Written answers
Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electricity Grid
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of smart metres in Ireland; if it is a requirement now to have one in order...
- Illegal Dumping
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to combat illegal dumping; if extra resources are being given to counties Cavan and Monaghan...
- National Broadband Plan
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is his intention to enter into negotiations with National Broadband Ireland to ensure that all offshore islands...
- Data Centres
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of concerns raised by the Climate Change Advisory Council on islanded data centre policy, specifically...
- Renewable Energy Generation
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the delivery of renewable energy in Ireland; if he is aware of publicly expressed concerns about...
- Energy Conservation
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is concerned about the high failure rate of retrofits following inspection; the steps he is taking to address this...
- Renewable Energy Generation
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he intends to address the increasing concerns that Ireland will not reach the 2030 target for renewables and the...
- National Broadband Plan
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the up-to-date position regarding the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Conservation
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the development of one-stop-shops with regard to retrofitting; and if he will make a...
- Fuel Sales
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions his Department are taking to protect fuel merchants from those who are trading in smoky fuel; and if he will...
- Climate Change Negotiations
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his recent attendance at pre-COP28; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49688/23]
- Climate Change Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the local authorities’ climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50251/23]
- Renewable Energy Generation
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions with an energy company (details supplied) and Carlow County Council in relation to the...
- Energy Conservation
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details on the roll-out of the home energy upgrade loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Climate Change Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Taoiseach in relation to their...
- North-South Interconnector
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the North South Interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50170/23]
- Energy Conservation
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline what grant schemes to support the replacement of the communal heating systems running on fossil fuels with...
- Climate Change Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how Carlow will benefit from the €3.09 million in funding announced recently for the Climate Action Regional...
- European Union
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether consensus is emerging in the EU on future reforms in the electricity market; their likely impact on Ireland; and...
- Energy Conservation
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he plans to increase uptake on SEAI residential schemes by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Reviews
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he has not published the review of security of energy supply; how long since he received the first draft of...
- Energy Conservation
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on one-stop-shops on Residential/Community retrofit programmes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Wind Energy Generation
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated increase of on-shore wind generation for all years, including 2023 to 2030, in line with our climate...
- Recycling Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken any study to determine the merit of a refundable tax on plastic bottles; and if he will...
- Climate Change Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland continues to make progress towards meeting climate change issues with particular reference...
- Energy Conservation
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that are in place to support the reduction in residential emissions for households currently using kerosene...
- Climate Change Negotiations
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether Ireland plans to enter new undertakings in the context of the upcoming COP 28; if he will outline his priorities...
- Flood Risk Management
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to allowing instream works in the Glashaboy river to facilitate emergency flood works and...
- Renewable Energy Generation
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the works undertaken within his Department to fulfil the obligation on member states to carry...
- Energy Conservation
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications for the SEAI warmer homes grant to date in 2023; the average length of time people are...
- Postal Services
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on his plans for the further development of postal policy in the state; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress he and his Department continue to make towards the provision of high-speed, high-quality broadband...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Shannon Airport Facilities
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is compliant with the European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 in relation to checks on US military at...
- Public Inquiries
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when...
- United Nations
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s current preparatory plan for the UN Summit of the Future in 2024, in anticipation of the outcome document Pact for...
- Foreign Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative by Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50118/23]
- Good Friday Agreement
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to liaise with all concerned, in the aftermath of the Good Friday Agreement, in the context of ensuring that...
- Northern Ireland
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he continues to take to increase contact with all the communities in Northern Ireland, in the context of moves towards the...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is carrying out checks at Shannon Airport on US military vehicles which are stopping off enroute to Israel and other...
- Middle East
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider instructing Ireland's Permanent Representative to the UN to call for an Emergency UN General Assembly under the Uniting...
- Human Rights
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade according to his Department “Respect for human rights and the promotion of human rights is a cornerstone of Irish foreign...
- Northern Ireland
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 23 May 2023, and in light of the British government's Legacy Bill receiving royal assent and...
- Middle East
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has had opportunities to try and persuade the warring factions in the Middle East to desist in their current...
- Legislative Measures
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to bring forward the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 to Third Stage in Dáil Éireann,...
- Election Monitoring Missions
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the competition for the new DFA election monitoring roster will be advertised; the number of places available; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of the passport service, including staff costs, as well as the revenue generated in fees paid by applicants for passports and...
- Irish Aid
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the bilateral aid programme continues to identify with and assist countries and communities that continue to be affected...
- Diplomatic Representation
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish embassies abroad, diplomatic missions or other representatives continue to promote Irish trade throughout the...
- Disaster Response
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has made commitments and kept them in respect of various disaster areas throughout the globe;...
- Middle East
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has directly, or through the aegis of the EU/UN, influenced the international community towards engaging in a...
