Written answers
Thursday, 18 January 2024
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
14. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on efforts his Department and the Health Service Executive are undertaking to improve University Hospital Limerick; and if he will...
- Health Strategies
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Hospital Winter Plan to cope with the seasonal pressure. [2081/24]
- Hospital Facilities
16. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on transformation plans at Our Lady's Hospital Navan; if he will reverse the stated policy that commits to closing the accident and...
- Hospital Overcrowding
17. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 122,879 patients, including 3,494 children, were admitted to hospital without a bed in...
- Addiction Treatment Services
18. To ask the Minister for Health the current deficit in addiction rehabilitation, detox and step-down beds. [2024/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of progress toward a new elective hospital for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/24]
- Health Services Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts available to the health service in 2024; the number of posts required for full implementation of the safe staffing framework; and if he will...
- Economic and Social Research Institute
21. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to respond to ESRI reports which have identified significant deficits and imbalances in critical healthcare infrastructure; and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Centres
22. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline for the delivery of primary care centres in Blarney, Mayfield and Glanmire. [2025/24]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
24. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme to include other conditions outside of the current terms of reference of the programme;...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
25. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that in December 2023 an organisation (details supplied) stated that the latest National Treatment Purchase Fund figures confirm that the three...
- Medicinal Products
26. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the €20 million committed for new medicine funding in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1974/24]
- Primary Care Centres
27. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update in relation to the HSE Capital Plan to provide a primary care centre in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Facilities
28. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on progress on the new 42-bed medical block at Sligo University Hospital, which was due to start construction before the end of 2023; and if he...
- Hospital Overcrowding
29. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the positive figures that showed a 20% drop in trolly numbers in the last six months of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1441/24]
- Health Services
30. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the new protocols for hospital discharges to stepdown facilities; and if he will make a statement on...
- Care Services
32. To ask the Minister for Health what actions he is taking to reverse the current trend in long-term residential care (LTRC) where there has been a consolidation of LTRC homes under larger...
- Hospital Overcrowding
33. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the significant levels of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; what surge capacity measures have been taken in the past 12 months; and if...
- Hospital Services
34. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 9 November 2023, the exact level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for...
- Hospital Facilities
35. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date with the provision of improved facilities at Galway University Hospital with particular reference to the emergency department/mothers...
- Hospital Overcrowding
36. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that hospitals are in a near constant state of overcrowding coupled with short staffing; if he...
- Hospital Procedures
37. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the independent review relating to the spina bifida programme at Temple St Hospital; if the review will include an analysis...
- Care Services
38. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that day services at IWA, formerly An Castan, Commons Road, Navan, County Meath have been cut from five days to three days; if he will outline...
- Vaccination Programme
39. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the chicken pox vaccine to be included in the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1976/24]
- Primary Care Centres
40. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a primary care centre for Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1973/24]
- Hospital Overcrowding
41. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department and the HSE have engaged with the various hospitals throughout the country with a view to improving the throughput at...
- Hospital Facilities
42. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1288 of 7 November 2023, for an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the status of the...
- Departmental Reviews
44. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cardiac services review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2060/24]
- Dental Services
45. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in all of County Leitrim who are available to treat patients under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Strategies
46. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of the expansion of free contraception for women aged 17 to 31 years. [2092/24]
- Hospital Inspections
47. To ask the Minister for Health what engagement he or his Department have had with University Hospital Galway in relation to the deficits identified, including relating to bed capacity and...
- Nursing Homes
48. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to reduce the unacceptable divergence in the rates of subvention made to private nursing homes; and if he will make a...
- Transport Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is engaging with the Department of Transport on funding provision to assist with sustainable transport options for hospital staff and patients...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
50. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the reduction in waiting lists for elective medical procedures in relation to cataract procedures and orthopaedic...
- Eating Disorders
51. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on National Clinical Programme funding for eating disorders for 2024; the level of new funding for eating disorders; when the National Clinical...
- Departmental Bodies
52. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of his Department's 'savings and productivity taskforce'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2016/24]
- Hospital Equipment
53. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 5 December 2023, which centre the two CT scanners and one MRI scanner are based in within the Cavan and Monaghan...
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
55. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the use of home STI testing kits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1442/24]
- Hospital Facilities
56. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the opening of additional beds at West Kerry Community Hospital, Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Executive
57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the NCHDs in an organisation (details supplied) have said that they expect to call a ballot for industrial action in response to the...
