Written answers

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with RTÉ in relation to their new strategic vision; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Council
      55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the discussions held at the EU Sports Council meeting in Brussels on 24 November 2023. [53577/23]
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on discussions with RTÉ. [53643/23]
    • Sports Funding
      65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the sports capital grants and to state how many clubs in Cork have applied. [53642/23]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a progress update in language area planning in the Gaeltacht in County Meath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Seirbhísí agus Tacaíochtaí Gaeilge
      67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na hiarrachtaí arna ndéanamh ar na ceantair Ghaeltachta a chur in aithne do dhaoine atá ag gabháil...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Cheist Pharlaiminte 45678/23, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an obair...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how women's sport will be advanced and supported at all levels; the plans that are underway to ensure more women and girls...
    • Departmental Funding
      70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is to be provided by her Department for the Small Scale Local Festivals and Summer Schools Scheme for 2024, in view that...
    • Racism in Sport
      71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that are in place to ensure proper training and education against racism in sport;; and if she will make a statement...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
      72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon scoláirí a d’fhreastail ar chúrsaí faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge in...
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Cheist Pharlaiminte 45680/23, cé mhéad limistéar pleanála teanga nach bhfuil oifigeach pleanála...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén t-ardú atá tagtha ar an méid airgid atá ar fáil do na míreanna Gaeltachta agus Gaeilge sna...
    • Departmental Funding
      75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 19 October 2023, for a status update on the drawdown of the €1 million in Galway...
    • Arts Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to consider a capital fund for the arts sector, similar to that available to sporting organisations in Ireland; and if she will...
    • Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí plé ar na rátaí pá a thuilleann mná tí faoi Scéim na...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government is committed to ensuring there will be no diminution in the quality and offering of public service broadcasting;...
    • Social Media
      80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that social media companies regulate and remove harmful content, including content inciting violence. [53401/23]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 45986/23, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an bplean atá tagtha as an obair...
    • Tourism Promotion
      82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department is undertaking in active tourism with a view to developing and promoting Ireland as a long-stay tourism...
    • Sports Facilities
      83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the development of the Sports Ireland Campus; how her Department is supporting the project; and if she will...
    • Tourism Policy
      84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an overview of Fáilte Ireland's marketing strategy for tourism, outside of Dublin, for the 2024 summer...
    • Sports Organisations
      85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the progress being made by an association (details supplied) with regards to corporate governance...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding provided to the basic income for the Arts Pilot Research Scheme in 2024 as part of the €1.17 billion in...
    • Tourism Policy
      87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Sustainable Tourism Policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52956/23]
    • Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta
      88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard é an t-eolas is déanaí maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta;...
    • Film Industry
      89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the film industry stakeholder forum will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53634/23]
    • Sports Funding
      90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will explain why a sports capital grant application made by Clare GAA, to develop their centre of excellence facilities at...
    • Business Supports
      91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason restaurants, cafés and gastropubs in areas highly dependent on tourism are not part of the new €10 million...
    • Film Industry
      92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the film industry stakeholder forum will be instituted and who will be invited; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Promotion
      94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the marketing campaign in place for the Famine way. [53558/23]
    • Tax Reliefs
      95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on what recent engagements her Department has had with the Department of Finance and the Department of Enterprise, Trade...
    • Arts Policy
      96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what plans, if any are being established to mandate local councils to invest in the arts, considering they are primary stakeholders...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any engagement she or her Department has had with Údarás na Gaeltachta in relation to the provision of...
    • Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta
      98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an míneoidh sí cén uair a bheas na toghcháin chun bord Údarás na Gaeltachta ann. [53573/23]
    • Tourism Policy
      99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she continues to take to ensure that tourism is given every opportunity to develop and grow in the future notwithstanding...
    • Sports Funding
      100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can clarify if funding allocated to any Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) can be amended or whether monies can...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Advertising
      101. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department spent in 2021, 2022 and up to 27 November 2023 on advertisements with a website (details supplied). [53063/23]
    • White Papers
      104. To ask the Taoiseach the titles of the White Papers published by his Department from 2008 to date; and if he will provide online links to these papers. [52988/23]
    • Departmental Consultations
      105. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of consultancy reports commissioned or funded by his Department that have been categorised or designated as not for external publication from 2011 to...
    • Departmental Communications
      106. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a subscription fee; and the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      107. To ask the Taoiseach how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form; and whether his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE staff by grade at the Irish embassies based in Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Jakarta; and if he will provide same figures as of 1...
    • EU Programmes
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been informed of a proposal by the European Commission to establish a programme modelled on the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS)...
    • Passport Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53244/23]
    • Middle East
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if every support possible will be provided to them to assist with safe passage...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to what extent the commitment of €225 million in climate financing by 2030 overlaps with overseas development assistance; if climate...
    • Official Engagements
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all meetings or telephone calls he has had with the foreign ministers or ambassadors of Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iran,...
    • Passport Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport service utilises facial recognition technology; the safeguards that are in place to prevent abuse of this technology; the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the intention of the Government to reopen our representative office in Taipei, which closed in 2012 because of austerity measures,...