- Foreign Conflicts
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he directly, and through the EU/UN, continues to focus on conflict in a number of areas in Africa resulting in ethnic...
- EU Enlargement
70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which countries in the Western Balkans are being assisted towards membership of the European Union; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Conflicts
71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to use Ireland’s position at EU/UN level to highlight outrages against women and children in the...
- Foreign Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he can directly, or through the EU and/or UN, influence colleagues throughout Europe and the developed world and raise...
- Passport Services
74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the processing of passports has been upgraded to meet the requirements of applicants; and if he will make a statement on...
- European Union
75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union is alert to the threats to the security of the Union and possible future members; and if he will make...
- EU Enlargement
76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which enlargement of the European Union continues, the action taken to encourage applicant countries; and if he will make a...
- Middle East
77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has issued a condemnation of Israel in respect of its recent military assault in Gaza broadly and, specifically, in respect of: the...
- Northern Ireland
80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe in which the Government intends to decide whether to take legal action to the European Court of Human Rights in response to the...
- Middle East
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to secure the release of Irish hostages in Gaza and to facilitate the exit of Irish citizens from Gaza. [50513/23]
- European Council
83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on maintaining the requirement for unanimity on European Council Foreign Policy decisions; and if he intends to oppose efforts...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Climate Action Plan
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline what increases in emissions reduction targets will be included in the next Climate Action Plan, given the...
- Climate Change Policy
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline he and his Department's engagement with the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure,...
- Climate Change Negotiations
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline his Government's aims, goals and targets for the upcoming COP28 negotiations; and if he will make a...
- Air Quality
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what measures he proposes to reduce the impact of air pollution on the high levels of asthma and COPD in this country;...
- Renewable Energy Generation
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the way that the various State agencies under the aegis of his Department are facilitating the rollout of...
- Energy Conservation
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-cost retrofit loan scheme will be available to the public; the reason for the delay beyond the 2023 quarter...
- Electric Vehicles
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicles that received support though the SEAI accelerated capital allowance. [50397/23]
- Water Pollution
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the plans of his Department to ensure the protection of freshwater supplies given the appearance of algal...
- Bord na Móna
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he will contact a body (details supplied) to whom he referred a Parliamentary Question for reply, if he will...
- Waste Management
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular...
- Telecommunications Services
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which mobile telephone services remain good here when compared with other European Union Member States or...
- Broadband Infrastructure
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the ongoing steps to support remote working through the roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband connections to the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland’s emissions have been reduced in the past six years; and if he will make a statement...
- Energy Prices
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which it can be found possible to ensure that electricity providers pass on any further reduction in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland’s carbon reduction targets are currently in line with other European countries given...
- Renewable Energy Generation
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which wind and solar electricity generating targets are being realised at present; the extent to which...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 November 2023, to provide the tendering notice publication number for the relevant tender...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Vehicle Clamping
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to review clamping laws for vehicles in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/23]
- Driver Test
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50355/23]
- Departmental Functions
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the parameters in which an inspection of an aircraft with an exemption under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War,...
- Road Network
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a safety audit will be carried out on a bridge in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50396/23]
- Department of Finance
- Dental Services
122. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 26 September 2023, if he will provide further details to queries (details supplied) with absolute clarification;...
- Departmental Data
123. To ask the Minister for Finance when an appeal for a person in County Kerry will be processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50320/23]
- Tax Code
124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns that the residential zoned land tax is being applied in a manner not intended by the legislation underpinning it, specifically...
- Departmental Policies
125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will guarantee that the future Ireland fund and the infrastructure, climate and nature fund will not invest in the fossil fuels or the arms industry;...
- Legislative Measures
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review an issue in the Finance Bill that will detrimentally affect medical card holders and GPs regarding GMS contracts and agree to include text...
- Departmental Data
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars for which capital allowances were claimed under the 2008 emissions-based scheme for each of the VRT categories for the year 2022, in...
- Tax Code
128. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are limits on the price of cars for which tax allowances are available. [50399/23]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Strategies
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline his Department's road map for assisting the recovery in communities such as Midleton, County Cork, regarding flood...
- Parking Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will ensure parking is provided for staff at his Department; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update in relation to a pension transfer for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Risk Management
132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 7 November 2023 if, given the time that had elapsed to date and given the duress being...
- Parking Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that existing car parking facilities will continue to be made available to staff working in a government department in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Commercial Rates
134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any action is proposed in respect of commercial rate payers, who have only recently have had their rateable valuations...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Policies
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made to enable persons aged 70 years and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to drive public service vehicles and...
- School Transport
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is aware of any relaxation of the rule that a school bus driver must retire by the age of 70, given the current shortage of...
