Written answers

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any concerns have been highlighted to his Department in relation to the ongoing Naval Service monitoring of submarine communication cables in...
    • Middle East
      58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on Israeli goods and services in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the amount of which related to military...
    • Defence Forces
      60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an overview of Budget 2024 in relation to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50709/23]
    • Air Corps
      63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline plans for the Irish Air Corps Museum and the Heritage Project, and for the curated historical aviation artefacts displayed in the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50867/23]
    • Ukraine War
      65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total military aid given by the EU to Ukraine since February 2022, and the details of the contribution given by Ireland to-date; the details...
    • Defence Forces
      67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how many Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on 14 November 2023 are on the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon; of that number, how many of them were...
    • Official Travel
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a new Government jet will be procured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50708/23]
    • Defence Forces
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his engagement with a group (details supplied) and their legal representatives; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application, submitted over 12 months ago, will be approved (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what preparation his Department has undertaken for a united Ireland or a united Ireland referendum. [50585/23]
    • Middle East
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of any Irish citizens, or family members of Irish citizens, who have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza; and if he will...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing...
    • Foreign Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has ever made a referral in respect of the Genocide Convention to the International Court of Justice or to the UN in respect of...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if his Department engaged in cyber...
    • Departmental Contracts
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any ongoing contracts or commitments with cyber security firms; and if details can be provided [50834/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has a policy and plan in place to address a ransomware attack and restore his Department's IT systems. [50852/23]
    • Passport Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a passport (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the passport; and if he...
    • Middle East
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to seek EU consensus to apply tough sanctions on the leadership of Hamas. [50950/23]
    • Passport Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue on time for an online renewal applicant (details supplied); the reason additional documentation was requested; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the...
    • Middle East
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine the plight of two children trapped in Gaza. (details supplied). [51103/23]
    • Budget 2024
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve repair and recycle services, respectively, in local authorities. [50776/23]
    • Illegal Dumping
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department’s work regarding the new codes and guidelines for monitoring illegal dumping...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to a sports club (details supplied) in County Mayo seeking a fibre broadband connection when...
    • Climate Change Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review of the Climate Adaptation Framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what provision can be made for a community (details supplied) that does not have access to fibre-optic broadband to...
    • Environmental Policy
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the right to repair measures set out in the European Commission Circular Economy Action Plan; if his...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if his...
    • Departmental Contracts
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any ongoing contracts or commitments with cyber security firms; and if details can be provided [50832/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a policy and plan in place to address a ransomware attack and restore his Department's IT...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of progress on regional renewable electricity strategies; the consideration being made for their...
    • Environmental Policy
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a deposit return schemes for coffee cups and other beverage containers; and his plans to ban...
    • Departmental Contracts
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company...
    • Departmental Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes...
    • Environmental Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline Government policy with respect to the development of anaerobic digesters to produce renewable energy from...
    • Budget 2024
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ukraine War
      120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of the total military aid given by the EU to Ukraine since the beginning of the Ukrainian war; the amount promised but not...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security training...
    • Defence Forces
      125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s plans for the provision and upgrade of living accommodation for Defence Forces personnel in the State’s...
    • Departmental Contracts
      126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has any current contracts with an organisation (details supplied) or its subsidiaries in any EU Member State, the UK, the USA,...
    • Departmental Data
      127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli...
    • Defence Forces
      128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the EU might be encouraged to contribute to defence and coastal security measures on the Irish coast on the basis that such...
    • Air Corps
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of aircraft currently available to the Air Corps, those capable of countering sophisticated drug trafficking or other threats to the...
    • Naval Service
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which sea-going vessels are readily available to the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51150/23]
    • Defence Forces
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which issues raised in the recently published report on the Defence Forces have been or are being addressed in full with...
    • Budget 2024
      137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if permanent speed cameras are a feature on regional Irish roads and national primary routes; and if so, to provide details regarding...
