Written answers

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Aircraft
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the purpose for which a military plane (details supplied) flew across Ireland en route to Gander from Nottingham; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance to allow a claim to be processed (details supplied). [51345/23]
    • Banking Sector
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the banking review. [51371/23]
    • Prize Bonds
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of winnings from prize bonds in the past 12 months and for the previous 12-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51372/23]
    • Tax Yield
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have made any initial calculations regarding the amount of revenue that may be generated by the residential zoned land tax; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the timeframe a taxpayer can appeal a capital gains tax assessment after discharging same. [51412/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance to give due consideration to establishing an expert group to advise the Government on the implementation of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on delays in the construction of flood defences along Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51199/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a tender process for a project (details supplied) has commenced; if so, its expected date of completion; and if he will make a...
    • National Development Plan
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital ceilings, by Department, for 2024 and 2025, as per the revised NDP, in tabular form. [51332/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on amendments to the capital works management framework in relation to public works contracts on foot of...
    • Flood Risk Management
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the procedure required so that householders and businesses can be supported by the Office of Public Works and by local...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the report by the Implementation Group to address the recommendations of the March 2022 Department of Justice Report on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason businesses that paid in cash are excluded from the business users support scheme for kerosene (details supplied); and if he...
    • Work Permits
      76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is any expansion of the work quota permits for employers. [51410/23]
    • Industrial Development
      77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an IDA business development consultant has been hired; if Government have reconsidered the creation of such a role in light of the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide urgent clarification on the timeline for the construction and handover of the new three-school campus at Buncrana, County Donegal, in...
    • School Staff
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any initiatives at a Department level that seek to increase the supply of substitute primary school teachers; if she is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date on the provision of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51190/23]
    • School Transport
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the provision of school transport for a child (details supplied) attending a special ASD unit; the supports available...
    • Education Policy
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restrict gambling industry-funded talks and programmes in schools. [51194/23]
    • School Accommodation
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 19 October 2023, if she will arrange for staff at the building unit at the Department to meet persons...
    • Schools Building Projects
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the new special school announced by her Department for Carrigtwohill, County Cork, to open; the proposed location of the school;...
    • School Accommodation
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding application for capital funding, under the additional school accommodation scheme from school (details supplied) for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD places available in secondary schools in Tipperary in September 2024, in tabular form. [51333/23]
    • School Staff
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor position for schools with over 575 pupils. [51334/23]
    • School Transport
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a replacement taxi driver will be put in place for a taxi service (details supplied) given that it is now over three weeks since the service...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tourism Policy
      89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which potential growth opportunities for business tourism in this country continue to be identified. [51324/23]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Legislative Reviews
      90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update in relation to the review of the Derelict Sites Act initiated in November 2021; when the report will be...
    • Housing Provision
      91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to rapidly scale-up the building of affordable housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51214/23]
    • Defective Building Materials
      92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which homeowners with building defects can apply for emergency funding for interim fire safety and other structural...
    • Housing Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the number of vacant and derelict croí cónaithe applications that have been made per local authority...
    • Housing Policy
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are provisions within the local authority housing system to enable a separated person accessing the housing list if...
    • Housing Provision
      98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people that his Department, or associated agencies, has assisted that vacated Gaza since the onset of the most...
    • Fire Service
      99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarification (details supplied) relating to SI 216/2004 and Circular Letter LG(P) 06/09; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Schemes
      100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered extending the mortgage-to-rent scheme to require vulture funds which seek repossession of family homes to...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a recent application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51459/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people that her Department has assisted who vacated Gaza since the onset of the most recent Israeli attacks;...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Status
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when form 13 (details supplied) will be granted to an Irish citizen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51204/23]
    • Traveller Community
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding the Irish Travellers Access to Justice report (details supplied); what recommendations her Department have...
    • An Garda Síochána
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí operating out of Cashel town Garda station; the opening hours of the station; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason visa applications were determined not valid in the case of persons (details supplied); if the applications can be...
    • Departmental Staff
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the International Protection Office as of 16 November 2023; and the corresponding...
    • Prison Service
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign for prison nurses will be launched early in the new year. [51327/23]
    • International Protection
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants, number of initial decisions, number of appeals, number of appeal decisions, number of JRs, and the...
