Written answers
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Public Inquiries
32. To ask the Taoiseach with regard to the promised public inquiry into Covid-19, if he will clarify when he anticipates the terms of reference for that promised inquiry will be cleared with...
- Departmental Policies
33. To ask the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023. [54072/23]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Data
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Constitution, how many Irish citizens have applied for permission to receive a title from a foreign state, in tabular form, since the...
- Consular Services
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a representation to the US authorities about a case (details supplied). [54041/23]
- Departmental Policies
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54078/23]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Air Quality
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the EPA has any future plans to expand the monitoring of permanent air quality testing systems on site in Drogheda...
- National Broadband Plan
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the procedure through which an area in the blue commercial area can be transferred to the NBI area;...
- Departmental Schemes
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the smaller petrol stations and shops will be given a bigger grant for the deposit return scheme, as in the case of a...
- Just Transition
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the different sectors that the €169 million Just Transition Fund will be targeted...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the codes of practice for CCTV, particularly in relation to their use by local authorities for the...
- North-South Interconnector
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much money has EirGrid expended to date on the development of the North South Interconnector; and how much money has...
- Department of Defence
- Military Neutrality
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that Irish neutrality is being upheld (details supplied), considering the recent training of Ukrainian soldiers at Kilworth...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Active Travel
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department could reverse the revoking of the funding for the Naas Mobility Network Integration Pathfinder Project (details...
- Driver Test
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in proving driving tests (details supplied); the measures his Department will be taking to shorten these delays;...
- Road Projects
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the urgent concerns of the Durrow community and all parties who are affected in any way by the dangers presented by the...
- Electric Vehicles
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a requirement to provide type 2 charging connections at all EV charging hubs in the State with a particular reference to...
- Transport Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify if there are any plans for Monasterevin, County Kildare to be designated a commuter town; if so, when would he envision...
- Taxi Licences
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of taxi licences issued to non-national drivers in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date...
- Taxi Regulations
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the criteria required to qualify for a taxi licence; if any different criteria apply to national and non-national...
- Driver Test
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many additional driving test examiners have been put in place in County Kildare. [54017/23]
- Public Transport
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to increase the number of train services to Monasterevin Train Station, County Kildare to make it a more commuter-friendly...
- Road Projects
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for the Ardee by-pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54029/23]
- Departmental Policies
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/23]
- Public Transport
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide reminders/advertising on trains that bikes, with the exception of foldable bikes, are not allowed on trains during peak...
- Bus Services
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date of the implementation of the F spine as part of the BusConnects programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ending of agricultural relief from January 2024; if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) and clarify their...
- National Treasury Management Agency
61. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has issued any guidelines to the National Treasury Management Agency with regard to ethical investment, particularly the need to not...
- Tax Code
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax applies to buildings only and not to each unit in a multi-unit, pre-1963 property; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Medical Certificates
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals for the primary medical certificate there are currently in counties Longford and Westmeath, in tabular form; and how long these people...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pay
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to increasing pay for employees on the Public Appointment Service panel as their pay was cut in 2008 and...
- Departmental Policies
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54079/23]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Alcohol Labelling
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can give a report on the recent WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade meeting of November 2023 and matters regarding...
- Employment Rights
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that the ‘right to sit’ regulation in existence is widely disregarded by employers in Ireland; what...
- Departmental Policies
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54074/23]
- Work Permits
69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the review of the policy in relation to work permits, in particular in relation to permits for healthcare assistants and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Bus Éireann
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a change to the outdated practice of age discrimination of bus drivers under contract with Bus Éireann (details...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, in tabular form per school planning area, that have been notified that unspent Covid-related additional funding must be...
- Education Schemes
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how Tuam, County Galway was identified to participate in the STAR programme was developed by NTRIS 2017 – 2021; how this programme is...
- Disadvantaged Status
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be any new schools added to the current DEIS scheme in summer 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53944/23]
- School Transport
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a bus ticket for a person (details supplied). [53958/23]
- State Examinations
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any discretion can be shown for a leaving certificate student in Donegal (details supplied) to have an exemption in 2024 from the orals and...
- School Enrolments
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's emergency plans to address the shortage of school places in north Kildare, with a least 66 children currently without a school...
- Disadvantaged Status
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to extending DEIS status to the entire of the recently amalgamated school (details supplied). [53843/23]
- School Enrolments
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the publication of the most recent Census figures, if she will provide information on the possible review of school place requirements...
- Teaching Qualifications
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to challenges faced by a teacher transitioning to Ireland, the steps the Government could take to help address existing barriers...
- Departmental Policies
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main policy achievements of her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54073/23]
- Teaching Qualifications
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications that are considered acceptable for obtaining primary school teacher status in Ireland as in the case of a person (details...
