the fact that there is no sick leave or absence cover provided for home care workers; and to clarify the reason the HSE has to call the...
- Health Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being considered to address the recruitment and retention crisis being experienced in section 39-funded organisations, where lower pay levels are...
- Hospital Staff
224. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in recruitment or advertisement of recruitment for the new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at...
- Data Protection
226. To ask the Minister for Health if any investigations will be considered in light of findings from the Data Protection Commissioner that officials in his Department kept dossiers in a manner...
- Hospital Appointments Status
227. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for an operation from Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
228. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no respite available to an elderly gentleman (details supplied); the reason the public health nurse said that they would look for respite...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
233. To ask the Minister for Health the approvals for a scheme (details supplied), by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43162/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
234. To ask the Minister for Health when a person can expect an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43184/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Proposed Legislation
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to...
- Further and Higher Education
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to raise the PhD stipend level to €25,000 per year, as recommended in the National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers:...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1085 of 20 September 2023, the current number of apprentices waiting for off-the-job training at levels 2,...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will have issues of concern to a number of organisations given detailed consideration (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Proposed Legislation
239. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January...