    • Middle East
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the Department’s correspondence to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts on 16 July 2021 (details supplied), the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance Ireland has provided to the people of Gaza during the temporary ceasefire; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in light of statements from Israel’s Heritage Minister that the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Gaza was ‘one of the...
    • United Nations
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland’s position at the United Nations and other relevant international forums regarding lethal autonomous...
    • Departmental Communications
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list the countries that in the past 20 years have asked to establish formal diplomatic missions in Ireland; the year they applied; the...
    • United Nations
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland abstained on the UN General Assembly resolution which called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights in...
    • Middle East
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that the International Criminal Court is engaged in an active investigation of the situation in Palestine, including an investigation...
    • Departmental Advertising
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in...
    • Middle East
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to ensure that a US navy aircraft (details supplied) was not transporting US soldiers or military materials for delivery to...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Climate Change Policy
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what subsidies the Government has provided to develop carbon capture and storage technologies in each of the years 2015...
    • Waste Management
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an extension to the temporary extension of the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning)...
    • Energy Prices
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to discounted rates on hardship meters, if he aware that discount rates are not available on hardship...
    • Departmental Communications
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are...
    • Departmental Advertising
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and...
    • Energy Conservation
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the commencement date for the green energy home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53859/23]
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service operations and patrols scheduled and cancelled in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date, by...
    • Official Travel
      148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances where a Minister has had to make alternative travel arrangements due to an Air Corps plane being unavailable due to...
    • Defence Forces
      149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legislative basis for mandatory selection which would compel members of the Defence Forces to serve overseas as part of an EU battlegroup;...
    • Departmental Communications
      153. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a...
    • Military Honours
      154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the review of the processes of awarding military medals; when he expects the review to be completed; if he intends to implement...
    • Departmental Advertising
      156. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular...
    • Official Engagements
      157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 29 November 2023, if he can confirm whether he or his Department has had any engagement with...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tree Remediation
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure local authorities remove diseased roadside ash trees from publicly owned land that pose a road safety risk; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide figures, in tabular form, for the average waiting times currently being experienced for driving tests at the test centres in...
    • Tax Collection
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options available for renewal of motor tax to people who do not have access to or who cannot use online services. [53207/23]
    • Greenways Provision
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the construction of the 60 km greenway link from Westport via Castlebar to Ballina; the up-to-date...
    • Road Projects
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the southern relief road in Carlow and the relief road for Tullow (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Insurance Industry
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fleet owners or managers and motor traders who have uploaded their vehicle details to the national fleet database by...
    • Bus Services
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the 7.45 a.m. service on the No. 7 bus from Brides Glen to the city centre is cancelled so frequently (details supplied); if...
    • Road Projects
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether certainty can be given to home owners in Ard Dara and Castle Gardens in Blarney regarding the effects the M20 project will have...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place to expand park and ride facilities for Sallins and Maynooth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53410/23]
    • Traffic Management
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what impacts his Department anticipates for a road (details supplied) as a result of the BusConnects scheme roll-out. [53414/23]
    • Public Transport
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and location of public transport stations across rail, Luas and bus network that provide lockers for short-term storage of...
    • Tree Remediation
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to enable the safe removal of diseased roadside ash trees from land owned by farmers who cannot pay private contractors for the...
    • Departmental Communications
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a...
    • Driver Test
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers per week to date in 2023 that failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; the number of...
    • Bus Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reinstating the 76 bus route from Chapelizod to Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Blessington inner relief road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53720/23]
    • Bus Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider changing one of the c-spine bus routes to pass through Chapelizod village to provide additional bus services to...
    • Driver Licences
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a bus driver licence will issue to a person (details supplied) who has passed all relevant tests and is urgently required by their...
    • Bus Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update in relation to the Lucan to city centre BusConnects scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53760/23]
    • Departmental Advertising
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in...
    • Public Transport
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in respect of his and the NTA's plans to establish a transport transfer and parking up at Castletown House...
    • Flood Risk Management
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether it is intended to provide extra roads funding in 2024 to the climate action fund for roads to help alleviate the problem of...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to provide funding through his Department to ensure the CIÉ 1951 Pension Scheme has sufficient funds to pay...
    • Bus Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the increased investment being made on LocalLink services in counties Louth and Meath, including future plans for such...
    • Rail Network
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any further consideration has been given since the publication of the draft all-island rail strategy to extending services to include...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Yield
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated if the electricity tax on large energy users increased to €3 per MW hour, in tabular form. [53222/23]
    • Fiscal Policy
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance about Ireland's special drawing rights and their reallocation; how have they been reallocated; if they can be used as a means of debt cancellation and funding...
    • Tax Credits
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard the amendments to the Finance (No.2) Bill in support of the recommendations in the report of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight on the...
    • Departmental Communications
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a subscription fee;...
    • Tax Code
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on medicines for family pets; and if he has plans or will consider reducing or removing VAT on medicines for family pets. [53672/23]
    • Tax Yield
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the total rental income declared by non-tax residents as part of their form 11 tax return in each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if books bought online from outside of Ireland are subject to the new reduced VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53776/23]
    • Departmental Advertising
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form; and...
