Written answers

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • State Properties
      1. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are recorded on the...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown of the amounts paid by the DPP to prosecuting counsel in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and date in 2023, in tabular form. [43994/23]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite a passport for a person (details supplied) given the circumstances of the case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consular Services
      4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that was spent on the recent refurbishment of the Irish Consulate General office in Chicago; if this refurbishment programme is...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region was discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [43642/23]
    • United Nations
      6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to press for the renewal of the mandate of the UN assistance mission in Afghanistan when it expires in March 2024. [43711/23]
    • Human Rights
      7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has considered bringing forward an action in the International Court of Justice against Afghanistan over the violation of...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date in achieving the target for overseas development assistance of 0.7% of gross national income by 2030; and if he will...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a detailed breakdown of the organisations in Canada that have made applications under the emigrant support programme since January...
    • Middle East
      11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had requested to visit any part of Palestine or Israel during his recent visit to the Middle East for which permission was not granted;...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on the application for foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied) who applied in February 2020;...
    • Passport Services
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing this passport; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department, in County Clare; if...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to provide funding and support for people who, despite being in an area eligible for fibre, cannot access...
    • Energy Conservation
      21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allocation for all of the different retrofit schemes accounting for any changes post revised estimates; and if he...
    • Mining Industry
      22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of prospecting licences that have issued in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Energy Conservation
      23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider expanding the SEAI individual upgrade scheme as part of Budget 2024 to include windows and external...
    • State Bodies
      24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of An Post's transformation programme; when the programme will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Properties
      26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Commission for Regulation of Utilities owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number...
    • Energy Policy
      27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a timeline on the publication of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Angling Sector
      28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific conservation limits for the Nore and Suir rivers for 2018-2022, inclusive, in relation to snap net salmon...
    • State Properties
      33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Environmental Protection Agency owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and...
    • Pension Provisions
      35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update with regard to increases to An Post pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43885/23]
    • Energy Policy
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to examine an energy issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43899/23]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband infrastructure in new builds in Ireland will be completed, and in particular the Estate of Kenure Gate,...
    • Departmental Funding
      38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of funding awarded and community energy grants awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that there is good oversight of the safety of telecommunications infrastructure in residential areas;...
    • Departmental Funding
      40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding community energy grants awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the total amount of funding awarded...
    • Recycling Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to introduce the EU Textile EPR Directive of July 2023 for fashion brands in Ireland; whether...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as...
    • Departmental Properties
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Official Engagements
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has spoken to the United States Secretary for Defence to date in 2023. [43650/23]
    • Defence Forces
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out Gormanstown Camp to date in 2023; if each refurbishment works programme is completed or...
    • Naval Service
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence following the successful operation of the Joint Task Force in interdicting a huge drugs consignment off the Irish coast, and acknowledging the...
    • Departmental Properties
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • State Bodies
      51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if arrangements are in place for high-ranking staff of State bodies under his remit to receive free cars or benefit-in-kind reliefs in...
    • Waterways Issues
      52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide any further details with regard to the projected dates of removal of the Hebble Dredge from the River Boyne in...
    • Tax Code
      53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the policy rationale for charging different motor tax rates between private vehicles registered from 1 July 2008 and 31...
    • Legislative Measures
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the stakeholder engagement relating to horse-drawn carriages has been satisfactorily completed; and when he plans to bring forward...
    • Bus Services
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date for the next round of BusConnects Cork consultation will open. [43617/23]
    • National Transport Authority
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2024 if the budget for the National Transport Authority Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan increased by 50%....
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a bridge connecting Chapelizod to the C-Spine services will be built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43664/23]
    • State Properties
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are...
    • Driver Licences
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the situation regarding the requirement for a valid IBT certificate for motorcyclists and whether it is possible to...
    • Bus Services
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultation that took place with residents when deciding to remove two bus stops (details supplied) on the North Strand Road, Dublin...
    • Driver Licences
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite a driving test for a motorcyclist (details supplied) given that their two-year IBT certificate will expire in December...
    • Public Transport
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43778/23]
    • Aviation Industry
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many private jet flights landed and departed the State in 2022, excluding military or diplomatic flights; where those flights landed...
    • Electric Vehicles
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the recent changes to regulations for electric bikes and electric scooters in the Road Traffic and Roads Act, 2023; if...
    • Bus Services
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if information will be provided in relation to a series of matters regarding busses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traffic Management
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Northern Distributor Road in Cork will reduce traffic on the R635. [43881/23]
    • Driver Licences
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers currently on a provisional licence, per county, in tabular form; the average number of years a person has...
    • Rail Network
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government will ensure that the Western Rail Corridor is added to the TEN-T network following the publication of the All-Island...
    • Climate Action Plan
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the update on progressing measures and actions to reduce total car kilometres by 20% by 2030 in accordance with Climate Action Plan 2023;...