    • Driver Licences
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cases (details supplied) can be looked at on an individual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50518/23]
    • Bus Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have used each Local-Link bus route within County Westmeath in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Active Travel
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide for an active travel maintenance fund and or provide guidance to local authorities in respect of using unspent...
    • Road Network
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the preferred route for the Farranfore-Killarney bypass will be known (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Bus
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on what actions are being taken to address the ongoing reliability issues and frequent service cancellations of...
    • Coast Guard Service
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a new facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50633/23]
    • National Car Test
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider changing the policies in respect of NCT certification, in that any vehicle which passes an NCT should receive a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security...
    • Airport Policy
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether lifting the passenger cap at Dublin Airport is compatible with averting further global heating; and if he will make...
    • Driver Test
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will open a second driving test centre in County Meath given the number of applicants and lengthy waiting times for a test. [50909/23]
    • Rail Network
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann will spend on maintenance and or refurbishment works to a station (details supplied); and the...
    • Bus Services
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will fund the installation of a shelter bus shelter at Dublin Bus Stop Pole No. 747. [50939/23]
    • Rail Network
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Irish Rail will spend in 2024 on installation of electric vehicle charging point at car parks to train station where...
    • Road Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the discussions which have taken place with Meath County Council in respect of progressing the proposed...
    • Departmental Contracts
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in...
    • Departmental Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any...
    • Road Projects
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when TII will schedule urgent maintenance works on a bridge (details supplied) to alleviate any potential flooding of the nearby house;...
    • Active Travel
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if at design and implementation stage for all active travel measures since he assumed office, including all emergency active travel...
    • Public Transport
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of spending on public transport for each county between 2017 and 2023. [51123/23]
    • Budget 2024
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024;...
  • Department of Finance
    • An Garda Síochána
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance when the review into the standard financial threshold affecting retiring members of An Garda Síochána will commence and be completed; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50567/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that employees who left banking institutions prior to 1 January 1991 (details supplied) have not received any pension benefits as a result of the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance when the new board of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeals will be constituted and operational; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of...
    • European Union
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual contribution to the EU by the Exchequer in each of the past ten years; the estimated contribution forecast for the whole of 2023; the income from...
    • Tax Credits
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of renters availing of the renters' tax credit in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total cost of the tax credit in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the...
    • Housing Schemes
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the disparity with the help-to-buy scheme (details supplied); if the scheme will be reviewed to address this; and if he...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security training programmes...
    • Tax Yield
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of betting duty collected between 1 January and 31 December 2022; the amount collected to date in 2023; the amount in betting intermediary duty...
    • Departmental Contracts
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is...
    • Departmental Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli state agency,...
    • Housing Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 25 October 2023, if he will provide an update on claims under the Insurance Compensation Fund of Ireland for...
    • Vacant Properties
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of returns with respect to the vacant homes tax that have been received to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51129/23]
    • Tax Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers liable to stamp duty on leases for a term of less than 35 years in each of the years 2011 to 2023, disaggregated by leases executed...
    • Budget 2024
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the figure granted by...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the modular unit developments for Ukrainian accommodation in Charleville, Mahon and Thurles, were tendered for by the OPW; if so, how...
    • Animal Culls
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of a report (details supplied) relating to the planned cull of rabbits at Derrynane National Park, which recommends that...
    • State Properties
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a complete list of all buildings owned by the State or any of the State agencies, including HSE, State bodies, and so on...
    • Office of Public Works
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the OPW commissioned report on the redevelopment of Clonmacnoise monastic site. [50623/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security...
    • National Development Plan
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 150 and 151 of 14 November 2023, if Departments are permitted to feed into the ESRI’s...
    • Flood Risk Management
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what progress has been made with the flood relief scheme for Kenmare; when the scheme will go ahead; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Culls
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of a report (details supplied) relating to the planned cull of rabbits at Derrynane National Park, which recommends that...
    • Departmental Contracts
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in...
    • Departmental Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any...
    • Budget 2024
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the...
