Written answers

Tuesday, 12 December 2023

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Economic Policy
      31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government’s response to the annual recommendations of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, which was published by his...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Public Order
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives that are being pursued to ensure public order and safety on the streets; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what her plans are to ensure all urban areas outside of Dublin will be included in plans for increased Garda presence; and if...
    • Policing Authority
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her engagement with the Policing Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55144/23]
    • Social Media
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on her meeting request with a social media company (details supplied) regarding its role in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many fully trained gardaí are projected to be available for duty at the end of 2023; and what the target is for the end...
    • Drug Seizures
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the value and volume of seizures of crack-cocaine and heroin in Limerick since the conclusion of Operation...
    • An Garda Síochána
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has a specific unit been tasked with overseeing and implementing strategy to combat the far right. [55125/23]
    • Paramilitary Groups
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the views of the Government and her Department on the recommendation made by the Independent Reporting Commission in its Fifth...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will now establish an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), as previously agreed by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the Garda response to the provisions relating to the anti-social use of scrambler motorcycles and quads included in...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the provision of refuge spaces and the commitment to double the number of refuge spaces available across...
    • An Garda Síochána
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Cavan Monaghan who have retired or resigned in 2023; and the number of new recruits whom have been...
    • Departmental Consultations
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline, with reference to the development of strategies to combat economic crime and corruption, the number of submissions...
    • Policing Authority
      73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the terms of reference of the review she requested of the Policing Authority around public order policing and related issues,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total Garda numbers for Galway for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of retirements in each...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions currently being undertaken by her Department to combat sexual and gender-based violence; the status of the provision...
    • An Garda Síochána
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí redeployed from Kildare to Dublin to support gardaí during the tragic events of Thursday, 23...
    • Legislative Reviews
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 11 October 2023, the status of the independent review of part 4 of the Criminal Law...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Programmes
      79. To ask the Taoiseach for an overview of the Shared Ireland Programme since its establishment in 2020; the key initiatives taken; and his assessment of their impact to date. [54390/23]
    • Public Sector Staff
      80. To ask the Taoiseach what action will be taken to recruit additional staff to the DPP to review cases where a decision needs to be made with regard to progressing to criminal prosecution, for...
    • Central Statistics Office
      81. To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider requesting that the CSO conduct a regular victims of crime survey in order to capture data on crime which is not reflected in Garda statistics due to...
    • Departmental Policies
      82. To ask the Taoiseach the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023. [54795/23]
    • Public Sector Staff
      83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in the CSO with climate action expertise; if there are plans to recruit more; and the average cost per WTE and HTE per grade, in tabular form. [55004/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      84. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; and where no...
    • Departmental Priorities
      85. To ask the Taoiseach his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024. [55216/23]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will look into a case (details supplied) whereby a birth certificate has not been accepted as part of the foreign birth registration...
    • Visa Applications
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide assistance to persons (details supplied). [54593/23]
    • Public Sector Pay
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 72 of 18 October and 102 of 7 November 2023, if he can arrange for a member of staff to examine the...
    • Military Aircraft
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his role in the oversight in the stop-off of any military personnel or equipment at Irish ports or airports; if any such stop-off has...
    • Citizenship Applications
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54628/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding that has been awarded directly to the Irish Arts Centre, New York by his Department and its agencies in each year since...
    • Middle East
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any specific guidelines for companies or other entities engaged with trade and other economic activities in territories deemed...
    • Foreign Policy
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade while Ireland has a consistent policy on the status of Western Sahara and support for self-determination, if his Department has any concrete...
    • EU Agreements
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to European Court of Justice cases on fisheries and free association agreements with Morocco, which included the occupied Western...
    • Human Rights
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, along with embassy officials in Rabat, could raise the issue of human rights abuses with their Moroccan counterparts, including the...
    • Departmental Data
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the international organisations or posts for which his Department are responsible for the Irish Government being a nominating body; when any...
    • Middle East
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the President of Israel stating during an RTÉ broadcast that Irish taxpayer monies had been misused in the construction...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with regard to the ongoing situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with the government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; his engagements with regard to the...
    • Foreign Policy
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response of the Irish government to a series of referenda held in Venezuela on Sunday, 3 December 2023; if he will report on his recent...
    • Middle East
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the topics he discussed with Israeli officials during his visit to Israel in September of this year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Military Aircraft
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department approved the overflight of a US Air Force flight (details supplied); to explain how such an aircraft complied with...
    • Departmental Properties
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the loss and damage fund following COP28; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55066/23]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Priorities
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55208/23]
    • Middle East
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has reached out to his counterpart in the United States, or other representatives of the United States government on the situation in...
    • Consular Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of courses funded by his Department for Irish embassy and or Irish consulate staff to lean to speak and write fluent in Arabic in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what engagement his Department has had at bilateral and multilateral level regarding the forced displacement of over six million people in...
    • Middle East
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use his best efforts to evacuate persons from Gaza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55432/23]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Conservation
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to include HAP tenancies in the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [54980/23]
    • Departmental Data
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of doubling the funding available for heating control grants. [54464/23]
    • Environmental Policy
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the Local Future: Connecting Communities Report of February 2023, particularly its...
    • Departmental Funding
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding options made available by his Department for community and voluntary organisations to lead on climate...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the incentives for communities to progress solar energy or wind energy projects; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Grid
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current position in relation to the national grid infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the renewable energy support scheme or any other financial support is in place for people living in the vicinity of...
    • Departmental Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role and function of a company (details supplied), a consortium of producers operating within the Republic of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his proposed three-year extension of the soon-to-expire existing ten-year national postcode system (Eircode)...
    • Departmental Bodies
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details on his Department's role in selecting members for the citizen engagement working group established...
    • Legislative Programme
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the progress in introducing the Aarhus Convention Bill. [54696/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a...
    • Just Transition
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to allow the completion of a key project as part of the Just Transition (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of offshore renewable facilities delivered to date in 2023. [54844/23]
    • Invasive Species Policy
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and officials in the Inland Fisheries division can confirm that pink salmon (oncorhynchus gorbuscha) are legally...
