Written answers
Thursday, 9 November 2023
- Department of Health
- Health Services
8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of plans his Department has for Inis Ghile Centre in Parteen, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48823/23]
- Health Strategies
13. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Community Care
17. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Disease Management
19. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing a funded bandage scheme for those battling with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49084/23]
- Home Help Service
20. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to supply home supports to all people approved and waitlisted in the Cork-Kerry community healthcare area; to lift the recruitment...
- Health Strategies
21. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Hospital Equipment
22. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to deliver a MRI scanner to Monaghan Hospital. [48992/23]
- Hospital Overcrowding
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on his Department's latest work in tackling overcrowding in hospitals. [48866/23]
- Primary Care Centres
24. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of the primary health care centre in Finglas. [49072/23]
- Hospital Overcrowding
25. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the virtual home hospital services within the HSE for early supported discharge in order to reduce strain on the hospital service during the...
- Medical Cards
27. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the health services that are covered by the medical card, with a view to including such costs as signed letters from a GP or nurse and blood...
- Primary Care Centres
28. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Tullow, County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48988/23]
- Health Services
29. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- International Protection
30. To ask the Minister for Health what preparations have been carried out to provide for the health care needs of the 950 people to be accommodated in Stradbally under the temporary...
- Hospital Overcrowding
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to end hospital overcrowding, especially in Cork hospitals which experienced record overcrowding this year; and if he...
- Medicinal Products
32. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Care of the Elderly
33. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Commission on Care for Older People to convene; the impact that the additional funding secured in Budget 2024 will have on expediting this...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital projects associated with Mayo University Hospital, the ED and 75-bed ward; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Substance Misuse
35. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has investigated the dangers of nitrous oxide on young people; if there are plans to bring forward legislation to regulate the sale of nitrous...
- Departmental Expenditure
36. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Hospital Overcrowding
37. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and his Department are taking to address the large volumes of people being treated on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick, where the 2023...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
38. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current waiting times for orthodontic appointments in the Cork public system (details supplied); what measures are in place to reduce...
- Mental Health Services
39. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has criticised the allocation of just €13 million to €14 million for the development of new...
- Hospital Investigations
40. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review underway into matters in Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48770/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
41. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that at three-quarters of the way through 2023, instead of the targeted reduction of...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48987/23]
- Industrial Relations
43. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations between Fórsa and the HSE over industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49011/23]
- Departmental Data
44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of patients being treated in key categories and the trends in patient numbers compared to the corresponding...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
45. To ask the Minister for Health to consider extending the pandemic special recognition payment to nurses and staff of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Vaccination Programme
46. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the take-up of vaccinations under the Autumn vaccination programme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49044/23]
- Hospital Services
47. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Official Engagements
48. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of hospitals he has visited over the past 12 months. [48771/23]
- Health Services
49. To ask the Minister for Health his views on further extending local injuries unit- and medical assessment unit-opening hours in CHO3, in view of significant overcrowding at University...
- Primary Care Centres
50. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will recommence on Ballyhaunis primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48457/23]
- Community Care
51. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any recruitment process underway to increase staffing levels in the Áras Mhic Dara community nursing unit in Carraroe to facilitate the use...
- Health Services
52. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Health Services Staff
53. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 10,538 patients, including 273 children, went without a bed in October and has stated...
- Hospital Facilities
54. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the facilities of Midleton Hospital after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the...
- Health Services
55. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have identified blockages in the delivery of health services, with particular reference to addressing such issues in...
- Climate Change Policy
56. To ask the Minister for Health the current resources and organisational structure of the climate change unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49031/23]
- Mental Health Services
57. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, for CAMHS...
- Care of the Elderly
58. To ask the Minister for Health how the extra funding of €4.6 million in Budget 2024 will increase the provision of transitional care to make sure that older people get the care they...
- Vaccination Programme
59. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has provided to his Department to date the detailed costings and an implementation plan requested which will inform a decision in relation to the...
- Hospital Services
60. To ask the Minister for Health what further plans are being considered to deal with the ongoing crisis at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48213/23]
- International Protection
62. To ask the Minister for Health what extra capacity has been added to the local health services to provide for the additional 950 asylum seekers in Stradbally and for the local population; who...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
63. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the Budget 2024 capital allocation for Health will not result in the opening of the...
- Health Services
64. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update regarding wait times for both adult and child occupational therapy services in Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathcoole, Newcastle,...
