Written answers

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Tax Data
      33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the recent fall in corporation tax revenues has raised challenges in terms of public expenditure for his Department. [52076/23]
    • National Development Plan
      38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 10 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public procurement rules allow for the exclusion of companies based in a state that is under investigation by the International...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to unwind the remaining elements of the FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52031/23]
    • Office of Public Works
      43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on plans for extending Mullingar Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52281/23]
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the occasions over the past twelve months in which Government Departments have requested additional funds from his...
    • Flood Risk Management
      45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on OPW planned flood relief works across County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52032/23]
    • National Development Plan
      48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new infrastructure guidelines for the Public Sector Spending Code, to include consideration of climate and nature impacts, will...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the analysis that has been conducted on the impact of the increasing reliance on public private partnership and leasing contracts and the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52140/23]
    • National Development Plan
      52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the next revision of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52254/23]
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the programmes of public expenditure that will be subject to evaluation in the coming year, and whether this process needs to be...
    • National Development Plan
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the €14 billion deficit in the National Development Plan; how this will impact on achievement of our 2030 targets;...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the budgeting process operated by his Department promotes innovation to a sufficient extent; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Risk Management
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans for looking at mitigations and protections required following north Louth flooding and near flooding recently; what...
    • National Development Plan
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 2 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Public Sector Pay
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on public pay discussions; his views on widening the current appraisal categories from satisfactory and non-satisfactory;...
    • Flood Risk Management
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress which has been made by the steering group to advance the flood mitigation works at Ballycar; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Properties
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding Departmental policy or guidelines in relation to the retention, repurposing or sale of former State-owned...
    • Flood Risk Management
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of flood management schemes in County Cork; the status of delivery of same; the timeline when they will be delivered; and if...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Tax Code
      75. To ask the Taoiseach whether the Central Statistics Office considers tax incentives for vehicles that are directly operated by fossil fuels under the Sustainable Energy Authority of...
    • Departmental Staff
      76. To ask the Taoiseach if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to dealing with integration; if so, to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      77. To ask the Taoiseach when the next progress report of the climate action plan will be published; and what targets are still outstanding from Q1, Q2 and Q3. [51896/23]
    • Freedom of Information
      79. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the total number of such requests that were rejected in...
    • Departmental Advertising
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016...
    • Departmental Communications
      81. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Membership
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has interaction with other European countries with a view to ensuring that the benefits arising from membership of the...
    • Middle East
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he applied to enter Gaza on his recent trip to the Middle East; and if so, whether this application was blocked by Israel. [51816/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to...
    • Middle East
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update in relation to a response to previous correspondence (details supplied). [51867/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an application for a foreign birth registration will be processed; when the applicant can expect a decision (details supplied); and if...
    • Middle East
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost to date of assisting Irish citizens in Gaza to leave the area following the outbreak of hostilities there on 7 October 2023;...
    • Freedom of Information
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such...
    • Middle East
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it was agreed to permit Israeli security personnel to be located on the premises of Dublin Airport in order to screen passengers...
    • Passport Services
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite passport renewals for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52057/23]
    • Military Aircraft
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a German military aircraft, Luftwaffe 54-21, Air Defender 2023 is refuelling in an airport in the Irish Republic; the number of...
    • Middle East
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the current guidance provided by his Department to Gaza residents who hold a valid Irish visa, if the Irish Embassy in Tel...
    • Passport Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if and when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52142/23]
    • Departmental Advertising
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format,...
    • Departmental Communications
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to make a statement on the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan. [52223/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the...
    • Middle East
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether, in light of the Taoiseach’s recent comments, his Department is actively considering a change to the conditions on which...
    • Military Aircraft
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has investigated whether US military aircraft passing through Shannon Airport towards US military bases in Europe then...
    • Middle East
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the plight of disabled and elderly residents in Gaza (details supplied); the steps his Department will...
    • Passport Services
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount collected in passport fees during the months of October and September 2023; if he will provide figures for the same period in...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Staff
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their...
    • Climate Change Policy
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in view of the timeline for the Land Use Report as set out by a person (details supplied), when he expects to finalise...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a wind farm (details supplied) operates a community benefit fund. [51864/23]
    • Freedom of Information
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total...
    • Energy Conservation
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the exact procedure that defective concrete block affected homeowners need to follow in order to avail of...
    • Inland Fisheries
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the report into the external review of governance within Inland Fisheries Ireland, including an examination of the...
    • Energy Policy
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline a timeline for the construction of floating storage and regasification units by the State; the...
    • Energy Conservation
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason it is taking so long for a BER assessment to take place for persons (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Departmental Advertising
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster,...
    • Departmental Communications
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any...
    • Coastal Protection
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his representations to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Dublin City and...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 28 September 2023, if he has reverted to the Local Government Management...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can address the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Infrastructure
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a comprehensive list of energy-generating stations in Ireland that are scheduled for closure; their closure...
    • Climate Change Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications for funding from the Climate Action Fund since the beginning of 2020; the nature of these...