    • Bus Services
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update and timeline on the roll-out of the proposed B and E spines as part of the BusConnects service improvements; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NTA extension of vehicle age limits for taxis during the Covid pandemic applied only to vehicles up to 151 registrations...
    • Road Safety
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recently published public road speed limit review was peer reviewed as per international standards and recommendations (details...
    • Bus Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the public bus service capacity, particularly at peak times, in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on plans for the electrification of the rail service to Wicklow town; to outline plans for the development of battery...
    • Coastal Erosion
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on the implementation of the recommendations from the east coast erosion study; if he will provide a timeframe for the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a copy of the document compiled by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, titled ‘Briefing Note to the Department of...
    • Driver Test
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people in County Clare on a waiting list for a category B driving test; length of time each applicant has been waiting, in...
    • Departmental Properties
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if...
    • Road Projects
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will meet with the A5/N2 Cross-Border Committee of councillors and council officials, as they have requested, to discuss the Irish...
    • Bus Services
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement his Department has had with Local Link Longford regarding the expansion of the service to facilitate students in Cavan IT....
  • Department of Finance
    • Motor Fuels
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline if HVO falls under such rebate scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44015/23]
    • Tax Forms
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of access officers within the Revenue Commissioners available to assist people with a disability complete tax return; what offices they are located...
    • Tax Code
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance if the classification of hydrotreated vegetable oil from a substitute fuel to a biofuel will be considered in the forthcoming Finance Act (details supplied);...
    • Tax Yield
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the gross rental income tax take and the number of tax units charged for rental income during 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance where the intellectual property rights of a designated activity company, established for the purpose of section 481 tax relief, go upon the dissolution of the...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a return to full customer service within Revenue for the public, following the withdrawal of many in-person services (details supplied) during...
    • Tax Code
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to update VAT regulations for a sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43633/23]
    • State Properties
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of the Revenue Commissioners owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they...
    • Tax Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he is aware of a recent report (details supplied) on total tax revenue as a proportion of national income in the United Kingdom; if his Department...
    • Tax Reliefs
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the number of applications awaiting a decision from the Board; the average waiting...
    • Business Supports
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the temporary business energy support scheme, as many small businesses in County Donegal and across the country are still facing...
    • Tax Code
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance what legislative instruments exist to allow local authorities to introduce a "tourist tax" as a revenue-raising initiative. [43744/23]
    • Tax Collection
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance what measures have been implemented to allow for the investigation of properties which may be liable for the vacant home tax; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request that the Revenue Commissioners change their plans to make all GPs in partnerships, individually responsible for the income they receive...
    • Tax Credits
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to organise the stakeholder forum to discuss how to maximise the benefits of the Section 481 credit for all concerned stakeholders and facilitate...
    • Insurance Industry
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps she and her Department are taking to pressure insurance companies to pass on savings, following the publication of an article (details supplied)...
    • Tax Reliefs
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the level of pension contributions that qualify for the higher rate of tax relief introduced in 2014; if he accepts that the purchasing...
    • Customs and Excise
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the current effectiveness of the minimum excise duty trigger price applicable to tobacco products; the proposals, if any, there are to change...
    • Tax Code
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider proposals (details supplied) in respect of exit tax applicable to life insurance investment arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on a matter (details supplied) in relation to long-term rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43977/23]
    • Tax Collection
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department maintains an updated list of the number of vacant units deemed ineligible for the vacant homes tax as they are uninhabitable; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a taxation matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43983/23]
    • Customs and Excise
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a commitment that there will be no change to the excise duty applied to agri-diesel due to low road usage of farm machinery and no viable...
    • Tax Code
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will retain section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and extend it to include agricultural contractors to mitigate the increased cost of...
    • Tax Rebates
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a proposal that glasshouse growers of food crops using CO2 enrichment, should be granted a carbon tax relief or rebate; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a permanent retention of two step-out years per five-year cycle in cases in which a farmer is allowed to step-out of income averaging more...
    • Tax Credits
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer tax credit to €2000 per annum. [44050/23]
    • Financial Services
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of inconsistencies occurring on the migration of debt management practices from the Credit Bureau to the Credit Central Register (CCR), and...
    • Insurance Industry
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market in engaging with current insurance market operators and...
    • Departmental Properties
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in...
    • Tax Credits
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his Department’s implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Agriculture Schemes
      143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will fully honour the commitments made in the Programme for Government - Our Shared Future to ring-fence €1.5 billion of...
    • Office of Public Works
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason weddings are allowed at some OPW sites but not at Corcomroe Abbey, County Clare; the reason his office felt the need to post...
    • State Properties
      145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties;...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW retains an ability to initiate a compulsory purchase lands and buildings; and if not, if he will point to the amending...
    • Public Sector Staff
      147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason TVE staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas or Government Departments are not eligible for maternity leave. [43665/23]
    • State Properties
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a complete list of all buildings owned by the State or any of the State agencies across Dún Laoghaire Rathdown; the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the requirement of some public servants to retire at 60 years of age and given that some public servants wish to continue working,...
