Written answers
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Policies
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Government's policy on the use of foreign-bestowed, non-elected titles, such as 'Sir' and 'Dame'; and if he will make a statement on...
- Diplomatic Representation
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of our diplomatic relationship with Iran; the recent engagements he and the Government have had with representatives of...
- European Council
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will seek an exchange of views on the situations, including conflict and humanitarian crises, in the Horn of Africa, Sudan and the...
- Middle East
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees with the statement of European Union Lead Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (details supplied), of 31 October...
- Diaspora Issues
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports available to members of the diaspora who wish to set up Gaelscoileanna abroad; if he has engaged with his Cabinet colleagues with...
- Middle East
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens currently in Gaza; the steps being taken by his Department to assist them in exiting Gaza; and if he will make a...
- Northern Ireland
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the political parties in Northern Ireland...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Schemes
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the level of oversight the SEAI conducts with regard to approved contractors under the various...
- Renewable Energy Generation
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of solar farms currently plugged into the national grid; and the number of houses that have been deep...
- Departmental Meetings
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. [55586/23]
- Just Transition
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he has taken to support the just transition process since 27 June 2020. [55614/23]
- Business Supports
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any grants from his Department for businesses that are operating eco-friendly laundry services; and if he...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55655/23]
- Energy Policy
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any plans for the Government to formally endorse the call for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; and...
- Waste Management
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the new law on waste collection will be rolled out in rural areas, considering many households in rural areas...
- Departmental Schemes
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which older people who have a right of residence in a property that they do not own or that does not involve...
- Departmental Reviews
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which easy...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an overview of the key defence initiatives announced since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55611/23]
- Naval Service
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service vessels in service in March 2023; the number acquired and brought into service since then; the number decommissioned;...
- Ukraine War
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the activities of members of the Irish Defence Forces in Ukraine; the training and assistance they are providing; the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the provision of DART carriages during rush hour times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Taxi Licences
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the SPSV licence renewal case of a person (details supplied). [55491/23]
- Bus Services
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to give urgent consideration to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55505/23]
- Public Sector Pensions
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the issues that have been brought to his attention by CIÉ regarding the future of the regular wages pension scheme and the 1951...
- Road Tolls
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body that operates profits from the toll bridges on the M50 motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55549/23]
- Road Traffic Accidents
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in the State who were killed in road traffic accidents in each of the past ten years. [55554/23]
- Electric Vehicles
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of plug-in hybrid buses purchased for the public service obligation fleet in each of the past six years and to date in 2023;...
- Road Safety
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that all lighting on the junctions and exits on the M1 motorway (for example Junction 14) has been removed; if he is...
- Bus Services
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects phase 6 of the BusConnects programme to come into effect. [55582/23]
- Rail Network
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the list of additional train services on the Dublin to Sligo and the Dublin to Longford lines; and if he will make a statement...
- Aviation Industry
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions taken to support and strengthen the aviation sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2024; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the Claregalway inner relief road; when this bypass is likely to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Transport Authority
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding the National Transport Authority has received in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the funding the National Transport Authority...
- Road Safety
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what laws are currently in place to govern the use of e-scooters and electric bikes, including any requirements for high-visibility...
- Driver Test
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position on driver test waiting times, in tabular form, in Cork, Skibbereen, Mallow, Killarney and Newcastlewest; the...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issues outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55757/23]
- Road Projects
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the N22 road improvement project between Farranfore and Killarney; the estimated total cost and...
- Greenways Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected annual number of visitors to the South Kerry Greenway once completed; the-up-to-date timeline for the completion of the...
- Road Projects
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the new M-N20 Cork to Limerick Road; if there will be a link to the N72 Mallow to Killarney Road...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest anticipated amount of capital underspend in his Department for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55765/23]
- Cycling Facilities
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider contributing to the LIS fund to enable cycling on those roads that cannot currently be cycled; and if he will make a...
- Traffic Management
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the N70 R561 intersection at Castlemaine, County Kerry; if traffic calming for a safer junction and...
- Road Network
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department historically received any application to have the R561 between Castlemaine and Inch, County Kerry, considered as a...