    • Energy Prices
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress towards a solution to the problem of high energy prices at a location (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated date for the roll-out of fibre broadband to (details supplied). [52563/23]
    • Electricity Supply Board
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what engagement his Department has had with the ESB with regard to the purchase of coal from the Cerrejón mine in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to dealing...
    • Freedom of Information
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests...
    • Official Travel
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in relation to the announcement of the Government intention to purchase a new Government jet capable of 3,500 miles range, if he will outline...
    • Defence Forces
      134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is aware of a former Irish Army soldier (details supplied) with fourteen years' service who has no Army medical records and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format,...
    • Departmental Communications
      136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations...
    • Air Corps
      137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the items displayed in the Irish Air Corps museum in Baldonnel, which is due to close in December 2023; and if there are any plans...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charger points in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52589/23]
    • Road Projects
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the N22 road improvement project between Farranfore and Killarney; the up-to-date timeline for the...
    • Greenways Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding plans to link the Tralee to Fenit greenway with the Listowel to Limerick greenway via Ardfert,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated amount of capital underspend in his Department for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51845/23]
    • Road Projects
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or officials in his Department have received a request from the Department of Rural and Community Development to contribute...
    • Coroners Service
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the attendees at an upcoming coroner’s hearing (details supplied); and if the costs incurred by the family in...
    • Road Projects
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to an allocation to progress with a relief road for Mountmellick, County Laois in the revised estimates...
    • Driver Test
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a driving test in County Cavan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51915/23]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of male drivers who have died in single vehicle accidents while travelling alone in each year from 2000 to date; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the new S8 bus route bypasses UCD, Dundrum town centre, and IADT, leaving many hundreds of students, workers, and shoppers...
    • Public Transport
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the solutions being considered for residents to improve connectivity via public transport to the thousands of existing and new residents...
    • Bus Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop at Church Cross, Skibbereen could be relocated due to safety concerns raised by local residents (details supplied). [51960/23]
    • Freedom of Information
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such...
    • Air Services
      Over the period 2018-2022, Exchequer supports totalling over €221m were provided to Irish airports. Over €105m in grant aid was provided to regional airports over this 5-year...
    • Rail Network
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update to Dáil Éireann on any examinations or studies being conducted on improving the railway system's ability...
    • Parking Provision
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to permit those with Crohn's disease access to a disabled parking permit. [52021/23]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many exemption orders for the transport of munitions of war have been granted in each of the last 10 years; how many exemption orders...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to tackle and reduce road traffic offenses, particularly given the increasing number of fatalities and serious...
    • Bus Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision will be made to enable persons aged 70 years and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to drive public service...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to review private clamping laws for vehicles in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52179/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by...
    • Rail Network
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the provision of real time passenger information signage at Broombridge railway station; and if he will make a...
    • Airport Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to provide free car parking for all staff at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52220/23]
    • National Transport Authority
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on any planned reviews by the NTA in the Adamstown/Lucan area to facilitate the growing population and growing demand...
    • Road Projects
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role that the Ryder Cup has played in securing his support for progressing the Adare bypass road with more urgency; if he is...
    • Bus Éireann
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when additional capacity will be provided on a route where a public service contract is operated under the National Transport Authority...
    • Driver Test
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the recruitment of up to 75 additional driver testers, approved by his Department in March of this year; if he...
    • Road Projects
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given further consideration to funding the next phase of the Mallow relief road to enable the project to be brought to planning...
    • Bus Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the delivery date for the proposed BusConnects ‘O’ orbital routes serving the South Circular Road; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to address the shortage of mechanics. [52395/23]
    • EU Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital works projects under the remit of his Department that have received EU funding in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the EU...
    • Road Projects
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Banduff road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52415/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that will be allocated to the Ballyvolane Strategic Transport Corridor; how long the improvement project is...
    • Departmental Schemes
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Blarney village pedestrian and cycling infrastructure scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52419/23]
    • School Transport
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to open a new round of funding for the Safe Routes to School Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to accelerating the upgrade of the N20 Cork Limerick motorway with a view to an earlier start date; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter in relation to CIÉ pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52457/23]
    • Road Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport where the 7 km bypass of Adare will start; where it will terminate; if it will be dual or single carriageway along the proposed 7km...
    • Rail Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the final all-island rail review report will be published; if he will ensure that the outcome of the rail review is reflected in the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant homes identified by Revenue Commissioners as eligible for the vacant homes tax, by local authority administrative area or county, in...
    • Departmental Staff
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to dealing with...
    • Banking Sector
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of mortgage accounts that have switched from vulture funds to retail banks since 6 September 2023; the total number of mortgage accounts that...
    • Tax Code
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be any changes to VRT on electrical vehicles from January 2024 for somebody purchasing a new car. [51904/23]
    • Freedom of Information
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the current situation regarding applications for primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52041/23]
    • Personal Debt
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance how a person who fell into personal difficulty and fell behind on their loan repayments due to personal circumstances can have their credit report amended...
    • Departmental Advertising
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the...
    • Departmental Communications
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if the criteria for primary medical certificates can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52214/23]
    • Financial Instruments
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland loan scheme to be open for applications for farm development loans, not the energy-related loans;...