    • Office of Public Works
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the Office of Public Works is responsible for land in County Dublin (details supplied). [43800/23]
    • Flood Risk Management
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Minister of State for the OPW will meet with the elected members of the Inishowen municipal district, Donegal County Council,...
    • Office of Public Works
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will meet with the elected members of the Inishowen municipal district, Donegal County Council and other important local...
    • Coast Guard Service
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the status of the proposed new station at Kilmore Quay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44056/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post Covid 19 infection scheme beyond 31 October 31...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Relations
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department was notified of proposed redundancies at a company (details supplied) announced in August 2023; if he will...
    • Work Permits
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department remains on course to announce in October 2023, as per a previous response, the replacement of the abolished...
    • EU Directives
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Article 26 of the European Copyright Directive has not been transposed in full; to outline any plans she has to do so; and...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assistance that can he give to help companies (details supplied) that are struggling to deal with the NSAI and that want products...
    • Trade Missions
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade and investment mission to Italy will happen in Quarter 4 of 2023. [43648/23]
    • Trade Promotion
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Mexican companies that the IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up in the State in 2021, 2022 and to...
    • State Properties
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if...
    • EU Directives
      165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the review, promised within 12 months of its transposition, into the impact of the European Copyright Directive was conducted; if...
    • Departmental Properties
      168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will source drivers for an organisation (details supplied) for children going to school in Ballyragget, County Kilkenny. [43406/23]
    • School Admissions
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of enquiries to Tulsa's education welfare officers in the north Kildare area on behalf of pupils refused places in local schools for...
    • School Facilities
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no schools have been fitted with solar panels under the Climate Action Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43942/23]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on required works at a school (details supplied); if her Department will immediately replace the fire-damaged and hazardous...
    • Special Educational Needs
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review a decision (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43460/23]
    • School Staff
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an application for additional staff by a school (details supplied) is granted; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to proposals as set out in a plan by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a procedure whereby a person (details supplied) can make application to be reimbursed for the cost of transport in respect of a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to receive appointments for NEPS assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43497/23]
    • Education Policy
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a co-educational secondary school was refused at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43513/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff suffering from long-Covid who have had their employment terminated by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Teacher Training
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student teachers who have completed 240 ECTS in home economics and Irish secondary school teaching at a college (details supplied) and...
    • School Accommodation
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 27 September 2023, if a timeline is available for when her Department expects to receive and review...
    • School Transport
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the school transport routes in County Clare that are currently without a driver; and if she will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied); if her Department will start the process to immediately replace the fire-damaged and hazardous...
    • School Admissions
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to secure a school place for a child (details supplied) who is non-verbal and currently has no school place; and if...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss the allocation model used to distribute HSCL to secondary schools in the DEIS...
    • Special Educational Needs
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts can be made to ensure that the daughter of a person (details supplied) has the appropriate SNA resources, who has just started in...
    • School Admissions
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an appropriate secondary school placement will be found for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of buses in the Bus Éireann school transport fleet for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school term, in tabular form. [43634/23]
    • Defibrillators Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide funding to ensure that defibrillators are in place in all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will be issued to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied). [43684/23]
    • School Funding
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and grants available to schools for ICT infrastructure, such as desktop PCs, projectors and printers; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43691/23]
    • School Transport
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current difficulties facing many parents in accessing school bus routes (details supplied); and if she plans to address...
    • School Admissions
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by her Department and the NCSE to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a school place suitable to their specified...
    • School Transport
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a bus is sourced for a school (details supplied), to ensure that children with additional needs can get to and from...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is expected that a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education will be established during the lifetime of the Government; and, if...
    • School Transport
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bus tickets for children. [43782/23]
    • School Staff
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a resolution will be reached (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43982/23]
    • School Transport
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school bus routes (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if there is a timeline for the provision of these services; if an...
    • Schools Building Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43884/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the determination of the provision of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied), given plans were submitted in February...
    • Schools Building Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 26 September 2023, when her Department expects to receive the 2nd tender report for a school...
    • School Accommodation
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the replacement of prefabs at a school (details supplied). [43954/23]
    • School Enrolments
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of 6th-class students currently enrolled in primary schools in the Dublin 8 SPA (2022-2023) in tabular form, specifying the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an individual who completes an IPGCE with QTS in a UK university which requires students to complete their training in an Irish school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive approval to proceed with the proposed permanent extension comprising of three classroom SEN base,...
    • School Patronage
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places made available, by ethos that is, Catholic, Church of Ireland or multi-denominational, in first year in secondary schools in...
    • School Enrolments
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of 6th-class students enrolled in primary schools in the Dublin 8 SPA in each of the years from 2015-2016 to 2021-2022,...
    • School Funding
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not received the ICT grant for this academic year; and the timeframe within which the grant will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the modular building proposal for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43993/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration has been given to the differing staffing needs of special schools, particularly regarding administrative deputy principals,...