- Mental Health Services
65. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the establishment in Limerick of the trial 24/7 mental health de-escalation unit; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Health Service Executive
67. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the planned HSE NCHD recruitment freeze is “in breach of NCHD...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the three new elective hospitals in Cork, Galway and Dublin, as promised under the National Development Plan; when he expects work to begin on...
- Eating Disorders
69. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Health Services
70. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor, assess and remedy any shortcomings in the delivery of health services, whether in regard to...
- Mental Health Services
71. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to reports of high and unmanageable stress levels amongst CAMHS staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49010/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 21 September 2023, the status of the examination by the HSE of the completed SAR/PBC for the new emergency...
- Mental Health Services
73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, for the further development and expansion of South Lee Mental Health Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47766/23]
- Primary Care Centres
74. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of all primary care centres under construction or opened in Dublin mid-west; the staffing levels of each centre; the dates for...
- Home Help Service
75. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are awaiting discharge from all hospitals under the South/South West Hospital Group due to no home supports being in place; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services
76. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issues highlighted with respect to referrals to CAMHS teams in CHO3 identified in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Climate Action Plan
77. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the ongoing implementation of Action 1.5 in the Health Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2019-2024 to ensure effective health service...
- Departmental Expenditure
78. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Departmental Priorities
79. To ask the Minister for Health how his Department will utilise the additional €2.6 billion in funding for mental health and older persons announced in Budget 2024 to provide enhanced...
- Health Service Executive
80. To ask the Minister for Health if he would provide an update on any HSE facilities that were damaged after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the...
- Primary Care Centres
81. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to develop a primary care centre and day care centre in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49075/23]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of the National Treatment Purchase Agency in 2023; and the plans for 2024. [48358/23]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent applications completed since the review commenced; and to provide an update on the review into...
- Wastewater Treatment
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to make a decision on the applications made to his Department in respect of developing sewage schemes for the...
- Energy Conservation
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many local authority homes have been retrofitted to date in 2023; how many were retrofitted to a standard of BER B2 or...
- Housing Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an overview of the €5.1 billion capital investment in housing in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defective Building Materials
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the growing anger and frustration amongst affected homeowners in Donegal and other counties at the serious...
- Urban Development
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 10 October 2023, if he will report on the progress of the TOD Working Group in...
- Water Safety
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Mayo County Council will receive the framework document to submit bids for the multi-annual rural water programme; and if...
- Vacant Properties
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on efforts to tackle vacancy and dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48893/23]
- Flood Risk Management
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the additional supports that his Department will provide for a local authority following the...
- Housing Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he can identify through the various local authorities suitably developed sites on which builders can be...
- Traveller Accommodation
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation. [49051/23]
- Housing Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the lack of progress in utilising off-site housing construction for the delivery of social housing; and if he...
- Rental Sector
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on plans for a Government deposit protection scheme for renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many social homes are in the pipeline, either on site or at various stages of design and procurement; and if he will make...
- Planning Issues
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress of developing sustainable and compact settlements guidelines for planning authorities;...
- Grúpaí Idir-Rannacha
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cathain a fhoilseofar na Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta; an gcinnteoidh sé go mbeidh ionadaíocht don...
- Housing Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position regarding the success of the Croí Cónaithe scheme; if he will provide a breakdown of...
- Local Authorities
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any study to determine what the average turnaround time is for reletting when a local...
- Wildlife Protection
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what action is being taken by Government to combat the mass decline of insects and wildlife in Ireland; and how the Government...
- Planning Issues
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a progress update on the planning measures he introduced two years ago to increase home ownership and restrict the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many local authority homes have been installed with solar PV to date in 2023; if there are plans to establish a dedicated...
- Housing Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what plans are in place to provide affordable housing in Cork county and specifically the Macroom LEA; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include decluttering support as part of the housing aid for older people grant; and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measure his Department is taking to ensure affordable housing is provided in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will provide an...
- Local Authorities
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has responded to date to the Galway Social Housing Taskforce Chairperson’s Report on Progress to end-2022; the...
- Housing Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rental Sector
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if recent interventions, such as the tenant-in-situ initiative, are making an impact in providing secure long-term social and...
- Housing Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what increase is being provided for the Croí Cónaithe fund in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Emergency Accommodation
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a report (details supplied); the steps he is taking address the findings regarding large numbers being unable to...
- Homeless Persons Supports
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the regional homeless forums have been turned down for funding for homeless actions in their areas; if so, which groups;...
- Housing Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing new scheme of letting priorities which would allow councils to prioritise housing applications...
- Housing Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected number of units to be delivered by the end of the Government’s term, broken down by affordable purchase,...