- Road Projects
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any proposal or plans exist to upgrade the N23 Castleisland to Farranfore road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55770/23]
- Bus Services
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware that the 214 bus in Cork has been identified as the least reliable bus route in the city; the steps that are being...
- Road Projects
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issues outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55863/23]
- Bus Services
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a report that highlights that only six buses in Cork city meet the minimum standard of reliability; the steps being...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration Tax
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the detection rates for violations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55626/23]
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will reconsider the calculation of the EWSS employer's contribution given that this was calculated based on net income unlike other jurisdictions...
- Tax Yield
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax received on all fuel and energy in the past five years. [55537/23]
- Tax Reliefs
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of electricity for which relief was claimed from the electricity tax for the years 2019-2021 for each of the categories for which relief is...
- Tax Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost if excise duty on a pint of beer and a glass of wine decreased by 15 cent with effect from 1 February 2024. [55585/23]
- Tax Reliefs
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/23]
- Tax Code
67. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 16978/13 in light of the fact that the cost of travelling to a foreign property is deductible from rental income, if the...
- Primary Medical Certificates
68. To ask the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to make much-needed amendments to the primary medical certificate eligibility criteria as many persons whom this scheme was intended to...
- Tax Appeals Commission
69. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on a decision of the Tax Appeal Commission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55663/23]
- Interest Rates
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can advise on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55691/23]
- Tax Reliefs
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason repayment of VAT on milk tanks for unregistered farmers has been withdrawn by the Revenue Commissioners without any notice; if milk tanks will be...
- Financial Services
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with a financial company (details supplied) or the regulator regarding behaviour by the company, raised by this Deputy in Dáil...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the ongoing review into the terms and conditions of pension provisions for former members of An Garda...
- Office of Public Works
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the statues of the Earl of Carlisle and Field Marshall Gough which formally resided in the Phoenix Park until being...
- Public Sector Pensions
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he intends to proceed in respect of his plans to discontinue the long-standing and well-established pay-pension parity...
- Parking Provision
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will ensure parking is provided for staff at his Department; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Pensions
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to review a letter (details supplied), if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55730/23]
- Flood Risk Management
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding efforts to prevent flooding at Castlemaine Quay and surrounding properties; and if he will make a...
- National Monuments
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for sites in the vicinity of Killarney National Park in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55868/23]
- Flood Risk Management
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding embankment works on the River Maine in Keel, from Castlemaine to Caherfealane; and if he will make a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what options are under consideration by the Government to help energy intensive industries with energy costs following his decision to...
- Legislative Measures
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is considering the introduction of further legislation to support the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission...
- State Bodies
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many staff the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission currently has in the cartel detection section; his plans to increase...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55457/23]
- School Enrolments
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of the number of pupils in each of the 314 school planning areas that did not secure a place in their first...
- Schools Building Projects
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school projects, by county, currently waiting for a decision by An Bord Pleanála, in tabular form. [55485/23]
- School Funding
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the IT funding for schools (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55498/23]
- School Accommodation
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 5 December 2023, if the data on the use of prefab buildings by 455 schools could be broken down on a...
- School Transport
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the restriction on persons who are over 70 years becoming bus drivers for the Bus Éireann school bus services while there is...
- School Admissions
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of application numbers; the criteria as per admissions policy; and the number of places available and waiting list...
- Teaching Qualifications
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can get recognition for her qualifications considering that she is not a new entrant teacher; and if she will make...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Staff
99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE vacancies currently within her Department that are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative...
- Tourism Industry
100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions taken to support and strengthen the tourism sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2024; and if she will make a...
- Sports Funding
101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the application by a school (details supplied), under the 2020 Sports Capital Programme; and the name of the...
- Sports Facilities
102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can provide funding towards the running costs of a community gym in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Sports Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total value of the ask of local and regional Sports Capital and Equipment Programme applications under the latest scheme; and...