- Nursing Homes
58. To ask the Minister for Health when grant aid will be approved for smaller scale nursing homes to carry out upgrading work following the recommendations of HIQA; and if he will make a...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
59. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of publicly funded IVF treatment. [2093/24]
- General Practitioner Services
60. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Strategic Review of General Practice; if he will outline the key stakeholders; when he expects the review to conclude...
- Care Services
61. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the poor performance by the Government on the delivery of commitments and progress for family carers as outlined in the family carer scorecard 2023...
- Self-Harm Prevention
62. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the National Clinical Programme funding for self-harm and suicide related Ideation; the level of new funding for self-harm and suicide related...
- Hospital Facilities
63. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to provide additional bed capacity at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2012/24]
- Care Services
64. To ask the Minister for Health in response to the recent ESRI report on the provision of long-term residential care, what plans are being put in place to secure sufficient long-term care...
- General Practitioner Services
65. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to ensure adequate GP services available in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2031/24]
- Hospital Facilities
66. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of beds open at West Kerry Community Hospital, Dingle, County Kerry; what the full staffing complement is in each category of employee; how...
- Hospital Services
67. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the current position in respect of the transfer of ophthalmology services from Cork University Hospital to South Infirmary-Victoria University...
- Mental Health Services
68. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified and accredited psychotherapists and psychiatrists working within, or attached to, the prison system, currently, and in each of the past...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to the HSE to develop a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1745/24]
- Hospital Facilities
70. To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated timeline for the provision of a seven-day-a-week, 8am to 8pm, cath lab service at University Hospital Waterford; the recruitment plan for the...
- Health Service Executive
71. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the current HSE recruitment pause, if permanent members of staff returning from career breaks will be facilitated to return to their...
- Hospital Overcrowding
72. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to end hospital overcrowding in Cork hospitals, considering 2023 was the worst year on record; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Executive
73. To ask the Minister for Health if sepsis protocols in public hospitals will be updated in order that every patient, at the time of triaging or admission, is asked if they have ever had sepsis...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the development of Cavan Institute as a hub for further education and training. [1935/24]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are being taken to resolve current delays in apprenticeship in-class learning modules; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further and Higher Education
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the development of Cavan Institute as a hub for further education and training. [1936/24]
- Technological Universities
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the development of new campus facilities for the Technological University of the Shannon at Coonagh, Limerick; and...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the apprenticeship programmes operating in Meath; the number of those on waiting lists in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the...
- Further and Higher Education
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals if any there are to increase capacity and availability of courses in digital forensics, in view of the threats to society posed by...
- Community Training Centres
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if 2024 will see increased funding for community training centres in Dublin's north inner city, Dublin 1 and Dublin 3. [1920/24]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration has been given to a purpose built apprenticeship centre on the northside of Cork city. [2023/24]
- Technological Universities
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department's planned allocations to capital developments at South East Technological University over the next 12 months and beyond...
- Further and Higher Education
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the increase in medical places in Irish HEIs will address the shortfall of general practitioners in rural Ireland; and if...
- Student Accommodation
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his interactions with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in 2023 regarding the shortage of student accommodation....
- Further and Higher Education
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he believes that the higher and further education sectors should develop a strategy outlining how they might contribute to the ambition to make...
- Research and Development
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the ongoing membership of Israel in Horizon Europe; and if he has sought suspension of Israel's membership or receipt of funds...
- Further and Higher Education
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to develop more part-time curriculums across higher and further education; if he has increased funding for these courses;...
- Student Accommodation
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undergone any research that explores the impact of accommodation (lack of) on student retention rate. [1923/24]
- Further and Higher Education
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many new degree programmes will be available outside the Central Applications Office points system for the upcoming academic year; and how...
- Youth Work Projects
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a programme similar to the hot meals programmes for primary schools could be rolled out or considered for Youthreach facilities nationwide;...
- Departmental Priorities
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to assess the needs of the economy in terms of technical skills; the progress made in providing for...
- Health Services Staff
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how long medical graduates will have to commit to working in the Republic of Ireland after studying in Northern Ireland under the proposal that...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship programmes experiencing delays in arranging off-the-job training in education centres; and if he will make a...
- Further and Higher Education
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what work his Department is carrying out to address the skills deficit to meet 2030 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2018/24]
- Student Accommodation
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 19 October 2023, for a breakdown of the number of new affordable student accommodation units to be...
