Written answers

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Consultations
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from...
    • Passport Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [46804/23]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the additional allocation of €60 million to official development assistance in budget 2024 is sufficient to meet...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Consultations
      35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any...
    • Air Quality
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work, if any, his Department is carrying out in monitoring aircraft fumes in the housing estates surrounding Dublin...
    • Forestry Sector
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review an application (details supplied) for a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46805/23]
    • Energy Policy
      38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 11 October 2023, when he received a report (details supplied); and if he...
    • Environmental Schemes
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many solar panels were installed under the warmer homes scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2022, and to date in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amounts left over from the electricity cost emergency benefits schemes I and II; and to outline how those funds were...
    • Departmental Functions
      45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the environmental standards and nature protection provisions his Department oversees; the level of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Consultations
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations...
    • Defence Forces
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of dentists, pharmacist, nurses and doctors in the Defence Forces medical corps; the number of those posts that are vacant; and when...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Consultations
      48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from...
    • Legislative Process
      49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the implementation of legislation on scrambler bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46765/23]
    • Air Quality
      50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work, if any, his Department is carrying out monitoring aircraft fumes in the housing estates surrounding Dublin Airport; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait time for driving tests in the driving test centres that service the Dublin Fingal area; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on phase 9 of BusConnects, which will service the Fingal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46780/23]
    • Public Transport
      53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of spending on public transport per capita for each county between 2017 and 2023, in tabular form. [46852/23]
    • Bus Services
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new coach parking areas, by location, that were funded by the NTA in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of new coach...
    • Rail Network
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in respect of the new Woodbrook train station (details supplied); the body that will fund this project; the...
    • Driver Test
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many driving tests, on average, a driving tester carries out on a daily basis in Nenagh test centre, County Tipperary; if the centre...
    • Bus Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the public toilets in the Bus Éireann station in Tralee have been closed for a number of weeks; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a consultation period or if members of the public and local representatives will have any input into the changing of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider further the potential introduction of a scrappage scheme aimed at promoting the use of e-bikes in order to encourage...
    • Road Projects
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on progressing with a sense of urgency the N24 roads project, in light of numerous collisions on the N24, on both the eastern...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Consultations
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details...
    • State Bodies
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeals can recommence its clinics, considering that there have been no clinics since November 2021 and that there...
    • Tax Reliefs
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 18 October 2023, if he will specifically address the issue raised therein regarding the rationale for the...
    • International Agreements
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will be supporting the adoption of a United Nations tax convention under the proposal set out by the UN Secretary General (details supplied). [46844/23]
    • Tax Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of debt still warehoused under the tax debt warehousing scheme; the amount of this debt per division; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the start and completion timeframes for each localised flood relief scheme including Midleton, County Cork; and the reasons for the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from...
    • Flood Risk Management
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he will grant Cork City Council funding for a flood barrier for Coppervalley Vue in Cork city. [46922/23]
    • Waterways Issues
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a sluice gate on a river (details supplied) will be cleared out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46937/23]
    • National Development Plan
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 27 June 2023, the status of the independent evaluation of national development plan...
    • Office of Public Works
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 15 November 2022, the details of any analysis carried out by his Department into the impact...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Business Supports
      77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria for the grant for 50% of rates back for local businesses, as announced in budget 2024; and the opening date for...
    • Departmental Consultations
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from...
    • Business Supports
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the increased cost of business grant will include a provision to aid businesses that may struggle to meet the Government commitment...
    • Employment Rights
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline what the Workplace Relations Commission’s response was to a request concerning legislation (details...
    • Departmental Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has figures on the cost of hiring people on the national minimum wage or national living wage, which will include ten days' sick...
    • Business Supports
      82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to concerns and proposals raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Functions
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the environmental standards and nature protection provisions his Department oversees; the level of activity of...
    • Enterprise Policy
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans the Government has for employment and industry incentives in the south Kildare region, specifically, Monasterevin, Rathangan...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Consultations
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations...
    • School Transport
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 17 October 2023, what actions she has undertaken to investigate spare seat capacity on the school bus...