    • Departmental Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no meeting was held by an organisation (details supplied) in July 2023 considering his statement on 20 June...
    • Energy Conservation
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a residential retrofit loan guarantee scheme; when the scheme will be open for...
    • Legislative Measures
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the National Cyber Security Bill; and when this Bill will progress. [54952/23]
    • Departmental Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding drawn down as part of the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular...
    • State Bodies
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of staffing for environmental planning in An Bord Pleanála; and the full cost per post level in 2020,...
    • Waste Management
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with local authorities that have voted to municipalise waste collection services; and if...
    • Public Sector Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE and THE staff, by grade, in the SEAI, in tabular form. [54989/23]
    • Energy Conservation
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what measures are being taken to reduce the current wait times, currently in excess of 20 months, on works completing...
    • Public Sector Staff
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the workforce plan for climate action officers in local authorities; the total average cost for WTE per staffing level;...
    • Electricity Grid
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost for a renewable energy community to connect to the electricity grid. [55024/23]
    • Departmental Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding allocated to the Irish Environment Network in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and in Budget 2024. [55026/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if pensioners or soon-to-be pensioners of An Post, who were originally employees of the Department of Posts and...
    • Environmental Schemes
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports that will be made available to small retailers to take part in the deposit return scheme; if any research...
    • Nuclear Plants
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Government was first made aware of reported leaks from the Magnox swarf storage silo, MSSS, at the Sellafield...
    • An Garda Síochána
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review a response from An Garda Síochána (details supplied); if he is aware that this unit can no longer...
    • Departmental Priorities
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55206/23]
    • Energy Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and how his Department plans to implement energy sharing; if there are barriers to energy sharing; and if he will...
    • Electricity Grid
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what actions, if any, his Department is taking to overcoming the barriers that exist for renewable energy communities...
    • Energy Policy
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 22 November 2023, to report on the Government's engagements with other EU...
    • National Broadband Plan
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for a connection to the NBI scheme for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications for the national home energy upgrade scheme in each month since February 2022; the number of...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department collects data on public sector organisations’ emissions, and funding of offset initiatives, in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which the accelerating renewable electricity task force was established; the date of its first and all...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost of repairs to both the CASA and Pilatus aircraft damaged in a hangar movement earlier this year; if the collision was due to the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the procurement process for a muti-beam sonar system for the P60 class of vessels has been completed. [54478/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his current plan to maintain the historical jail and church in Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [54650/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      186. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the changes he intends to propose to the Defence Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54726/23]
    • Defence Forces
      188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of women in the Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces in each year to date since 2007, by year, in tabular form; the targets for...
    • Air Corps
      189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what additional allowances, gratuities or other payments are made to commissioned officers in the Air Corps Formation Safety Office that relate...
    • Departmental Policies
      190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces
      191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when it is proposed to fill the chargehand position in No. 2 Area, Connolly Barracks, Curragh Camp, which has been vacant for several years; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites...
    • Departmental Priorities
      193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55203/23]
    • Defence Forces
      194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocation in both 2024 and 2025 for the Defence Forces infrastructure development plan, in tabular form. [55377/23]
    • Naval Service
      196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of marine engineer officers inducted into the Naval Service to date in 2023. [55379/23]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Ports Policy
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the prospect of instructing the Dublin Port Company to not submit a planning application for the proposed €450...
    • Grant Payments
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the anomaly where a taxi or hackney driver can avail of a €17,500 grant for the purchase of an M1 category accessible...
    • Bus Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the NTA on the installation of bus shelters for public transport operators and location of same in the years of 2022...
    • Driver Test
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for a CPC was informed by the RSA that they had not completed the stage 1 CPC theory...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will outline her Department's policy on extending the powers of local authority traffic wardens to include enforcement of other...
    • Bus Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine and address issues with the X31 Dublin Bus service (details supplied); whether there are plans in place to address the...
    • Military Aircraft
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his role in the oversight in the stop-off of any military personnel or equipment at Irish ports or airports; if any such stop-off has...
    • Bus Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware that buses stopping on MacCurtain Street are indicating ‘Victorian Quarter’ as their stopping point...
    • Pension Provisions
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme, given there has been no pension increase since 2008, and many persons...
    • Fishing Industry
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the Marine Survey Office to respond to the request for a meeting from an organisation (details supplied) to discuss...
    • Dublin Bus
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new buses entering into the Dublin Bus fleet will now have an automatic ramp installed at the exit side doors in addition to the...
    • Departmental Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in child ticket fares on public transport in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54761/23]
    • Bus Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the bus route 272 from Listowel to Tralee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54765/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the electric taxi vehicle grant scheme to date in 2023; the number approved; and the number drawn down....
    • State Bodies
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NTA grant application website has been disabled. [54865/23]
    • Bus Services
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware that the 220 bus in Ballincollig is experiencing significant delays, with buses only turning up every 90 minutes...
    • Departmental Properties
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and...
    • Driver Licences
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to account for the length of time it takes to acquire a motorbike licence in Ireland; what he intends to do to rectify this; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a driver (details supplied) has been left waiting 13 months to be called for his tractor driving test. [55075/23]
    • Road Projects
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the request from Louth County Council to TII to approve a motion to treat the N53 works in County Louth;...
    • Road Network
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the decision to close lay-bys on motorways to private road users; what measures are in place to ensure there are...
    • Departmental Priorities
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55218/23]
    • Driver Licences
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to introduce a mechanism where Irish citizens returning home from living in the USA can have their American driving licence...
    • Bus Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of recent changes to bus routes in the Dublin 12 area and the cancellation of some routes; whether there has been an...
    • Tax Collection
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 5 December 2023, the reason Dublin only has one motor tax office, given the population and...
    • Public Transport
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with the Minister for Justice in respect of safety for night-time commuters and transport workers during...
    • Road Tolls
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is in discussions to buy a motorway (details supplied) given the toll increases across all routes; and if he will make...
    • Bus Services
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increased investment being made in Local Link services in both counties Carlow and Kilkenny, including future plans for such an...