    • School Facilities
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the roll-out of solar panels to all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44005/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if appropriate planning will take place to ensure that there are a sufficient number of autism classes in mainstream schools provided in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the announced additional two modular buildings of 80 sq. m are not yet in place in a school (details supplied); the reason that in...
    • School Curriculum
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the JCSP review commenced; to outline the scope and guidelines for this review; when the review is expected to be concluded; when its...
    • Schools Building Projects
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will be made to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of works carried out under the School Extension Programme...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Gaelcholáiste will be provided for an area of Dublin (details supplied). [44052/23]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of necessary alterations needed in relation to the construction of a school (details supplied); if she can confirm receipt of...
    • School Transport
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a solution to a situation regarding a school bus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44066/23]
    • School Accommodation
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the ongoing issue pertaining to the need for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); what is the long-term...
    • Special Educational Needs
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on an appointment for a child (details supplied). [44090/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Clare; if they are...
    • School Staff
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate a teacher to a school (details supplied) to cover shortages there. [44187/23]
    • School Admissions
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a number of primary school children in Donabate (details supplied) have been unable to find a school placement locally and...
    • School Transport
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport routes in Longford and Westmeath which are currently not running; and the number of children affected. [44217/23]
    • School Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and staff recruited by schools over the summer period who have not yet received their salaries or wages, per county, in...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tax Reliefs
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the progress of the digital games relief under section 481A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and if...
    • State Properties
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Arts Council owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if...
    • Culture Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any further notice of the return of Irish artefacts held in overseas museums (details supplied). [43618/23]
    • National Cultural Institutions
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received the 2022 annual report from the National Concert Hall; and if so, when the report will be published. [43635/23]
    • State Properties
      246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Fáilte Ireland owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties;...
    • Commemorative Plaques
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position regarding an initiative to erect a commemorative plaque at the birthplace of War of Independence leader, Rory...
    • Tax Credits
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to organise the stakeholder forum to discuss how to maximise the benefits of the Section 481 credit for all concerned...
    • Social Media
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what engagements she has had with social media companies with regard to tackling hate speech and sharing of offensive materials...
    • Departmental Properties
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County...
    • Tax Credits
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on her Department’s implementation of the recommendations contained in the Budgetary Oversight...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • State Bodies
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Ervia in each of the years 2014 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [43956/23]
    • Rental Sector
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a significant delay in HAP and HHAP payments being made to landlords from local...
    • Housing Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been purchased by councils under the tenant-in-situ scheme since it was introduced, by...
    • Departmental Schemes
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the confirmation by Limerick City and County Council that no funding remains to complete housing...
    • Domestic Violence
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing supports available to women who have suffered domestic abuse and have had to flee the marital home (details...
    • Housing Schemes
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant in situ scheme acquisitions in Fingal that have been impacted by the withdrawal of an organisation...
    • Heritage Sites
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a response to correspondence from a person (details supplied) to his office; if he will outline the efforts,...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that is being made with the provision of a municipal wastewater treatment plant for Craughwell, County Galway;...
    • Housing Schemes
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow work in the public service in England to be eligible in order to meet the requirement for an applicant for...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any housing developments or projects under the aegis of an organisation (details supplied) have been paused at the...
    • State Properties
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if An Bord Pleanála owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • Water Services
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Rural Water Working Group; when it is expected that their recommendations in respect of measures...
    • Rental Sector
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the scale of no-reason evictions being carried out by a corporate landlord (details supplied) in Dublin in...
    • Housing Policy
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to allow compulsory purchase of residential properties in circumstances, consistent with section 43.2 of the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the research his Department has undertaken to examine the experiences and impact of in-work homelessness; if he will outline...
    • State Properties
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Uisce Éireann owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • Planning Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way planning permission is granted; if the case of a development (details supplied) will be investigated and expedited;...
    • National Parks
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the new national park; to outline, in tabular form, the rent which the previous owners will pay for continued use...
    • Local Authorities
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many staff are employed in each local authority to investigate properties which may be liable for the vacant home tax; and...
    • Housing Policy
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase funding of the housing adaptation grants for older persons and those with a disability; his views on the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all agricultural land in Ireland could be designated as an ecologically sensitive area with regard to the EU water quality...
    • Housing Schemes
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his plans to address the waiting lists for housing adaptation grants, as reported by several local...
    • Housing Provision
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position regarding efforts to have a Kerry housing development (details supplied) completed as a turn-key...
    • State Properties
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Agency owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • Local Elections
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what efforts are being made to ensure the integrity of local elections taking place in 2024; and if he will make a statement...
    • Planning Issues
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail, in tabular form, the current number of valid but un-commenced residential planning permissions, per local...
    • Urban Development
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the update on developing his plans for Transit Oriented Development in Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford; and if he will...