- Sports Events
104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the application to host the Grand Depart in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55743/23]
- Sports Facilities
106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of negotiations to contribute to the redevelopment of Casement Park; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Funding
107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total grant aid allocated to a club in County Kerry (details supplied) since the beginning of the sports capital programme; if...
- Sports Events
108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is engaging with the Garda Commissioner to ensure large sporting events will not be vulnerable to unrest or rioting like...
- Olympic Games
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position regarding preparations for Team Ireland for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics; and if she will make...
- Sports Events
112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what future major international sporting events her Department hopes to bid for; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Appointments to State Boards
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of current vacancies on the board of RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55853/23]
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of dates when she met with the chair of RTÉ in 2023; if she will provide the agenda for these...
- Television Licence Fee
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date figures for television licence renewal and new licences to the most recent week; how these compare with last year;...
- Social Media
117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met with a company (details supplied) regarding online misinformation; if she is aware that the company recently...
- Artists' Remuneration
118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department provides funding to the artists support scheme pilot; if so, if she will provide the figures relating to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is essential to have a property registered with the Land Registry regarding the Croí Cónaithe towns fund; if...
- Planning Issues
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide resources to ensure education projects can be completed within the 18-week statutory timeframe at An Bord...
- Traveller Accommodation
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing accommodation units in Kildare for Traveller families; and if there are any plans to increase that...
- Housing Policy
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a ‘no-fault’ eviction ban in County Kildare over the winter months, given that the homeless...
- Housing Schemes
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address the issues in a case (details supplied). [55598/23]
- Legislative Measures
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed amendments to the Housing Act 1988 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55628/23]
- Housing Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 December 2023, to outline his plans to develop housing on State-owned lands in...
- Housing Schemes
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter concerning HAP (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55697/23]
- Wastewater Treatment
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated in each case for the successful applications under the €50 million funding scheme targeting the...
- Vacant Properties
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issues outlined; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest figure regarding applications and approvals from County Kerry under the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he...
- Housing Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new units expected in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55832/23]
- Housing Policy
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what categories of housing stock returning to use are not classified as new units; if LA voids and student accommodation is...
- Planning Issues
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he plans to target extortionate planning objectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55834/23]
- Budget 2024
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what changes to the tax code in relation to all aspects of construction and the property, rental and housing market his...
- Emergency Accommodation
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his targets for 2024 in respect of emergency accommodation figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55838/23]
- Housing Policy
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given further thought to the proposal from this Deputy to introduce a right-sizing grant, similar to the Croí...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Industrial Disputes
139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if plans are in place or meetings arranged to address the pay disparity between community employment supervisors and RSS/TUS...
- International Protection
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55686/23]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific criteria that must be satisfied for a parent or guardian to be granted domiciliary care allowance for a child;...
- Social Welfare Payments
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of an issue (details supplied); if she will ask her officials to review the situation; and if she will make a...
- School Meals Programme
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the decision of her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the Hot School Meals programme, given...
- Social Welfare Appeals
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55467/23]
- Departmental Data
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of transfers and or access requests received by her Department from the Department of Education; and the headings...
- Social Welfare Appeals
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of the decision on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details...
- School Meals Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) has been refused hot school meals funding, given the school expressed interest...
- Departmental Data
149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county currently in receipt of the carer’s support grant, in tabular form; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the extension in child benefit to those aged 18 years in full-time employment has been delayed until September...
- Departmental Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE vacancies currently within her Department and that are normally filled by staff at the grade of...
- Parking Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review correspondence (details supplied); if she will ensure that parking in provided for staff in her local Department;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 7 November 2023, to detail the benefits available to people who have a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their social welfare appeal; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her Department's response to the results of a recent survey of palliative care nurses by an organisation (details...
- Social Welfare Appeals
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Paramilitary Groups
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent report of the Independent Reporting Commission, with particular reference to the continuing threat from...
- Departmental Data
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide figures, in tabular form, for the volume of complaints to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the general timeframe within which successful applicants for citizenship/naturalisation receive their certificates after their...
- Family Reunification
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in progressing an application for family reunification in the case of the family of a person (details...
- Middle East
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the number of people currently in Gaza who have permission to remain in Ireland, or who have visas to live,...