    • Economic Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount, in numeric terms and as a percentage of GNI*, that the private housing industry contributed to the Irish economy through taxes associated with...
    • Departmental Meetings
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to have a bilateral meeting with a person (details supplied). [52402/23]
    • Tax Code
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider affording property owners who are registering for the vacant property tax more than two options with respect to choosing the status of the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will give consideration to introducing primary medical certificates to all individuals with physical disabilities (details supplied); and if...
    • Tax Code
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline what legislative basis the Revenue Commissioner has for using the fuel mix disclosure, as published by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department would consider making it mandatory for any film or TV co-productions shooting in Ireland to engage local Irish performers on equal...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Housing Provision
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if newly built modular homes (details supplied) were fitted out completely prior to being allocated; if so, to detail the total cost of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider financially supporting the re-establishment of Benefacts, given its previously invaluable role as a one-stop-shop...
    • Departmental Staff
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to...
    • Office of Public Works
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 29 March 2022, if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works plans to...
    • Freedom of Information
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such...
    • Office of Public Works
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline details of the investment that has been made in the development and management of the OPW sites at Scattery Island and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any...
    • Departmental Communications
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by...
    • Civil Service
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the location of the published annual reports of the mediation officer pursuant to the Civil Service grievance procedure Circular...
    • Departmental Reports
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of reports from personnel officers and mediation officers received in 2022; the Departments the reports were from; and if he...
    • Public Sector Staff
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current designated mediation officer in his Department's Civil and Public Service mediation service; the way in which the Civil and...
    • Departmental Staff
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he will take to resolve the situation where 30 staff members in the Cavan Social Protection office are to lose the use of...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of the average pro-rata national capital spend in County Louth and east-Meath over the past five years; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an increase in their pension as a former civil servant as part of the Building Momentum...
    • Heritage Sites
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will consider referencing the connection of Red Hugh (Hugh Roe/ Aodh Ruadh) O’ Donnell to Dublin Castle in guided...
    • Departmental Bodies
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in publishing the Health Budget Oversight Group minutes for August and September 2023; the date on which these...
    • Departmental Schemes
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update in relation to a scheme (details supplied); when a decision will issue regarding the confirmation of the scheme;...
    • National Development Plan
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to utilise the concept of reform to enhance and improve delivery of the National Development Plan; and...
    • Departmental Projects
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to indicate the extent to which reform has become an integral part of all Departments with a view to speeding up the relevant processes...
    • Departmental Budgets
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department receives as near as possible estimates from each Department in the preparation of annual budgets; and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to advance pay agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52556/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public procurement procedures can be enhanced to ensure a more rapid through flow of State projects, while at the...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he remains satisfied that levels of public expenditure here are adequately proofed to ensure best outcome for the Exchequer and...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated...
    • Job Creation
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of Enterprise Ireland sponsored jobs, by county for the years 2016 - 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Work Permits
      242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment , to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51950/23]
    • Freedom of Information
      243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      244. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of Exchequer funding allocated towards the Eirsat-1 project; to outline the total amount paid to the European Space Agency...
    • Work Permits
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 28 September 2023, if the review into occupation lists for employment permits for...
    • Human Rights
      246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Department of Foreign Affairs has raised any human rights or foreign policy concerns with his Department in relation to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any...
    • Departmental Communications
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by...
    • Departmental Schemes
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 8 September 2022, the progress that has been made on the review of the eligibility for...
    • Export Controls
      250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for details of all export licences under the various categories of the Control of Exports (Goods and Technology) Order that have been...
    • Brexit Supports
      251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what income by Enterprise Ireland has been sanctioned by his Department to ensure that Irish businesses have increased financial...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Staff
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are personnel in her Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to dealing...
    • School Transport
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can review an application for school transport for Ukrainian students to attend a school (details supplied); when a decision will be...
    • Freedom of Information
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests...
    • School Staff
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress her Department has made regarding redeployment facilities for post primary teachers to allow for a system whereby more teachers can...
    • School Admissions
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which both primary and second level school places are available and will be ready for occupation in time for the next school year...
    • Special Educational Needs
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the cost of translation services provided to schools for the deaf in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the redevelopment of a building for a school (details supplied); the timetable for the design and design...
    • School Facilities
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will oversee the introduction of new guidelines to develop new school playground guidelines and an analysis of spaces and funds for...
    • School Curriculum
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will oversee the introduction of the Brain Calm Programme to the curriculum in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Admissions
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans her Department has to increase the amount of secondary school places in the Newcastle area of South County Dublin to be in line with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the formula used in calculating EAL posts with schools applying for such posts, as is the case already with NEEAL posts where...
    • Schools Building Projects
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has allocated funding to a school (details supplied) for a permanent building to extend the school; and when it expects...
    • Departmental Advertising
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for...
    • Departmental Communications
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations...
    • School Patronage
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for primary schools in the Ballyfermot area identified as having potential demand for a transfer or divestment of school...
    • School Accommodation
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are enough primary and secondary school places in the Ballyfermot area to service the population in the area; or...
