Written answers
Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Trade Relations
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on Irish-Israeli trade relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51394/23]
- Business Supports
7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide information on how the increased cost of business scheme announced in Budget 2024 will operate. [51134/23]
- Regional Development
9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress in the implementation of the Midlands regional enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Trade Missions
11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the outcomes of the recent trade mission to South Korea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51293/23]
- Business Supports
16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses in Cork received emergency supports following floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51375/23]
- Consumer Protection
21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what extra support will be provided to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Strategies
22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress of the National Industrial Strategy for Offshore Wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51532/23]
- Climate Change Policy
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned that a high proportion of businesses have yet to embark on the transition to the European Green Deal to...
- Labour Market
25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his efforts to tackle labour market shortages, in a time of full employment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he has to provide additional financial supports to assist local authorities and community development organisations in the...
- Work Permits
27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the report from the Interdepartmental Group on Economic Migration Policy regarding the review of the...
- Industrial Development
28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what additional funding is being provided in 2024 to the IDA regional property programme development; and if he will make a statement...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how Budget 2024 will help theSME sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51233/23]
- Commissions of Investigation
30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been...
- Industrial Development
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress being made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose-built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a...
- Climate Change Policy
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to promote the circular economy amongst the Irish enterprise base. [51439/23]
- Enterprise Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will comment on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51598/23]
- Business Supports
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans, if any, he has to extend financial supports to business involved in import substitution from outside the EU; and if he will...
- Industrial Development
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the planned IDA advance units development in Drogheda; when they will be available for use by client companies; and...
- Online Safety
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extra support will be provided to the Digital Services Coordinator to resource its functions in 2024; and if he will make a...
- Climate Change Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the skills and supports required for businesses to meet decarbonisation targets; if the Government has plans to increase...
- Industrial Development
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the action being taken by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to support new businesses and jobs in Carlow; and if he will...
- Regional Development
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how Budget 2024 is supporting regional enterprise development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51399/23]
- Industrial Development
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the delivery of a new facility (details supplied) in Castlebar, County Mayo; the progress made since...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce mitigating measures to ensure that small and medium-sized businesses are able to bear the additional costs they...
- Pension Provisions
42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to bring forward any proposals that address the rights of retired workers in relation to having representation rights...
- Trade Data
43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can detail the total volume and value in euro of Ireland's exports to and imports from the state of Israel; the categories of...
- Trade Agreements
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure for triggering the human rights clauses in EU trade agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50157/23]
- Departmental Priorities
45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 12 October 2023, the status update on his Department’s engagement with the...
- Trade Agreements
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the European Commission to start the process of suspending the EU-Israel Trade Agreement. [51090/23]
- Trade Relations
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on proposals to restrict and ban goods originating from illegal settlements in the West Bank; if his Department can provide...
- Business Supports
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work his Department is undertaking to fully utilise broadband connectivity in increasing sustainable...
- Artificial Intelligence
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on his attendance at the AI Safety Summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51221/23]
- Enterprise Support Services
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals he has and the measures that will be introduced to assist in the provision of enterprise centres which are essential to...
- Industrial Development
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No.76 of 23 February 2023, to outline his plans, if any, for the development of the IDA site at...
- Employment Rights
52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to set out in primary legislation how a workers’ employment status will now be determined following the...
- Business Supports
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the current up-to-date numbers of how much funding has been administered through the Red Cross scheme for flood...
- Trade Relations
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any engagement he has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the human rights considerations that may...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has reviewed the recommendations by the European Commission on developing social economy framework conditions in...
- Business Supports
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of successful applications for support under thebusiness user support scheme for kerosene in each county; and the total...
- Enterprise Policy
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to remain satisfied that any threats to enterprise, trade and employment continue to be adequately...
- Trade Relations
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of dual-use items or military goods approved for export to Israel in each of the years 2019 to date; and if he will direct...