    • Legislative Measures
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the remaining sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 is to be signed into law. [55374/23]
    • Road Safety
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of gritting an additional 45 secondary routes annually. [55375/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional ship surveyors for his Department, in tabular form. [55376/23]
    • Departmental Data
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for motor insurers to be granted access to information on his Department’s driver file database on disqualified...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can confirm that lands purchased by qualifying young farmers is entitled to young farmers relief notwithstanding the fact that the land involved may be...
    • Housing Schemes
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance to review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54645/23]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when changes will be made to the qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54653/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54786/23]
    • Financial Services
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the date of the last engagement he had with the Central Bank to discuss macro-prudential lending rules for mortgage applicants. [54816/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter relating to help-to-buy and the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied). [54870/23]
    • Customs and Excise
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the removal of excise from HVO or hydrogenated vegetable oil fuel, given it has 90% reduced emissions and would be transformative if used...
    • Tax Code
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tapered carbon tax which would reward companies that are earnestly reducing their carbon footprint (details supplied). [54875/23]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason registered blind persons are omitted from availing of the primary care certificate; his plans to include blind persons in the future; and if he...
    • International Bodies
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide, in tabular form, Ireland’s contribution to the IMF each year in nominal terms and as a percentage of GNP; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where...
    • Departmental Schemes
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if a scheme will be implemented in the near future to allow homeowners to buy out their mortgage from a vulture fund; if so, to provide further information on...
    • Departmental Priorities
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55207/23]
    • Banking Sector
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of a practice and approach by a bank (details supplied) in dealing with a mortgage offset facility; if he approves of this practice and...
    • International Bodies
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the appraisal of the potential for Ireland to channel SDRs to IMF funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55222/23]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who suffers from a multiplicity of health issues; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the number of renters who have claimed the renter's credit to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55325/23]
    • Tax Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of tax debt written off by the Revenue Commissioners (end of active pursuit of payment) in 2020, 2021 and 2022 was related cases handled by the...
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of cases determined by the Tax Appeals Commission in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the outcome of those cases; how many the Commission determined were...
    • Tax Yield
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield if the excise duty on a packet of 20 cigarettes were increased by 35 cents. [55372/23]
    • Departmental Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars sold with an open market selling price above €50,000, €75,000, €100,000 and €120,000 in 2022 and to date in...
    • Tax Exemptions
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance whether registered charities can be permitted to rent residential units without being subject to vacant home tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of taxi companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement multi-supplier framework to provide taxi services to...
    • Tax Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of the public sector pay bill which is recouped directly through income tax and USC; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the way in which post-1995 retired gardaí are processed in...
    • Office of Public Works
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW can provide information (details supplied) in respect of flood plains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54745/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parking Provision
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that car parking facilities will be maintained for Department of Social Protection staff at Thomas Ashe Street, Cavan...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that pension parity continues between existing and retired members of An Garda Síochána after the expiration...
    • Public Sector Staff
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will run a general civil service competition for persons with fluency in Irish at Higher Executive...
    • Departmental Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional fire and security engineers at grade 1 and two additional fire and security...
    • Office of Public Works
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 5 December 2023, if he has engaged with the local authority in respect of the future use of...
    • Departmental Properties
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what the current status of pension parity for retired members of An Garda Síochána is, given its impending expiration on 31...
    • Departmental Priorities
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55213/23]
    • National Development Plan
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress of the independent mid-term evaluation of investment priorities and capacity of the NDP; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what progress has been made on reviewing the criteria of qualification for the occupational supplementary pension in relation to...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of submissions which his Department has received in response to the recent infrastructure contract tender (details supplied);...
    • An Garda Síochána
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the up-to-date position on commencement of works for the new Cork Garda headquarters in Macroom, County Cork; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Support Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if engagement can happen between a company and the property team in the IDA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      286. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the posts of director general and adjudication officer (at assistant principal officer-level) have been filled in the Workplace...
    • Work Permits
      287. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 17 October 2023, to provide an update on whether upholstery and furniture making will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      288. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to EU Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/2337 of 28 November 2022 concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases...
    • Departmental Policies
      289. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Business Supports
      290. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of SME insolvencies recorded to 1 December 2023; the numbers for 2021 and 2022 respectively; the number of SMEs that...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      291. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to request from the CRO information on the number of SMEs, broken down by sole traders; limited companies; partnerships; and other...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      292. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocation for the Workplace Relations Commission in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [54944/23]
    • Public Sector Staff
      293. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE senior executives in global procurement employed by Enterprise Ireland in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in...
    • Departmental Properties
      294. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties...
    • Departmental Priorities
      295. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55205/23]
    • Work Permits
      296. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if dental hygienists will be included in the updated list of occupations for non-EEA work permits; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Expenditure
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2024 to recruit 30 additional WTE educational welfare officers. [54481/23]
    • National Lottery
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any records exist for the National Lottery Sports Programme application or approval for funding, which was allocated for a centre (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 25 May 2023, her plans, if any, to evaluate the summer programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Enrolments
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is enough choice and supply of post-primary school places for the growing population of Pelletstown, Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 149 of 18 October 2023, the date on which a school in County Meath (details supplied) will hear back from the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review correspondence from the management of a school (details supplied); when her Department will contact the management...
    • School Staff
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's current position on the establishment of a relocation scheme for post-primary teachers; the outcome of her Department's review...
    • Departmental Programmes
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which her Department or its agencies run for adult persons with a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date her Department plans to have a new school build (details supplied) completed and in use by students and staff; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ancillary service grant will be paid to a school (details supplied); and if the payment will be expedited. [54661/23]
    • State Examinations
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reviews of the reasonable accommodations for certified examinations were last updated; how often the committee responsible has met over...
    • School Funding
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports and funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to allow the school to increase the student population,...
    • Departmental Policies
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by her Department during 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Cork at present; and the number in 2020. [54837/23]
    • Home Schooling
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home school liaison support workers in Cork in 2019; and the number in 2023. [54838/23]
    • School Curriculum
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that children's consultation played in the new primary school curriculum; the model that was used for this participation; and where the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54910/23]
    • Departmental Meetings
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in her Department will meet with a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54924/23]
    • School Transport
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 19 October 2023, to provide an update on the status of the contract for the special education bus...