    • Tax Collection
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of unclaimed tax, through the Revenue Commissioners for overpaid tax; the number of persons to whom this applies, for each of the years 2016...
    • Defective Building Materials
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he has held with retail banks, regarding the mortgage treatment of homes affected by defective blocks or their status following...
    • Online Safety
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he or officials from his Department have held with companies (details supplied) regarding the fraudulent content with respect to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Development Plan
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an updated timeline for the production of the draft National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the full cost involved in connecting newly built modular homes (details supplied) to services such as...
    • Office of Public Works
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time heating and ventilating engineers employed by the OPW in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if...
    • Public Services Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the recently published "Supplementary Estimates for the Public Service" if he will explain why an estimated €3.4...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the issue surrounding the retirement of prison officers and Garda officers who are on a post-April 1995 pension, who...
    • Departmental Communications
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through...
    • Departmental Advertising
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in...
    • Office of Public Works
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all OPW-owned properties and lands in Wicklow; if he will indicate the status of the building and lands...
    • Civil Service
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if previous experience in the North’s civil service is taken as relevant experience by the State’s civil service when it...
    • Flood Risk Management
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a full update on the delivery of the CFRAM scheme for County Louth and east Meath further to the most recent flooding events...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Redundancy Payments
      211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the supports that are available to employees who are owed wages from their employer who has closed his business. [53209/23]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application from Carlow County Council for an enterprise campus in Carlow town (details supplied); and if he will...
    • State Bodies
      213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies by job title at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 27 November 2023; the estimated...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland put out a tender for a full-time Mexico based business development consultant in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date...
    • Work Permits
      215. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made in his Department to streamline the employment permit process to facilitate the recruitment of workers for the...
    • Job Losses
      216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he was informed that a business (details supplied) has withdrawn its services in Galway and Mayo, leaving employees without any...
    • European Council
      217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Trade Policy Committee and the Foreign Affairs Council on Trade will next meet; what Ireland's key priorities are for those...
    • Departmental Communications
      218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified...
    • National Minimum Wage
      219. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what conditions must be met under section 39 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 for civil proceedings to be instituted by him on...
    • Departmental Advertising
      220. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Management
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the rationale for the exclusion of a special needs assistant representative on boards of management (BOMs) at primary school...
    • School Transport
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in providing transport to a pupil attending an ASD unit (details supplied); if she will expedite this transport...
    • Special Educational Needs
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are in place to assist mainstream schools who are catering for children with additional educational needs, to ensure that these...
    • School Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to recruit 42 additional WTE guidance posts in schools for the 2024-2025 school year. [53230/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new secondary school in Rush will be given the go ahead to start building works. [53256/23]
    • School Staff
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the ongoing issue to source home economics teachers; if there are any plans to fund this course the same as maths and Spanish...
    • School Admissions
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not being facilitated to attend a school; the method of appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has communicated directly with schools in relation to newly announced plans on solar panels, of 23 November 2023; and if not,...
    • School Staff
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the payments for teachers and SNAs who provided the July Provision Programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to past Parliamentary Questions of 26 November 2013, 3 December 2019 and 17 December 2019, if she will outline her plans to conduct a...
    • School Funding
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit schools to retain unspent Covid grants in order to put these funds towards the ongoing upkeep and maintenance of these...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Summer Works Programme is currently open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53355/23]
    • School Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) which has currently more than 300 pupils and is likely to increase to 350 pupils in the next two years is entitled...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current policy of withdrawing DEIS status to amalgamated schools where all schools do not have DEIS status prior to...
    • School Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding for emergency works submitted by a school (details supplied) has been approved. [53383/23]
    • School Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider initiating a campaign to attract qualified Irish primary and secondary school teachers working overseas to return to...
    • School Funding
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if IT grants will be allocated to primary schools this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53428/23]
    • School Accommodation
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding an urgent structural issue facing them; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 28 November 2023, to detail the amount of funding provided to each individual national school in...
    • School Staff
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress her Department has made regarding redeployment facilities for post-primary teachers, which are necessary to develop a system which...
    • Schools Building Projects
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised (details supplied); and when the school...
    • Departmental Communications
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a...
    • School Funding
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with schools on the return of unspent Covid grants to the FSSU; whether this return can be reconsidered in some cases (details...
    • School Transport
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann to address the situation where a child whose application has been sanctioned is still waiting to be...
    • School Staff
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any intention of improving access to guidance counselling in second level schools and colleges of further education as the current...
    • Schools Building Projects
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new classroom which was to be ready in October for a school in Maynooth (details supplied) will be ready, in January 2024; if the school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) has been refused SNA support despite the recommendations of their teacher; if this decision will be...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken, or if she has plans to initiate a review of the practice of principals and teachers filling in the educational section...
    • School Staff
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53761/23]
    • School Accommodation
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the board of management of a primary school (details supplied) will have a decision on an application for a much-needed extension; and if...