- Missing Persons
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ongoing missing persons cases in the State. [55542/23]
- Prison Service
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers retired from the Irish Prison Service in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [55584/23]
- An Garda Síochána
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she expects the recently announced additional 40 unmarked Garda cars and 38 additional marked Garda cars to be in the Garda...
- Legislative Measures
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an overview of the main law reforms initiated by her Department since 27 June 2020. [55612/23]
- An Garda Síochána
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next phase of Garda recruitment will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55613/23]
- Visa Applications
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can advise if an issue can be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55630/23]
- Immigration Policy
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with respect to 2022 the number of passengers at all ports of entry refused leave to land; the number of passengers returned...
- Visa Applications
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review extenuating circumstances being cited in visa renewal (details supplied) and if she will provide an update on this...
- Deportation Orders
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55685/23]
- Departmental Reports
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to publish the final evaluation report on the Local Community Safety Partnership Pilots; and if she will make...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a matter (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55486/23]
- Departmental Correspondence
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will note the issue is resolved now; the reason this delay occurred; and if he...
- Greyhound Industry
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that recommendation 10(d) in the Report of the Working Group on Control of Dogs that recommends a ban on surgical...
- Agriculture Schemes
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the sheep improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55570/23]
- Departmental Expenditure
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55572/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme Sucklers and Beef Data and Genomics Programme schemes in their final year...
- Departmental Policies
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department can take to address the recent EuroStar evaluation changes affecting suckler farmers which has led to many...
- Departmental Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE vacancies currently within his Department and that are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative...
- Agriculture Supports
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken since 27 June 2020 to help and support farmers and the agriculture sector in meeting the challenge of climate...
- Forestry Sector
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recommendations of the independent review group into his Department’s response to ash dieback disease are to be...
- Organic Farming
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organic farming scheme payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Supports
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of a basic payment in Monaghan in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the average payment;...
- Food Industry
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Agri-Food Regulator will be operational by years end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55688/23]
- Aquaculture Industry
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, when making an application for an aquaculture licence, the area should be identifiable as a known sea area and should be within...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- School Staff
196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancies that exist in Our Lady of Hope for therapist positions, nurses and other special school support...
- Disability Services
197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has lost their respite entitlement and has not received any respite since...
- Housing Schemes
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered broadening the Ukrainian housing assistance scheme (800 per month) to cover people on local...
- Departmental Correspondence
199. 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. [55472/23]
- Departmental Policies
204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on (details supplied); if he will outline what is currently being planned by his Department for...
- Disability Services
205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55483/23]
- Parental Leave
206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend leave entitlement for parents who have a child through surrogacy, to align with maternity or...
- Departmental Bodies
207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first and full year costs associated with the proposed early years and childcare State agency; the...
- International Protection
208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of staff employed by the International Protection Accommodation Service and the associated...
- Child and Family Agency
209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the number of children referred to Tusla to date in 2023, by referral type;...
- Disability Services
210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures and initiatives he has taken to support disability rights and inclusion since 27 June 2020. [55609/23]
- Departmental Funding
211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the funding estimate for the Communities Integration Fund (CIF), the International Protection Integration...
- Disabilities Assessments
212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many assessment of need reports as set out in the Disability Act 2005 were completed in 2021, 2022 and 2023...
- International Protection
213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAs and BoTPs that are currently being accommodated in towns (details supplied) in Tipperary; and...
- Special Educational Needs
214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the much-needed therapists for ASD children at a school (details supplied) will be in place; when a nurse...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55455/23]
- General Practitioner Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health why GP card holders are required to pay for visits when renewing their driver's licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55462/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
217. To ask the Minister for Health to review details of an appointment (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55482/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason custom made insoles are not covered by the full medical card in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [55504/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and families who have taken cases, issued letters of claim and initiated proceedings against the HSE regarding the death of a loved one...
- Departmental Data
221. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any increase or perceived increase in the number of persons since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, or any increase or...