- Business Supports
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the take-up of the green for business programme for small businesses, broken down by LEO offices; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flexible Work Practices
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the publication of remote working code of practice. [51133/23]
- Job Losses
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has engaged with the management of a company (detail supplied) in respect of their announced intention to close facilities...
- Regional Development
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress in the south-east regional enterprise plan; the funding for the plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Trade Missions
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to his recent trip to Korea and proposals for further data centres in this State, if he or his Department officials...
- Artificial Intelligence
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he proposes to ensure that AI is developed and deployed in a way that is ethical and person-centred; and if he will make a...
- Industrial Development
69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the performance of the IDA advance facility at Kerry Technology Park (details supplied); if he will consider the job...
- Regional Development
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support job creation in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51519/23]
- Industrial Development
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on the IDA and Enterprise Ireland’s latest efforts to bring business to County Clare. [51126/23]
- Business Supports
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he is helping businesses in rural Ireland establish a digital presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51362/23]
- Intellectual Property
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work for a referendum on Unified Patent Court. [51440/23]
- White Papers
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 12 October 2023, for an update on the implementation of the white paper on enterprise; the...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to make grants available to SMEs to ensure that their websites are accessible for those with disabilities; if it will become...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request that his Department undertake a vehicle taxation report considering the introduction of weight and size-based taxes on private vehicles in...
- Primary Medical Certificates
91. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 5 October 2023, if he will provide an update on the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when he expects the...
- Financial Irregularities
92. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on his Department’s efforts to tackle money laundering within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51296/23]
- Tax Reliefs
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to index the cap on tax relief (Standard Fund Threshold) on pensions, against wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51430/23]
- Banking Sector
97. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on his Department’s efforts to increase innovation and competition in Ireland’s banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Credits
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that tax relief for parents in respect of the accommodation costs for students attending further or higher education colleges is applicable...
- Inflation Rate
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the basis of his projection for inflation in 2024 of 2.9% when the annual inflation rate in September was 6.4%, and has been increasing...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidance provided to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund regarding industries, sectors or otherwise, which it is prohibited from investing in. [51425/23]
- Tax Data
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Carlow claiming the rent tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51207/23]
- Insurance Coverage
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a national flood insurance company to cover flood damage costs especially when so many homes and businesses are unable to...
- Tax Code
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications, if any, for Ireland’s taxation policy in the wake of recent European Court judgement in respect of competition laws; whether Ireland...
- Tax Reliefs
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the report on Section 481 tax relief from the Budget Scrutiny Committee; what actions he is planning in relation to the recommendations...
- Tax Data
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the up-to-date figure in respect of corporation tax revenue recorded to November 2023; if he has reassessed the level of likely 'windfall' corporation tax...
- Fiscal Policy
110. To ask the Minister for Finance to identify the projects and initiatives in which his Department and the Government plan to invest in terms of the in excess of €3 billion to set aside...
- Insurance Coverage
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the insurance industry to discuss the provision of flood cover, particularly into the future due to the worsening effects of climate...
- Credit Unions
112. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his policy with respect to credit unions; the action he is taking or plans to take to encourage credit unions to foster good saving habits among...
- Debt Collection
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of elderly people being pursued by financial companies for historic debts; if he is aware of the extreme distress being caused to people in...
- Tax Credits
115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the relief available under the incapacitated child tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51472/23]
- Insurance Coverage
116. To ask the Minister for Finance what measures are being considered to assist homeowners whose home insurance does not include flood cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Insurance Industry
118. To ask the Minister for Finance what reductions in motor insurance premiums could be achieved to benefit motorists on the announcement that insurance details from the MIBI is now shared...
- Interest Rates
123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned with the increases in mortgage interest rates being demanded of customers by financial lenders; to provide an update on his recent...
- Financial Irregularities
124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent statistics published by An Garda Síochána regarding the 77% increase in cases of investment fraud this year; the measures his...