    • Water Pollution
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any survey has taken place to analyse the level of human sewage entering watercourses, rivers, and lakes in County...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of settlements in County Tipperary that have no wastewater treatment facilities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defective Building Materials
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government should a Defective Concrete Block (DCB) affected apartment owner in County Donegal apply to the enhanced defective concrete...
    • Building Regulations
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is envisaged the proposed remediation of apartments and duplexes scheme will be commenced; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed housing development at Ardscoil Mhuire, Gweedore, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department officials will establish the banking working group to engage with the banks and financial institutions and...
    • Local Authorities
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Mayo County Council can expect to receive documents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the maximum grants available for housing adaptations, particularly in the case of priority one...
    • Departmental Properties
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County...
    • Housing Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants, per county, in need of housing suitable on medical or disability grounds based upon a HMD 1 form, in...
    • Planning Issues
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing developments and total housing units approved under strategic housing developments by An Bord...
    • Housing Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received under the tenant purchase scheme per local authority area; the number refused; and the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Disability Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports that are available to employers and workplaces to support the employment of persons with a disability,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the ceasing of the payment of the State pension to a person (details supplied) who suffers from dementia...
    • Fuel Poverty
      316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to extend the fuel allowance to jobs initiative scheme participants in Budget 2024, given their very low...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim (details supplied) will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43492/23]
    • Low Pay Commission
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, in view of the Low Pay Commission's recommendation that the hourly rate of the national minimum wage...
    • State Pensions
      319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with the recommendations of the Pensions Commission, a smoothed earnings method to calculating a benchmarked or...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) in view of their medical condition;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has no entitlement to the household benefits package; the options available at this...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in reinstating a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) following the cessation of CE...
    • State Properties
      325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Citizens Information Board owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of...
    • Disability Services
      326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support the request from an organisation (details supplied) for funding support to enable its vital work of...
    • Registration of Births
      328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will intervene to allow a person (details supplied) to register the birth of their baby born in July 2023; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied). [43835/23]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason direct phone contact to local Intreo offices has been withdrawn and replaced with a centralised service; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an application for carers allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Departmental Properties
      335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Management Companies
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is legal for management companies, which takes ownership of a substantial amount of apartments in an apartment complex...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of GoSafe speed camera vehicles at present. [43458/23]
    • Prison Service
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in relation to officers in the Irish Prison Service who is compelled to leave their role at the age of 60 years, she is...
    • Visa Applications
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people currently awaiting a decision on their visa appeals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff suffering from long-Covid who have had their employment terminated by her Department (details supplied);...
    • Alcohol Sales
      342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagements she has had with the Department of Health in relation to proposed amendments to the licensing laws; if a health...
    • Legal Aid
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if discussions are planned to restore FEMPI cuts to the fees of legal aid service providers, including solicitors; and if she...
    • State Properties
      344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Prison Service owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • An Garda Síochána
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asset profilers based in the Meath Garda division as of 3 October 2023; and if she will provide the corresponding...
    • Departmental Data
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware whether there have been any prosecutions brought between 2019 to date in 2023 of an entry way to a premises...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an invitation to a citizenship ceremony can reissue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to finalise an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when it is...
    • State Properties
      352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Ombudsman owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • An Garda Síochána
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of aggravated burglaries reported to gardaí in the L district of DMR in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • State Bodies
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the new post of CEO of the Domestic Sexual and Gender Based Violence Agency is being advertised outside of the State or if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the Garda roads policing fleet are aged between 0-2 years old, between 3-5 years old, between 6-10 years old...
    • Departmental Funding
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1215 on 11 September 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Departmental Data
      360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time staff by job title working in the Office of the State Pathologist; the number of vacancies by job title...
    • Legislative Programme
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the sale of alcohol Bill 2022; when this Bill will progress; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of violent disorder offences reported to gardaí within the H district of DMR in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023,...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what consideration has been given to automatically notifying and supporting victims of sexual assaults when perpetrators are...
    • Anti-Terrorism Measures
      366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what efforts her Department is making to tackle extremist groups operating within the State; and if she will make a statement...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the number of people charged with offences relating to anti-social behaviour for the years 2018 to 2022...
    • Prison Service
      368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners, per year, by institution, from 2010 to date; and the number of probation officers by institution for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the costs of all inquiries established under Section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as...
    • Visa Agreements
      370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 12 July 2023, the number of approvals and negative decisions made to date under...
    • Departmental Data
      371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have had charges entered against them in relation to the cultivation of cannabis. [43984/23]
    • Legal Aid
      372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the amounts paid through the legal aid scheme to defence counsel in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date...
    • Citizenship Applications
      374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when a decision is likely to issue, in light of the fact that the...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners granted probation, by institution, by year, in tabular form from 2010 to date. [44108/23]
    • Prison Service
      376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the prison probation trams stopped running any type of group therapy interventions due to the lack of staff by prison...
    • Departmental Properties
      378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Inshore Fisheries
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend a 2023 Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment scheme grant approval for a fisherman (details supplied)...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will accept applications submitted to the ACRES scheme by a planner which for technical reasons were never properly...