- Construction Industry
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will comment on the measures he is taking to increase capacity and labour force within the construction sector; and if he will make a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he is aware that there are only 83 apprentices in final phase in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2022/24]
- Further and Higher Education
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on collaboration between Irish institutes of higher education with counterparts in Israel. [1938/24]
- Research and Development
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to progress the Research and Innovation Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1440/24]
- Further and Higher Education
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress being made with regard to the Swords College of the Future project; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Educational Disadvantage
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of third level education among those who previously attended a DEIS school, care leavers,...
- Further and Higher Education
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address shortages in skills and labour force for the green economy through further education places, CPD places and apprenticeships;...
- Youth Work Supports
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of Youthreach centres; the number of students attending Youthreach centres, by county; if his Department has carried out any...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the participation levels in apprenticeships of the major Government employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Further and Higher Education
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to increase funding and resources for disability supports including mental health supports in third level institutions;...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a report on the number of apprenticeships that commenced in 2023 as compared to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2097/24]
- Educational Disadvantage
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is supporting those from disadvantaged backgrounds and marginalised groups to access further and higher education; and if...
- Student Accommodation
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on progress that is being made at Limerick’s third level campuses to provide additional student accommodation...
- Education and Training Boards
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the total allocation of capital grants, devolved capital grants and the further education capital grants to the...
- Further and Higher Education
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed building project for Cavan Institute will proceed to the next stage in 2024; the expected timescale for delivery of this project;...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on apprenticeships; his plans to address the backlogs in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/24]
- Education and Training Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what the increase is in PLC places for 2024 across Longford-Westmeath ETB; and what new areas in PLCs will be available for 2024. [1921/24]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement in relation to the attacks by armed gangs in Nigeria (details supplied). [2149/24]
- Passport Services
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
- International Agreements
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, being international agreements involving a charge upon public funds, were approved by...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Cybersecurity Policy
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to comment on safety and cyber concerns raised in an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Building Energy Rating
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he agrees that all homes which have received a G BER rating should be entitled to improvements under the warmer...
- Postal Services
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider establishing an Ombudsman for An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/24]
- State Bodies
137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the contracts that have been awarded by the SEAI to a company (details supplied) in each...
- Renewable Energy Generation
138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of 100% community-owned renewable energy projects and number of...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process that would be involved should Ireland decide to re-establish a Defence Forces infantry group to the UNDOF UN Peace Keeping mission...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Test
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if student paramedics on a national HSE panel will be added to the list of workers prioritised for emergency driver test appointments;...
- National Car Test
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, after a car has failed its inspection and a fee of €55 has been paid, a return fee of €28 to the NCT test centre can be...
- Road Safety
147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the level of fatalities on the public road network, with an especially high number in January 2024 already, if road safety...
- Driver Test
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for driver tests across all test centres nationally, in tabular form; what progress has been made to...
- Road Safety
149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to address the increase in road deaths over the past five years, with the exception of 2021; and if...
- Bus Services
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Local Link buses have permission to pick up passengers along bus routes to ensure that people do not have to drive to towns in order...
- Active Travel
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the publication schedule for the 2024 Walking and Cycling Index reports for Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; and if he will...
- Public Transport
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of any analysis carried out or commissioned by his Department, or bodies under the aegis of his Department, into the adequacy...
- Bus Services
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 350 and 333 both run through Ennistymon, however the 350 goes over the bridge at Blake's corner which is a very tight gap and results...
- Public Service Obligation
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the course of a PSO route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/24]
- Departmental Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding provided in 2023 for the non-national road network; the specific allocations made to Cavan County Council and Monaghan...
- Road Projects
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated in 2024 for the progression of a bridge replacement project in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he...
- Rail Network
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the feasibility of extending the platform at Killarney Railway Station will be examined with a view to eliminating the reversal...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
164. To ask the Minister for Finance if overseas pension investors are entitled to avail of lower stamp duty charges if they purchase houses in bulk and make them available for social housing;...
- Departmental Data
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of licenced premises in the State in each year from 2010 to date; to give a breakdown of the number of pubs, off-licences and licensed...
- Fiscal Policy
167. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland intends to borrow between €6 billion and €10 billion on the international markets in early 2024, given the current large...
- Tax Code
168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the widespread concern of farmers to recent changes in VAT refunds on dairy equipment and mobile farm equipment which will prevent in many...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pay
170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer of a flat €750, €1,000 and €1,500 increase in full time annual pay for all public sector...