    • Office of Public Works
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will provide the Courts Service with a promised report to ensure that historical artefacts in the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Business Supports
      204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports, if any, made available by his Department to businesses that were not actively trading at the time of the recent...
    • Departmental Reviews
      205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of the critical skills list will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50693/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the requirements for dormant clubs when filing their annual returns to the Companies Registration Office; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has met with so-called fast fashion retailers in operation in Ireland; and, if so, if he will detail his representations in...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      209. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if his Department engaged...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a policy and plan in place to address a ransomware attack and restore his Department's IT systems. [50849/23]
    • Industrial Development
      212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland plans to open an office in Italy. [50941/23]
    • Work Permits
      213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to announce the completion of the review of the occupations lists for employment permits; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere...
    • Food Industry
      218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the announcement by a company (details supplied) that it intends to close two facilities in County Monaghan along with a...
    • Commercial Rates
      219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the rates rebate payable in early 2024 to rateable business with a rates liability of €20,000 or less will be paid to all...
    • Budget 2024
      220. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Facilities
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a kitchen will be considered for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50535/23]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects that a project for a school (details supplied) will move to a detailed design stage of works. [50542/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects that a project for a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [50543/23]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects a refurbishment project for a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [50544/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the second level schools in east Cork that have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) classes; the number of students that can be accommodated in these...
    • School Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are in place to assist schools in securing substitute teachers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Facilities
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50561/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when local residents can expect a timeline for the construction of the planned school in Gormanstown. [50578/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of primary schools with ASD units for children living in Balbriggan due to start primary school in September 2024....
    • Home Schooling
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a centralised list of tutors for home tuition in the Balbriggan area for situations where a child has been allocated home...
    • School Staff
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is on the correct pay scale. [50658/23]
    • School Transport
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for school transport will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress and a timeline for the development of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • School Accommodation
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update and a timeframe for an extension to a school (details supplied) existing of an additional modular classroom which...
    • Departmental Policies
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how individuals can avail of the additional supports announced by her Department on 27 June 2023 for survivors of abuse in industrial schools,...
    • Education Policy
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what drug awareness programmes are run in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50756/23]
    • School Facilities
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive solar panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50779/23]
    • School Enrolments
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to a shortage of secondary school places in an area (details supplied); if her Department...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many staff members in her Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security training...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within her Department in the past three years; if her Department engaged in cyber...
    • Departmental Contracts
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any ongoing contracts or commitments with cyber security firms; and if details can be provided [50830/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy and plan in place to address a ransomware attack and restore her Department's IT systems. [50848/23]
    • School Transport
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a student (details supplied); if school transport can be urgently sought in this case; and if she...
    • School Staff
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing an additional allowance for primary and secondary school teachers who work in city centre environments and face...
    • School Transport
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided between schools (details supplied); the current position in relation to the matter; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts her Department has had with a company (details supplied) in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the services...
    • Departmental Schemes
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the successful schools will be informed if they are to receive works to be carried out under the summer works scheme in 2024. [50928/23]
    • School Facilities
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to annual running cost estimates for pathfinder schools (details supplied); if this shortfall will be...
    • School Transport
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the case of a school (details supplied) which, until the end of last term, had a 20-seater bus servicing the school, a...
    • School Funding
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next minor works grant payment will issue to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50964/23]
    • State Examinations
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for an oral examination to be introduced as part of the Leaving Certificate qualification in Arabic at both ordinary...
    • School Admissions
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a small rural school in County Dublin would have no feeder secondary school assigned (details supplied), which in turn leaves students...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a primary school (details supplied) for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50977/23]
    • School Funding
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of grants that are outstanding to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50997/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application made by a family to a school (details supplied); the options open to the parents when medical need is noted; and if...
    • School Staff
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 7 November 2023, if she will provide details of the workings of the existing voluntary redeployment...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51030/23]
    • Education Policy
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no provision is made to schools for the deaf for ISL interpretation outside of the standard capitation grant; her views on whether her...