    • Brexit Supports
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress by his Department regarding securing Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding for the sheep sector; if he has engaged directly...
    • Fishing Industry
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can direct Bord Iascaigh Mhara to engage with the representations by an organisation (details supplied) on behalf of a number...
    • Departmental Regulations
      384. 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. [43533/23]
    • State Properties
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of...
    • Environmental Policy
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the slurry spreading season on a one-off basis in 2023 to allow for spreading of slurry should the weather allow...
    • State Properties
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43765/23]
    • Dairy Sector
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43781/23]
    • Tree Remediation
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43847/23]
    • State Properties
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are...
    • Animal Diseases
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to improve the timeline from when livestock in a herd have been tested and identified positive...
    • Fishing Industry
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff working at the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority in each of the years 2007 to 2023, in tabular form. [43896/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide €90 million in funding for TAMS in 2024 to keep it in line with current levels of inflation costing which...
    • Departmental Properties
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare;...
    • Animal Diseases
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 3 October 2023 and the case of goat milk farmers (details supplied); and if he...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Youth Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the funding that goes towards youth services and youth work, broken down into two categories,...
    • Disability Services
      407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider converting St. Patricks, Loughboy, Kilkenny for respite and other badly needed services for...
    • Departmental Meetings
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his officials will arrange a meeting with Oireachtas members from the Dún Laoghaire constituency...
    • Disability Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve speech and language and occupational therapy supports for children with additional needs in...
    • Mental Health Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, having been referred to St....
    • Departmental Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended on an annual basis for foster care service providers since the year commencing 2013 to date...
    • Disability Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the policy of the children’s disability network teams for scheduling interventions for...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an assessment of needs...
    • Disability Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the solutions that can be offered in relation to a strike (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the value of core funding for 2022/2023 for each individual early learning and care and school age childcare...
    • State Properties
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • Disability Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the return of essential therapists including a psychologist, an occupational therapist,...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide assistance with an accommodation matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • State Properties
      423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so,...
    • Departmental Funding
      424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the long-term costs of a nursing home are being paid by the State for people who were in mother and baby...
    • Care Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the protocols that are put in place when a serious incident takes place under the supervision of a care team...
    • Direct Provision System
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advocate for a child benefit-type payment for IPATs as included in the Government White Paper to end...
    • State Properties
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such...
    • Disability Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional resources will be immediately provided to address the five-year waiting list for intervention for...
    • Departmental Policies
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dedicated supports currently available to children and families impacted by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder...
    • Child and Family Agency
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether Tusla has estimates for the number of children involved with social work services who may be on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will allocate therapists to a school (details supplied). [43737/23]
    • Ukraine War
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43753/23]
    • Disability Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE will pay the costs of private psychology occupational therapy and speech and language therapy for a...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support the request from an organisation (details supplied) for funding support to enable its vital...
    • Disability Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child in Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive services and support for their...
    • Child and Family Agency
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints received by Tusla in relation to an organisation (details supplied) since 2021; and if...
    • Children in Care
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied and separated children that have been taken into care of the Child and Family Agency...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a date is available for when the mother and baby institution redress scheme will commence accepting...
    • Departmental Schemes
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the next round of the play and recreation grant scheme will open for applications. [43848/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when capital grants for childcare extensions will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the maximum number of hours allocated to a person (details supplied); the reason it appears that a decision was...
    • Special Educational Needs
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to a facility (details supplied). [43999/23]
    • Childcare Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.249 of 28 September 2023, if further funding will be available under Pillar...
    • Adoption Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a report on the number of applications for birth information that have been made by persons who were...
    • Childcare Services
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of how the hundreds of millions of euro in Government expenditure on childcare...
    • Departmental Properties
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Disability Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite nights available for people with a disability in each of the years 2020 to 2023, in...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a copy of correspondence originally sent to An Taoiseach by a person (details supplied); if he will provide an additional €115...
    • Civil Registration Service
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to re-open the civil registration office in Roscrea, County Tipperary, following its closure earlier in 2023, given that its closure...
    • Departmental Strategies
      458. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to update the National Carers Strategy; when he expects the strategy to be finalised; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for funding under the Cross Border Directive and-or HSE reimbursement scheme (details supplied) with a view to granting the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to the Government commitment to develop an action plan to combat loneliness in the programme for Government, the Roadmap for Social Inclusion and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      461. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) on the use of disposable vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43480/23]
    • Care Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is sufficient provision for ring-fenced funding in budget 2024 to cover the running costs of meals-on-wheels services. [43481/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a proposal not to fund any new medicines that are approved for Irish patients in 2024; if so, the justification for this proposal; and the impact...
    • Healthcare Policy
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on implementing the recommendations made by an organisation (details supplied) on the reimbursement of new medicines; which...
    • Health Strategies
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the Government's priorities for funding new medicines; how the Government balances the need to provide access to new medicines with the need to be fiscally...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if private autism assessments can be funded under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if so, the steps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43489/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      469. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce mandatory fortification of foodstuffs with folic acid following his Department's Folic Acid Policy Committee report on the matter; and...