- Education Policy
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on submissions that her Department has received to date from the teacher representative unions in the State about the challenge of...
- Educational Disadvantage
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline how she plans to reduce class sizes in DEIS schools across Donegal in response to the challenge for teachers in trying to accommodate...
- School Staff
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the challenge of teacher retention and supply at schools across Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Educational Psychological Service
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the necessary resources to ensure the availability of a comprehensive National Education Psychological Service at schools...
- School Transport
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the provision of a bus from Swords to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50318/23]
- Education Policy
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the criteria that must be met for schools to be approved a change in status to coeducation; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Topical Issue Debate No. 2 of 5 July 2023, and with reference to her Department’s projected growth in enrolments in the east...
- Educational Disadvantage
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant full DEIS status to a newly amalgamated community school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- School Transport
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application for school transport for a student (details supplied); when a decision will be issued on this application; and...
- School Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many applications have been facilitated under the pilot voluntary re-deployment scheme for post primary school teachers; and if she will make...
- Scéimeanna Fostaíochta
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh íocaíocht á déanamh le bunscoileanna as pá a d’íoc siad le rúnaithe ar threoir na Roinne do...
- Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh deontas á íoc le bunscoileanna sa scoilbhliain 2023/2024 le haghaidh mionoibreacha; agus más rud é go mbeidh,...
- Covid-19 Paindéim
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil deontas eile le cur in áit an deontais glantacháin Covid-19 de bharr na gcostas méadaithe atá ar scoileanna de...
- Pleananna Oideachais
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist sceideal na ndeontas reatha ar fad atá le híoc le bunscoileanna don scoilbhliain 2023/2024 a chur ar...
- Scéimeanna Rannacha
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén ráta deontais caipitíochta a íocfar le bunscoileanna don scoilbhliain 2023/2024; cén uair a íocfar é; agus...
- Educational Disadvantage
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the designation in a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50464/23]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Advertising
155. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount spent by her Department on advertisement of and promotion of the TV licence for each of the past five years,...
- Coláistí Samhraidh
156. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nár íocadh go fóill na táillí atá ag dul do mhná tí i dtaca le mic...
- Television Licence Fee
157. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date figures relating to TV licence fee renewals and new licences; if she will provide a month-by-month comparison, in...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Supply
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there should be full transparency in relation to the data on water abstraction; and if he will make a...
- Housing Policy
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person can be put on a local authority housing list in Ireland if they have a house in another EU Member State; and if...
- Tax Code
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 19 October 2023, if he will clarify an issue (details supplied); and if he will...
- Septic Tanks
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in relation to grants for septic tank improvements, he plans to increase the numbers of inspections available nationwide,...
- Water Pollution
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans of his Department to protect rivers and fresh water lakes from agricultural runoff and to prevent algae blooms and...
- Homeless Accommodation
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of exits from homelessness accommodation funded by his Department in each quarter from 2019 to Q3 2023...
- Housing Policy
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will lay out the exact social housing competencies for which local authorities are responsible, as opposed to his...
- Housing Schemes
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he might review the situation whereby housing applicants on being approved for HAP are being informed that they are being...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code
169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to concerns raised in respect of the carers allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Parking Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review correspondence (details supplied); if she will ensure that parking in provided for staff of her Department; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child benefit payment in respect of a person in Co. Kerry (details supplied) will be reinstated and backdated; and if...
- Community Employment Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there is any restriction on CE workers using ride-on lawnmowers. [50425/23]
- School Meals Programme
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if anything can be done in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50463/23]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer’s allowance might be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Appeals
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether an urgent review/appeal is possible in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Payments
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- State Pensions
180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the refusal of application for a top up pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Parking Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the existing carparking arrangements for staff in her Department (details supplied) continue to be...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Deportation Orders
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the State and the International Protection Accommodation Services verify that deportations are carried out by persons...
- Family Reunification
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any expedition for families applying for reunification of their family members in Gaza who cannot access original...
- An Garda Síochána
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of Garda staff in each divisional protective services unit, broken down by rank. [50391/23]
- Departmental Data
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Children; Equality; Disability; Integration...
- Prison Service
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the total current number of prisoners who have been convicted of a sexual offence, by prison...
- Departmental Policies
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the work of her Department to advance the recommendations of the O'Malley review of protections for...
- Departmental Advertising
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the costs to date of the "Victims Charter" advertising campaign which is currently ongoing; the total budget...
- Departmental Expenditure
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 26 September 2023, how much of this overall spend has been paid to RTÉ to...
- Departmental Data
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homicides in each year from 2000 to date; the breakdown of the number of victims by gender; and if she will make...
- An Garda Síochána
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the current number of Garda officers, in tabular form and by rank, attached to Finglas Garda station, Ballymun...