    • Departmental Contracts
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world...
    • Departmental Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli...
    • School Facilities
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can secure, as a matter of extreme urgency, the soonest possible date for the commencement of accessibility works in a school (details...
    • Legislative Measures
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on the Traveller History and Culture in Education Bill 2018; and when the Bill is expected to complete the next...
    • Budget 2024
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the figure provided by her Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under her respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a íocfar deontas mhí Iúil agus mhí Lúnasa le duine i mo dháilcheantar (sonraí...
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if summer gaeltacht scholarships are available for 2024 for second level students who do not attend a DEIS school; and if she will...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of inquiries into the deaths of two participants in a triathlon event (details supplied) in Youghal in August 2023; and...
    • Men's Sheds
      272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if action will be taken regarding the submission by various men’s sheds groups seeking an exemption to paying the TV...
    • Culture Ireland
      278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish Arts Globally in 2022 and 2023; and the budget allocated for...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her recent representations to management of RTÉ in relation to the ending of all bogus self-employment...
    • Racism in Sport
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has allocated specific funds to ensure proper training and education against racism in sport; if so, the amount;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based...
    • Budget 2024
      284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the figure provided by her Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under her respective remits ahead of Budget...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water Quality
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact of the nitrates derogation on water quality, and whether continuing the derogation is compatible with...
    • Housing Schemes
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time from receipt of application to decision for the croí cónaithe towns scheme, by local authority, in...
    • Housing Policy
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the public sector benchmarking exercise used in the first bundle of the social housing public...
    • Housing Provision
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan applications, approvals and drawdowns in each year from 2019 to date in 2023, in...
    • Vacant Properties
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 November 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of local authorities...
    • Defective Building Materials
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether a set of expenses (details supplied) will be covered under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he...
    • Vacant Properties
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to local authorities introducing a staged payments method for drawing down the vacant property...
    • Defective Building Materials
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 7 November 2023, if a response will issue to additional correspondence in...
    • Housing Policy
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the framework of Housing for All in respect of outstanding actions in the Joint Policy Statement on his...
    • Housing Schemes
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he acknowledges that the two-year vacancy condition attached to the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme through the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an overview of the total capital allocation announced for investment in housing in 2024; the amount of this funding...
    • Departmental Advertising
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost to his Department for the production of the video screened at the start of the press conference launching the Housing...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if his Department...
    • Departmental Contracts
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any ongoing contracts or commitments with cyber security firms; and if details can be provided [50837/23]
    • Defective Building Materials
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 20 September 2023, the reason that work is not being done now at the same time as...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority (details supplied) made a declaration under a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracts his Department has had with a company (details supplied) in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
    • Legislative Measures
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the Fire, Emergency Management and Public Safety Bill; and when this Bill will progress. [50932/23]
    • Departmental Projects
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when works on the Barrow Blueway project will be completed; and the estimated cost to date for this project. [50933/23]
    • Constitutional Amendments
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a constitutional amendment on the right to housing. [50960/23]
    • Regeneration Projects
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next call for funding applications under his Department’s urban regeneration and development fund is expected...
    • Housing Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the report from an organisation (details supplied) that has reported that the charity dealt with 12,031...
    • Departmental Contracts
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based...
    • Departmental Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes...
    • Housing Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is the procedure of councils to continue to pay the full HAP payment rate to the landlord in circumstances where a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department were represented at each meeting of the senior officials group in respect of the Government’s...
    • Student Accommodation
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the Land Development Agency’s mandate in respect of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Policy
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in completing Action No. 2.1 of Housing for All. [51086/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is on schedule to introduce the Planning and Development Bill 2023. [51087/23]
    • Housing Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on progress to transition homes acquired in 2023 to the standard cost-rental framework and long-term ownership in...
    • Legislative Reviews
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any proposals to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to waive the requirement for a Part 8 of the Act...
