Written answers
Thursday, 26 October 2023
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Expenditure Policy
8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what programmes of public expenditure will be subject to evaluation in the coming year; and whether this process needs to be reformed...
- Budget 2024
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering a revision to budget 2024, given the context of the wide range of inflation projections for 2024; and if he will...
- Public Expenditure Policy
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the budgeting process operated by his Department promotes innovation to a sufficient extent. [46963/23]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way;...
- Waterways Issues
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals to amend the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to include additional waterways, including the River Erne system in County Cavan;...
- Regional Development
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline where the balanced regional spend to the south east has been accomplished since the formation of the Thirty-third Dáil...
- Flood Risk Management
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in 2023 on to the delivery of the CFRAM scheme for County Louth; the current timelines for the delivery of the...
- Civil Service
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to legislate to bring senior civil servants under the standard disciplinary measures of the Civil Service; and if he will...
- Flood Risk Management
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any additional or emergency funding will be provided to the flood relief schemes following recent unprecedented flooding; if his...
- Climate Change Policy
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department is putting in place to decrease climate- and-or biodiversity-harmful spending in the public sector; and if he...
- Flood Risk Management
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any additional or emergency funding will be provided to the Glashaboy flood relief scheme following severe and unprecedented flooding...
- Public Procurement Contracts
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to empower contracting bodies to factor in past performance in delivering construction projects when applying for...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects to revise his allocation of capital spending across any Departments in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vacant Properties
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant properties in the OPW property portfolio; the number of these which require refurbishment in order to be brought...
- Flood Risk Management
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work undertaken to include nature-based solutions as an integral part of flood relief schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding his Department has made available to provide a pathway to eliminate the practice of accommodating young people with...
- Meteorological Services
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the collaboration work between the OPW and Met Éireann in relation to the flooding early warning systems; and if he will...
- Flood Risk Management
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated to Cork North Central to undertake minor flood mitigation works to address localised flooding in certain...
- Offshore Islands
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his further plans for An Blascaod Mór; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46989/23]
- Flood Risk Management
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated to initiate minor flood mitigation works to address localised flooding in certain areas in light of the...
- National Development Plan
40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how many major flood relief schemes have been completed under the national development plan since 2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Private Partnerships
41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what analysis has been conducted on the impact of the increasing reliance on public private partnership and leasing contracts and the...
- Public Expenditure Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which he decided to increase capital expenditure by only €250 million in 2024, given the large surpluses in the...
- Flood Risk Management
43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how many flood relief schemes are currently at the design, planning and construction stages; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Development Plan
44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the progress in reviewing the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46906/23]
- Equality Proofing
45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what action he and his Department have taken to expand the equality budgeting initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Risk Management
46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the up-to-date progress on the flood relief programme for the River Lee west of Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Budget 2024
48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on his Department’s allocation of moneys to the Department of Health in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
- Project Ireland 2040
49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of the Project Ireland 2040 annual report for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47022/23]
- Flood Risk Management
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative funding allocated under the national development plan for flood risk management measures in the period to 2030; and if he...
- Housing Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress the OPW is making on the delivery of 700 rapid-build homes; how many active sites exist at present; how many completed...
- Public Procurement Contracts
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to reduce the overreliance of the public sector on private consultants, making particular reference to the...
- Flood Risk Management
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on flood relief and flood defence schemes in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47026/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Nitrates Usage
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government’s agreed decision on derogation will not be as severe as anticipated for west Cork farmers (details...
- Climate Change Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the top priorities in 2024 for carbon emission abatement in agriculture, in marine and in forestry; and if he will...
- Departmental Bodies
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the work of the wool council to date; the frequency with which it has met; what reports have issued to him;...
- Agriculture Schemes
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the expansion of the lime scheme and making it available for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nitrates Usage
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the compatibility of maintaining a nitrates derogation in any form and combating water pollution; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS grants that remain outstanding; to outline the timeline for these to be looked at; and if he will make a statement...
- Farm Costs
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage increase in the cost of farm fertiliser in each of the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which the areas of natural constraint scheme is considered by his Department to be an agri-environmental scheme; the...