    • School Curriculum
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a child (details supplied) to access language classes; the reason no language class placement has been provided to date; and...
    • School Transport
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she intends to publish the findings of the review into the school transport programme. [54960/23]
    • School Equipment
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to install 5kW of solar PV on every primary and post-primary school in Ireland. [54974/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these properties and sites...
    • School Admissions
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline what schools have school places available in the Lusk area to facilitate a school place for child (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55099/23]
    • School Facilities
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding permission that was sought to proceed to tender stage by a school (details supplied) that has been approved since March...
    • Special Educational Needs
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an assurance to all families that every child currently on a waiting list for secondary school in Prosperous and Clane will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the projected year for the delivery of a new post-primary school in Prosperous. [55174/23]
    • School Admissions
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to engage with a school (details supplied) to request that several public spaces are made available to children currently on waiting...
    • School Accommodation
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of previously sanctioned expansions in a school (details supplied). [55178/23]
    • Departmental Priorities
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55204/23]
    • School Funding
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the normal funding options for small DEIS schools; if her Department will introduce a small grants work (minor...
    • Schools Building Projects
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be reached in respect of the provision of funds for the design team for a project for a school (details supplied); and if...
    • School Admissions
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can assist to bridge the cost of placing a child in a boarding school in instances in which home schooling is not available and...
    • School Transport
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55267/23]
    • Home Schooling
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and second level pupils that are being home schooled, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55268/23]
    • School Admissions
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals that have been filed with her in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county; the number of those that were successful;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that have special educational needs that were not offered a school place in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [55271/23]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to provide reduced class sizes at primary school level since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • Education Standards
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of secondary education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to tackle educational disadvantage since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of special needs education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • School Funding
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school days in both primary and secondary level that were paid at the unqualified rate between 1 September to 6 December 2023; and...
    • School Staff
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of teacher absences that went uncovered between 1 September and 6 December 2023; and the unspent allocation of funds in respect of...
    • Education and Training Boards
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding allocated and staffing levels in the Kilkenny-Carlow Education Training Board Psychological Service in 2022 and 2023, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language-specialist classroom support will be launched early in the new year. [55363/23]
    • School Accommodation
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider increasing a school (details supplied) to three streams to accommodate a rise in the number of young children in the area;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55386/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for allocating special education teaching hours to a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55388/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline of correspondence, communications and events since a commitment was given by her Department in 2021 to provide a school (details...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Media Sector
      368. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the funding to support news and current affairs on independent radio in the run-up to the local and European elections...
    • Arts Centres
      369. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that has been awarded directly to the Irish Arts Centre in New York by his Department and its agencies in...
    • Departmental Policies
      370. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by her Department during 2023; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person was appointed to the role of night-time economy adviser (details supplied). [54895/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these...
    • Departmental Funding
      373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been any request for funding for capital improvement works at a facility (details supplied). [55081/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of land bank that Údarás na Gaeltachta has that is suitable for housing broken down, by county and by size;...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail the discussion between Údarás na Gaeltachta and Irish Water; if there are plans to put Údarás na...
    • Legislative Programme
      376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55217/23]
    • Sports Funding
      377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to strengthen and develop sports facilities and organisations since 27 June 2020. [55283/23]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of staffing for environmental planning in NPWS, and the full cost per post level in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and in...
    • Public Sector Staff
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, in the NWPS, in tabular form. [54991/23]
    • Departmental Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Tusla/CAS social housing units delivered by AHBs for care leavers and others delivered in each year since...
    • Departmental Staff
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional senior archaeologists and seven additional WTE archaeologists for his...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it his intention, in line with the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to designate 10% of Ireland’s seas as strictly...
    • Housing Policy
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a higher HAP discretion is allowable in Dublin despite the enormous rent being sought in Galway, which has priced...
    • Defective Building Materials
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the inclusion of Sligo in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the implications in terms of the calculation of differential rent and social housing income eligibility for a HAP...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 7 November 2023 and No. 97 of 22 November 2023, if he will supply the guidance...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when a decision about supplying Dublin City Council with funding for the upgrade of the bays in Labre Park will be...
    • Water Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the framework for the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme will be issued to Galway County Council; the reason for the...
    • National Parks
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital works projects that were carried out in each of the National Parks under the remit of his Department during 2023;...
    • Departmental Policies
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Schemes
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent approvals in 2023, by provider, in tabular form. [54815/23]
    • Derelict Sites
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the derelict sites levies levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on their register on 31...
    • Vacant Sites
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; and the number of sites on each register for the...
    • Housing Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable homes sold, by county, to date in 2023. [54851/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost-rental homes that people have moved into, by county, in 2023. [54852/23]
    • Housing Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses delivered, by local authority and by AHBs respectively, by county, in tabular form. [54855/23]
    • Urban Development
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the timeline for delivery of the North West Quarter Regeneration in Cork. [54856/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful right-sizing applications in 2023, by local authority, in tabular form. [54858/23]
    • Local Authorities
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected processing time from application submission to sale of house on affordable houses; or the target he is hoping to...
    • Electoral Process
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the research in relation to lowering the voting age to 16 years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Urban Development
      414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to Wicklow County Council in Urban Regeneration Development Funding in 2022 and 2023 in respect of the...
    • Seaweed Harvesting
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 4 July 2023, to provide a copy of the site investigation report. [54920/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an eligible person can avail of the housing assistance payment scheme when renting a room in a house where the landlord...
    • Departmental Bodies
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, in the Land Development Agency; and when each of those vacancies will be filled,...
    • Housing Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what criteria must be met for a person living in direct provision to be eligible for HAP; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Programmes
      421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to increase the energy efficiency retrofitting programmes by 50%. [54972/23]
    • Local Authorities
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of staffing for environmental planning in local authorities, in and the full cost per post level in 2020, 2021, 2022,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, in An Bord Pleanála, in tabular form. [54993/23]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in the NPWS with climate action expertise; if there are plans to recruit more; and the average cost per...