    • Student Accommodation
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency has any remit in respect of providing purpose-built housing for students. [51167/23]
    • Housing Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency has any remit in respect of providing purpose-built housing for the medical professions. [51168/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether an anomaly exists under the cost-of-living payments (details supplied). [50538/23]
    • School Meals Programme
      330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list, by county, of the remaining 900 non-DEIS schools that recently, following an invitation from her...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite and approve an application for a disability allowance now under appeal (details supplied). [50629/23]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether any consideration is being given to broadening the eligibility for the State maternity benefit in order to ensure...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to extend Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, status to an entire school (details supplied), given the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many staff members in her Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of contracts her Department has had with a company (details supplied) in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
    • Social Insurance
      340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by raising by 0.2% rate of employers' PRSI. [50930/23]
    • Citizens Information Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Citizen’s Advice centres in Dublin; the numbers employed in each centre and the grade of each employee;...
    • State Pensions
      342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is envisaged that a person would qualify for State pension based on planned changes to the pension system (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a invalidity pension application (details suppled); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based...
    • Social Welfare Code
      348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to change the criteria for pensions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cost of Living Issues
      349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive benefits of the cost-of-living payments. [51099/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on policy matters raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51109/23]
    • Gender Recognition
      351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details on the research commissioned by her Department to examine issues of concern relating to children aged...
    • Departmental Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the vacancies in her Department's unit in Longford are being filled by the Public Appointments Service with external...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carer's benefit application (details supplied). [51137/23]
    • Budget 2024
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the figure provided by her Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under her respective remits ahead of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • International Protection
      356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcomes per nationality for IP applicants in both 2022 and to date in 2023, the number arriving from each country and the...
    • Prison Service
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison for the offence of robbery and due to be released from prison in 2026, 2027 or 2028,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been provided in 2024 to purchase additional horses for the Garda mounted unit. [50547/23]
    • Citizenship Applications
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps now being taken to finalise the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Legislative Reviews
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the review of Part 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2017; if a new lead researcher has been...
    • Departmental Functions
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has ever been considered by her Department for repatriation due to their previous criminal...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of speeding fines issues monthly over the past ten years; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; when she expects to publish the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many staff members in her Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber...
    • Departmental Policies
      373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which a person's name will be removed from the bankruptcy register; if a process is being considered by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána has spent on replacement of musical instruments for the Garda band to date in 2023....
    • Departmental Policies
      377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to roll-out a nationwide mental health crisis de-escalation pilot. [50945/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda youth diversion programme in 2023 and in 2024, in tabular form. [50946/23]
    • Legal Aid
      381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand eligibility criteria for legal aid. [50961/23]
    • Immigration Policy
      382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible to issue a longer term of stamp 4 permission to persons who are now studying at third level, due to the...
    • Legal Aid
      383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for civil legal aid from the Legal Aid Board during each of the past five years who requested to pay...
    • Visa Applications
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 26 October 2023, if he will provide clarity on the misinformation provided to the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based...
    • Departmental Data
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes...
    • Departmental Policies
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what efforts are made to enable non-English speakers understand the justice system (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she has any plans to increase or maintain funding for a charitable organisation (details supplied); and if she will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time it took to approve all afforestation licences, private felling licences, and Coillte felling licences granted by...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next open call for funding for the European Innovation Partnership will be announced. [50548/23]
    • Nitrates Usage
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on reports that changes to the Nitrates Derogation will be delayed by a further six months, given the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting their basic income for sustainability scheme (BISS) and areas of natural constraint (ANC) payments;...
    • Departmental Staff
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current position in relation to a panel for an area (details supplied); when this panel was formed; the number of persons on this...
    • Forestry Sector
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person planted trees previously but did not receive a premium for same, but under their felling licence have to replant, will be...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an applicant must have filed BPS for 2022 in order to qualify for ACRES (details supplied); if he will consider amending...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if his Department engaged...