- Derelict Sites
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update in relation to reviewing the guidelines and definitions provided to city and county councils around dereliction...
- Vacant Properties
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the voids programme for 2024 will be finalised; the national allocation; the funding that will be made available for...
- Defective Building Materials
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the revised defective concrete block redress scheme. [49053/23]
- Water Services
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to support improved water supplies in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Coastal Zone Management
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the new National Coastal Change Management Strategy. [49077/23]
- Rental Sector
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the social and cost-rental tenant-in-situ schemes, including the number of purchases to date. [49050/23]
- Housing Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the policy with respect to the establishment of housing developments with self-contained apartments for older...
- Vacant Properties
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the pilot scheme to provide grants for expert conservation advice to owners of vacant farmhouses; and if he...
- Agriculture Industry
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will change the rules governing the spreading of slurry to allow farmers to spread slurry after 30 September each year,...
- Housing Schemes
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied), which found that only 27 properties were available within...
- Water Pollution
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned at the impact of pollution from agriculture on algal blooms in Blessington Lakes; the measures he will take...
- Housing Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of housing on public-owned sites in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11. [49070/23]
- Homeless Persons Supports
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which extra methods and means can be employed to provide extra housing in sufficient volume to meet requirements...
- Rental Sector
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what funding is being provided for cost rental in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48979/23]
- Housing Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the latest information on the purchases of homes by first-time buyers and the supply of...
- Flood Risk Management
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of the national river catchment model to assist with flood prediction alerts and the delivery of...
- Building Regulations
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there is a need for an increase in the number of changing places and toilets for people with severe...
- Scéimeanna agus Tacaíochtaí Tithíochta
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an gcuirfidh sé scéim tithíochta shainiúil don Ghaeltacht ar bun, anuas ar (nó lasmuigh de) Croí...
- Rental Sector
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the secure tenancy affordable rental (STAR) investment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consideration his Department has given to the role long-term leases, or ‘life-leases’, can play in the...
- Vacant Properties
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the significant investment in the voids programme over recent years will be continued in 2024, in view...
- Local Government Reform
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals he plans to table for consideration by the citizens of Dublin of future governance for the city. [48357/23]
- Housing Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the provision of both social and affordable housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Wastewater Treatment
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give consideration to expanding the current domestic wastewater treatment system grants outside of the current...
- Defective Building Materials
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will include the redress focus groups on the implementation steering group to access the financial needs of...
- Housing Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the delivery of affordable homes in Poolbeg West SDZ and St. Michael’s Estate. [49052/23]
- Housing Schemes
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what schemes are provided by his Department to help first-time buyers in acquiring their new home; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a British RAF surveillance aircraft (details supplied) was authorised to fly along the west coasts of Donegal and Mayo within Irish...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Postal Services
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on what measures are being taken to ensure An Post uses Eircodes effectively, considering recent...
- Wind Energy Generation
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the new wind energy onshore projects to come on stream this year; the amount of energy they will generate; the number...
- Renewable Energy Generation
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the community renewable projects that have received connection to the electricity network,...
- Energy Conservation
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the support and resourcing for retrofitting; to provide a breakdown of staffing to support these projects at...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has conducted any research, internally or through a consultancy firm on the dangers posed by offshore...
- Department of Defence
- Commemorative Medals
196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a 2016 service medal (commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising); and if he will make...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on the recent notification issued by a taxi service platform to its drivers (details supplied) which appears to push drivers into...
- Public Transport
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will liaise with the NTA to see if a review is complete with respect to a service (details supplied) in County Cork...
- Road Projects
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial financial allocation under the road works programme to Cavan County Council in 2024 for the further...
- Bus Services
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which it might be possible to ensure that the private bus service operating from Naas to Blanchardstown might include...
- Department of Finance
- International Agreements
206. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been analysis conducted into the impact to Irish and EU headquarter firms, compared to companies in other jurisdictions, due to the varied...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Contracts
207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that recent changes to the e-tendering system are having a hugely negative impact on businesses using the platform and if...
- Flood Risk Management
208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update in relation to a scheme (details supplied); to provide a proposed timeline for the progression of the scheme; and...
- Public Sector Staff
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make available the full report of the Review of Public Service Allowances and Premium Payments (details supplied); and if he...
- Pension Provisions
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate the number of requests from the trustees of pension funds of state bodies for increases to be made to pensioners...
- Waterways Issues
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will assign the Office of Public Works, vis-à-vis a Service Level Agreement with Clare County Council, to clean the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are ongoing delays to a school build project that is urgently needed (details supplied); if her Department will engage with the...