- Departmental Bodies
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 13 July 2023, if he will provide an update on the work of the wool council; if the...
- Agriculture Schemes
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the promised changes to the income supplement scheme under the bovine TB programme will come into effect, whereby these changes...
- Departmental Functions
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the environmental standards and nature protection provisions his Department oversees; the level of activity of...
- Agriculture Schemes
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the farm succession scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47007/23]
- Regulatory Bodies
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the establishment of the office of the agrifood regulator; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fodder Crisis
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a fodder scheme for the farmers along the river Shannon who lost meadow as a result of unprecedented rainfall...
- Hen Harriers
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider giving priority to ACRES applications where hen harrier designations exist, given these farmers currently have a...
- Climate Action Plan
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s ambitions for climate action addressing the food system; if he will outline his Department’s...
- Food Industry
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the application for PGI status for boxty. [46642/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible to amend existing ACRES plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46866/23]
- Fisheries Protection
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 13 July 2023, if he will provide an update on plans for the introduction of measures to...
- Food Safety
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full explanation of a recent incident (details supplied) involving European Union produce transiting through the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the supports and grants available to farmers who wish to provide renewable energy and electricity generation; and...
- Flood Risk Management
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to liaise with all the stakeholders, given the necessity to ensure soil management...
- Agriculture Schemes
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department collates statistics on the number of persons who obtain a green cert qualification; and, if so, if he will provide a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress of the agricultural sector in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Industry
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what efforts have been made to address the issue of just one herd keeper being allowed with regard to recognising the role of women in...
- Agriculture Schemes
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the lime scheme to next July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46903/23]
- Departmental Budgets
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what funding he intends to request for the agricultural sector from the announced climate and nature fund; how he will determine how...
- Fodder Crisis
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a fodder support scheme for farmers in the Shannon Callows who lost their fodder due to the flooding of the...
- Nitrates Usage
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the contacts his Department has had with the EU, other Departments and other State agencies recently in relation to...
- Agriculture Supports
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sexual and mental health supports he has put in place for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47006/23]
- Greyhound Industry
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what efforts have been made to improve the welfare of greyhounds in the racing industry; who is responsible for assessing those...
- Climate Change Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has estimated the likely financial impact of climate-induced flooding and other natural disasters on agriculture in...
- Agriculture Schemes
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue in respect of tranche 1 of TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46951/23]
- Agriculture Supports
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what proposals are in place to assist suckler and beef farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46904/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for further details on the increased budget being made available for the ewe premium scheme; the amount per ewe; when will it be...
- Departmental Reviews
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Government’s review of the independent review on ash dieback and its intended response;...
- Horse Racing Industry
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a need for a separate Irish injured jockeys fund, qualified riders accident fund company and jockeys accident...
- Departmental Expenditure
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of his Department’s direct financial contribution to the UN Committee on World Food Security, the foremost...
- Fuel Prices
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a fuel assistance support scheme for the fishing and aquaculture industries similar to such schemes...
- Agriculture Schemes
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the restrictions in KVA offered by the ESB for maximum export capacity (details supplied) in relation to farmers...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the status of a passport application (details supplied) as the applicant's travel date is imminent and all requested...
- Foreign Birth Registration
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); if, given the extensive additional supporting...
- Human Rights
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of a crackdown on oil pipeline protestors in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47068/23]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fuel Poverty
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 28 March 2023 and the issues raised by this Deputy in the debate relating...
- Inland Fisheries
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review of Inland Fisheries bylaws, which are in force for ten years or more, and their continued application,...
- Public Sector Pensions
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when pension payment will commence from his Department to a person (details supplied). [47088/23]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the standards that apply to radiation emissions from telecommunication masts; if different standards apply where they...
- State Bodies
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE staff in the National Cyber Security Centre as of 12 October 2023; and the estimated number of staff...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Data
124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to become a qualified air traffic controller; and when each of these persons will qualify, in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the safe routes to school project will be open again for new applications in 2023-24; what resources are in place to address road...
- Bus Éireann
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann on the need to move a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Military Aircraft
127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of his Department in ensuring that SI 224/1973 - Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods)...