    • Departmental Contracts
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any ongoing contracts or commitments with cyber security firms; and if details can be provided. [50827/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a policy and plan in place to address a ransomware attack and restore his Department's IT systems. [50845/23]
    • Forestry Sector
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that only 42 forestry licences have been granted in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50912/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE earth observation specialists employed by his Department in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Harbours and Piers
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm what the funding applications were for in respect of the applications made by Cork County Council to his Department in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any funding available for agricultural related flooding (details supplied); the supports that are in place; if the...
    • Forestry Sector
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plots and plantations (details supplied) are eligible for the ash dieback grant aid scheme; if the owner needs to secure a felling...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS applications currently on hand that are not processed by his Department; the length of time these applications are...
    • Departmental Contracts
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere...
    • Departmental Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 area of natural constraints will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Budget 2024
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of IPAS applicants and Ukrainian refugees, respectively, currently accommodated with the...
    • Childcare Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of some small preschool owners regarding the new requirement to...
    • Disability Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding that was provided in 2022 and to-date in 2023 for day services for disabled people; and...
    • Childcare Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department developed the national childcare scheme hourly rate rule; and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a unit (details supplied) is to be used to accommodate international protection applicants; and if this...
    • Childcare Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for clarification on a matter (details supplied); the steps that will be taken to rectify a situation in County...
    • Disability Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons within CHO4 awaiting respite service. [50600/23]
    • Oireachtas Committees
      424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to implement the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism's recommendations contained in its Final Report....
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by a charity (details supplied) regarding a shortfall in...
    • Disability Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress of the new build for children’s services in Carlow shared between a...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding and financial assistance that can be made available to an organisation (details...
    • Nursing Homes
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a response on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50727/23]
    • Disability Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been reassessed for autism spectrum disorder under a children's disability...
    • Health Services
      431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the long-term care of young people with acquired brain injury or for any young person in need of...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently put in place additional funding for a group (details supplied). [50738/23]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any ongoing contracts or commitments with cyber security firms; and if details can be provided...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy and plan in place to address a ransomware attack and restore his Department's IT...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 18 October 2023, how persons in Clare can avail of the use of...
    • Legislative Measures
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023; and when this Bill will progress. [50949/23]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for his urgent attention on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50965/23]
    • Health Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any...
    • Departmental Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide the necessary funding to...
    • Legislative Measures
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify what aspects or provisions of the Child Care Act 1991 he believes need to be updated in order to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the €7 million announced in Budget 2024 to support the increasing number of...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently engage with Tusla to ensure that an agency (details supplied) is given the necessary funding...
    • Disability Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive appropriate interventions. [51169/23]
    • Budget 2024
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation in Croom Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/23]
    • Cancer Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reassess the age range eligibility of the BreastCheck screening programme, in particular concerning women over 70 years of age; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a lower limb prosthesis in the public health service. [50539/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if this number will be further increased during 2024....
    • Vaccination Programme
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for the provision of the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme in each of the years 2021 to 2023, in tabular form. [50541/23]
    • Cancer Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, following three referrals to the breast clinic at University Hospital Limerick, has yet to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if an interim measure could be introduced as a solution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50568/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to the severe strain midwives in CUMH are currently under (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently commence a recruitment drive to fill the six vacancies within the south Tipperary service which remain unfilled, in view of the 45km rule,...
    • Health Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Health what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of opioid drug users, given the reported deaths due to a highly potent synthetic opioid; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant staff by job title in the accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital as of 13 November 2023, in tabular form. [50599/23]
    • Hospital Admissions
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private insurance patient forms that were completed on admission to Portiuncula University Hospital in each of the years 2021 to date in 2023;...
    • Dental Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental surgeons employed by the HSE working in primary care centres within CHO6 in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50602/23]
    • Health Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a specialist lymphedema clinic to be opened in Drogheda, County Louth. [50603/23]
    • Hospice Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospice care/ palliative care beds in CHO1; and the location of each. [50604/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists at Mayo University Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50605/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the last date an external in-person fire safety audit was carried out on behalf of the HSE at Mercy University Hospital; the frequency with which these audits...