    • State Bodies
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated year one cost to and full year cost to establish MARA. [55023/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost of funds provided to complete hedgerow surveys; the average cost per successful applicant to complete a...
    • Departmental Properties
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Government commitment to stage a referendum on water ownership; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider using net pay to calculate eligibility for local authority housing adaptation grant thresholds rather than gross...
    • Turf Cutting
      440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55118/23]
    • Housing Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Tusla/CAS social housing units delivered by AHBs for care leavers are not included in his Departments social...
    • Departmental Policies
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55211/23]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have exited emergency accommodation in each year since his Department commenced publishing...
    • Rental Sector
      445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes purchased by the Housing Agency under the tenant in situ cost rental scheme for eligible tenants; and what...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has issued any guidelines for the development of regional spatial and economic strategies and how they are coordinated...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the role local authorities have in respect of persons presenting as homeless who have an income above the...
    • Postal Voting
      448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the right to a postal vote to voters that will be in late stage of pregnancy (or early stage after birth) in...
    • Fire Stations
      449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision for a new Fire Station in Rathdowney, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vacant Properties
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is a prerequisite for local authorities to insist on applicants for the vacant home refurbishment grants to supply full...
    • State Bodies
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how, and to what extent, the Land Development Agency will be funded in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made for the vacant property refurbishment grants in each county in each month since July 2022; the...
    • Housing Schemes
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a standalone scheme for persons living in a home built prior to 1991 which has construction defects;...
    • Planning Issues
      457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the practice of developers not commencing construction after they have received planning permission; and his...
    • Waterways Ireland
      458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of a confidentiality clause being signed within Waterways Ireland (details supplied); if this...
    • Housing Schemes
      459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies where there is a family relationship between the landlord and the tenant. [55430/23]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54555/23]
    • Departmental Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated revenue that will be raised in each of the years 2024 to 2030 by the proposed increases in all classes of PRSI...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent supplement can be paid to a person who works more than 30 hours per week to prevent homelessness; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which her Department or its agencies run for...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an invalidity pension application (details suppled) in County Donegal; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to EU Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/2337 of 28 November 2022 concerning the European schedule of occupational...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when child benefit will be reinstated for a child (details supplied). [54663/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) will be approved for funding for the Work4Life programme as a matter of urgency. [54664/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to compensate families with child benefit payments who have children who turn 18 years between now and...
    • Pension Provisions
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the urgent need for processing an invalidity pension appeal by person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will set out the basis for the requirement of post-1995 gardaí that have retired to sign a declaration that they...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied). [54718/23]
    • Pension Provisions
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how someone’s annual average entitlement for a contributory State pension is calculated; and if credit is paid for a...
    • Tax Yield
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yield if the employers’ PRSI rate of 11.05% increased to 14% on the portion of wages in excess of...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on her efforts to extend the free travel pass to people with epilepsy who cannot drive due to their...
    • Departmental Policies
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by her Department during 2023; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54811/23]
    • Departmental Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an urgent needs payment in Cork city. [54832/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have availed of an urgent needs payment in the last quarter of 2023 and the same period in 2019 and...
    • Departmental Offices
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that car parking facilities will be maintained for her Department’s staff at Thomas Ashe Street,...
    • Industrial Disputes
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the reason tripartite talks between her Department, ILDN and Tús co-ordinators have been cancelled...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that people who will be completing 12 months on illness benefit in the period between the payment of the Christmas...
    • Legislative Programme
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives Provisions) Bill; and when this Bill will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 21 November 2023, if she will now expedite a positive decision based on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these...
    • School Meals Programme
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail, in tabular form a breakdown on a county-by-county basis of the 150,000 school children that will benefit...
    • Employment Rights
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 28 November 2023, and the reference what were unequivocally 'test cases' as...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a child benefit application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55164/23]
    • Departmental Priorities
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55215/23]
    • Departmental Staff
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of civil service executive officer positions that have been filled in all civil service offices in County...
    • Departmental Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of the key social protection improvements announced since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for proposing to introduce a tiered reform of the disability allowance; what steps are being taken to ensure that...
    • School Meals Programme
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not included in the recent announcement on the Hot School Meals Programme; if an...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Family Reunification
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on the situation of overseas nurses who, when recruited were told that after one year in Ireland they would...
    • Work Permits
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a reply to an application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54449/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been secured to purchase additional drones for use by An Garda Síochána in 2024. [54471/23]
    • Passport Services
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how a child (details supplied) can qualify for an Irish passport. [54492/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her Department's policy on automatic number plate recognition technology; if she intends to legislate if...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update of the work of the Anti-Social Behaviour Forum and subgroup on knife crime; and if she will make...
    • Residency Permits
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 28 November 2023, in the absence of a harmonised, EU-wide approach to exiting...
    • An Garda Síochána
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many gardaí were attacked and injured in during the rioting which took place in Dublin on 24 November 2023; and if she...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the number of scramblers and quad bikes seized, per county, since the introduction of the Road Traffic and Roads Act...
    • An Garda Síochána
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list the Garda stations in Cavan/Monaghan that have their own electric vehicle charging points; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people so far arrested under Section 4 of Coco's Law (Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences...
    • Legislative Measures
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to ‘Daisy’s Law’; and her plans to legislate to provide for children born...
    • Visa Applications
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54691/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the progress of resuming recruitment to the Garda Reserve. [54706/23]
    • Courts Staff
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of the 17 current serving country registrars attached to each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of basic M3 shotgun courses that were held for armed Garda personnel to date in 2023. [54746/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by her Department during 2023; and if she will make a statement...
    • Civil Service
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants working in Garda stations currently, by county, in tabular form. [54803/23]
    • Gambling Sector
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of the Gambling Regulator to date. [54806/23]
    • Official Engagements
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date of her last meeting with the Chief Superintendent in Cork city. [54810/23]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the status of the online portal for uploading cyclist and dash camera footage of road traffic offences....