- Fiscal Policy
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no monies can be drawn down from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund until 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51426/23]
- Legislative Measures
126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate the progress of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 to Committee Stage as a matter of priority. [51424/23]
- Economic Growth
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland’s economy continues on a stable footing notwithstanding any potential threat; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he and his European Union colleagues are taking to ensure better regulation of commodity future markets; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commissions of Investigation
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will...
- Banking Sector
130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the banking review. [51368/23]
- Departmental Strategies
135. To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Payments Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51367/23]
- Fiscal Policy
136. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the planned new Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund. [51537/23]
- Banking Sector
138. To ask the Minister for Finance to update Dáil Éireann on his engagement with the retail banking sector, Department of Housing and representative groups of homeowners affected by...
- Fiscal Policy
140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the plans for Ireland to adopt the European taxonomy in investment. [51512/23]
- Tax Code
141. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to address wealth-related emissions via new levies or taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51249/23]
- Banking Sector
143. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the recovery of funds invested in the rescue of the pillar banks during the financial crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51511/23]
- Tax Code
144. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Government’s plan to introduce a domestic tax on e-cigarettes or vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51535/23]
- Insurance Industry
145. To ask the Minister for Finance what progress has been made regarding public liability insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51422/23]
- House Prices
146. To ask the Minister for Finance for an assessment of the additional cost to construction of a standard 3-bed semi-detached house arising from the concrete product levy in the context of the...
- Tax Code
149. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the rationale by the Revenue Commissioners for considering computerised calf feeders which are either bolted to a concrete floor or set in concrete...
- Energy Prices
151. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the TBESS scheme and the €900 million underspend; how the Government plans to reallocate this funding; if some of it will be used to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Relations
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures, if any, he and his Department have taken to strengthen diplomatic ties with Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Services
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Development Aid
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 14 November 2023, of the €60 million increase in Official Development Assistance in vote...
- Middle East
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees that Ireland has a duty under the UN Genocide Convention to prevent genocide; if any assessment has been carried out as to...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electric Vehicles
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the models of electric vehicles with a full price of more than €60,000 that...
- Departmental Data
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the final electricity demand from business, domestic sectors from 2019 to date in 2023, in...
- Energy Conservation
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review and address correspondence (details supplied) concerning operational inefficiencies in the Sustainable Energy...
- Renewable Energy Generation
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available to install solar panels and wind turbines in domestic houses; to detail the criteria applied to...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel of each rank who have signed up to participate in the EU Battlegroup; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Policies
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to ban sulky races, particularly in light of the recent sulky races which took place on a public road in Limerick, which...
- Office of Public Works
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of significant damage caused by recent flooding to the bridge over the river Flurry, Deerpark Road,...
- Road Safety
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to investigate a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51605/23]
- Driver Licences
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will comment on the current relevance of the CPC driver course; and if the teaching manuals for this course are out of date and not...
- Taxi Regulations
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for further details on a cab system (details supplied); if they will have insurance; the type of licence required to operate same, given...
- Bus Services
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to reinstate a bus stop that had previously been in service (details supplied); if there are no plans to reinstate this, if an...
- Cycling Facilities
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what applications for expansion of a bike scheme (details supplied) have been received; and the costs involved for an expansion. [51669/23]
- Departmental Correspondence
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a substantive response to correspondence (details supplied) of 8 October 2023 can be expected; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update in relation to changes to the pension scheme for CIÉ pensioners; and the timeline for when an increase in the...
- Bus Services
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bus stops for the 203 bus under proposed changes. [51769/23]
- Road Projects
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding progressing the N86 Tralee to Dingle Road upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51788/23]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Rebates
175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an inequality in the fuel rebate scheme for disabled drivers (details supplied). [51765/23]
- Departmental Schemes
176. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to amend the disabled drivers and disabled passenger's scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51473/23]
- Renewable Energy Generation
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of units of renewable electricity that are determined by reference to data on the fuel mix in respect of the suppliers concerned, as...