- Immigration Status
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Family Reunification
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if family reunification will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions currently being taking by her Department to tackle gender-based violence; whether initial targets in this regard...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Food Industry
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains committed to ensuring and safeguarding agri-food production in this country while at the same time...
- Fishing Industry
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department are aware of the current livelihood-threatening market disturbance to the brown crab (cancer pagurus)...
- Agriculture Schemes
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to support and expand the scope of the social farming Ireland initiative, in view of its...
- Fisheries Protection
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 26 October 2023, for an update on plans for the introduction of measures to protect the...
- Greyhound Industry
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds entered on the race management system to date whose year of birth was 2021, with a breakdown of...
- Animal Diseases
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify if there are compensation options available for farmers where their goat herd contracts tuberculosis in the same manner as...
- Further and Higher Education
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of negotiations with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (details...
- Agriculture Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange to expedite ANC/BPS payments to a person (details supplied). [50370/23]
- Agriculture Industry
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages any supports being put in place to assist the potato sector following concerns raised by farmer representative bodies...
- Fishing Industry
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the passing of the EU Nature Restoration Law, his future plans in relation to the issues of the no quota on sprat and the...
- Allotments Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that his Department can provide for the development and up-keep of public allotment spaces, and the way in which that...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Data
218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of outstanding birth information access requests from adopted people to their medical records and...
- Ukraine War
219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options that are available for Ukrainian families when host family can no longer accommodate them; and if he...
- Oireachtas Committees
220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the implementation of the 109 recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...
- Disability Services
221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 988 of 7 November 2023, how much of the total outlay outlined in his reply...
- Departmental Functions
222. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if extra time might be given at his current accommodation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the significant delay at CHI Crumlin’s nephrology/urology department in responding to a GP’s repeated request for an...
- Pharmacy Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent announcement to allow pharmacists to extend the validity of prescriptions from six months to twelve months, effective from 1 March 2024, includes...
- Medical Cards
226. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions can be made for the inclusion of the drug ozempic to be included in the medical card drugs list for patients needing the drug for weight loss on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
227. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50324/23]
- Mental Health Services
228. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times from date of referral to actual first-time appointments in CAMHS for routine, urgent and emergency appointments, in tabular form; for...
- Vaccination Programme
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's request to HIQA to carry out a health technology assessment examining the cost benefits of an enhanced vaccine...
- State Pensions
231. To ask the Minister for Health whether the signing of the annual pension allowance declaration form under the Appropriation Act 1962 and relevant pension scheme rules is necessary for those...
- Health Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health what measures/supports are in place for women in Cavan and Monaghan who suffer from post-natal depression; if there are any plans to enhance these services;...
- Primary Care Centres
233. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to open a primary care centre in Santry/Whitehall for the Dublin 9 area. [50359/23]
- Health Services Staff
234. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to improve the health outcomes in Dublin 9 by providing more medical professionals. [50360/23]
- Health Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s strategic plan for health care delivery for Dublin 9. [50361/23]
- Departmental Policies
237. To ask the Minister for Health if it would be considered a conflict of interest if an ex-HIQA inspector became a director of a private nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Minister for Finance to rectify an issue in the Finance Bill which will detrimentally affect medical card holders and GPs regarding...
- Mental Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of CAMHS-ID teams, per CHO area, in tabular form; the staffing level per team; what options are open to young people who require the services...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
240. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CareDoc CIT nurses, who provide a vital service in the region, have been excluded and treated less favourably than HSE CIT nurses across the country...
- Medicinal Products
241. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form a detailed breakdown on how the allocated budget for new medicines was spent in the years 2021, 2022 and from 1 January 2023 to 31...
- Disease Management
244. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 796 of 14 February 2023, if he can confirm whether the HSE will fund the inclusion of chronic kidney disease in the...
- Health Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health to comment on correspondence received (details supplied). [50406/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
248. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50449/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
249. To ask the Minister for Health how Traveller Primary Health Care Workers employed by Section 39 agencies through the HSE can be awarded the special pandemic recognition payment given their...
- Addiction Treatment Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, details of the funding allocation made to the LDATFs and, separately, to the RDATFs, in each of the past five years, and the...
- Allotments Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of Healthy Ireland, if he and or the HSE provide funding and/or assistance for the provision of grow your own/allotment spaces, and the way in...
- Health Services Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the standards and criteria for the education and training of psychotherapists...
- Care Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1924 of 11 September 2023, the date at which an implementation plan for the 16 recommendations from the report of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Technological Universities
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further information on the number of science courses within technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a further response on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50315/23]
- Further and Higher Education
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of negotiations with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Public Expenditure, National...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Regeneration Projects
259. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding has been applied for specifically for a derelict building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Allotments Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that her Department can provide for the development and up-keep of public allotment spaces, and the way in which that...