    • School Transport
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the details of the school transport grant; who can apply for same; what the application process is; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Facilities
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has been approved funding under the summer works scheme to erect a boundary fence; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries have had their new pay backdated; if not, when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52271/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on advances in her announced plan to introduce a foreign language in primary schools across the State; when it will...
    • School Admissions
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 21 November 2023, the steps she will take to ensure that all qualifying applicants to secondary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Patronage
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list, in tabular form, the number of Irish medium post-primary schools which are ETB and those which are voluntary schools; to add a breakdown...
    • Schools Building Projects
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team will be appointed for a new school building (details supplied), given that discussions about the site between the Department...
    • School Facilities
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline any programmes or initiatives which are being undertaken to encourage and support recycling and composting in secondary schools; the...
    • School Staff
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that retired teachers with a class A stamp lose the benefit of their supplementary pension if they step in to assist a local...
    • School Transport
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the ongoing review of the school transport scheme; if the review will be completed and recommendations enacted...
    • Departmental Schemes
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any funding options open to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52417/23]
    • Disability Services
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken or if he has plans to provide additional funding to organisations that provide equine therapy and assistance dogs to...
    • School Transport
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for assistance in securing transport arrangements for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52471/23]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an individual who sat their Leaving Certificate in 2014 and received a C3 in Gaeilge would be permitted to undertake the primary school...
    • Schools of Music
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of data (details supplied) will be provided in relation to the Cork ETB School of Music, showing the situation before and after Covid...
    • Psychological Assessments
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will endeavour to expedite an urgently needed NEPS appointment for a person (details supplied). [52538/23]
    • School Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding her Department has provided to each national school in County Cavan in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [52539/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of school places at primary and second level in Kildare north; the steps she is taking to address...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures she is taking to allow primary school teachers who have qualified in the UK to more easily qualify to teach in Ireland; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s intention to sign a waiver on the Sherkin Island national school property in order to facilitate...
    • School Transport
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that school bus route (details supplied) has been cancelled until further notice; when she expects this service to be returned; and if...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Tourism Industry
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if research has been carried out relating to visitor numbers and spending in locations where there has been displacement of...
    • Departmental Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are personnel in her Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role...
    • Freedom of Information
      302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of...
    • Sports Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to delays in releasing sports capital grant funding for a club (details supplied); if this funding...
    • Departmental Priorities
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the measures she intends to take to oblige social media platforms and internet service providers to ensure that minors...
    • Departmental Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in...
    • Sports Funding
      307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on a sports capital application for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Staff
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role...
    • Departmental Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what exactly the plans are for the site of St. Finian's Hospital, Killarney (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update with regard to the details and timelines in respect of the remediation of apartment defects to help...
    • Departmental Schemes
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the valuation mechanism that is in place for properties accepted on the tenant-in-situ scheme; the protocols that are in place...
    • Freedom of Information
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number...
    • Departmental Funding
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Met Éireann in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review regarding a system of holding rental deposits; when the outcome of this review will be published;...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings between his officials led by organisations (details supplied) in 2022 and 2023 on the issue of the...
    • Housing Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many people are waiting to be housed under the social housing scheme in County Longford in total; and if he will provide...
    • Horticulture Sector
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has proposals to amend planning laws to permit the excavation of peat for horticulture purposes in tandem with efforts...
    • Planning Issues
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a proposed development (details supplied) in County Cork which has been approved under section 179A of the...
    • Housing Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that landlords who enter a HAP agreement are having their HAP payments suspended if the tenant fails to pay...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will contact local and national Traveller organisations to assess the level of difficulty Travellers have in accessing...
    • Housing Policy
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that amendments to the Housing Act 1988 will not narrow the definition of homelessness or restrict access to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ,...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update by his Department to combat Japanese knotweed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52182/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue...
    • Departmental Regulations
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of permits that his Department has granted for decoy crows in each of the years since 2020; the number of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the repair of local authority homes affected by defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Safety
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will announce the completion of the public consultation on the review of Part B (fire safety) of the Building...
    • Housing Schemes
      333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why there is no independent appeals process outside of the local authority to which an applicant applies in respect of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for funding has been received (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52270/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will raise the price ceiling for the first homes scheme in County Clare, which is currently set at €325,000, so...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise on the situation where local authority tenants who are housed with approved housing bodies and wish to...
    • Rental Sector
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties in the private rental sector inspected, by each local authority; the number that met minimum...
    • Derelict Sites
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Government-owned properties, which would be considered derelict under the conditions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, are...
    • Local Elections
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has provided funding to support campaigns to encourage non-EU citizens, or international protection...
    • Septic Tanks
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to enabling homeowners to apply for grants or other financial supports to assist in repairing...
    • Vacant Properties
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what statutory powers vacant homes officers in local authorities have; to provide a list of local authorities with vacant...
    • Housing Schemes
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he intends increasing the HAP rent limits as due to the continuous increases in rents generally as many tenants are...
    • Offshore Islands
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his attention has been drawn to UCC’s “Ireland’s Offshore Islands: Housing Needs Survey”;...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51852/23]
    • Employment Rights
      350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions 302, 303 and 304 of 14 November 2023, if she will address a matter in relation to test...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on the application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Departmental Meetings
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to arrange for her Department to appoint a liaison person to deal with the residents in an area in County Cork (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51914/23]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 13 June 2023, if she will confirm the status of the application for the State...