    • School Accommodation
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of capital works for a school (details supplied). [46810/23]
    • School Facilities
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the request by a school (details supplied) that the modular unit works at the school include direction to complete a yard in...
    • Education Welfare Service
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to the correspondence from a parent in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application for an emergency works scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46838/23]
    • School Transport
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if transport will be made available for a person (details supplied). [46839/23]
    • School Accommodation
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the submission to build an ASD unit in a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 17 October 2023, what actions she has undertaken to investigate spare seat capacity on the school bus...
    • Schools Building Projects
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); if a timeline for completion can be provided; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Bodies
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 19 October 2023, if she will supply the complete terms of reference provided to the working group in...
    • School Accommodation
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to sanction works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46990/23]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Consultations
      101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from...
    • Sports Funding
      102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her officials conduct due diligence in advance of awarding a sports capital grant. [46836/23]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authorities
      104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason, when retrofitting old council housing with more efficient air-to-water heating systems, the council did not...
    • Departmental Consultations
      105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue...
    • Local Authorities
      106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the number of biodiversity officers appointed to each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social housing units delivered by AHBs accessing the capital loan and subsidy scheme loans where the loans...
    • Vacant Properties
      108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a building (details supplied) is being left idle and falling into disrepair; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost rental acquisition price guidelines for Cork city. [46816/23]
    • Planning Issues
      110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time taken for An Bord Pleanála decisions from the date an appeal is lodged in each of the years 2019 to 2022...
    • Housing Provision
      111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have the appropriate sanction through Circular: NRUP 02/2021 to permit lower densities than 30 units per...
    • Housing Schemes
      113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of developments that are currently being developed or have been developed by each local authority under the...
    • Departmental Functions
      114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the environmental standards and nature protection provisions his Department oversees; the level of activity...
    • Local Authorities
      115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason social housing tenants applying for adaptation grants-works are being told by Kildare County Council there is no...
    • Heritage Sites
      116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans, if any, the Government has to purchase the property and lands at Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, in the interests of...
    • Housing Schemes
      117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the deserted wives payment, which is currently paid to a person in their 70s, is an eligible payment under the tenant...
    • Septic Tanks
      118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for inspected and condemned septic tanks that were not registered with a local authority in 2013 but...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Consultations
      119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection an bhfoilseoidh sí an méid iomlán a íoctar mar 'Sochar Linbh' sa stát in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 agus...
    • State Pensions
      121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if farmers who were in receipt of farm assist between the years 1998 and 2016, and who accrued class S contributions during...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently reinstate fuel allowance to a person (details supplied). [46833/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the timelines for auto-enrolment, including when it will be ready to launch; if she plans to seek submissions from...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a case on behalf of a person (details supplied), given the length of time the original...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of her Department’s plans for a permanent so-called voucher scheme for the Deaf community under...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the dates of payment of social welfare payments for Christmas week and the week up to the end of December...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind a person who is receiving the State pension and is carer for their partner not being entitled to receive...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Consultations
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue...
    • An Garda Síochána
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next Garda recruitment competition will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46768/23]
    • Passport Services
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the process of how a UK citizen married to an Irish citizen obtains an Irish passport; and if she will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the locations of entry of people who have applied for international protection in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of attempted murder and serious assault causing harm cases reported to gardaí within all the DMR divisions in...
    • Asylum Seekers
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people who have come through or are in the asylum application process and are resident in Ireland have criminal...
    • Departmental Data
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of attempted murder and serious assault causing harm cases reported to gardaí within all of the Cork, Galway...
    • Visa Applications
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the awards of study visas, by country of origin of awardees, since the beginning of 2022, in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate the current and-or expected position in regard to an application for naturalisation (details supplied); and if she...
    • Departmental Reviews
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the operation of county and city sheriffs' offices, including the need to put in place an independent mechanism...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish Embassy, consular, or mission staff in Albania and Georgia, which are designated safe countries, have engaged with any...
    • Courts Service
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Courts Service plans to review and streamline the probate processing service due to ongoing and lengthy delays; and if...
    • Peace Commissioners
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to become a peace commissioner;...