    • An Garda Síochána
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian Garda staff, by grade, working in each divisional protective service unit as of 4 December 2023; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Irish citizenship received by INIS in each month from January to November 2023, inclusive; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all Garda stations within DMR have stand-alone computers for Garda members to view CCTV; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of houses and caravans that were seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau and still under the remit of the CAB as of 5...
    • Ministerial Communications
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has spoken to the new UK Home Secretary. [54947/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost in 2024 if the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit increased to 50. [54948/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these...
    • Departmental Data
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many persons have applied for orders under the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 in each year since its coming into...
    • Citizenship Applications
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what the pathway is for a person (details supplied) to have her path to citizenship overseen in a timely manner so that she is...
    • Departmental Policies
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to improve the Irish judicial system. [55165/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Thornton Hall site, including any progress with regards its availability for social and affordable...
    • Departmental Data
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and amounts of capital grants for the provision of domestic violence and abuse refuges from 1 January 2020 to date;...
    • Departmental Staff
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 10 October 2023, if she will confirm the number of staff suffering from long-Covid...
    • An Garda Síochána
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the Government position on the pension scheme for gardaí who enlisted post-1995, particularly regarding the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the regularisation scheme application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Priorities
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55212/23]
    • Departmental Data
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce a dedicated animal crime unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55356/23]
    • An Garda Síochána
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 14 November 2023, if she has received this information from Garda authorities to...
    • Departmental Data
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many of those residing in direct provision have deportation orders against them. [55399/23]
    • Passport Services
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for a child born in Ireland in July 2005 (details supplied) to Ukrainian parents to obtain an Irish passport given...
    • Asylum Applications
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time in Ireland for an application for asylum; the longest application processing time; and the number...
    • An Garda Síochána
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Garda strength in each Garda station throughout Kildare continues to be increased, with particular...
    • Departmental Data
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have re-offended while on bail in each of the past six years to date; and if she will make a...
    • Prison Service
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which specific procedures are in place to ensure that first-time prisoners are given priority towards education...
    • An Garda Síochána
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of women members of An Garda Síochána, at all ranks, at present; the degree to which, if any, the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation with respect to the microchipping of dogs and storing of such data within a national database; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Supports
      597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the BISS payment being made to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Industry
      598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports are available to co-operative marts which have to upgrade infrastructure to meet health and safety standards; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will run a recruitment campaign early in the new year seeking to employ additional directly employed ecologists for...
    • Harbours and Piers
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects valued at over €100,000 that are still ongoing in each of the Fisheries Harbour Centres under the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would reconsider the treatment of established woodland under the ACRES scheme, as currently farmers who have extensive parts of...
    • Beef Sector
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54599/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions he is making, if any, for access to the acres scheme for new entrants to farming in 2023 and future years; if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what precautions the Government is taking to reduce the risk of importing further disease through the importation of trees, saplings,...
    • Climate Change Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details on his Department’s role in selecting members for the citizen engagement working group established to...
    • Fishing Industry
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to open a public consultation on the matter of trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Departmental costings guidelines for TAMS-supported investments were last revised; if he intends to revise these; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Supports
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is funding available for agriculture businesses such as start-up/reopening of businesses (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided for the control of horses in Cork to date. [54808/23]
    • Agriculture Supports
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the recently announced Shannon Callows fodder scheme to ensure the adequacy of satellite monitoring in capturing...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has received the 2023 single farm payment is not allowed by the...
    • Beef Sector
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54931/23]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an ACRES appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54964/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received compensation for flooding in the Shannon Callows. [54965/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties...
    • Agriculture Supports
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure a BISS payment is issued to persons (details supplied). [55060/23]
    • Brexit Issues
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in detail the UK rules that will affect all Irish traders who export to Great Britain commencing 31 January 2024...
    • Control of Dogs
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to the control of dogs regulations and legislation relative to the outcome of the recent survey conducted by...
    • Agriculture Supports
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a cohort of farmers will now not receive their ACRES payment until January 2024; the steps he will take to address the...
    • Beef Sector
      629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer (details supplied) who is appealing a decision not to award him a payment under the national beef welfare scheme, and who...
    • Forestry Sector
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review a case (details supplied); if this anomaly is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55146/23]
    • Departmental Priorities
      631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55201/23]
    • Forestry Sector
      632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide data on the volume of whitethorn being imported into the State; if he will address concerns that this is having an adverse...
    • Fishing Industry
      635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a fisheries matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55310/23]
    • Flood Risk Management
      639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date for the commencement of works of the sea wall at a location in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Childcare Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the total costs of ECCE pay for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [54453/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of total core funding for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [54455/23]
    • Childcare Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the flat rate paid to all sessional early years services; the number of services in receipt; and the...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      645. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to increasing the threshold for people who are currently in receipt of mobility...
    • Departmental Contracts
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of the external security companies and cost of each that his Department has a contract...
    • Disability Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of student placements in children's disability network teams based in north and south Wicklow in 2022...
    • Childcare Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the NCS subsidy is considered to be direct income to childcare services or a subsidy to parents; the...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      649. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children as of 1 December 2023 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from...
    • Health Services Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO; the specific medical or healthcare...
    • Disability Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing 100,000, 200,000 and 500,000 additional personal assistance hours for people...
    • Ukraine War
      668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many people are currently residing in Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [54646/23]
    • Childcare Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare providers in counties Monaghan and Cavan that have informed his Department or associated agency of...
    • Departmental Policies
      673. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 22 November 2023, if his Department has in place a conflict of...
    • Equality Issues
      674. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the inclusion of a grounds of discrimination based on socioeconomic status being added to the...
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      675. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full year, first year and total funding budget of the Child Law Project. [54701/23]
    • International Protection
      676. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being proposed to remove the significant administrative delays with respect to available sites...
    • Departmental Bodies
      678. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost to establish a steering group to consult on a children-in-care system; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      679. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 14 November 2023, the reason his Department was unable to provide...
    • Children in Care
      683. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed description of the vetting process and qualification requirements for staff...
    • International Protection
      684. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the details of the 37 properties purchased by his Department to house IPAS applicants; the type of...