- Schools Building Projects
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tender process will conclude and a contractor appointed to a new school build project (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Teaching Qualifications
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 26 September 2023, the updates on the claim lodged by an organisation (details supplied) in regard to...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Artifacts Recovery
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has pursued the return to Ireland of important Irish artifacts kept in British museums (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Funding
87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the figures for how much funding is available in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 for Fáilte...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reverse her decision in relation to the Ministerial approval of RTÉ's request to transfer the administration costs...
- Departmental Policies
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main policy achievements of her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54076/23]
- Commemorative Plaques
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure the immediate installation of the 2008 NFCD plaque at the famine sculpture (details supplied); the reason this...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing commencements in Louth and Meath to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53959/23]
- Traveller Accommodation
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received an application from Cork City Council for stage two funding regarding the redevelopment of Spring Lane,...
- Grant Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to Kildare County Council’s housing aid grants for older people, if he can investigate a grant application...
- Legislative Measures
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to concerns raised by a union (details supplied) in respect of the Planning and Development Bill 2022; and if he...
- Fire Stations
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new fire station in Dunleer, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54026/23]
- Planning Issues
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any restrictions on planning for housing being built beside wind turbines. [54051/23]
- Wildlife Regulations
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has authorised the use of decoy crows for the purpose of protecting crops and animal feed by farmers pursuant to section...
- Planning Issues
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to legislate to end the practice of developers securing planning permission for housing leaving sites undeveloped...
- Derelict Sites
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the revenue raised in 2022 by derelict sites levy payments for publicly owned land. [54123/23]
- Housing Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress to deliver affordable homes in Poolbeg west SDZ; and if he will report on his engagement with...
- Departmental Data
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan application, approvals and drawdowns in each year from 2019 to date in 2023, in...
- Housing Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his engagement with the Departments of Further and Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science and...
- State Bodies
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the final report of the External Scoping Exercise into certain matters pertaining to An Bord Pleanála by a person...
- Planning Issues
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review by his Department of resources for the planning sector; the status of the development of the related...
- Housing Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of the new rural housing guidelines; the timeline for the publication of the new guidelines; and...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a carer’s benefit review (details supplied); if any outstanding documentation is...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was in receipt of jobseeker's assistance and illness benefit consistently for a...
- Industrial Disputes
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on talks between her Department regarding the disparity in pay between Tús and CE supervisors; and if she...
- Social Welfare Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans, if any, to award a cost-of-living lump sum payment to disablement benefit holders similar to that awarded to those...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection about the case of persons (details supplied) who despite both parents being in receipt of the illness benefit payment, and...
- State Pensions
116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) would have enough contributions to enable her to qualify for a State pension or a form of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals in progress under each social protection payment for 0 to 6 months, 6 to 12 months and 12 months plus,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Middle East
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what schemes are available to Palestinians who are now Irish citizens for their families in Gaza to be evacuated to join them...
- Prison Visiting Committees
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when members of prison visiting committees will receive their travel expenses after each prison visit; the reason for the delay...
- Deportation Orders
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 120 and 122 of 22 November 2023, the average cost of effecting an EU removal/return in...
- Northern Ireland
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State considers those living in Northern Ireland who are eligible to Irish citizenship as enshrined in the Good Friday...
- Fines Administration
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that failed to pay fines imposed by the courts in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in...
- Visa Applications
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the visa applications for the family of a person (details supplied) are expected to be finalised; if all efforts will be...
- Naturalisation Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for naturalisation (details supplied); when the application will be...
- Departmental Policies
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the main policy achievements of her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54080/23]
- Visa Applications
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can provide an update on a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review taking place in relation to the income thresholds at which people can apply for family reunification;...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Data
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the date on which a trial commenced giving academics access to the Land Commission records on a case-by-case...
- Professional Qualifications
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why his farm advisory system refuses to recognise a soil science module from a Level 9 course as equivalent to a level 8 module as...
- Departmental Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the native tree area scheme; if current approval and inspection processes mean that a farmer or forestry...
- Horse Racing Industry
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the decision for the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board to give up on its own referral case three years, seven months...
- Agriculture Schemes
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will approve applications for the farmers who have submitted TAMS applications; how much of the €370...
- Animal Slaughtering
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of controlled finishing units or feedlots currently registered in the State; and the beef kill numbers per month since...
- Animal Welfare
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a livestock vessel (details supplied) was permitted to leave Ireland despite inclement weather conditions. [54196/23]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Early Childhood Care and Education
143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual first and full-year cost total of expanding ECCE/AIM wages over five years from three hours to eight...
- Departmental Data
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to give a breakdown of the type of new ELC and SAC registrations. [53963/23]
- Childcare Services
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual first and full-year cost total to pay the wages of all childcare staff over five years, in tabular...
- Departmental Data
146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many speech and language therapists are currently working in each health district of Dublin city and county;...
- Disabilities Assessments
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are currently waiting for a speech and language assessment in each health district of Dublin...
- Disability Services
150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when appropriate supports will be provided to the son of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Constitutional Amendments
152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment to...
- International Protection
153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on progress to secure large sites for the housing of refugees, as was issued in respect of...