    • School Funding
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why there has been no new Summer Works Scheme since 2019; the number of Summer Works Schemes applications received in 2019 and since 2019 which...
    • Departmental Advertising
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much her Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular...
    • School Funding
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports and funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in an effort to allow the school to increase the student...
    • School Staff
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school caretakers will be afforded a new agreement for revised salary and annual leave entitlements similar to the agreement recently put in...
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills briseadh síos a thabhairt ar an líon daoine a raibh díolúine acu ó fhoghlaim na Gaeilge sna blianta acadúla...
    • Departmental Properties
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all properties and lands in her estates portfolio in Wicklow; and if she will indicate the status of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look at a case (details supplied) whereby a child who is starting primary school in September may have to travel from the Raheny area...
    • School Accommodation
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many schools currently utilise temporary prefab accommodation for classrooms; how much was spent on leasing or rental of such buildings in...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Racism in Sport
      270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in light of the Gymnastics Ireland scandal and the promise from Sport Ireland to introduce anti-racism training in the NGBs; if...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status update on the provision of a water activity hub, in Carlow town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53210/23]
    • Departmental Bodies
      272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant WTE posts by job title that have yet to be filled at Coimisiún Na Meán, it tabular form. [53229/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of businesses that applied for a scheme (details supplied); how much has been allocated to each of the successful...
    • Sports Funding
      274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can confirm receipt of an application for grant-aid under the sports capital programme from a club (details supplied) in...
    • Tourism Funding
      275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the level of Exchequer funding received by Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2022 and 2023. [53293/23]
    • Sports Events
      277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her role in hosting major sporting events such as the European finals; what co-operation is engaged in with other agencies; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide urgent consideration to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53365/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is to be provided by her Department for co-operation with the Northern Ireland funding scheme for 2024; and if she will...
    • Culture Policy
      281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 19 October 2023, the details of the performance delivery agreement between her...
    • Acht na Gaeltachta
      284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Cheist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 9 an 19 Deireadh Fómhair 2023, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an...
    • Museum Projects
      285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what funding is available from her Department for the establishment of local museums and for the collection and collation of local...
    • Departmental Communications
      286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified...
    • Departmental Advertising
      287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how much her Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date...
    • Tourism Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the tourism sector in order to identify trends with particular reference...
    • Culture Policy
      289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to engage with cultural groups of local and national importance throughout the country and...
    • Arts Policy
      291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to encourage all forms of the arts including the stage and film industry,...
    • Sports Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can facilitate those who have previously been awarded capital sports grants and have not been in a...
    • Tourism Promotion
      296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which business tourism continues to be encouraged with the obvious necessity of having to compete internationally;...
    • Film Industry
      297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she continues to take to encourage the growth of and further development of the film industry here, both indigenous...
    • Departmental Priorities
      299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to ensure the continued growth and viability of all portfolios under her aegis with obvious...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Animal Culls
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to introduce a nationwide cull of American mink as part of the recently announced alien species...
    • Fire Safety
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the emergency funding scheme for fire safety works and other remediation works will be implemented; when the legislation...
    • State Bodies
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the Land Development Agency tenders for services, and which services it tenders for; the timeline for the next round of...
    • Housing Schemes
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the formula by which qualification for social housing is assessed, the documentation used to make this assessment and the...
    • Hare Coursing
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what hare coursing meetings have been monitored by NPWS rangers to date, including the release of hares after these meetings...
    • Departmental Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the fees paid by his Department for consultation services provided by a firm (details supplied),...
    • Departmental Meetings
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a response to the representations made to his Department on 9 August 2023, regarding an event (details...
    • Vacant Properties
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Vacant Homes Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53367/23]
    • Defective Building Materials
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received by Fingal County Council for inclusion in the Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme; if he can...
    • Electoral Process
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make changes to the requirement for election candidates to declare their full home address on ballot papers....
    • Defective Building Materials
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that applicants to the first defective concrete block remediation scheme on transfer to the revised defective...
    • Departmental Reports
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when he intends to publish a summary commentary on the Mulcahy report into allegations of planning irregularities...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all correspondence, including dates, to and from the franchise section in his Department and the European...
    • Departmental Contracts
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the terms of reference for the consultancy firm (details supplied) for their work on the National Planning...
    • National Planning Framework
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an updated timeline for the production of the draft National Planning Framework; and if he will make a...
    • Seanad Elections
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether Irish graduates of all Irish higher educational institutions will be able to pre-register for the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider any extension to the existing time parameters of the vacant property refurbishment grant (details...
    • Departmental Communications
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are...
    • Special Protection Areas
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application for compensation as a result of the designation of lands as a special protection area, and...
    • Local Authorities
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when details of voluntary redundancy schemes will be released to local authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 9 November 2023, the reason the bounty on mink to protect ground nesting birds...
    • Local Authorities
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from solar photovoltaic installations broken down by local authority. [53703/23]
    • Departmental Advertising
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to...
    • Local Authorities
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 22 November 2023, which local authorities made submissions and which local...
    • Planning Issues
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made by the heritage section of his Department in ongoing discussions with Galway County Council in...