- Flood Risk Management
171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made with the design of urgent measures to reduce the impact of further flooding in a village (details supplied), with...
- Heritage Sites
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to indicate the progress, if any, on the issue of Castletown House and lands in State ownership, access to which is being impeded, and...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure expended through the Red Cross to assist businesses affected by flooding in 2023 to date; if he intends...
- Work Permits
176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to reconsider the refusal of a critical skills employment permit for a person (details supplied) in light of the applicant's legal...
- Consumer Protection
177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what protections are in place for consumers against dynamic pricing from large ticketers (details supplied); if consumers are...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give detailed consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied) concerning increased costs for...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she could advise on an application for an extension for a school (details supplied); what progress has been made to date on this application;...
- School Accommodation
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department's professional and technical team will complete the review of a report (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be...
- State Properties
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the former Rathmines College premises. [2241/24]
- Departmental Correspondence
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the six payslips requested from her Department to facilitate a mortgage application (details supplied) will be issued;...
- Equality Issues
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all refugee children have the same access to additional services in the education system as Irish citizens, that is, NEPS, and so on; and if...
- State Examinations
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reinstating the adjustments given to students completing the Leaving Certificate politics and society examination until 2022...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Media Sector
190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether her Department or the relevant statutory agencies have any oversight or regulatory role in relation to advertising on...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to indicate if known, the extent to which new housing developments have been completed at various sites throughout the...
- House Sales
194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm that a large percentage of houses in the Belcamp housing development were purchased by an overseas investor;...
- Vacant Properties
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant property refurbishment grant applications that were made nationwide in 2023; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of commencement notices that have been accepted by Fingal County Council in quarter 4 of 2023; and if he will make...
- Fire Service
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the outcome of discussions between Meath Fire Service and Dublin Fire Brigade to address how fire cover and...
- Departmental Reports
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the actions he will take in relation to the Mulcahy report, its publication and its recommendations;...
- Housing Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider ensuring a simpler approach to first home provisional approval, in order that developers would know that...
- Housing Schemes
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the application received from Mayo County Council (details supplied); the date the application...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has undertaken any studies on the grouse habitat at Gortacullin Bog in County Clare...
- Defective Building Materials
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applicants to the defective concrete block grant scheme with profound health issues can be assisted to cover remedial costs...
- Housing Schemes
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to further review the social housing income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2218/24]
- Voluntary Housing Sector
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a submission by a voluntary housing body (details supplied) for funding to employ two people...
- Departmental Data
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority mortgages that were drawn down in 2023 and the average value of the mortgages drawn down. [2228/24]
- Departmental Bodies
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report from the AHB Unencumbered Units Working Group will be published. [2238/24]
- Marine Protected Areas
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update, including approximate timelines for the progression of legislative phases in both the Dáil...
- Departmental Priorities
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has any plans to acquire a property in County Clare (details supplied). [2260/24]
- Defective Building Materials
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the Housing Agency is adequately resourced to service the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant...
- Wastewater Treatment
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will formally communicate with a local authority on the terms of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the guidelines set out in section 4.2.4 of the national guidelines for the assessment and allocation process for social...
- Vacant Properties
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the schemes under the remit of his Department to assist in restoring vacant and derelict buildings to...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women who have been affected by the change from the old 'W' PPS to a new PPS format; and the steps her...
- Pension Provisions
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for carers allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pensions
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate the correct level of payment payable to persons (details supplied) in their particular circumstances; and if she...
- Flood Relief Schemes
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount of financial aid paid out by the Department to date under the scheme to assist those affected by flooding in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow an appeal for domiciliary care allowance (details supplied). [2256/24]
- State Pensions
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate in the case of persons (details supplied) the current position in respect of the family's most recent application...
- Social Welfare Benefits
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate in the case of a person (details supplied), the reason for the refusal of the application for continuation of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Work Permits
238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider issuing a temporary travel document to Sudanese citizens here on a work permit who are currently unable to...
- Naturalisation Applications
239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a further timeframe regarding the processing of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied). [2111/24]
- Sentencing Policy
240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department’s review of enactments providing for the imposition of minimum mandatory sentences, in...
- Aviation Industry
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the fine that is imposed on an airline that carries a passenger whose travel documentation is not in order when they arrive in...
- Human Trafficking
244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many vehicles, trucks and containers have been searched for each of the past five years at each port for potential smuggled...