- Cancer Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) will commence chemotherapy treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Childhood Obesity
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on obesity clinic appointments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55565/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
225. To ask the Minister for Health if wheelchairs, rollators and other such mobility equipment supplied by the HSE is recycled; and if so, how many such units are put back into use. [55566/23]
- Hospital Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Clontarf Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [55583/23]
- Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the local TDs in the mid-west, along with members of the HSE west forum, to discuss the ongoing issues facing services in the mid-west in...
- Pharmacy Services
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior pharmacists working in CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if a senior pharmacist at this hospital is on a call within this...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
229. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a grant for a HSE supplied powered mobility equipment; the maximum grant amount for PME; and the amount of funding that was available for these in...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that will commence in 2024 at Naas General Hospital; and the nature of each of these work projects, in tabular form. [55602/23]
- Alcohol Sales
231. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on proposals to introduce a law requiring health warnings on alcohol products; the engagement his Department has had on this matter with...
- Disability Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the delays in releasing approved funding to a gym (details supplied) created to provide a safe space for people with disabilities, which has now...
- Nursing Education
233. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans for a review of the English language qualification criteria set by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) for overseas...
- Hospital Appointments Status
234. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55654/23]
- Departmental Properties
235. To ask the Minister for Health why an organisation (details supplied) has not been able to advance plans to lease the old children’s buildings No.’s 50 and 51 on the grounds of...
- Mental Health Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health about the provision of a service (details supplied) in Cavan; if funding for the provision of same can be considered; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55677/23]
- Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health what immediate weight intervention can be sourced for a person (details supplied). [55678/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
240. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the waiting list for weight intervention in St. Colmcille’s Hospital in Loughlinstown (details supplied). [55679/23]
- Medicinal Products
241. To ask the Minister for Health what, if anything, can be done to assist those on Saxenda weight reduction mediation who can no longer obtain their prescription due to non-availability. [55680/23]
- Medical Cards
242. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards in the State; a breakdown of the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55703/23]
- Mortality Rates
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded each year from 2018 to 2023 to date, in tabular form due to sepsis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55705/23]
- Hospital Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on the status of St. Finan's Hospital, Killarney; the annual total cost since its closure, in tabular form for maintaining the property...
- General Practitioner Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the strategic review of general practice and if the issues, identified in the Finance Bill 2024 which have adversely affected...
- Medicinal Products
248. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics will approve the drug Palforzia from a company (details supplied), given that the...
- Health Services
249. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update and timeline for the roll out of peanut oral immunotherapy for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55715/23]
- Mortality Rates
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded at UHK for each year from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55716/23]
- Hospital Services
251. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the construction of the new Killarney Community Hospital; if the project is on time and within budget; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing InterSystems TrakCare at the National Forensic Mental Health Service; the capabilities of this system; if this system will...
- Primary Care Centres
254. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in providing new and additional healthcare facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55864/23]
- Health Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, there are to extend dermatology services throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55866/23]
- Hospital Facilities
256. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing a major building project at a healthcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55874/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if apprenticeships for crèches are being considered; if so, what allocation has been given to the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if...
- Departmental Staff
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE vacancies within his Department and are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative officer and above, as of 7...
- Research and Development
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the research and innovation sectors since 27 June 2020; the new initiatives undertaken; and the additional funding provided...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that Minister for Children, Disability, Integration and Youth, has just announced capital funding for crèches to create 90,000 new...
- Disability Services
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to discuss serious funding challenges and its role in the evolving further...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next CLÁR funding recipients will be announced for County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55796/23]
- Rural Schemes
264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application to draw down funding in respect of the Inch Beach Masterplan (CLÁR) has been made; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of ORIS funding will be announced; if she will provide a list of the three strands of Kerry applications; and if...
- Departmental Schemes
266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much has been drawn down in respect of the town and village renewal funding announced for Killorglin in 2021; the current status...
- Departmental Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding allocations to County Kerry have been withdrawn by her Department since 2016; the reasons for any such withdrawals; the...
- Departmental Schemes
269. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her future plans for the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55803/23]
- Community Development Projects
270. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her future plans for the community centre programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55804/23]
- Departmental Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering any new funding streams for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55805/23]