- Road Projects
128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a full and comprehensive update on a proposed project for County Mayo (details supplied); what meetings have taken place in...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a VAT number is required to tax a vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47091/23]
- Cycling Policy
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grants are available for the purchase of e-bikes, particularly for older people who would like to avail of this form of transport but...
- Public Transport
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans, and those of the Dublin Airport Authority, to develop an appropriate bus and coach area for users of the...
- Bus Éireann
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate discussions with Bus Éireann concerning its service from the South East Technological University (details...
- Dublin Bus
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the top six most popular Dublin Bus routes, by passenger numbers per direction, in 2022, and for the first nine months of 2023, in...
- Bus Services
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding both Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann having the facility to accept card payments; and the amount spent...
- Traffic Management
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position in regard to traffic management proposals for Celbridge, County Kildare, the purpose of which were to alleviate...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates
140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the medical criteria for the provision of a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47080/23]
- Business Supports
141. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in each county that successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy support scheme; the estimated value or...
- Tax Reliefs
142. To ask the Minister for Finance how many homebuyers have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47102/23]
- Tax Credits
143. To ask the Minister for Finance how many taxpayers are currently claiming the rent tax credit, by county, in tabular form. [47129/23]
- Tax Yield
144. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the 8% USC rate were increased by a further 0.75%. [47144/23]
- EU Bodies
145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the bid to host the EU Anti-Money Laundering Association; if he has established a dedicated team of officials to work on...
- Tax Appeals Commission
146. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of determinations arrived at for the years 2020 to 2022, by each individual tax appeals commissioner. [47173/23]
- Tax Reliefs
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of mortgages eligible for the mortgage interest relief scheme announced in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Rebates
149. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax refund recently given in the name of a person (details supplied) was correctly subjected to further taxation by way of PAYE, PRSI and USC; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made by the OPW in safeguarding roads and property adjacent to an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- National Development Plan
152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most common reasons for a slowdown in the delivery of the national development plan, the actions now being taken to address this as...
- Flood Risk Management
153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding can be granted to premises on Friar Street, Thurles, County Tipperary, for the installation of flood gates or barriers at the...
- National Development Plan
154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the performance in relation to timely and value-for-money delivery of the national development plan to date against the revised NDP...
- Office of Public Works
156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant full-time tiler, roofer and electrician posts within the OPW; and when he expects these vacancies to be filled, in...
- Departmental Budgets
157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of the departmental allocation of €708 million allocated for the existing level of service in budget 2024, for...
- Public Sector Pay
158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed funding allocation for potential pay increases across the public service in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Risk Management
159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the flood relief work planned by the OPW in the Bettystown and Mornington areas of County Meath; and if he will make a...
- National Development Plan
160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects all Government projects being delivered under the national development plan to continue to be completed...
- State Properties
162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the current discussions in relation to access to Castletown House and lands, which are in the ownership of the State (details...
- Public Expenditure Policy
163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he remains satisfied that levels of public expenditure here are adequately proofed to ensure the best outcome for the Exchequer...
- Public Sector Staff
168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the full extent to date of current recruitment throughout the public sector; the expectation in respect of future recruitment...
- Brexit Issues
169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the impact of Brexit on the public and private sectors here, with a view to...
- Public Procurement Contracts
170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which public procurement, and reform thereto, continues to be part of Government policy, with particular reference to the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Small and Medium Enterprises
173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to support small and medium businesses with costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Meetings
174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last met the CEO of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [47159/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a mechanism for junior certificate students to receive the percentage grades of their results to assist them in determining future...
- Departmental Contracts
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the case of a company (details supplied) that, having fulfilled its e-tender obligations for the delivery of modular...
- Schools Building Projects
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of new school buildings for a school (details supplied); the stage that the project is at; and the...
- School Facilities
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial support is available from her Department to improve educational services at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 2 February 2023, if she will review the further response received (details supplied); and if she will...