- School Transport
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 19 October 2023, if she will provide a status update on the contract for a special education bus;...
- School Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers and tutors can expect to be paid for their work under the summer programme 2023, considering that it is unacceptable that work...
- State Examinations
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to grant certain cohorts of students (details supplied) additional time for Leaving Certificate examinations; and if she will...
- School Transport
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme provides funding to schools to transport students to and from school sanctioned activities, including academic...
- Curaclam Scoile
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh aon deontais nua bhreise ar fáil do bhunscoileanna le cúnamh a thabhairt dóibh deireadh a bheith acu leis an gcuraclam...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reducing the pupil teacher ratio further for three-teacher schools, with all schools with more than 40 pupils having three...
- Schools Amalgamation
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of small rural schools that have closed or amalgamated with a larger school each year in the past ten years, by county, in tabular...
- Special Educational Needs
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is willing to make special arrangements for the 12 schools on offshore islands in relation to special education teachers as it is not...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Scéimeanna Teanga
223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist ardú deontais a thabhairt do na teaghlaigh a choinníonn scoláirí faoi Scéim na...
- Tourism Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will prioritise and approve an application for funding for an organisation (details supplied). [49182/23]
- Scéimeanna Teanga
225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad teaghlach a chothaigh scoláirí an samhradh seo faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge agus...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Marine Protected Areas
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consideration his Department is giving to further marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Emergency Services
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how his Department co-ordinates with rural emergency services to respond effectively to natural disasters and emergencies in...
- Water Services
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarity as to what housing estates in Ardnacrusha, County Clare, will benefit from the €5,466,825...
- Housing Policy
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Housing for All progress report published in July 2023. [36288/23]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider the removal of exemptions of planning for small telecommunication masts in order that they would be...
- Water Services
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how budget 2024 will provide for significant improvements in public water and wastewater services; and if he will make a...
- Heritage Sites
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has examined the tourism potential of Dowth Hall, Slane, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Inquiries
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been...
- Departmental Schemes
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 20 June 2023, when he expects that affected apartment blocks will be able to...
- Flood Risk Management
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding can be provided to the owners of premises (details supplied) for the installation of flood barriers at the...
- Invasive Species Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding he secured under Budget 2024 for the culling of mink through the NPWS; when he intends to commence this...
- Departmental Budgets
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the final Revised Estimates Volume for Vote 34, Housing, Local Government and Heritage, from Budget 2023, as...
- Wastewater Treatment
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application from Galway County Council for a wastewater treatment plant for Castleblakeney village; and if he...
- Defective Building Materials
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the concerns of homeowners in Ireland who have been advised to demolish and rebuild their homes due to...
- Housing Schemes
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide in tabular form the number of application received by county for the croí cónaithe vacant house grant;...
- Wastewater Treatment
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes proposed to be made to the wastewater systems grant for private properties (septic tanks grant); when these...
- Building Regulations
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government which companies must secure Agrément certification; must subcontractors secure this certification to supply to other...
- Housing Policy
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to indicate, particularly for those who have been on waiting lists for many years, but whose income in the interim has...
- Housing Schemes
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if sufficient staff are available to the various local authorities to process and advise applicants in early date so as to...
- Housing Policy
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the further steps that can be taken to dramatically increase the housing output to meet the requirements of both the public...
- Construction Industry
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the provision of utilities such as electricity and water to new houses is currently limiting progress in...
- Planning Issues
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions applied for and refused by county in each of the past four years to date; the way such...
- Housing Policy
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an audit of vacant publicly owned buildings has been carried out or can be carried out, with a view to providing emergency...
- Housing Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department has identified issues deemed to impede the provision of much-needed affordable housing on...
- Housing Policy
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the introduction of emergency measures to enable local authorities to purchase houses where the number of...
- Homeless Persons Supports
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he might initiate emergency measures to facilitate the increasing number of families previously renting who are about to...
- Rental Sector
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the tenant-in-situ scheme for renters on social housing waiting lists who have been issued an NTQ; if...
- Energy Conservation
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the retrofit programme for local authority housing; if any delays in the programme have been brought...
- Planning Issues
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the transferring of staff from the Planning Regulator's Office to the office of An Bord Pleanála in...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what oversight his Department will have of the trust (details supplied) where taxpayers money would be used to fund the trust...
- Rental Sector
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consultations his Department has had with Wexford County Council housing department in regards the tenant-in-situ scheme...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carers allowance review for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she...