    • Defective Building Materials
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm or clarify whether, following remediation as prescribed by the Housing Agency under the defective blocks...
    • Land Issues
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has entered into negotiations or purchased lands at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Staff
      347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to recruit 50 additional WTE community welfare officers, in tabular form. [53221/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the avoidance of doubt could she provide the full list of payments which will receive the Christmas bonus along with the...
    • State Pensions
      350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the report from the committee on social protection (details supplied) which recommended that the pension...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a review of a carer's allowance case (details supplied) in light of the recent changing financial situation for the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether she is aware that the social welfare appeals office is currently telling appellants that it will take six to eight...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department utilises facial recognition technology; the safeguards that are in place to prevent abuse of this...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing request for a carer's allowance appeal will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person’s (details supplied) travel pass will be reinstated. [53344/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance payment will be reconsidered to persons over 65 years of age (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection If a disability allowance will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) considering the medical...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that recipients of the disablement pension and unemployability supplement do not receive the cost of living bonus...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants turned down for the care allowance, the number awarded on appeal and the number awarded on second...
    • Social Media
      363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department operates an X account, formerly Twitter, or any other social media account, and if such accounts are...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will have an application for carer’s allowance reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of contributory pension that will apply to those who have an entitlement to the maximum rate of contributory pension...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing request for a carer's allowance appeal will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) was rejected despite them providing...
    • School Meals Programme
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a case with regard to the free school meals initiative (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s position on issuing social welfare payments, for example, illness benefit, to public sector workers...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all arrears are paid and up to date in the case of a person (details supplied); whether any outstanding moneys are owed;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would provide clarification as to whether children who turned 18 this year but are still attending secondary school...
    • Departmental Advertising
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how much her Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed individuals are excluded from the rent supplement scheme regardless of whether they meet the requirements of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Management Companies
      376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify what exactly "a reasonable timeframe" means in the context of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011...
    • International Protection
      377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants who have arrived in Ireland for each of the past five years, in tabular form,...
    • Public Sector Staff
      378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the posts of director of licensing and director of technology for the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland have been...
    • An Garda Síochána
      379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked vans attached to the Garda Technical Bureau in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of marked vans...
    • Departmental Funding
      380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be granted to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Success of the Mediation Act 2017; to outline any reviews of this legislation that have been carried out or if...
    • Departmental Advertising
      382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total budgeted cost of the "consent" radio advertisements which are currently being aired; the total amount spent in each...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Border management unit of her Department utilises facial recognition technology; the safeguards that are in place to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of overtime in An Garda Síochána from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and to detail if possible...
    • Visa Applications
      385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and when a decision will be reached for a visa application by a person (details supplied). [53360/23]
    • Departmental Data
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes and the type of crimes that have been reported in the north inner city in the past five years. [53369/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the gardaí track the country of origin of people who are convicted of crime in Ireland. [53370/23]
    • Deportation Orders
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people who have been issued with a deportation order have subsequently been naturalised. [53371/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set out her rationale for the withdrawal of proposals in respect of consent in the context of her plans to reform...
    • An Garda Síochána
      390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, in tabular form, of gardaí in total, and of each rank, based in County Monaghan currently, and for the end of...
    • International Protection
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many applications for international protection were made in each month since February 2020; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many applications were made under the recent Undocumented Migrants’ Scheme. [53496/23]
    • Asylum Seekers
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many persons in respect of whom a notice to transfer had been made under the Dublin 3 Regulation were not subsequently...
    • Deportation Orders
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many persons in respect of whom a Deportation Order has been made are currently in the State insofar as her Department is...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why the processing time for Labour Market Access Permission is approximately 130 days, and what measures are being taken to...
    • International Protection
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people are currently assigned to the International Protection Office Case Processing Panel; how many persons were...
    • Departmental Communications
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified...
    • An Garda Síochána
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many trainee gardaí will go through the Garda College, Templemore in 2023. [53702/23]
    • Legal Aid
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a cap can be examined for the number of times a person can access free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 901 of 13 June 2023, the projected and actual number of Garda recruits, resignations,...
    • Residency Permits
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53764/23]
    • Official Engagements
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for details of her diary and all engagements for 22, 23 and 24 November 2023. [53778/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she and the Garda Commissioner were first in contact in relation to an incident (details supplied); who initiated that...
    • Departmental Advertising
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how much her Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date...
    • An Garda Síochána
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of phase one gardaí trainees expected in Templemore Garda Training in 2023; and how many were in the college in...
    • Departmental Meetings
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings he or officials from his Department have held with companies (details supplied) regarding the fraudulent...
    • Immigration Policy
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons denied entry to the State and returned, specifying the breakdown of their countries of origin, in...
    • International Protection
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of international protection applications that have been processed in accordance with the accelerated procedure...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost of effecting a deportation/return in 2023 in accordance with EU legislation, specifying the breakdown of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she directed the Garda Commissioner to attest early the 151 recruits in the Garda College which was announced recently....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Redundancy Payments
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter with regard to redundancy payments from a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53213/23]
    • Invasive Species Policy
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what bio-security measures are currently in place to appropriately assess imported timber given the current risk posed by the great...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received the first payment under the sheep improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Safety
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total budgeted cost of the radio advertising campaign currently taking place in relation to farm safety; the total amount spent...