    • Freedom of Information
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number...
    • Pension Provisions
      357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the pension entitlements being worked on for carers by her Department at present; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have the carers allowance payment re-instated; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be processed and a decision made on it; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) qualifies for household benefits and the fuel allowance; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the 27 Ability Programmes nationwide will be informed of their funding allocations for 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to create a single scheme that combines the current reasonable accommodation fund grants and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their application for disability allowance. [52180/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person who applied for disability allowance before Christmas, but will not receive a decision until after...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which an application for the fuel allowance was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if the...
    • Departmental Communications
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a response will be issued by her Department to this Deputy in relation to a query regarding a household benefit claim...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is receiving a reduced rate of social welfare of €129.70; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cost-of-living bonus will be paid to a person in County Kerry (details supplied) who transferred from the working...
    • International Protection
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total annual expenditure on the daily expenses allowance paid to international protection applicants each year since...
    • Departmental Reports
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the companies involved;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will offer advice to a person who has reached the limit of their eligibility for carer’s benefit and does not...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances by which a family can avail of means-tested welfare payments and, on subsequently being discovered to have...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there are circumstances in which domiciliary care allowance or carer's benefit would be paid to the parent of an...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if free travel is available for a person with a condition (details supplied) who is not on a social welfare payment; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [52543/23]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied). [52544/23]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of an application for a PPSN for a person (details supplied); when can they expect the number to issue;...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Staff
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are personnel in her Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role...
    • Jury Service
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there are any arrangements whereby small businesses can be compensated if an important member of staff is called for...
    • Insurance Industry
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given the impact high legal fees are having in driving up insurance premiums, when she plans to publish the findings of a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to Nobber Garda station in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular...
    • Domestic Violence
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of a domestic violence incident in each county, in each of the past...
    • Immigration Policy
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when strand 4 endowment applications for the Immigrant Investment Programme will be processed; if she will outline the...
    • Gambling Sector
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; whether guidelines on what documentation and financial information can be...
    • Freedom of Information
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number...
    • An Garda Síochána
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been redeployed or retired from the Clare Garda division during...
    • Immigration Policy
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding applications for consideration under the International Investment Programme by an...
    • Airport Security
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it was agreed to permit Israeli security personnel to be located on the premises of Dublin Airport in order to screen...
    • Alcohol Sales
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if plans for the deregulation of the pub industry will result in more off licences in the future; if this will de-value the...
    • Sentencing Policy
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce new criminal law legislation to empower judges to impose significant maximum terms of imprisonment,...
    • Immigration Policy
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of flights arriving into each international airport in Ireland that have been attended by immigration officers as...
    • Employment Schemes
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views in regard to the “Working to Change” programme; what plans, if any, she has for continuing it beyond...
    • Visa Applications
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality about the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in June 2023 for an extension of their visa that was due to expire...
    • Alcohol Sales
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the general scheme of Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, which seeks to reform alcohol licensing legislation in Ireland;...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in progressing an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Advertising
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ,...
    • Departmental Communications
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by...
    • Prison Service
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the allocation of prisoners to Loughan House in Cavan is being reviewed in light of recent reports (details supplied); and...
    • Family Reunification
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options for Irish citizens who have family members in Gaza in terms of refugee or family reunification programmes; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family liaison officer courses held for gardaí within Cavan-Monaghan division in 2022 and to-date in 2023,...
    • Prison Service
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently serving a custodial sentence in the State where a declaration was made to the courts and/or...
    • Departmental Data
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons served with the Probation of Offenders Act 1907 in the State where a declaration was made to the courts...
    • Citizenship Applications
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign nationals who have successfully applied for Irish citizenship in each of the past ten years. [52448/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it has ever been considered that certain Garda duties should be accompanied by a white Garda helmet, which have been...
    • Residency Permits
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries would qualify as part...
    • An Garda Síochána
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits who passed through Templemore Garda Training College in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail in tabular form the amount of funding that has been given out since the closure of the immigrant investment...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension could be given to the beef suckler farmers for the new scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Bodies
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Food and the Marine to list the companies and State agencies that have engaged in the Woodland Environmental Fund since its...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for overpayments which have arisen against herd owners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fishing Industry
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether, in light of a High Court ruling, he would reinstate the policy directive on banning inshore trawling within the six-mile...
    • Freedom of Information
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many applications for funding have been received to date under the reconstitution ash dieback scheme 2023-2027; how many...
    • Forestry Sector
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is permitted to export stone from Borrow Pits, for which no licence or permit is required, out of the forest in which the pit...
    • Animal Breeding
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 28 September 2023, if he will update his response based on engagement since the original...
    • Agriculture Industry
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allow the mushroom sector to source peat from within the State while it continues to identify potential...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applications have commenced for the Shannon Callows compensation scheme; if a farmer (details supplied) can be considered for...
    • Departmental Advertising
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any...
    • Forestry Sector
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued to date in 2023 as a percentage of his Department's targets in this area for 2023; and if...