    • Hospital Staff
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers working in South Tipperary University Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50607/23]
    • Health Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the current eye care services available to children aged eight years of age and over in CHO1. [50608/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant breast surgeons based at each hospital part of the Saolta Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50609/23]
    • Emergency Departments
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatment bays in the accident and emergency department at Cavan General Hospital. [50611/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the early intervention psychosis services that are currently available in CHO3. [50612/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50613/23]
    • Hospital Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds available in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in each of the years 2020 to date in 2023, by Department. [50614/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital. [50615/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ceiling hosts delivered to families in CHO4 in 2022 and to-date in 2023. [50616/23]
    • Hospital Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots for ophthalmology surgery allocated each week to date in 2023 in the Mater Hospital. [50617/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current average waiting times for urgent maxillofacial surgery appointments in each of the seven hospital groups. [50618/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologist and rheumatologist registrars working in Kerry University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Hospital Facilities
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that are scheduled to be carried out at South John's Hospital, Limerick in 2024; and the nature of these works, in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any supports in place for parents who have to accompany their children for an urgent medical procedure, such as an organ transplant...
    • Health Services Staff
      487. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50627/23]
    • Eating Disorders
      488. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of eating disorder services at Mount Carmel Hospital; when construction works will be completed; when services will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish any research his Department has commissioned on loneliness in society post-Covid. [50638/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if the patient safety bill will be fully commenced this year; and if not, the reason. [50639/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      493. To ask the Minister for Health whether he was requested by HIQA or if he instructed HIQA to investigate a nursing home (details supplied) in February 2021. [50640/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the dates in Q1 2021 that GPs (details supplied) physically examined patients; and the date telephone or virtual consultations took place, in tabular form....
    • Nursing Homes
      503. To ask the Minister for Health whether he is aware of reports that an email from the HSE Director of Community Services appeared to instruct officials involved in serious Covid-19 outbreaks...
    • Home Help Service
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not contacted a family (details supplied) following an incident; if home help hours can be looked at in this case; and if he will make...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      506. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated for a chair (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50655/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      507. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will he be called for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50656/23]
    • International Protection
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline how the primary medical needs of residents of the Citywest IPAS facility are met; and if he will make a statement more generally on how GP...
    • Disability Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Health to outline all conditions related to the HSE recruitment embargo; whether speech and language, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other therapists...
    • Home Care Packages
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if every effort can be made to put in place the nine additional home care package hours allocated to a person (details supplied); the timeframe for when these...
    • Dental Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of availability of dental services for children with additional needs outside of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE’s CHO9 social inclusion/addiction services for each year from 2018 to...
    • Mental Health Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure autistic children can access services under CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50696/23]
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an occupational therapist visit her home. [50698/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal applications that are awaiting assessment in the CHO8 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50699/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      518. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans by the National Ambulance Service to develop a permanent ambulance base at Buncrana, County Donegal. [50705/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      519. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50723/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive a full assessment at CAMHS north Kerry in order to assess their medical needs; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50742/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if will provide additional information on his Department’s Rare Disease Liaison Officer; if the position is vacant at present; if not, if a person has...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [50758/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each care group, further broken down by...
    • Hospital Staff
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each model 2, model 3 and model 4 acute...
    • Health Services Staff
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each CHO; the number of headcount posts...
    • Hospital Staff
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each model 2, model 3 and...
    • Health Services Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each CHO; and the number of...
    • Hospital Staff
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for University Hospital Waterford; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for CHO5; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Staff
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for University Hospital Waterford;...
    • Health Services Staff
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for CHO5; the number of headcount ;...
    • Health Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the process to consider implementation of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery, specifically in relation to the recommendations...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      537. To ask the Minister for Health how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security training programmes...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a health care worker (details supplied) has not received their pandemic special recognition payment; if he will take into account that they worked...