- Departmental Data
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently on the waiting list to be seen by the Children’s Disability Network team...
- Department of Health
- Home Help Service
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the expected timelines on the establishment of a new statutory home support scheme; how he plans to scope and plan for such a...
- Vaccination Programme
158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment on the herpes zoster vaccine which also protects against shingles; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to ensure the integration of spinal muscular atrophy screening in the heel prick test before the end of 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
- Dental Services
160. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of dentists enrolled with the dental treatment service scheme, by county, in tabular form. [53932/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for the Centre for Obesity Management; and the average waiting time to access services once a referral has...
- Healthcare Policy
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the calls of representative organisations and industry for a national diabetes policy to coordinate and direct diabetes policy; and if he will...
- Legislative Process
163. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the enactment of the Health Information Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53949/23]
- Departmental Budgets
164. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion (in percentage terms) of the annual health budget spent on medical technology and devices, from 2019–2023, broken down per annum, in...
- Medical Qualifications
165. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the proposed changes (details supplied) to the qualifying criteria to become a psychotherapist put forward by CORU; if he is...
- Health Services Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Health to consider an exemption to the HSE recruitment freeze in the case of a person (details supplied). [53957/23]
- Primary Medical Certificates
169. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) cannot get a primary care certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53998/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
170. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54007/23]
- Health Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding provided to each of the CHOs from 2016 to date with consideration of the highest population increase being in the CHO8 area (details...
- Hospital Transfers
172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 230 of 22 November 2023, if he will provide further details of the process by which the decision will be made to...
- Departmental Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details and application criteria of the €10 million fund, as announced by him recently in Dáil Éireann, to enable small...
- Hospital Equipment
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstance where an urgent MRI scan in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin is now taking a minimum of six to eight weeks; and if...
- Hospital Appointments Status
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the fact that a person (details supplied) who was referred in August 2023 for an urgent appointment for a thyroid/ENT consultation to...
- Hospital Staff
176. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the actions being taken to address the staff shortages impacting paediatric neurology services at Crumlin Hospital, particularly...
- Health Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health to please speed up an appointment for a person (details supplied) to see a physiotherapist in Bailieborough Health centre Kells Road, Bailieborough, Cavan; and...
- Primary Care Centres
178. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a development (details supplied); the details of the proposed site; the timeline for the development; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Policies
179. To ask the Minister for Health the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54075/23]
- Health Services Staff
180. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a specialised critical paramedic post (details supplied) remains unfilled in an area; what plans are in place to fill this post; the timeline for...
- Mental Health Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health whether the detention facilities in the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, will be used for any other detention purpose; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Qualifications
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case of a person (details supplied) of a CORU application issue [54093/23]
- Health Service Executive
184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties owned by the HSE, by location, use and value, in tabular form; and the number of these which are vacant and the length of vacancy....
- Healthcare Policy
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that in line with WPATH best practices, services should have full and ongoing participation from trans and gender diverse people in relation to...
- Health Services Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health how many applications were made for the role of clinical lead for transgender services. [54112/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
188. To ask the Minister for Health how the HSE intends to address the waiting times faced by those looking for trans healthcare; and the timeline for these actions. [54113/23]
- General Practitioner Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that in order to be in line with WPATH, GPs should provide blood tests to trans people, regardless of where they are sourcing their hormones....
- Health Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Ireland is reported to have the worst transgender healthcare in the EU, given this information if he is concerned that a person (details...
- General Practitioner Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of South Doc services in Listowel; and his plans to change the service. [54118/23]
- Nursing Homes
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the allocation of a fair deal bed space to a person (details supplied). [54143/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
194. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 19 October 2022, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54144/23]
- Health Services Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was already employed by the HSE who was on a career break will not be reinstated in their job once they return; the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin. [54162/23]
- Parliamentary Questions
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on industrial action within the HSE which has halted a significant volume of written Parliamentary Questions in his Department...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
198. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for the person (details supplied). [54191/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of speech and language therapy courses and places that are currently in the third-level educational system; and what plans are in...
- Language Schools
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what efforts are made to ensure that English language students from abroad are protected from fraud in the English language education sector; and...
- Grant Payments
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a matter in relation to a SUSI grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54024/23]
- Departmental Data
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail in tabular form the number of students from each county that have benefitted from the €1,000 reimbursement in the contribution...
- Higher Education Institutions
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason bodies such as university foundations are exempt from having to prepare and submit annual statements of accounts to the Charities...
- Research and Development
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of any body or agency under the aegis of his Department that is currently being funded to research pluripotent stem cells; and if...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship applications that are outstanding; the number of apprenticeship applications in the construction sector; and if he...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much funding was given to the LEADER programme in 2022 and 2023; and how much is expected to be allocated in 2024. [53969/23]
- Tourism Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much LEADER funding has been allocated to rural tourism in 2022 and 2023. [53970/23]
- Library Projects
210. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress which has been made with regard to the purchase of the old Bank of Ireland building in Dunleer to...