    • Deportation Orders
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an estimate of the required Garda hours to complete a deportation order. [51350/23]
    • Asylum Applications
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the process undertaken to ensure duplicate asylum applications are not made in this jurisdiction and the UK; and...
    • International Protection
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the all-in projected cost of reducing waiting times for first instance decisions from the International Protection Office by...
    • Visa Applications
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the visa extension application of a person (details supplied); and if she will indicate a timeframe for a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Diseases
      128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms restricted due to TB in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51201/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers computerised calf feeders to be non "non-movable" in respect of TAMS grant payments; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Sector
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include an advisory circular with all Ash dieback reconstitution scheme approvals (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Industry
      132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm issue in relation to a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51315/23]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of revenue generated through activities in each of the fishery harbour centres under the remit of his Department in the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have spoken with the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drugs Administration since January 2023. [51336/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 14 November 2023, if the five-year requirement under the definition of a young farmer,...
    • Fishing Industry
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department officials will meet with several organisations (details supplied), following their withdrawal from the North...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person in County Cork (details supplied) has not yet received their BISS payment. [51508/23]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Diagnoses
      140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of children under the age of 12 years who have been referred for...
    • Departmental Policies
      141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to divest programmes under the auspices of his Department from organisations which are...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of when his Department was first notified that a facility (details supplied) was being used...
    • Direct Provision System
      143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people currently in the direct provision system in accommodation across County Tipperary, by...
    • Disability Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what national or international evidence or research, apart from data in the UN Convention on the...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current budget allocation for the Ombudsman for Children's Office in 2022 and 2023; and the expected budget...
    • International Protection
      147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide information on a series of matters in relation to international protection applicants (details...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the ECCE scheme (details supplied). [51414/23]
    • Departmental Contracts
      149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review outstanding invoices for an accommodation provider (details supplied) and if their invoices...
    • Departmental Funding
      150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding funding for a capital project (details supplied) in Donegal town; and if he will...
    • Departmental Strategies
      151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the Final Report of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Transport Working Group;...
  • Department of Health
    • Local Elections
      152. To ask the Minister for Health what restrictions are currently in place in respect of employees of the HSE and the Child and Family Agency running in local elections; and the rationale for...
    • Health Services
      153. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for promotion among healthcare staff of impartial information on the health effects of gambling, separate to that provided by...
    • Hospital Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Health if he has replied to correspondence from 27 hospital consultants at Letterkenny General Hospital; if he will agree to their request to meet with them to...
    • Health Services Staff
      156. 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 CHO9, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Hospital Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for St. Luke’s Hospital, in tabular form; the number...
    • Health Services Staff
      158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO5, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for St. Luke’s Hospital, in tabular form;...
    • Health Services Staff
      160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied) by grade, for CHO 5, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      161. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be secured for an individual for surgery (details supplied). [51260/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, in tabular form; the number...
    • Health Services Staff
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO8, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Staff
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, in tabular form;...
    • Health Services Staff
      169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied) by grade for CHO8, tabular form; the number of headcount...
    • Hospital Staff
      170. 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 Limerick, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      172. 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, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Hospital Staff
      174. 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 Limerick,...
    • Health Services Staff
      176. 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, in tabular form; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Beaumont Hospital, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO9, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Staff
      180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Beaumont Hospital, in tabular form; the number...
    • Health Services Staff
      181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO9, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
    • Health Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a refund of medical fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51306/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for University Hospital Galway, Portiuncula University Galway...
    • Health Services Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO2, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Staff
      186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for University Hospital Galway, Portiuncula...
    • Health Services Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO Area 2, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Departmental Policies
      188. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the policy guidance, if any, that he has issued to the HSE with respect to unused or underused buildings such as old dispensaries that would not be...
    • Ambulance Service
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the budget line afforded to a project (details supplied). [51322/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant oncologists based at Cork University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [51328/23]
    • Health Services
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the extra funding and or personnel that will be allocated towards thrombectomy services in 2024. [51329/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      192. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to CHOs 3 and 5 for prosthetics in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [51330/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      193. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) applied for and received the Covid recognition payment on behalf of its staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Safety
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department with respect to the development of synthetic food; if he has engaged with the Food and Safety Authority on this issue; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      195. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined reclassifying large section 39 organisations, which are core service providers in partnership with the HSE, as section 38 organisations; if...