    • Health Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if a bus service can be offered to a person (details supplied) who attends a day care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43502/23]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the large increase in numbers of people presenting to services identifying as being addicted to smoking crack cocaine, he will provide...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff suffering from long Covid who have had their employment terminated by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a clinic (details supplied) is being closed down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43534/23]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      474. To ask the Minister for Health when a registration application with an organisation (details supplied) will be processed for a person in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Procedures
      475. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an operation for a child (details supplied). [43544/23]
    • Childhood Obesity
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that will be representing Ireland at the High-level Meeting on Childhood Obesity - A comprehensive framework to reduce childhood obesity in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the resources being made available for the research of the evaluation of the sugar-sweetened drinks tax in Ireland; the funding being made available to access...
    • Disease Management
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a diabetes taskforce of relevant stakeholders to develop a national diabetes strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every...
    • Healthcare Policy
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the decision by the Health Secretary in the UK to implement a single sex policy in NHS hospitals meaning that transgender women who were born...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to appeals regarding payment of the pandemic payment by frontline workers (details supplied); if the matter is under review;...
    • Health Promotion
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding disposable vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43562/23]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a HSE tender (details supplied); if he will give a guarantee that the Waterford surgical hub will be nominated first to be constructed and...
    • Mental Health Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for September 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43566/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if CMTX1 can be added to the list of conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that it is similar to muscular dystrophy, which is...
    • Hospital Staff
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process for new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at CHI Crumlin; and when it is expected...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation has been appointed by the Government to review the criteria set out to pay the pandemic bonus payment to front-line workers and make...
    • Health Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 27 September 2022, if he will outline which five recommendations are still in progress as part of the full...
    • Hospital Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists at St. James's Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43589/23]
    • Health Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €2.1 million allocated in 2023 for the full resumption of dementia specific day care services will be spent, in tabular form. [43590/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of craniosynostosis surgeries performed at CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43591/23]
    • Health Strategies
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €2.7 million allocated for the implementation of the national strategy for accelerating genomic medicine in Ireland will be spent in 2023,...
    • Health Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43593/23]
    • Care Services
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite centres in CHO7 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43605/23]
    • Medical Research and Training
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2024 to provide an additional 120 GP training places. [43610/23]
    • Health Services
      498. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a centre of excellence for adult deficit hyperactivity disorder; and the costs of these plans. [43611/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vascular stenting procedures carried out in each public hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43612/23]
    • Care Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance can be given to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43614/23]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of a National Psychology Placement Office; and the funding for this establishment, including staff costs. [43615/23]
    • Health Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be seen by a public ophthalmologist sooner than 2026/2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43626/23]
    • Medical Cards
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cards are being issued on discretionary grounds due to urgent medical need; if a person may be granted a medical card based on medical need (details...
    • Cancer Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding that has been awarded to each community cancer support centre in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the current funding that has...
    • Hospital Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43636/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres available in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group, in tabular form. [43637/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in neurodisability at CHI Temple Street Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43638/23]
    • Emergency Departments
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the accident and emergency departments that currently have a general practitioner on site; and the hours of the week when each of the GPs are based in each of...
    • Hospital Staff
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43640/23]
    • Health Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hepatitis C tests carried out each year from 2018-2023; how this compares to the goals under Roadmap to Zero; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      511. To ask the Minister for Health when the correct salary will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43660/23]
    • Defibrillators Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to ensure that defibrillators are available in public places, such as community centres and schools; and if he will make a...
    • Abortion Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Health how much territory, in metres, in Táilte Éireann or any other relevant body which has informed the Government's introduction of exclusion zone...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 528 and 532 of 13 December 2022, if he will review correspondence from the chairperson of an organisation (details...
    • Pharmacy Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure hospital pharmacy technicians are subject to a statutory professional regulatory regime and that their qualification is standardised across...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications received in each CHO in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Cancer Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm he is aware of the report by clinicians from the National Cancer Control Programme to an Implementation Working Group (details supplied) that 25% of...
    • Medicinal Products
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing funding in 2024 to prevent Ireland’s average timelines for patient access to new medicines from deteriorating relative to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [43730/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the non-EU doctor scheme; how many GPs have been recruited to date; to provide a breakdown, by county, of the number and location of GPs...
    • Departmental Funding
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the request from an organisation (details supplied) for funding support to enable its vital work of providing financial assistance directly...
    • Health Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43763/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      528. To ask the Minister for Health his views on legislating for folic acid fortification of certain staple food products to aid the prevention of certain brain and spinal conditions and neural...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      529. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will have the results of a biopsy carried out on 22 August at University Hospital, Waterford; the reason for...
    • General Practitioner Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes for January 2024 in the way the Revenue Commissioners treat general medical services income within general...
    • Home Care Packages
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if...