- School Transport
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to give an update on a school transport query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47121/23]
- School Staff
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers allocated in each county for 202324, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47134/23]
- Education and Training Boards
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who authorised and ordered an audit into increments payable to casual workers employed by educational training boards across the State; when the...
- School Enrolments
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian pupils currently enrolled in Irish schools at primary level, by county, in tabular form; the number enrolled at...
- National Educational Psychological Service
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for the National Educational Psychological Service in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and the budget allocation for same in...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding approved in the previous round of the sports capital programme through OSCAR; the amount already drawn...
- Sports Facilities
189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if construction works have commenced on the construction of a new national velodrome centre; and, if so, the number of...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of residential dwellings purchased to date in 2023; and the total number of first-time buyers who have...
- Waterways Issues
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of the progress made to date by Waterways Ireland regarding its work on the...
- Housing Schemes
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what exceptions are made for people on disability allowance who have been renting a local authority house for over 15 years...
- Meteorological Services
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the flood forecasters at Met Éireann meet daily, including weekends; if there are minutes or notes available from...
- Defective Building Materials
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend proposals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/23]
- Housing Schemes
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who has previously been named on a mortgage, although having never actually resided in the mortgaged property, can...
- Departmental Meetings
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he met the Mayor of Charlotte during his recent visit to the United States. [47161/23]
- Special Areas of Conservation
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consultation took place with the local community and with local stakeholders before the renewal of the North Inishowen...
- Departmental Schemes
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the submission his Department made to the Department for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery...
- Defective Building Materials
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); if he will advise on access to financial support to the person concerned; and if he...
- Housing Policy
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if home extensions that commenced in the period between the issuing of circular PL 04/2023 and the guidance note for local...
- Wind Energy Generation
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in considering the Kilkenny wind energy strategy proposed by Kilkenny County Council; if he will...
- Waterways Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which arrangements can be made for families currently living on the Grand Canal in County Kildare, who have been...
- Traffic Management
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to indicate the extent to which proposals to improve traffic flows in Maynooth, County Kildare, are being progressed, given...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance, which was submitted at the end of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied). [47122/23]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa extension request by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Immigration Policy
212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applications (details supplied) will be finalised and permission granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Visa Applications
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application (details supplied) will be finalised and visa permission granted; if she will review the circumstances...
- Public Procurement Contracts
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new tender for the provision of new Garda public order unit vans will be put out to tender before the end of 2023. [47156/23]
- An Garda Síochána
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Fleming; the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation; and if this...
- Gambling Sector
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the proposed Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 will impact on traditional community pastimes such as bingo and card drives; and...
- Immigration Status
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 17 October 2023, if she will review the case to facilitate the residency of a...
- Citizenship Applications
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure now to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Tribunals of Inquiry
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been...
- Brexit Supports
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant aid approved under the Brexit inshore business model adjustment scheme that has not been drawn down by fishermen...
- Greyhound Industry
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many of the 12,483 non-coursing greyhounds born and registered with the Irish Coursing Club between 1 January 2021 and 31...
- Departmental Functions
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason responsibility for the horse and greyhound racing industries transferred from the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism to...
- Greyhound Industry
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the discrepancy in figures given by Rásaíocht Con Éireann in relation to the number of non-coursing...
- Agriculture Schemes
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason VAT cannot be claimed back on calf feeders under the TAMS grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Horse Racing Industry
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of issues with the production of passports for foals; if steps are being taken to alleviate the backlog that is...
- Agriculture Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will review the TAMS 3 rules as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inshore Fisheries
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking fulfil the programme for Government commitment to "ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for...
- Greyhound Industry
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded injuries and deaths of greyhounds that occurred at greyhound racing stadiums and events organised by the Irish...
- Agriculture Supports
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47125/23]
- Invasive Species Policy
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if logs being imported from Scotland are 100% free of bark; if he will outline any risk regarding the spruce bark beetle (ips...
- Departmental Staff
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected cost of running the forestry division of his Department for the remainder of 2023, and for the full year in 2024, in...
- Departmental Expenditure
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to his Department of outsourced ecology services for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47140/23]
- Forestry Sector
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly average number of forestry licence issued across all sections by his Department to date in 2023; and if he will make a...