    • Departmental Communications
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the requirement within ACRES that plants provided to farmers must be of Irish origin or Irish provenance is...
    • Veterinary Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make a statement on the need for increased veterinary supports in rural areas. [52235/23]
    • Agriculture Industry
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the requirement for plants to be of Irish origin or Irish provenance and purchased from DAFM-registered...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applicants (details supplied) will know if they are successful in their applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no tiered system in relation to the spreading of nitrates on land (details supplied); if he will address this...
    • Forestry Sector
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if she will provide an update on the forestry licensing plan for the remainder of 2023 and 2024, given indications in October that...
    • Departmental Programmes
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what the additional funding secured for the TB programme will be utilised for; if he will provide an update on additional staff being...
    • Fishing Industry
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 9 March 2023, if he can reconcile the response with the eventual diametrically opposite...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) is being charged for SNP testing when the cost of testing is covered by the DAFM-HSI; and if he will...
    • Organic Farming
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52379/23]
    • Invasive Species Policy
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is considering restricting the importation of certain raw wood products such as unsawn timber from areas where the...
    • Forestry Sector
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information on how to identify trees that have ash dieback and need to be removed for public safety has been issued to landowners;...
    • Trade Agreements
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the most recent engagement he and his Department have had with the EU Commission with respect to the European...
    • Departmental Schemes
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any schemes that are, or may become, available to farmers where damage to farms other than buildings has occurred as a...
    • Departmental Policies
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the exception to fencing upland hill land is still the same in 2023 considering the guide to land eligibility 2015 states that...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Data
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff currently employed in Enable Ireland in Cavan-Monaghan; the number of vacancies in Enable...
    • Disability Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a mechanism for private providers to indicate their willingness to participate in the provision of...
    • Childcare Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any capital funding available to private childcare facilities who need to relocate due to expansion...
    • Departmental Staff
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of...
    • Childcare Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the minimum notice period for a crèche which decides to withdraw from the core funding scheme, and if...
    • Care Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the investigation into the care home in the south east (details supplied); if each individual case...
    • Ukraine War
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in offering a contract for accommodation offered to his Department for Ukrainian people...
    • Nursing Homes
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the Ombudsman report Wasted Lives, the number of disabled people under the age of 65 years that...
    • Departmental Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of residential places for disabled people that will be needed over the next 5, 10, 15 and...
    • Departmental Strategies
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the Autism Innovation Strategy; the timeframe for the publication of the Autism Innovation...
    • Departmental Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to collect disaggregated data for the purposes of forward-planning for the autistic community;...
    • Departmental Functions
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to establish a dedicated cross-departmental unit in his Department to facilitate a...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the optional protocol of the UNCRPD has not yet been ratified; and the timeframe for the...
    • Departmental Policies
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all Government Departments have a dedicated autism policy in place; and which Departments have developed a...
    • Disability Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what actions he has taken to address the staffing issues in disability services, including the recruitment and...
    • Departmental Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of establishing a one-stop-shop where autistic people and their families and carers can...
    • Ukraine War
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in offering a contract to an organisation (details supplied) for accommodation offered...
    • Departmental Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what efforts are being made to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) can continue to provide a...
    • Freedom of Information
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the urgency attached to implementing the arrangements under the Mother and Baby Institutions...
    • Departmental Funding
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reverse the funding cuts that an organisation (details supplied) have received; if he will ensure...
    • Direct Provision System
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 464, 465, 467, 468 and 469 of 14 November 2023, the expected total...
    • Disability Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the recruitment process for a CDNT manager in County Louth will be completed; if this position is exempt...
    • Childcare Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider removing the requirement for crèche operators to have professionally produced accounts;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national...
    • Departmental Communications
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings...
    • Departmental Funding
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 843 of 20 September 2023, if he will provide an update on the engagements...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that his Department is requiring early year service providers who are receiving core funding to...
    • International Protection
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to use a property (details supplied) for the purpose of emergency accommodation for people...
    • Departmental Funding
      508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of funding streams (details supplied); when each fund opens annually; the number of...
    • Departmental Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details in tabular form of Ireland's potential share in total of the asylum, migration and...
    • International Protection
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details as to whether the asylum, migration and integration fund can be used to fund the return of...
    • Departmental Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the amount in the Ireland for Ukraine fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the current estimate of funding required to meet demographic and unmet need in the disability sector; and if...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 4 October 2023; if the information sought can be provided as soon...
    • Legislative Measures
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 21 November 2023, if he has made representations to his...
    • International Protection
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 November 2023, the equivalent average cost per night in...
    • Gender Recognition
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the research commissioned by his Department to examine issues of concern relating to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to implement a 12.5% increase across the board for youth funding schemes. [52410/23]
    • Care Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to date in 2023 for respite care in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and the...
    • Childcare Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the charter of accounts for core funding aligns with the practical and financial realities in the...
    • Disability Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to establish a single-entry point to children’s disability...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to rebalance the distribution of resources between staff working on...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to resolve pay parity issues for organisations that provide...
    • Disability Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to attract staff in disciplines relevant to disability services who...
    • Departmental Funding
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to recognise the work of community groups that support autistic...