    • Health Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health what step-down facilities are provided for patients who cannot remain in general hospitals and need to go to a community or district-type hospital for further...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      544. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 31 January 2023, if he is satisfied that only 49 patients to date proves the success of the MCAP scheme; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a health care worker (details supplied) has not received their pandemic special recognition payment; if he will take into account that this person...
    • Official Engagements
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken with the new UK Health Secretary since her appointment. [50924/23]
    • Vaccination Programme
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a shingles vaccine is provided for a person (details supplied). [50955/23]
    • Health Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50967/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a CORU application (details supplied). [50968/23]
    • Health Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50972/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the methods of communications the HSE has with the NHS in the north of Ireland to ensure that doctors who are found guilty of poor professional performance in...
    • Health Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if Children's Health Ireland prioritises admission in respect of acute neonatal care to patients who live closer to CHI hospitals; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be transferred to either Crumlin or Temple Street Children's Hospital to receive the acute neonatal...
    • Departmental Bodies
      554. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the appointment of a new chairperson for the National Screening Advisory Committee, given the former chair (details supplied) stood down in...
    • Hospital Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on operations and staffing progress at a Midlands Regional Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      556. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50987/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      557. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the forecasted levels of biosimilar and generic medicines substitution in 2024 and expected budget savings from same; whether funding for new...
    • Mental Health Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on total projected costs for the renovation/extension of Carraig Mór intensive care psychiatric facility in Shanakiel, Cork;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a procedure in Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51005/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for a specific technical aid for the blind and visually impaired for personal use, not for use in the workplace (details supplied); and...
    • Health Services Staff
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if re-consideration will be given to PSRP eligibility to include day service Section 39 staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51021/23]
    • Health Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health when the Care of the Aged Centre in Naas will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51028/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51029/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51032/23]
    • Home Help Service
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be increased for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51033/23]
    • Departmental Contracts
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned...
    • Departmental Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli state agency,...
    • Medicinal Products
      572. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the instructions given to the HSE concerning the level of spend on new medicines as set out in the letter of determination concerning Budget 2023,...
    • Health Services Staff
      577. To ask the Minister for Health how many full-time and part-time healthcare staff have been employed in a facility (details supplied); to provide a breakdown of each medical discipline; and...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number and categories of life changing injuries which have occurred as a result of the rise in road traffic incidents which caused...
    • Primary Care Centres
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned build of a primary care centre in the Rathmines/Terenure/Limekiln area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51105/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      580. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51108/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has or is planning to conduct a risk assessment on the recently announced recruitment freeze within the HSE; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Communications
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department had communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the make-up of the deficit for...
    • Patient Files
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the release on social media of videos that show patients' medical records and files stored in unsecured premises at a hospital (details...
    • Health Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) presents as homeless but is suffering from mental health difficulties, what supports are immediately available in south...
    • Primary Care Centres
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials will meet with local residents’ groups in Drimnagh to discuss the timeline for construction of the new primary health centre; and...
    • Budget 2024
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the figure granted by...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 24 January 2023, what stage the review of the current requirement that applicants for plumbing and...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many staff members in his Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security training...
    • Waste Management
      594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a deposit return scheme for coffee cups and other beverage containers in further and higher education institution...
    • Third Level Education
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he is aware that there is no "Northern Ireland" residency option on the application Erasmus+ form and that this is deterring northern...
    • Departmental Contracts
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world...
    • Departmental Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli...
    • Budget 2024
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      600. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a funding line is available for a group (details supplied). [50573/23]
    • Departmental Programmes
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will approve a CLÁR application for groups (details supplied). [50675/23]
    • Men's Sheds
      605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital funding that is available to men's sheds for repair and recycle activities; and her plans to invest in capacity building...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how many staff members in her Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber...
    • Tidy Towns
      610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider establishing a fund for which Tidy Towns could seek rebates for tax paid on fuel, given increased costs borne by...
    • Departmental Contracts
      611. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      613. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made on the arrangements to deliver the next SICAP programme in County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Budget 2024
      615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the figure provided by her Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under her respective remits ahead of Budget...

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