- Departmental Data
245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many asylum applicants have gone missing from State services in each of the past ten years; the number that have been...
- Immigration Policy
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the decision was taken not to pursue the eight migrants who entered the country in a container at Rosslare and fled....
- Probate Applications
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of backlogs in the Probate Office and the effect that this has on business; the action being taken to address...
- An Garda Síochána
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that increases in Garda recruitment are commensurate with population increases; and if she will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the citizenship application of a person (details supplied); when the person will be invited to attend a...
- Departmental Data
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many of the 3,285 persons who arrived to Dublin Airport without a valid identity document in 2023 were under the age of 16;...
- Visa Agreements
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Colombian citizens can visit Ireland without a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2255/24]
- Posthumous Pardons
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the possible posthumous pardoning in the historic cases of Poff and Barrett in County Kerry;...
- An Garda Síochána
258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the final numbers for recruitment, resignations and retirements in An Garda Síochána for 2023. [2283/24]
- Immigration Status
259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 16 November 2023, for an update on the application for naturalisation in the case...
- Citizenship Applications
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate if and when consideration of an application for citizenship might be expedited for a person (details supplied); and...
- International Protection
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate, further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 20 December 2023 in the case of a person (details supplied), wherein...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Funding
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new IT system for which tenders have been sought by a club (details supplied) will be funded, in total or in-part, from the...
- Agriculture Schemes
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting on their ACRES payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2140/24]
- Aquaculture Industry
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many finfish aquaculture licences which were up for renewal have been passed through the statutory process and have been renewed...
- Land Issues
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tree growing on private land falls onto the public road and a car collides with an already fallen tree, is the landowner or the...
- Forestry Sector
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the weekly number of forestry licences issuing remain so low; if there is an indication that 2024 will mirror the patterns...
- Coillte Teoranta
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the commitment to keep all Coillte lands in public ownership in the Programme for Government and the claim on Coillte's...
- Agriculture Schemes
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the level of grants for cattle underpasses under the TAMS 3 scheme as in the case of a person. [2191/24]
- Greyhound Industry
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds entered on Rásaíocht Con Éireann’s race management system to date whose...
- Ports Policy
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a request from the Port of Cork seeking approval for a full border control post designation for Ringaskiddy...
- Foreshore Issues
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the transfer of a foreshore lease to a new assignee will be approved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Organic Farming
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2023 organic farming scheme payment to an organic farmer (details supplied); when it is expected to be paid; and if...
- Departmental Data
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail in tabular form the number of applications and hectares of FT12 submitted to his Department; the number of applications and...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the current delivery of CDNT wrap around school services for a person (details supplied); if...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why a person (details supplied) is waiting on an appointment with Enable Ireland for his son; and if he will...
- Health Service Executive
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on a placement appeal for a person (details supplied). [2262/24]
- Disability Services
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the CDNTs in County Meath in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current estimated parental spend on childcare fees from the 2021/2022 or 2022/2023 Pobal Annual Early Years...
- International Protection
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the payments being paid to operators of accommodation for international protection applicants; if he...
- Departmental Data
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals or organisations which his Department is aware of having offered or carried out...
- Health Services
292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will seek a full update from the HSE on much-needed plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation...
- International Protection
293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) was accommodated at a facility in County Kerry as an IPAS applicant...
- Equality Issues
295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all refugee children have the same access to State services as children who are Irish citizens, that is NEPS,...
- Referendum Campaigns
296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on wording of proposed referenda in to take place in 2024 [1837/24]
- Direct Provision System
297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in direct provision centres in County Laois as of 1 January 2024; the number of such...
- Department of Health
- Ambulance Service
298. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of life-threatening calls that ambulance services attended within 19 minutes, and the time it took to attend all other...
- Legislative Programme
299. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to introduce a statutory right to home care, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the timeline he is working towards...
- Health Services Staff
300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric dermatologists in CHO2; the efforts being made to recruit maternity covers in the paediatric dermatology department as well as...
- Climate Action Plan
301. To ask the Minister for Health to report on progress of the HSE's climate action strategy; how much has been drawn down to date; when updated cost estimates will be published; and if he will...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
302. To ask the Minister for Health what measures his Department is taking to address the impact of solid fuel burning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2021/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
303. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment to have his grommets dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2127/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, to develop a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/24]
- Ambulance Service
306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is a quadriplegic living at home and needs to attend hospital regularly via ambulance, cannot source an ambulance,...