    • Disability Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to develop opportunities for career progression within public...
    • Health Services Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to incentivise working within the public health sector to ensure...
    • Departmental Policies
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to develop clinical guidelines, along the lines of those developed...
    • Disability Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken to liaise with the Department of Education to adopt an approach which integrates the...
    • Departmental Policies
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken or if he has plans to develop and enforce guidelines to ensure that interventions...
    • Disability Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken or if he has plans to provide adequate financial supports to families who access...
    • Care Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken or if he has plans to increase the capacity within respite care across all community...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the Government-approved National Site of Conscience on the site of the former Magdalene...
    • Direct Provision System
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in County Mayo currently in the direct provision system; to list the type of accommodation...
    • Ukraine War
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of each accommodation property for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine in...
    • International Protection
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of each accommodation property for international protection applicants in County Mayo;...
    • Ukraine War
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who are being provided with accommodation by the State per county; and if he...
    • International Protection
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who are being provided with accommodation by the State per...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of small, independent pre-schools that are struggling to meet the chart of accounts requirement...
    • Departmental Funding
      546. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department can provide a pathway for organisations such as (details supplied) to access funding for...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he would extend the pandemic payment eligibility criteria to cover all categories of Enable Ireland staff which were initially identified by the...
    • Mental Health Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the proposed closure of mental health services, Ard Mhuire, Ballinasloe, County Galway and relocation to admissions unit attached to St....
    • Departmental Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to dealing with...
    • Hospital Staff
      550. 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 Limerick, in tabular form; the number...
    • Health Services Staff
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied) by grade, for CHO3, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and...
    • Hospital Staff
      552. 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 Limerick, in tabular form;...
    • Health Services Staff
      553. 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 CHO3, in tabular form; the number of headcount...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a case (details supplied) regarding a waiting list for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51822/23]
    • Health Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of menopause services, specifically the number of clinics available through the public health service; the contact...
    • Hospital Staff
      556. 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 the National Maternity Hospital, Holles...
    • Health Services Staff
      557. 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
      558. 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 the National Maternity...
    • Health Services Staff
      560. 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
      561. 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 St. Vincent's University...
    • Disability Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance is available to help with the purchase of braille devices; if so, the source and application process for such funding; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      563. To ask the Minister for Health when the harm/benefit analysis of proposed animal experimentation projects are conducted, whether his Department considers the utility of the product to be...
    • Health Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs taskforce for the south east is operating with a full complement of staff; the level of funding allocated to the project for each of the past five...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      565. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment (details supplied) for a hip replacement in Cappagh Hospital as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if respite can be offered in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51891/23]
    • Departmental Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances to the minor injury unit in Monaghan Hospital per month for 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if a child in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reassessed by CAMHS for ADHD following the submission of an assessment confirming ADHD; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      570. To ask the Minister for Health what plans and policies are in place to ensure the continuation of the dermatology services in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery referral for a person (details supplied). [51919/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people employed full time, part time and as contractors by the HSE in each year from establishment to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the ongoing works at Raheen Community Hospital, County Clare; the reason these works preclude the provision of palliative care at the...
    • Health Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons behind the discontinuation of funding for a project (details supplied), facilitated by the HSE and the Clondalkin drugs and alcohol task force;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      576. To ask the Minister for Health he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to find out the number of complaints made in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health whether a risk assessment was conducted prior to the decision to freeze recruitment in the HSE. [51963/23]
    • Freedom of Information
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were...
    • Health Services Staff
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the current HSE recruitment freeze was extended to all HSE staff except consultants, doctors in training and 2023 graduate nurses and midwives...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients recorded on trolleys at each public hospital in the State in the period from January to September 2023 and for the same period in 2019,...
    • Departmental Strategies
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of an osteoporosis medication (details supplied) for the Irish market will be examined and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      584. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a GP-led model of care for transgender people, based on informed consent; his views on the current practice by the National Gender...
    • Health Strategies
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to the National Maternity Strategy in 2023; the level of funding sought by the HSE National Women and Infants Health Programme...
    • Departmental Meetings
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings held by his officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      588. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred to Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick by their GP for an...
    • Disease Management
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he has evaluated the dexcom diabetes treatment pillars, which have been submitted for consideration by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he is in a...
    • Patient Transfers
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if a place in a facility will be expedited for a person (details supplied) following discharge from Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he has appointed a rare disease liaison within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52093/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to support the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021 to provide for a dedicated pathway for the reimbursement of...
    • Health Services Staff
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE recruitment freeze exemptions will also cover CDNT managers; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52103/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a Parkinson’s nurse specialist for Waterford and Tipperary University Hospitals, following a funding...
    • Hospital Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health what measures he is taking to ensure that children who require treatment from a paediatric orthopaedic consultant in Temple Street will get the treatment they...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider widening the eligibility for further Covid-19 vaccines to more age groups; if he will consider reinstating PCR testing for Covid-19; what...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Health if he expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) to see a physiotherapist in Cavan General Hospital;; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52123/23]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52137/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was informed in Drogheda Hospital that a physiotherapist would treat them in Ballyjamesduff; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the...