    • Cancer Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish National Accreditation Board accreditation was not obtained before opening the new cervical screening laboratory in December 2022; the...
    • State Properties
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      540. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the present rate of the minimum excise duty on cigarettes, with particular reference to public health; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Equipment
      541. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all the radiotherapy machines in UHL; the type of machine; when it was first used in the hospital; and any gaps in service for any machine,...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43947/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Health to give urgent attention to a problem (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43964/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the reason (details supplied) is waiting so long on a procedure in Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43966/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue where a person (details supplied) is unable to register with a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43968/23]
    • Hospital Equipment
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days from January 2022 to the end of September 2023 during which radiation oncology services at University Hospital Limerick were unavailable due...
    • General Practitioner Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health whether he is aware that many GP practices are charging fees to medical card holders for the administration of necessary injections (including blood tests)...
    • Hospital Trusts
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to upgrade the status of Letterkenny University Hospital from a model 3 hospital. [44006/23]
    • Health Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE to include Donegal town as one of the locations for a surgical hub, due to its location between Sligo University Hospital and...
    • Departmental Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient discharges for every acute hospital in the State in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [44008/23]
    • Hospital Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to every acute hospital in the State in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [44009/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds in use in each HSE area in public nursing homes for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payment of the Covid bonus; and whether he has an estimate of those who have yet to receive payment. [44019/23]
    • Health Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the fact that there are no chiropodists currently available under the public health system in Finglas (details supplied); his...
    • Nursing Education
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are an estimated 3,000 trained nurses from India and the Philippines currently working in Ireland; if he plans to allow those who...
    • General Practitioner Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE no longer helps people find a GP who accepts medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      565. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the process to bring parity of pay and conditions of workers in Section 38 and Section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff dissatisfaction at the removal of 480 staff car parking spaces from the CUH and CUMH campus to accommodate new capital...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the average time it takes for physiotherapists who received their qualification in Ireland to be accredited by CORU; the average time it takes for...
    • Hospital Transfers
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if transfers can be made for families who are on the waiting list for surgery in Temple Street Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue with the chiropody card system whereby a new system introduced recently has caused a delay in clinics receiving payment on time (details...
    • Home Care Packages
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an appeal in relation to a home care support package (details supplied) as advised by a home care support office; and if he...
    • Health Service Executive
      573. To ask the Minister for Health whether the external review being commissioned into aspects of orthopaedic surgery at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street will include operations...
    • Health Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to the creation of a national spina bifida register. [44078/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health how many new GP visit and GMS cards were issued in 2022; how many of the persons to whom these cards were issued in 2022 were unable to find a GP; how many of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [44107/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Mayo each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44141/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department, in County Clare; if they are currently in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve long Covid clinics around the country, recognising the ongoing suffering and need for care of a large proportion of Covid sufferers; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure CIT nurses in Care Doc, Carlow, receive the pandemic bonus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention has been drawn to (details supplied); to provide detail on the temporary closure of the centre; to outline the care plan for current and...
    • Health Service Executive
      589. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the number of overpayments made by HSE Pensions Management and subsequent requests for repayment letters issued to retired staff in each of the...
    • Health Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Health in light of the current situation in Temple Street and Cappagh Orthopaedic service, the arrangements that have been put in place for children with non-spinal...
    • Hospital Procedures
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with hip dysplasia who have had treatment, x-rays or assessments cancelled or delayed because of the current ongoing investigations and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      592. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their cancelled x-ray and proposed surgery before school age following ongoing treatment for hip dysplasia. [44219/23]
    • Health Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation with staffing in relation to the paediatric diabetes service in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; the number of children currently...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Costs
      594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a SUSI application by a person (details supplied). [43418/23]
    • Third Level Education
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional €307 million in core funding annually, promised in May 2022, will be provided to financially stressed universities; and...
    • Education Schemes
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the means by which students can prove that they are not supported by their parents in the circumstances where they...
    • Further and Higher Education
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress is being made with the establishment of a new veterinary programme in the Atlantic Technological University; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accommodations that can be provided to a student who has commenced third-level education and is deemed liable for non-EU student fees, whilst...
    • Third Level Admissions
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43613/23]
    • Further and Higher Education
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) which was issued to him, following a motion by Cavan County Council; and if he will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the Higher Education Authority. [43645/23]
    • Third Level Education
      602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he will assist with this matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the funding of on-campus student accommodation that was announced for Maynooth University in November 2022...
    • State Properties
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Higher Education Authority owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if...
    • Departmental Policies
      606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if future supports for PhD students will be distributed equitably amongst students, including students who conduct research under Department of...
    • Third Level Education
      608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on studying in the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43969/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding an apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44189/23]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the Charities Regulator in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [43644/23]
    • Proposed Legislation
      613. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the Control of Dogs and Dog Breeding Establishment Miscellaneous Bill; to outline the proposed changes; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      614. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding grant funding for a mens' shed in Mayo which was announced in November 2022 (details supplied). [43777/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Clare;...

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