- Nursing Homes
309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to address and cease unfair additional charges being applied to medical card holders in nursing homes; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
310. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2189/24]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take action to assist in an urgent case of a person requiring access to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Gender Recognition
313. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of minors who have come to the attention of his Department or the HSE as having questioned their gender or expressed a desire to change their...
- Health Promotion
314. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to ensure public awareness and accessibility of vitamin D supplements in accordance with new recommendations issued by the...
- Hospital Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant radiologist suspended from UHK before Christmas has been reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2269/24]
- General Practitioner Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the current levels of GP cover on the Iveragh Peninsula; if he will formulate a plan to address the shortage of GPs in the area; if he will...
- Hospital Overcrowding
317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the current practice at UHK where patients in the ED are moved on trolleys to wards when the trolley count reaches 20; if he can outline who...
- Nursing Homes
318. To ask the Minister for Health what progress he has made on ensuring that small private independent nursing homes can remain viable into the future; if he will address the lack of parity in...
- State Properties
319. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the future use of the Saint Finan's Hospital site and buildings in Killarney; what recent approaches have been made to the HSE...
- Hospital Staff
320. To ask the Minister for Health the total complement of off-shift staff accommodation at a University of Limerick hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2276/24]
- Equality Issues
321. To ask the Minister for Health if all refugee children have the same access to health services as children who are Irish citizens, that is CAMHS, dental services and so on; and if he will...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
322. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate if and when cataracts treatment might be made available to a person (details supplied); if the details of the national treatment purchase scheme...
- Medical Cards
323. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the current position in regard to provision of medical cards for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2316/24]
- Departmental Policies
324. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which women’s health specifically remains central to the provision and delivery of a reliable level and quality of health services in all...
- Home Care Packages
325. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate if all resources possible can be made available to ensure all hours allocated under home care packages are being used and fulfilled with particular...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
326. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the degree to which provision is being made for patients in need of scoliosis treatment as soon as possible in the current year; and if he will...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
327. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised phase of the Naas hospital development plan will be activated in accordance with the original projections; when the facility will be...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
329. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate what steps have been taken to ensure that patients seeking treatment for cataracts can expect to have their needs met in the shortest possible...
- Departmental Priorities
330. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the degree to which he and his Department continue to evaluate the needs of patients seeking various treatments such as cardiology, oncology,...
- General Practitioner Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the action being taken to ensure there will be an adequate number of GPs in all areas throughout the country to ensure universal access to...
- Mental Health Services
333. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the extent to which adequate mental health provision is being provided to ensure the availability of an adequate number of residential places to...
- Health Services Staff
334. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the action being taken to ensure the retention of junior medical doctors and nurses once qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
336. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed best protection for vulnerable groups, including the elderly, within the public health sphere to ensure their protection to the best possible...
- General Practitioner Services
337. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts are being made to replace GPs where the incumbents have retired leaving vacancies throughout the country; the number of such...
- Medical Cards
338. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which dental patients can have their requirements met and progressed as quickly as possible with particular reference to medical card holders;...
- Healthcare Policy
340. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the various changes and requirements needed to fully introduce Sláintecare are being pursued at present; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports are available for part-time students; if he will expand on the eligibility criteria for the scheduled SUSI grant scheme due to be...
- Employment Support Services
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the work his Department does with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, to ensure that students and...
- Construction Industry
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what role his Department can play in easing the labour shortage in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49042/23]
- Adult Education Provision
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to the implementation of the Adult literacy for Life strategy through library activities, as actioned in the National...
- Further and Higher Education
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out an assessment of the potential of remote delivery in further education and if new initiatives are planned in...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the total number of apprentices currently available; the extent to which this is sufficient to meet requirements; the progress in...
- Further and Higher Education
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate to what extent he continues to liaise with the technical sector with a view to ensuring adequate provision in respect of graduates in...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate to which his Department continues to monitor incidents of professional bullying throughout the higher education system; the extent to...
- Third Level Education
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate his plans to ensure continued access to third-level education for all students seeking to avail of education at this level; and if he...
- Technological Universities
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to extend teacher training in the Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone. [2685/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
359. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the RRDF project associated with (see details supplied) its current status, the next project steps...
- Departmental Funding
361. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of recent media reports that an organisation (details supplied) which receives significant funding from her Department...