    • Disease Management
      613. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund the 18 European rare disease reference networks that involve Irish clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52178/23]
    • Departmental Meetings
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      615. To ask the Minister for Health what facilities two-week respite is provided on an annual basis to carers in the home; what the waiting time is for same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who suffers from ADHD has been declined a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52215/23]
    • Hospital Equipment
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if PCR testing centres or free PCR tests will be made available to the public given a recent uptick in infections and hospital admissions (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Data
      618. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of private nursing homes by county owned by domestic and international private investment firms,...
    • Dental Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if the national school dental service has ceased in Counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52227/23]
    • Health and Safety
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is seeing an increase in reports of rodents, mainly rats, causing concerns for health in towns and villages nationwide; what his Department...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      621. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 February 2022, if he will provide an update on his plans to promote and advertise the use of the Cross-Border...
    • Mental Health Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in CAMHS in the Cavan-Monaghan mental health service; the funding allocated to CAMHS in the Cavan-Monaghan mental health...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a group of workers (details supplied) who work with a private service provider providing residential services to persons with additional needs and...
    • Mental Health Services
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a problem that some psychotherapists and psychologists are facing whereby they cannot get appropriate rooms or space to run their services to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health when the freeze of a GP’s panel will be lifted to allow patients to transfer to and from the GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52317/23]
    • Departmental Reviews
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on the implementation plan of a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52344/23]
    • Hospital Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the most recent performance profile for 2023 to date for the acute hospitals network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52346/23]
    • Health Service Executive
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is an embargo on recruitment in the HSE coming into the worst time of the year, given that in University Hospital Limerick last Christmas,...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rates of refund allowed for specialised spectacles for children in CHO 2 has been reduced, as this cutback is having a big impact on parents of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52390/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in completing the development of the primary care centre in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo; the reason the development on the project has...
    • Disability Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing accessibility to adult ADHD support services by allowing for a more inclusive diagnostic process (details supplied); and if he...
    • Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding provided for mental health services in Budget 2023 and Budget 2024, broken down by ELS and 'new measure', in tabular form; and to...
    • Mental Health Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE child psychologists in CHO1 based in Cavan and Monaghan in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [52406/23]
    • Health Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people availing of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) via the public system since the programme was established, by clinic and year, in tabular...
    • Departmental Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who died from sepsis within Ireland in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [52408/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      640. To ask the Minister for Health if the service that is provided to a person could be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52449/23]
    • Disability Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will give consideration to introducing primary medical certificates to all individuals with physical disabilities (details supplied); and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a pension from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52463/23]
    • Abortion Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of relevant healthcare premises as defined in the Safe Access Zones Bill 2023 which will be designated as safe access zones upon the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      646. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 20 June 2023, if he will request the HSE issue a response to the question (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of memorandums (details supplied), by grade for Tallaght Hospital, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Health Services
      650. 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 CHO7 in tabular form; the number of headcount...
    • Health Service Executive
      651. To ask the Minister for Health when payments will issue for services provided to the HSE by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an account of developments in mental health services in County Tipperary in 2023 in comparison with the existing services in 2022; the planned...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if he informed the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform about correspondence he received from the HSE CEO expressing his concerns about...
    • Departmental Budgets
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Health Budget Oversight Group minutes for August and September 2023; the date on which these will be published; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new Boot Road, primary care centre in Clondalkin; the breakdown of the staff to be recruited,...
    • Health Services Staff
      656. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a job evaluation for support workers in Section 38 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52532/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      659. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the cost of completion of the new Boot Road primary care centre in Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52572/23]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Staff
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are personnel in his Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to dealing...
    • Freedom of Information
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a debate in Dáil Éireann (details supplied), if any review of the requirement to pass the Ishihara colour vision test has...
    • Technological Universities
      663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total quantum of Department funding provided to MTU to develop a new 1,200-seater arena; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51998/23]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 14 November 2023, if he will provide the total expenditure on research partnerships, arrangements or...
    • Departmental Advertising
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for...
    • Departmental Communications
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations...
    • Departmental Policies
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials have begun the work to bring forward options to use the NTF surplus to address the urgent national skills needs (details...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 21 November 2023, if a response will issue to the point referenced by that Minister. [52326/23]
    • Third Level Staff
      672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he had any discussions with HEIs in relation to their adoption of an employment charter (details supplied); if he will support as many HEIs as...
    • Third Level Education
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify who are the recognised worker and employer representative bodies for the purposes of sectoral bargaining in the university sector; and...
    • Third Level Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the potential for a sectoral employment order for researchers in third level institutions as a means of addressing precarious work...
    • Nursing Education
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what avenues are available to student nurses who feel they have been unfairly treated on placement; and what appeal mechanisms are in place for...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Programmes
      676. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be announced in respect of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51873/23]
    • Freedom of Information
      677. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such...
    • Departmental Advertising
      678. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any...
    • Departmental Communications
      679. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by...
    • Departmental Funding
      680. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are any current open funds for women’s shed projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52218/23]
    • Arts Centres
      681. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are funding schemes provided by her Department that can support the establishment of local arts centres; and if she will make...

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