- Animal Culls
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers caught in body restraint devices on an annual basis since the introduction of their use, on a county basis; and...
- Agriculture Supports
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the needs of the agrifood producing sector, with particular reference to the need to...
- Food Industry
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food and food products; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pigmeat Sector
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the pigmeat sector is adequately supported in a highly competitive environment; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Industry
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the poultry production sector here remains viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47215/23]
- Agriculture Supports
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the cereal-growing sector is adequately supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47216/23]
- Climate Action Plan
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which efforts continue to maximise the reduction of carbon emissions in the agrifood sector without reducing...
- Agriculture Supports
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts ongoing by his Department to address issues around farmer mental health and well-being; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Industry
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current strength of the dairy herd; the degree to which it has fluctuated or is likely to so do in the future, with particular...
- Food Industry
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which ongoing inspections of food and food products for export continues to ensure the highest possible standards; and...
- Forestry Sector
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the ongoing forestry development programme continues, with due regard for the necessity to use marginal lands as...
- Flood Risk Management
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to indicate, in the context of land management and maintenance, the extent to which land drainage continues to be central,...
- Agriculture Industry
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which Irish agriculture continues to compete strongly with other competitors in the Irish and European markets as well...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Special Educational Needs
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to address an issue with therapists in a school (details supplied). [47078/23]
- Disabilities Assessments
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an exception can be made for a child (details supplied) in order that they can have access to AIMS and-or...
- Special Educational Needs
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when therapists will be reinstated at a special school in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- International Protection
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a Ukrainian family who are living at a location (details supplied). [47136/23]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for excluding childminders who provide the ECCE curriculum from the core funding flat-rate allocation...
- Childcare Services
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress in drafting new regulations for childminders; and if his Department...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, at a CAMHS centre (details supplied); the number of vacant staff, by job title, in this office; and when these vacancies...
- Health Services Staff
266. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the embargo on recruitment in the HSE, existing staff who have been approved for transfers from one area to another will still be accommodated...
- General Practitioner Services
267. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the options available for a private patient to access GP services when they have moved to a new area and have been refused by all local GP surgeries...
- Hospital Appointments Status
268. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47049/23]
- Hospital Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the terms of reference for the work EU consultants are carrying out at Letterkenny University Hospital currently; the duration of the contract, and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
270. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47065/23]
- Medicinal Products
271. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain anti-seizure medications are not covered under the long-term illness scheme, despite being used in the treatment of epilepsy, which is a...
- Health Services Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review the decision to embargo the hiring of new genomic resource associate roles as previously committed to in the implementation of the National...
- Home Help Service
274. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in home help provision (details supplied); what measures are being put in place to address this situation; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Staff
275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff (details supplied) employed in whole-time equivalent terms in certain categories in each individual public and voluntary hospital in...
- Hospital Facilities
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds currently provided in each public and voluntary hospital as of 20 October 2023 or the latest date available, in tabular form; and...
- Hospital Staff
277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant consultant and registrars posts, by speciality, currently at the Mater hospital; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in...
- Departmental Budgets
278. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each of the three maternity hospitals within Dublin in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [47150/23]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list to see each consultant neurologist at Beaumont Hospital. [47151/23]
- Hospital Facilities
280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CT and MRI scanners in use at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [47152/23]
- Mental Health Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are in place to secure the future of a centre (details supplied) that has announced it is to close due to inadequate annual funding from his...
- Home Help Service
283. To ask the Minister for Health when extra home help hours can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47168/23]
- Primary Medical Certificates
284. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get a primary care certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47176/23]
- Departmental Budgets
285. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the departmental allocation of €708 million for the existing level of service in budget 2024, for example, demographics, PSP deal and...
- Home Care Packages
286. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care provision or nursing home support scheme will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Safety
287. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ongoing inspections of food and food products for export continues to ensure the highest possible standards; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding supports are available for apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47075/23]
- Departmental Budgets
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the 2022 and 2023 capital budget allocation for his Department; and the expected capital allocation for his Department in 2024, in tabular form....