    • Live Exports
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will halt live cattle exports to Israel; to provide details of how many shipments of cattle and the number of cattle that have...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give due consideration to providing financial supports for inshore fishermen, in view of an unprecedented rise in...
    • Fishing Industry
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish, in tabular form, the number of registered inshore and offshore fishing vessels in the ranges under 10, 10 to 12,...
    • Fisheries Protection
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the basis and rationale for any proposed cut to the total allowable catch for pollock; if there are any scientific...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out the Department’s position on the impasse between Coillte and its forestry partners relative to the terms of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that will be made to ensure those who are waiting for probate to be completed, which can take some time due to...
    • Departmental Communications
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified...
    • Tree Remediation
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that will be provided to farmers for the safe removal of diseased ash trees on road-fronting farmland in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on sectoral representation on the board of the ICBF; if he will ensure there is representation of suckler beef...
    • Agriculture Supports
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to providing farmers with assistance on the purchase of wood chippers, given new rules which prevent...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the TAMS 3 women farmer capital investment scheme; the number of successful applicants to the scheme;...
    • Agriculture Supports
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what timeframe is being considered for eligibility in relation to the draft proposal his Department is preparing regarding a solution...
    • Flood Risk Management
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) was excluded from the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme; if he will review this decision; and if he will...
    • Departmental Advertising
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023,...
    • Forestry Sector
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether in areas where there are populations of wild deer, extra grant aid will be provided under the forestry schemes to provide for...
    • Beef Sector
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with pedigree cattle breeders following the announced changes to the beef index; if he is aware of the...
    • Forestry Sector
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 121 and 122 of 29 November 2023, if his Department will refuse to permit the conversion of...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing closure of a service (details supplied); if plans are in place to...
    • Childcare Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the conditions relating to subsidies in the national childcare scheme which adversely impact...
    • International Protection
      456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS can make urgent contact with a person in County Mayo (details supplied) in view of the sensitivity of...
    • Childcare Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is aware that a creche will not be able to reopen until May 2024 due to the recent flooding in...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budgeted cost of the television and radio advertising campaign in relation to the new Decision Support...
    • Child Abuse
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that CARI is provided with sufficient funding to continue its operations; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53359/23]
    • International Protection
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53361/23]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the core funding model; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of commencing the Work Life and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 in...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance can be provided to the family looking for a place for a person (details supplied). [53408/23]
    • Departmental Budgets
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year, full year and annual cost to increase core funding by 10%, 20%, 25% and 33% effective...
    • Childcare Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year, full year and annual cost to increase the universal national childcare subsidy by 25%...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person’s application (details supplied) under the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015 will...
    • Childcare Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will remove the requirement for childcare providers to provide a separate set of financial records to the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by...
    • International Protection
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much his Department has paid to date in 2023 in respect of accommodation provided by IPAS; how much his...
    • Special Educational Needs
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when therapists will be reinstated at a special school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when invoices will be paid to an accommodation provider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Communications
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such...
    • Disability Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a CDNT. [53667/23]
    • Childcare Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on correspondence (details supplied) with regard to the recent announcement from his Department on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first, full year and annual cost of increasing the current minimum rate of pay for early years...
    • Maternity Leave
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following reports by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative that women in Ireland struggle to access...
    • Child Abuse
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Section 3 investigations opened before the CASP was implemented at the end of June 2022; and if he...
    • Child and Family Agency
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notifications sent to AGS by area and by year in line with the table provided in reply to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in order to hire additional staff to deliver...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether it is intended to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, along...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait for a first appointment with the ENT department in Tallaght University Hospital; the number of people waiting for a first appointment, broken...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      497. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for surgical procedure to remove cataracts (bilateral), as their sight is impaired and is...
    • Hospital Staff
      498. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reasons why the helpline for the neurology nurses in Crumlin Children's Hospital is no longer operational; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times to receive an appointment with the neurologist in Crumlin Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53199/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      500. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a scheduled appointment with their neurologist in Crumlin Children's Hospital; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of CHO areas that have community neurorehabilitation teams in place, in tabular form; the date of establishment of the team; the WTE...
    • Disability Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health when appointments will be made available for two children from the same family to be assessed for occupational therapy (details supplied); the procedure for...
    • Hospital Staff
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in paediatric anaesthesiology at CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53226/23]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health to outline full breakdown of how the €15.7 million was spent by the HSE on cessation services in 2022. [53227/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons day care centres funded by HSE that are currently based within primary care centres in CHO8 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53228/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      506. To ask the Minister for Health what resources are open to employees who were frontline workers and their employer received their bonuses, but the company is now closed and the employer did...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with the consultant oncologist in University Hospital Kerry can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Equipment
      508. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 9 November 2023, which centre the two CT scanners and one MRI scanner are based in within the Cavan and Monaghan...