    • Visa Applications
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the visa options available to an American citizen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46945/23]
    • Departmental Functions
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the environmental standards and nature protection provisions her Department oversees; the level of activity...
    • Immigration Status
      149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on an application under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 by a person in County Kerry (details...
    • Protected Disclosures
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the fact that her attention has been drawn to a case within the IPS, she will engage with management and the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Consultations
      151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from...
    • Special Protection Areas
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an urgent reply will issue to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46815/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic income support sustainability scheme will be made available to a farmer in Kerry (details supplied); and...
    • Harbours and Piers
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the process whereby a fisherman can get a disputed harbour charge reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Schemes
      156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a scheme (details supplied) will extend beyond March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Consultations
      157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to indicate the eligibility criteria for redress-compensation as part of the mother and baby homes redress...
    • Asylum Seekers
      159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is planning to locate asylum seekers in Coole, County Westmeath, and in Castlepollard, County...
    • Disability Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify if all children in a school (details supplied) will have access to services; and what the plans are...
    • Children in Care
      162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what improved and specific help will be given to emergency foster carers for their contingent need, for example,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review a case (details supplied); if this process is discriminatory to children with disabilities who...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a service (details supplied) is included in the initial stage of the equal participation...
    • International Protection
      167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection availing of international protection in County Donegal...
    • Departmental Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 28 February 2023, what land has been made available to the OPW, by...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Health when psychology services will be put in place for a child (details supplied), given they have been on the waiting list for over two years; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Consultations
      171. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details...
    • Health Strategies
      172. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the national sexual health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46766/23]
    • Medical Qualifications
      173. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of changes to the recruitment process for qualified paramedics, the competency assessment process for qualified paramedics has undergone a review,...
    • Medical Cards
      178. To ask the Minister for Health the reason vitamins and supplements are not covered by the medical card scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46809/23]
    • Disability Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Health how many healthcare professionals are employed within each HSE region, including psychiatrists, psychologists and multidisciplinary support service...
    • Domestic Violence
      180. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to domestic violence services in Donegal for each of the years from 2019 to 2024; and if he will make a statement...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in Donegal for each of the years from 2019 to 2024 on a per capita basis; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason laboratory services are unable to cope with important routine blood testing; and if phlebotomy services are temporarily closing in other hospitals...
    • General Practitioner Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a change to the GMS payment for family practices (details supplied); if a new arrangement has been negotiated with the HSE and Revenue; and...
    • Health Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding a national register for the location of AEDs throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/23]
    • Vaccination Programme
      185. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no scheme in place to reimburse the cost of the shingles vaccine (details supplied); and if he will administer a blanket vaccine, as with...
    • Primary Care Centres
      186. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46829/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [46841/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      188. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the spend on ambulance services across Sligo and Leitrim between 2017 and 2023, in tabular form. [46855/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, to make melatonin available to patients through the medical card GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46858/23]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 and its proposal to legislate in respect of international surrogacy; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Health when the winter plan for hospitals will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46873/23]
    • Dental Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment can be offered to a child (details supplied); what options are available in this case, whose case it appears cannot be dealt with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      194. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46923/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      195. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a medical appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46926/23]
    • Medical Qualifications
      196. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if CORU's draft registrations plans will dilute standards from level 9 to level 8 criteria for training and remove vital elements of training such...
    • Hospital Services
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients who had their chemotherapy treatment delayed at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in...
    • Hospital Staff
      198. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if the second permanent breast surgeon for Letterkenny University Hospital has been ratified and agreed. [46931/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      199. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1803 of 11 September 2023, the ongoing costs involved in this job in UHK (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      200. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for an operation from Galway University Hospital; if and when a referral was...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships instituted in south Kildare since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46976/23]
    • Departmental Consultations
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations...
    • Further and Higher Education
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding plans and the timeframe to redevelop the former Pretty Polly plant and site in Killarney, County Kerry, into a...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Consultations
      207. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from...
    • Departmental Funding
      208. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund that has been spent; and to detail what the money has been spent on....
    • Departmental Schemes
      209. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of the allocations made under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      210. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community-based organisations supported by her Department's community services programme, by county, in tabular form;...