- Departmental Bodies
179. To ask the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to establish the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when the criteria for this scheme will be amended in view of the widespread...
- Tax Data
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individuals charged excess tax under the standard fund threshold in each of the years from 2016 to 2022. [51744/23]
- Tax Code
182. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the OECD sponsors’ proposals in respect of corporation profits tax in this country and across Europe...
- Economic Data
184. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied that this country’s finances are on a firm footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51758/23]
- Foreign Direct Investment
186. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which Ireland remains an attractive investment location from the point of view of international investors; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Regulations
187. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains satisfied that EU competition rules are not set to invade the competency of national governments to retain control of tax...
- Economic Policy
189. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which confidence in the Irish economy remains strong in the international sphere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51763/23]
- Business Supports
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies with a registered address in Galway that availed of temporary business energy support scheme; and the value of the total value of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service
192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 17 October 2023, if the new civil service arbitration board has yet been finalised; and if...
- Vacant Properties
193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a vacant property will be made available to a community group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Risk Management
194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supports, financial or otherwise, available to houses and businesses that are flooded at a location (details supplied) which are...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the increased cost of business grant; at what point the details of this scheme will be finalised; the process...
- Departmental Schemes
196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline what flood relief schemes are available to businesses that are not eligible for the emergency flood relief scheme as they...
- Business Supports
197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to give serious consideration to an effective package of support for businesses, as the current small business support scheme...
- Departmental Schemes
198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond to queries raised by a person (details supplied) following the most recent flooding event; to outline the supports in...
- Departmental Consultations
199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the establishment of a consultative group of key external stakeholders to support the work of a referendum on the...
- Business Supports
200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason businesses using diesel gas are excluded from the business users support scheme for kerosene, given many businesses...
- Exports Growth
201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his satisfaction or otherwise with Ireland’s ability to compete with all others for already established or potential export...
- Foreign Direct Investment
203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he anticipates levels of investment here to adequately cater for the employment needs of the country; and if he...
- Inflation Rate
204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he has identified any potential threats to the manufacturing and services sectors here likely to arise from...
- Job Creation
205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which innovation continues to be utilised to assist in job creation in this country; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Strategies
206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he continues to monitor challenges to the manufacturing of the service sectors here, with particular reference to...
- Departmental Policies
209. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of safety at work standards here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Strategies
210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which he and his Department remain alert to any threats to employment here, whether locally or imported, with...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Social Welfare Benefits
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current sick payment entitlement for a person (details supplied) who is currently out on long-term sick leave from their teaching post; and...
- Social Welfare Schemes
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a case whereby a person (details supplied) did not receive full payment for the hours completed in the Home Summer Provision 2023; and...
- Schools Building Projects
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an approved extension development for a school (details supplied) was withdrawn; the reason no reason for the withdrawal was given to...
- School Accommodation
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her Department to put a plan in place to deliver the necessary temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) to...
- School Transport
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a school bus service from east Galway city and Oranmore to a school (details supplied) where there is no secondary gaelscoil;...
- School Admissions
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the updated timeline for the delivery of a new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied), given the tender process has...
- School Management
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 17 December 2013, if the Governing Authority was established under the Education and Training Board...
- Schools Building Projects
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans to locate a future primary and/or post-primary school in the growing north Santry area; and if she will make a statement...
- State Examinations
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a matter (details supplied). [51803/23]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Child Protection
223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to protect small children from being exposed to hardcore online pornography; and if she will make a...
- Ukraine War
224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the fourth collective statement by the 36 sports ministers worldwide on Russia's war on Ukraine and...
- Sports Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an up-to-date statement on LSSIF round 1; to detail how much has been allocated; how much has been drawn down; and the...
- An Teanga Gaeilge
226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén chaoi a mheasfar a bhfuil an té a cheapfar mar Ard-Rúnaí nua ar an Roinn cumasach ar an ngnó a...