    • Hospital Facilities
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny has stopped the roll-out of insulin pumps and sensors to monitor the blood sugars in the paediatric diabetes...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he has noted Sweden's smoking rate of 5.6%, which is lower than the EU average of 23%, while the country promotes alternatives to smoking such as vaping;...
    • Departmental Policies
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been no policy change regarding transgender women receiving breast augmentation as essential surgery (details supplied); the reason they have lost...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53265/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of tyvense medication, which is used to treat conditions such as autism and ADHD; the measures his Department is taking to ensure an...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      517. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for hip surgery in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [53275/23]
    • Care Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Minister for Justice regarding the need to expedite Garda vetting for homecare workers, which would lead to an average turnaround of...
    • Departmental Data
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a home support waiting list in CHO 4, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53278/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      520. To ask the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to develop a graded career structure in homecare that rewards and encourages upskilling and training; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the following information in modular form the percentage of inpatients (excluding day cases) who were discharged after one day in hospital, for each...
    • Home Help Service
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify the position surrounding a business (details supplied) as to when they ceased their delivery of services, the number of home help support...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm employees of a company (details supplied) received a Covid recognition grant from the Department of Health for its Mayo and Galway staff; and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if the shortage of car parking spaces at University Hospital Kerry will be addressed; if there is a plan to do this; how many extra parking spaces will be...
    • Departmental Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, with respect to each hospital in the South, South-West group, the annual budget, capital expenditure, WTE staff, number of...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      527. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on each of the proposed elective hospitals for Dublin, Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53333/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      528. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive a rheumatology appointment for Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton; if they are on the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53348/23]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Health when building works will commence on the planned 50-bed building at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53362/23]
    • Traveller Community
      531. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are in place to implement a national action plan for Traveller mental health; the details of work carried out to date in the area of Traveller...
    • Hospital Facilities
      533. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the possibility of getting an addition to a facility (details supplied), considering that it is urgently required; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a health technology assessment for an RSV vaccine for older adults following the recent publication of a NIAC recommendation; and if he...
    • Dental Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of dentists participating in the GMS scheme in County Mayo. [53399/23]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the reasons why the frontline staff of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service were not included in the Covid pandemic payment. [53441/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      544. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 1 June 2023, if he will provide an update on the review of the functioning of the existing managed services in...
    • Health Services Staff
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the categories of post which are being exempted from the freeze on recruitment, such as in the area of disability, and whether he can...
    • Medical Inquiries
      546. To ask the Minister for Health whether the referral made to the Medical Council relating to a surgeon at Temple Street hospital includes the allegations relating to the insertion of...
    • Hospital Staff
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in reproductive medicine in the regional fertility hub based at University Maternity Hospital Galway to date in 2023. [53526/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be provided by the National Ambulance Service to the Kerry area. [53527/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO9. [53528/23]
    • Health Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day centres for older persons in County Wexford that are funded by the HSE in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the capacity of each of these day...
    • Health Service Executive
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of services, which...
    • Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of family planning centres in Cork city that are contracted to provide State-funded services only in the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health-related recruitment fairs held in the UK where staff from the Mater Hospital were present seeking to recruit additional nurses,...
    • Medicinal Products
      555. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the hepatitis C Home testing kits; and the number of kits that have been dispatched in CHO3. [53534/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists working in Mallow General Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53535/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing number in the community psychology team in Carrick-on-Shannon primary care centre. [53538/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of foot surgeries performed at Mullingar Regional Hospital to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53539/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      561. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in community health posts serving the Donaghmede area including occupational therapist, speech and language therapist...
    • Hospital Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of services, which has...
    • General Practitioner Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline how each individual CHO funds interpreting services in GPs; and if he plans to improve access to interpreters in GPs by establishing a...
    • Health Services Staff
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant HSE podiatry services positions in County Clare, by location, in tabular form; and the plans to fill any such vacancies. [53543/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to increase accommodation for CAMHS in County Donegal. [53544/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons at Mercy University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53545/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Louth each year since 2020, in tabular form. [53546/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists in each primary care psychology service in Galway by grade, in tabular form. [53547/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit three additional WTE senior dietitians for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [53548/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2024 to purchase an additional HSE critical care ambulance, to be stationed in both Galway and Cork. [53550/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists in Waterford who have contracts with the HSE and are accepting new medical card patients. [53551/23]
    • Emergency Departments
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to the emergency department at Naas General Hospital to date in 2023. [53552/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53553/23]
    • Hospital Admissions
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of patients who have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53554/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      576. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53561/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure that people living with epidermolysis bullosa have access to mental health services; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure that people living with epidermolysis bullosa have access to dental care, given that those affected by the...
    • Health Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure that people living with epidermolysis bullosa have access to additional services such as physiotherapy and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the inclusion of epidermolysis bullosa in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53566/23]
    • Mental Health Policy
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of additional funding to help appoint a clinical psychologist dedicated to supporting adults living with epidermolysis...
    • Care Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of additional funding for regular and reliable home nursing care for those living with more severe epidermolysis bullosa, to...