    • Direct Provision System
      685. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in Direct Provision in Ireland; and the number who are children. [54774/23]
    • Asylum Seekers
      689. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons seeking asylum in Ireland who have been homeless at the end of each week, over the...
    • Departmental Policies
      691. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CDNTs and the number considered a full cohort by role, in tabular...
    • Childcare Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase the Building Blocks Improvement Grant allocation by 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%. [54880/23]
    • Child and Family Agency
      697. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many fully trained specialist interviewers are within Tusla at present; and the areas in which they are...
    • Disability Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high support disability residential placements available in County Tipperary in 2021, 2022 and to...
    • Departmental Communications
      699. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the email system for the Department was changed this year; if so, the reason for this change; whether the...
    • Departmental Properties
      700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each...
    • Childcare Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a response to the correspondence regarding the concerns of a preschool provider (details...
    • Child and Family Agency
      702. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55092/23]
    • Childcare Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for the affordable childcare scheme submitted on 16 October 2023 (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      704. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a student (details supplied) will be given the opportunity to continue their studies in a school until...
    • Direct Provision System
      705. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who have been granted refugee status and remain resident in direct provision centres;...
    • Childcare Services
      706. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that a school (details supplied) is closing at year end; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      707. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55202/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      708. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown including ECCE pay, AIM pay of the €308.2 million provided for in line B.3 of the revised...
    • Childcare Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the estimates given in Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 6 December 2023 includes ECCE and AIM staff....
    • Disability Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent respite can be provided for a person (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      711. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action taken to support the childcare and early years sector since 27 June 2020. [55284/23]
    • Disability Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the previously funded programme under a waiting list initiative, ‘More Than...
    • Childcare Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year, full year and annual costs to reduce childcare fees by 20% in year one, 40% in year...
    • Maternity Leave
      714. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended to introduce legislation to ensure that pregnant women with cancer are not required to use...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      715. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, first year and full year cost to increase the aftercare payment for all young people up to...
    • Direct Provision System
      716. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of those residing in direct provision have deportation orders against them. [55400/23]
    • Disability Diagnoses
      717. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has a established a dedicated funded programme to achieve implementation of UNCRPD; and his plans to...
    • Departmental Communications
      718. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55434/23]
    • International Protection
      720. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people who are recorded by his Department as being resident in accommodation provided by the...
    • Direct Provision System
      721. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently residing in direct provision centres in the State who have qualified for refugee...
  • Department of Health
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide further funding to the groups that organise meals on wheels which is a valuable service to our elderly in view of the rising...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant plastic surgeon at Naas General Hospital. [54465/23]
    • Hospital Equipment
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise which hospitals have MRI machines that are compatible with a pacemaker, in tabular form. [54466/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons on CAMHS waiting list waiting on ADHD supports; and the length of time that young persons with ADHD are on CAMHS list in CHO7....
    • Health Strategies
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of headings under which the €7.3 million funding for the National Stroke Strategy was spent on in 2023. [54468/23]
    • Pharmacy Services
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies operating in Dublin on a 24-hour basis; and if pharmacies providing a service outside of standard hours receive a subsidy from the...
    • Dental Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if the dispute between his Department and dentists has been resolved in order to allow persons with medical cards to access free dental care; and if he will...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that alcohol price reductions on the basis of a customer having a supermarket loyalty card are not in breach of the Public...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Children’s Hospital Group, the Dublin Midlands...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list and within that the number waiting less than 6 , 6-12, 12-18 and more than 18 months as of 1 December...
    • Nursing Homes
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 December 2023, or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
    • Mental Health Services
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54525/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2023 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an...
    • Medical Cards
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2023; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a...
    • Hospital Admissions
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each at the end of November 2023 for each public/voluntary hospital; and the total number to date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Emergency Departments
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during Q3 2023; the total number to date in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for a person on a GP visit card to be assigned to another GP practice locally, in circumstances where they wish to change GPs but other GPs...
    • Dental Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the funding made available in 2021, 2022 and 2023 to the HSE orthodontic treatment waiting list initiative through the National Oral Health...
    • Nursing Homes
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of payment, under the fair deal scheme, to nursing homes when this scheme was first introduced in 2009; to outline the increases that were approved...
    • Health Service Executive
      766. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are recorded on the vacancy or...
    • Medicinal Products
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to having nitrous oxide categorised as an illegal drug and unlawful to possess, given the recent warning from a leading...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment can be granted to a person (details supplied). [54579/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      771. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to career path progression for consultants, what training schemes must be completed by doctors that rise to the level of consultant; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can get another appointment with any peritonium consultant within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54610/23]
    • National Minimum Wage
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to meals on wheels providers (details supplied) to cover increases to minimum wages; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if, similar to the UK, the breast cancer treatment anastrozole will be licensed as an option for preventing the disease in high-risk women in Ireland; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he proposes to take on foot of correspondence received (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54622/23]
    • Abortion Services
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place for conscientious objectors at all public hospitals providing abortions services; what protections are afforded to staff who wish to...
    • Mental Health Services
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can get an appointment with CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54627/23]
    • Nursing Homes
      778. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the reason that a person (details supplied) who has a diagnosis of paranoid schizoaffective disorder, dementia and several other physical health...
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new co-ordinator for the Finglas-Cabra local drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement...
    • Healthcare Policy
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a conflict of interest policy for organisations funded or part-funded by his Department in respect of gambling, similar to the HSE's alcohol...
    • Nursing Homes
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if there was ever a proposal for a nursing home at a location (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he can confirm reports that HIQA advised against it....
    • Abortion Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms through which medical staff can report that their conscientious objection to carrying out or participating in an abortion procedure are not...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54709/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater hospital. [54753/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO 9 that have clinical specialist ultra sonographers based there in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Procedures
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have undergone genetic testing in St James's Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54755/23]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      787. To ask the Minister for Health how the €5.2 million allocation on the healthy age-friendly homes programme was spent in 2023. [54756/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons working in the public health services; his plans to expand this number; and the international...
    • Cancer Services
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiographers required to ensure BreastCheck screenings take place every two years for those who are eligible; and how many radiographers...