    • Health Strategies
      196. To ask the Minister for Health to list in full all health national strategies, policies, clinical programmes and action plans, in tabular form. [51378/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CUH and the Mercy Hospital, Cork, in tabular form; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO4, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Staff
      199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CUH and the Mercy Hospital, Cork, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO4, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
    • Hospital Staff
      201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Wexford General Hospital, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO5, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Staff
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Wexford General Hospital, in tabular form; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO5, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
    • Psychological Assessments
      205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a person regarding an assessment for ADHD (details supplied). [51411/23]
    • Hospital Services
      206. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to opening medical assessment units at Nenagh, Ennis and St John's hospitals on a 24-hour basis in light of the continued high...
    • Health Service Executive
      207. To ask the Minister for Health if there are properties in the Pettigo area of County Donegal that are owned by the HSE but not currently being used; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      208. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be contacted and scheduled to have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51448/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      209. To ask the Minister for Health if he if he will give due consideration to the creation of GP referral guidance for suspected childhood, adolescent and young adult cancers; and if he will...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of Keltoi. [51451/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to publishing a new cardiovascular health policy, as the current Changing Cardiovascular Policy (2010-2019) requires...
    • Health Services Staff
      213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set aside funding to invest in training and career development for non-clinical public health staff within public health departments and other...
    • Pharmacy Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Health to undertake the necessary research to assess the feasibility of involving pharmacists in Ireland in the management of confirmed hypertension; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reports
      215. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an anticipated completion date for the Department of Health Evaluation Report of the Impact of the 2018 Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to initiate a Public Health (Obesity) Bill to include restricting the marketing of unhealthy foods to children; and if he...
    • Health Strategies
      217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps in relation to implementing mandatory upper limits relating to salt in bread and other major sources of salt in the Irish...
    • Health Promotion
      218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will launch a public awareness campaign addressing the risks associated with the use of e-cigarettes and related nicotine products during pregnancy; and...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional funding in respect of Ireland's tobacco control budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51490/23]
    • Health Services
      220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set aside funding to undertake a Healthy Ireland Study to ascertain levels of hypertension awareness, treatment and control in the population; and...
    • Pharmacy Services
      221. To ask the Minister for Health to give due consideration to conducting cardiovascular disease screening and management within the pharmacy setting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Promotion
      222. To ask the Minister for Health to examine action that can be taken to highlight the importance of physical movement in the workplace environment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      224. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 12 July 2023, and the ongoing cost of electricity, if he will review the current financial assistance to patients...
    • Mental Health Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the catchment areas for consultant psychiatrists in the Galway area; if an individual can be seen by these services outside of their catchment area;...
    • Primary Care Centres
      226. To ask the Minister for Health if resources are in place to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if he will provide an update on the provision of this;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      228. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51518/23]
    • Hospital Transfers
      229. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the precise terms and conditions applying to the new HSE policy on discharging elderly patients from hospitals to nursing homes; and if the elderly...
    • Primary Care Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the saxenda injection and the prescription/testing process for same, to clarify what procedural/approval procedures are in place for GPs/primary...
    • General Practitioner Services
      233. To ask the Minister for Health his views on GP services in the south Kildare area, the availability of those services generally and the length of time it is taking for those people trying to...
    • Mental Health Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the matter of a young person (details supplied). [51557/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, in...
    • Health Services Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO7, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Transfers
      237. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the proposed transfer of 68 elderly residents from units in Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin, to Bartra nursing home in Clondalkin, he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE workforce targets for 2023 across each discipline; and the progress to date on each target, in tabular form. [51568/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      246. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix and the 854 additional nursing posts announced in May 2023 to...
    • Health Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will invest in additional home care, outreach care and mental health supports for people living with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Gambling Sector
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to promote divestment in the gambling industry by third-level institutions; and, in particular, his views on the practice of...
    • Further and Higher Education
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of Youthreach centres in Tipperary; and the number of students attending Youthreach centres within Tipperary. [51323/23]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Programmes
      254. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a town (details supplied) in Westmeath will be considered for Clár status and given the recent demographic changes as outlined...
    • Departmental Schemes
      255. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the various funding schemes under the aegis of her Department that are open for applications at present; the closing dates...