- State Pensions
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person (details supplied) receives an adult dependent allowance in respect of his wife as part of his State pension...
- Social Welfare Payments
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate, notwithstanding Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 19 October 2023, if it can be arranged to transfer the payment...
- Social Welfare Benefits
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when jobseeker's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to an application submitted to her Department in August 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Human Rights
274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to establish a Statutory Inquiry, compliant with international human rights standards, into the arrest, detention,...
- Legislative Measures
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions that have been brought under Coco's Law since it was enacted in 2021; and if she will make a...
- Visa Applications
277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when visitor visas might be approved in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected position in relation to his application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Supports
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any assistance can be given to help a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49163/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person’s entry into a scheme will be affected (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49181/23]
- State Properties
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the supports that are available from his Department to public bodies to plant trees on publicly owned lands; if such...
- Forestry Sector
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 26 September 2023, if it is his intention to appoint members of the Social Economic...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Priorities
283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department continue to accelerate the programme of assessment in the case of...
- Disability Services
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth which Childrens Disability Network Teams do not have staff co-located in one setting. [49092/23]
- Residential Institutions
294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the launch of a scheme of restitution and enhanced medical card benefits for the mistreated...
- Legal Services Regulation
295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend the regulations in relation to the signing and witnessing of enduring powers of attorney; and...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the concerns of Core funding partner services regarding the comprehensive and validated...
- Departmental Policies
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 24 October 2023 with regard to the consultations being planned, if...
- Departmental Contracts
300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to release the full record of communication between his Department and the owner of an accommodation provider...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of capital funding available to his Department this year for the upgrading of existing childcare...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
303. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to augment child and adult mental health services in CHO7; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken...
- Departmental Funding
304. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Regulatory Bodies
305. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans by CORU to recognise athletic rehabilitation therapists in its regulation process; if not, the reason they will not be included; and if he...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with an address in County Kerry that are waiting for an outpatient appointment for cataracts; the number waiting for cataracts removal;...
- Departmental Expenditure
307. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has...
- Medicinal Products
309. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 15 June 2023, if the shortage of the pain medication (details supplied) has been resolved; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
310. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in community health posts serving the Balbriggan area, including occupational therapists, speech and language...
- Disease Management
311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dialysis patients from Meath travelling to hospitals located outside the county, by hospital, for each of the past five years, in tabular form;...
- International Agreements
312. To ask the Minister for Health if there are new protocols or arrangements under discussion at the WHO in relation to dealing with future pandemics; when it is proposed that the final...
- Health Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is intended to appoint the President of the University of Galway or their nominee ex-officio to the Board of the new Health Region (HSE West and...
- Medical Cards
314. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made any progress in ending the blood test charge for medical card holders by GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49164/23]
- Health Services Staff
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions in each CHO area, including the number of vacant PHN positions in each CHO area and the specific geographic areas...
- General Practitioner Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical centre in a location (details supplied), which is under the control of the HSE, is going to close in January 2024, if so, if the registered...
- Medical Cards
323. To ask the Minister for Health if a refusal for medical card can be reviewed and reversed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49219/23]
- Mental Health Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to improve the mental health facilities available in CHO7 in respect of each category of patient; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
325. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which plans are in hand to ensure an adequate GP service throughout County Kildare, given the number of GPs retiring and the existing and future...
- Medical Cards
327. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is intended to ensure the availability of full medical cards for those with life changing or terminal conditions, given the degree to...
- Health Services Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate staffing has or is being achieved at all levels throughout the health services, with a view to ensuring maximum operational...
- Healthcare Policy
329. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the various changes and requirements needed to fully introduce Sláintecare are being pursued at present; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
330. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which access to various medicines remains equally available to those in this jurisdiction, as compared with the rest of the single market in...
- Primary Care Centres
331. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the network of primary care centres throughout County Kildare in existence, proposed or at planning stage; the extent to which replacement of...
- Disease Management
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any plans that may be under way to ensure adequate support is provided to home dialysis-patients in the context of the current...
- Emergency Departments
333. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate emergency beds can be provided wherever required but particularly in accident and emergency hospitals on call where ambulances are queuing up while...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of FETAC Therapy Assistant Grade Programmes that were offered in 2022 and 2023; the number of FETAC Therapy Assistant Grade Programme...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Services
335. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received any plans to establish a library in an area (details supplied); and if she will detail the costs of same that she...
- Community Welfare Services
336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will clarify if the funding for local community staff that is part of the community services programme, managed by Pobal, will...