    • Substance Misuse
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO 7 that have substance abuse services specific to youths aged under 18. [54759/23]
    • Health Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for speech and language therapy. [54773/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54789/23]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the reopening of Keltoi. [54817/23]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for delivery of the new elective hospital in Cork and when it will be fully operational. [54818/23]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time by residential addiction treatment facility. [54821/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork currently awaiting an appointment for audiology, by waiting time, in tabular form. [54822/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CAMHS teams and the number considered a full cohort, by role, in tabular form. [54825/23]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed supervised injection facilities in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. [54826/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      801. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of primary care centres in Blarney, Mayfield and Glanmire. [54827/23]
    • General Practitioner Services
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS GPs in Cork, by LHO, in 2017 and as of the latest date available in 2023. [54828/23]
    • Medical Cards
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS patients in Cork, by LHO, in 2017 and the latest date available in 2023. [54829/23]
    • Abortion Services
      804. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a soft copy of the report of the review by the HSE of the model of care with regard to remote consultation as part of termination of pregnancy; and...
    • Care of the Elderly
      805. To ask the Minister for Health when the 56-hour dementia intensive home care package for a 91-year-old dementia sufferer, who is on a waiting list since August 2023, will be provided in full...
    • State Claims Agency
      807. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of claims made to the State Claims Agency related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, by categorisation of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      808. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for an inquiry into the national Covid response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54935/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on the operating waiting list, by hospital; and the number of those who have complex needs. [54949/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant intervention cardiologists at Cork University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54951/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      812. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1495 of 18 January 2023, what payments have been made per month to the company by the hospital in 2022 to date in 2023....
    • Medical Cards
      813. To ask the Minister for Health how many discretionary medical cards were granted in Mayo in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54963/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where...
    • Hospital Procedures
      815. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have his much-needed surgery carried out in Temple Street Hospital. [55058/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding progress in relation to a project (details supplied) [55061/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      817. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a new scooter provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55076/23]
    • Health Services
      818. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 16 November 2023, concerning home birth services in north Tipperary and CHO3, when the services were suspended on...
    • Ambulance Service
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      820. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55198/23]
    • Departmental Priorities
      821. To ask the Minister for Health his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55210/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait 12 months for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55221/23]
    • Home Care Packages
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway, respectively, who submitted an application for home care to date in 2023; the number of applications...
    • Health Services Staff
      824. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the filling of new and replacement posts in a staff category in the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      826. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an elderly person has been waiting for over a year for a special bed for their home and still has not received one; the rationale for this...
    • Dental Services
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent dental surgeons in each of the CHO regions who are currently involved in the public dental scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      829. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the actions, funding and resources provided by the Government to tackle substance addiction; if he will detail in tabular form, for each local...
    • Mental Health Services
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives he has taken to develop and expand mental health services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; his...
    • Care of the Elderly
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives he has taken to develop and expand health services for older people since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive...
    • Primary Care Services
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives he has taken to develop and expand primary care services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; his...
    • General Practitioner Services
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives he has taken to develop and expand general practitioner services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive...
    • Hospital Services
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives he has taken to develop and expand acute hospital services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; his...
    • Patient Files
      835. To ask the Minister for Health whether he agrees that all files, including personal notes, should be transferred from one HSE-funded facility to another in a specific case (details...
    • Care Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health if further hours of care around lunchtime each day will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55313/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      837. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s criteria in relation to tenders for ambulance services for HSE hospitals by private contractors (details supplied). [55339/23]
    • Hospital Procedures
      850. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55355/23]
    • Hospital Facilities
      851. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 17 May 2023, if any beds, units or buildings have been closed in the Mater Misericordia University Hospital,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, in 2022 and 2023; and the budget allocation for same in 2024, in tabular form. [55367/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      853. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment of PHNs for the CHO 5 area. [55368/23]
    • Ambulance Service
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new HSE rapid response vehicles that will come into force in 2024; and the locations where these vehicles will be based, in tabular form. [55369/23]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the current grants being paid to medical card holders for wigs, hairpieces and so on. [55370/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS for the month of November, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55396/23]
    • Health Services
      857. To ask the Minister for Health when a health service will be expanded (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55398/23]
    • Medicinal Products
      860. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55415/23]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people entering into a health profession (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55277/23]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which his Department or its agencies run for adult persons with a...
    • Third Level Fees
      863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a degree at a third level institution (details supplied) is not covered for the reduction of third level fees announced in budget...
    • Third Level Education
      864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 22 November 2023, his views on a matter (details supplied). [54682/23]
    • Departmental Funding
      865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the technological sector strategic projects fund was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54712/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Education
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the college campus on the north side of Cork city. [54812/23]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices, by phase, in Cork, in tabular form. [54813/23]
    • Third Level Costs
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced reduction in student fees for the 2023-2024 academic year applies to a student who is paying full fees while...
    • Departmental Properties
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites...
    • Third Level Education
      876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for establishment of new veterinary colleges around the country; how funding is provided and approved; the method to ensure regional...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of craft apprenticeship dropouts in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55180/23]
    • Departmental Priorities
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55209/23]
    • Further and Higher Education
      879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the further and higher education sectors since 27 June 2020; the new initiatives undertaken; and the additional funding...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Control of Dogs
      880. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a public record detailing the number of dogs that are placed in the pound in each county; the number that are rehomed; the...
    • Library Services
      881. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a request has been made by Louth County Council for capital funding to develop the former Dominican Order church on Dominic Street,...
    • Control of Dogs
      882. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 31 January 2023, her plans to enhance the role of An Garda Síochána in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      884. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of her Department's capital budget allocation that was spent in the first 11 months of 2023; and the figures for the...
    • Departmental Policies
      885. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by her Department during 2023; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      886. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the role her Department is playing in the national drugs strategy. [54842/23]
    • Departmental Properties
      887. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these properties...
    • Departmental Priorities
      888. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55214/23]
    • Departmental Policies
      889. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a progress report on the implementation of Our Rural Future. [55288/23]

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