- Sports Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position regarding the latest Sports Capital and Equipment Programme; the number of applications received, per...
- Television Licence Fee
229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she believes enough is being done to promote the importance of paying the TV licence; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Electoral Process
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on the actions he has taken to address the Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations...
- Housing Schemes
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to amend the incremental tenant purchase scheme 2016 to allow tenants of social homes acquired since 1...
- Housing Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had engagement with Kerry County Council regarding the process of having the Annagh Banks Development in...
- Housing Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether there is provision for standalone timberframe houses in planning legislation, taking into account that the cost would...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that a fee is charged online to free travel pass holders when an allocation of bookings for free travel pass...
- Social Welfare Payments
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51689/23]
- Social Welfare Appeals
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider applying the same eligibility criteria for rental income as are applied to investment income in respect...
- Social Welfare Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county that are receiving the €300 fuel allowance lump sum payment this week, in...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Service
245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 October 2023, when a person (details supplied) can expect to return to Ireland,...
- Legislative Measures
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will carry out a health impact assessment on the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; the planning that has taken place to ensure...
- An Garda Síochána
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of section 50 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023, persons below the rank of chief...
- Departmental Data
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the possible posthumous pardoning in historic cases (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Road Traffic Accidents
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide, in tabular form, the number of road traffic collisions involving farming vehicles per year between 2017-2023. [51810/23]
- An Garda Síochána
254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide, in tabular form, the number of arrests made during the most recent Operation Twin Tracks (November 2023). [51812/23]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- State Bodies
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review and address correspondence (details supplied) concerning operational inefficiencies in the Sustainable Energy Authority of...
- Agriculture Schemes
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a BISS penalty in respect of a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
- Fishing Industry
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51630/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will look at opening the fodder scheme 2023 to new entrants in view of recent adverse weather (details supplied). [51675/23]
- Forestry Sector
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry licence application (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51681/23]
- Departmental Data
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of finfish aquaculture licences currently up for renewal in Ireland; the number of finfish aquaculture licences currently...
- Fishing Industry
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of finfish aquaculture licences currently up for renewal that have been supplied with all and sufficient environmental...
- Weather Events
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to the introduction of a scheme for farm buildings damaged by the recent flooding; and if he will...
- Departmental Reviews
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the process regarding a potential land deal in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial support that he is providing to farmers in the Shannon callows for lost fodder and grass as a result of the flooding...
- Departmental Policies
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are debarred from benefitting from reliefs if they have solar panels on their farms (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received correspondence from a charity (details supplied) regarding a funding deficit; and what action...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to push the introduction of the budgeted increase in the ECC hours to €2.14 per hour to January 2024, and...
- Child Protection
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the actions he has taken to address the Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding...
- Childcare Services
273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years and school-age care providers that have withdrawn from Core funding for each month to...
- Childcare Qualifications
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the actions in Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Plan for Early Learning and Care and...
- Special Educational Needs
276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered reimbursing parents who avail and pay for private assessments in respect of ASD services...
- International Protection
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on (details supplied); when this application will be processed; the outstanding...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to increase the early childhood care and education, ECCE, payment and core funding for child care providers...
- International Protection
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it was known at the time of entering a contract with an accommodation provider (details supplied) that there...
- EU Directives
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures he is taking on Ireland being referred by the European Commission to the EU’s Court of...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51738/23]
- Health Services Staff
289. 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 Cavan General Hospital, in tabular form; the...
- Departmental Funding
291. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the funding for the national clinical programme for ADHD in adults in each of the years from 2019 to date; his views on the roll out of the...
- Departmental Data
292. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the CHO areas that are funded for adult ADHD services; when the remaining services are expected to be available; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on waiting lists for adult ADHD services, per CHO; what efforts are being taken to reduce these waiting times; if those in catchment areas...