    • Medical Research and Training
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if greater research will be undertaken by his Department into the quality of life of people living with epidermolysis bullosa in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug phesgo can be administered by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53579/23]
    • Hospital Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if the 182 additional beds, and 28 additional critical care beds committed to in the urgent and emergency care plan have been delivered; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting to be reimbursed under the cross-Border health scheme. [53633/23]
    • Departmental Communications
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a subscription fee; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      589. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive revision surgery. [53668/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding the cost of myopathy lenses to the public scheme (details supplied); if not, if his Department will cover the cost up to costs...
    • Hospital Transfers
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are clinically discharged but who remain in hospital; the number of patients who are clinically discharged in hospital for six...
    • Health Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53691/23]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      593. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53721/23]
    • Home Care Packages
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people per county approved for homecare by the HSE but currently left without care due to the inability of the private providers to fulfil the...
    • Mental Health Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will get a further urgent appointment with CAMHS; their current place on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if the ages for cancer screening are being reviewed by his Department for breast and bowel cancer; if lowering the age of same is being considered; and if he...
    • Medical Research and Training
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53740/23]
    • Departmental Meetings
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings held by his officials from assistant principal level up with representatives of the alcohol industry in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken, or if he has plans to incentivise working within the public health sector to ensure that fewer professionals leave Ireland and that...
    • Healthcare Policy
      603. To ask the Minister for Health following reports by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative that women in Ireland struggle to access breastfeeding support, what measures his Department...
    • Hospital Staff
      604. To ask the Minister for Health who the highest-level public servant is in Waterford University and what title they fall under. [53757/23]
    • Health Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health whether counselling will be provided to those who witnessed or were affected by the stabbing attack on Parnell Street on 23 November 2023; and if so, how they...
    • Vaccination Programme
      606. To ask the Minister for Health when the updated Novavax Covid-19 vaccine will be available to the public; the specific reasons for the delay in the roll-out of the updated vaccine to the...
    • Nursing Homes
      607. To ask the Minister for Health how the fair deal scheme applies in the case of joint tenancy of a farm of land; if the annual cap can be applied to the land when it is owned in joint tenancy...
    • Health Services Staff
      608. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the total number of vacant posts, by grade, for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Strategies
      609. To ask the Minister for Health as part of Government’s response to drug intimidation, if the full-time recommended role for the drug-related intimidation and violence engagement...
    • Community Care
      610. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the site plan at the St. Mary's hospital in Drogheda, including more detailed plans of the proposed enhanced community care facility; and if...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-referred parliamentary questions or TD rep queries yet to be answered as of 29 November 2023, in tabular form. [53787/23]
    • Nursing Education
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the most recent information and a specific timeline for implementation of recommendations contained within the McHugh report in supporting...
    • Departmental Advertising
      613. To ask the Minister for Health how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      614. To ask the Minister for Health why Baggot Street hospital which is owned by the HSE and is left idle is not being used to house refugees. [53826/23]
    • Nursing Education
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address, immediately, the situation whereby nursing students have just been informed that the INMO are reportedly to change the students’...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who, as part of a class that was on an orthodontic test scheme, was placed on routine fixed waiting list in 2019, will receive...
    • Nursing Homes
      617. To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to on open all the beds in Kenmare community nursing unit, Kenmare, County Kerry. [53891/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      618. To ask the Minister for Health when, applicants (details supplied) will have their applications processed to finality by CORU, given the need for health and social care professionals in the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 October 2023, if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of apprentices currently waiting for...
    • Further and Higher Education
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the third level fees rebate will be made available for Irish students studying in Belfast; what supports are available to Irish students...
    • Departmental Communications
      622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much his Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular...
    • Further and Higher Education
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the current role of community training centres within our education system. [53815/23]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of apprentices (details supplied); whether he will take steps to ensure off-the-job training will be...
    • Third Level Education
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed to ascertain whether assistance will be provided to them; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      631. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the successful CLÁR measure 1 applicants will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53181/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      632. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will set out the supports and grant aid her Department can provide in respect of establishing and-or reinstating market spaces...
    • Library Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current progress and eventual timeline for the provision of an extension for Carlow Library (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Rural Schemes
      634. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); if the formal review has been completed as part of the CLÁR programme appeals...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      635. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans for the provision of a community hub in Carlow on the Tullow Road (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if community facilities can still apply for inclusion on the “Wifi4EU” scheme; and, if so, if a group (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Schemes
      637. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a 2022 community and voluntary sector energy support scheme grant will issue to a community group in County Kerry (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      638. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of the amount of funding available in the Ireland for Ukraine fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Voluntary Sector
      639. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to give consideration to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53438/23]
    • Departmental Programmes
      640. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason for the delay in commencing the new SICAP programme in Galway to the end of March 2024; if his Department was in...
    • Departmental Funding
      642. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide all streams of financial supports and funding available from her Department and the amount of funding available,...
    • Tidy Towns
      643. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding her Department will make available to Tidy Towns groups in Clare in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Communications
      644. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified...
    • Departmental Advertising
      645. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much her Department has spent on advertising on a website (details supplied) for each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date 2023,...

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