- Departmental Reviews
294. To ask the Minister for Health if reviews of adult ADHD clinical teams have been carried out; if teams will be allowed to expand in personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
295. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding is available to pay external recruitment agencies to fill vacant positions within adult ADHD services; if this funding is separate to...
- Health Services Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current vacancies within adult ADHD services, per CHO; if the HSE recruitment embargo will affect the filling of the positions; how this will...
- Mental Health Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on accommodation for adult ADHD services in Kerry/Cork west; if the accommodation is up to standard; if new accommodation is being sought and for...
- Medicinal Products
299. To ask the Minister for Health the medication that is prescribed for ADHD; what measures are being taken to address shortages of these medications; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
300. 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 of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the number of...
- Health Services Staff
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO8; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which...
- Hospital Staff
302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the...
- Health Services Staff
303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO8; the number of headcount posts; and the WTE...
- Hospital Appointments Status
304. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list for a consultation in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make...
- Health Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51631/23]
- Health Services Staff
307. 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 Letterkenny University Hospital, in...
- Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51641/23]
- Health Services Staff
312. 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, County Meath, in tabular...
- Hospital Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in...
- Health Services Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO 8, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
- Hospital Appointments Status
316. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a child (details supplied) regarding essential hip surgery for dysplasia. [51649/23]
- Health Services Staff
317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Sligo University Hospital, in tabular form; the number of...
- Hospital Staff
319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for Sligo University Hospital, in tabular form; the...
- Health Services Staff
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO1, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
- Primary Care Centres
321. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a primary care centre in Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51656/23]
- Health Services Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting the recently announced HSE recruitment freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51659/23]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
323. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposal to develop a 'surgical hub' in Limerick; the location of the preferred site; when he expects it to be operational; and if...
- Hospital Staff
324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular form; the...
- Health Services Staff
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO6 and CHO7, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
- Hospital Staff
326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular...
- Health Services Staff
327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade, for CHO6 and CHO7, in tabular form; the number of...
- Health Service Executive
328. To ask the Minister for Health what discussions he has had with the HSE to ensure queries raised by Deputies on behalf of constituents will be answered in adequate time; and if he will make...
- Substance Misuse
330. To ask the Minister for Health what steps have been taken under the National Drugs Strategy to ensure that drugs rehabilitation projects have the capacity and supports required to benefit...
- Dental Services
331. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will get an appointment for orthodontic treatment; their current place on the waiting list; if there are any options available...
- Hospital Appointments Status
334. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Meath will be given a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51703/23]
- Health Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application submitted by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51706/23]
- Care of the Elderly
337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his intentions regarding the urgent need for funding for the supported care homes in counties Carlow and Kilkenny to ensure that each one is...
- Medicinal Products
338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of tyvense medication, in particular in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Insurance Industry
339. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the issues concerning members of the Goulding voluntary medical scheme; and if so, if his Department can assist in any way. [51723/23]
- Vaccination Programme
340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce an RSV vaccine programme for older adults this winter to help minimise the impact of the tripledemic, RSV, Covid and flu; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
345. 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 Mayo University Hospital, in tabular...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a device by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51767/23]
- Hospital Staff
350. 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 Letterkenny University Hospital, in...
- Health Services Staff
351. 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 CHO1, in tabular form; the number of...
- Hospital Staff
352. 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 Letterkenny University...
- Health Services Staff
353. 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 CHO1, in tabular form; and the...
- Hospital Facilities
354. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the arrangement between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) in relation to extra hospital bed capacity; the number of private beds the...
- Health Services Staff
355. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on the implementation of regional health areas; the status of recruitment of the six regional executive officers; and...
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
356. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the significant rise in sexually transmitted diseases; if he intends to launch a new public health campaign to highlight this...
- Hospital Staff
357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51798/23]
- Hospital Services
358. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 9 November 2023, if he will provide an update on the standardisation of additional opening hours for LIUs and MAUs;...
- Health Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding a medical centre in west Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51804/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans he is putting in place to resolve delays in completion of pipefitting apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
