Written answers

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Child Poverty
      28. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [1399/24]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      44. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent visit to World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. [2758/24]
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      51. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the investigation into a matter (details supplied). [2774/24]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      52. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. [2789/24]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Vacant Properties
      69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of derelict or vacant properties that have been brought back into use and notified to her Department, by county, since 2022,...
    • Legislative Programme
      72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3504/24]
    • National Development Plan
      75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in...
    • Local Authorities
      80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details on the total amounts of monies awarded to Louth County Council by her Department in 2023; the total monies drawn down and...
    • Departmental Funding
      82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline what funding options/calls for funding her Department will run this year. [3923/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of supportive measures she has taken in 2023 and proposes to take in 2024 to support urban and rural community issues;...
    • Community Development Projects
      88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the total funding for local community development committees for each of the past five years; if she will commit to...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      89. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of hubs that have joined the connected hubs network and have been onboarded onto the connectedhubs.ie platform; her future...
    • Departmental Functions
      90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what collaboration is taking place between her Department and the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund, announced in May 2023, that has been spent to date; the projects on...
    • Departmental Strategies
      94. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way she is assisting communities across the country to organise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3990/24]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding under any scheme under the remit of her Department is being considered for areas, particularly in north Louth,...
    • Island Communities
      97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 14 November 2023, the status of the monitoring committee for the implementation of the new...
    • Departmental Policies
      100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she would consider embodying initiatives to promote positive ageing within all the programmes of her Department, wherever...
    • Departmental Funding
      102. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the additional funding and resources paid out in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2023, specifically to support the integration of...
    • Departmental Policies
      104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4037/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of the Community Recognition Fund in 2024. [4039/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      107. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a new round of Leader funding will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3993/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether the Town Centre First initiative has succeeded in the pilot stage of one per county; if she will indicate the main areas of...
    • Departmental Strategies
      109. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [3987/24]
    • Vacant Properties
      111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to tackle vacancy and dereliction in our towns and villages; the number of local authority requests to date...
    • Departmental Schemes
      114. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal...
    • Island Communities
      115. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the piers on islands and serving islands that are being progressed by her Department in tandem with local county councils towards...
    • Departmental Programmes
      116. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what new measures are being considered under CLÁR funding for 2024. [3986/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      117. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what support is available to volunteers looking to access the community centres investment fund – new builds measure. [3988/24]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      118. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Connected Hubs Network and the continued development of remote working facilities by her...
    • Departmental Programmes
      119. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if extra funding can be provided by Pobal through the community service programme to an organisation (details supplied). [3992/24]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Contracts
      120. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if he will...
    • Official Travel
      121. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of costs incurred by his Department in respect of his travel episode to Miami in September 2023 in an itemised manner; if he will also...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      122. To ask the Taoiseach when the Government will bring a resolution to Dáil Éireann on the terms of reference for the Citizens' Assembly on the Future of Education. [4139/24]
    • Ministerial Staff
      123. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to provide the official work...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position in relation to military operations conducted by the Pakistani state in Balochistan and the alleged human rights abuses...
    • Foreign Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what initiatives his Department’s embassies are taking to gain international recognition of St. Brigid’s Day, with a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to...
    • Foreign Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he considers the recent parliamentary elections in Bangladesh to have been free and fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take a stance against Pakistan's actions and explore avenues such as sanctions to halt the ongoing war crimes in occupied...
    • Consular Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of costs incurred by his Department in respect of a visit by An Taoiseach to the formal opening of the...
    • European Union
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the specific areas in which Ireland could enact sanctions unilaterally on other countries or individuals, without breaching...
    • Foreign Policy
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update in relation to Ireland pushing for the EU to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on violent settlers; the reason for the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his officials in the foreign births registration section will liaise with the parents of a child (details supplied); if he will confirm...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Schemes
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and award them the Government electricity credit. [3641/24]
    • Energy Usage
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households availing of smart tariffs in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the provision of consent for an increase to the pensions of retired ESB workers; if a timeframe...
    • Climate Change Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government’s plan to develop Ireland’s nationally determined contributions (details supplied); if a...
    • Data Centres
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and location of islanded data centres currently operating. [3740/24]
    • Departmental Consultations
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the public consultation on disposable e-cigarettes; if a timeline has been developed; and if he...
    • Departmental Functions
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is the responsibility of his Department to deal with issues of noise pollution arising from a school; and if he...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will remove fisheries bye-laws 806 and 809 that protect invasive species on SAC designated inland lakes, which...
    • Departmental Contracts
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the...
    • Departmental Policies
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any consideration has been given to the introduction of a DNA strategy to address the issue of dog fouling across...
    • Environmental Policy
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will advise on his Department's approach to carbon sequestration including guidance to support carbon capture and...
    • Energy Conservation
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 55, 59, 60, 72, 92 and 93 of 17 January 2024, the process that is followed if...
    • Illegal Dumping
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of illegal dumping, broken down by local authority, in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form,; and if...
    • Waste Management
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what proportion of households have their waste collected, broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will advise when the retro fit loan guarantee details will be finalised and available; and if he will make a...
    • Bord na Móna
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a copy of the shareholder letters of expectation sent to Bord na Móna in each of the years 2020...
    • Waste Management
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how Ireland's public and private hospitals deal with radioactive waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Union
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a report in which the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change said the EU’s...
    • National Broadband Plan
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what action his Department is taking to accelerate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan Programme in Cork, given...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagement to date with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to progress requested pension...
    • Ministerial Staff
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of...
    • International Agreements
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland plans has any plans to exit an international treaty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Contracts
      171. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date;...
    • Defence Forces
      172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in light of commitments given on military housing by the Tánaiste last year, what the plan is for the currently unoccupied houses in an...
    • Legislative Measures
      176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he has moved to legislate with the General Scheme (Defence) Amendment Bill 2023 for the prohibition of membership of a representative...
    • Defence Forces
      177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at end December 2023; how many of these personnel are in full-time induction training, recruits, two star...
    • Departmental Contracts
      179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is purchasing military equipment from Israeli companies (details supplied) whose weapons are currently being used in the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Cycling Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the minimum carriageway width that local authorities must maintain for traffic when installing segregated cycle lanes; and whether this...
    • National Car Test
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason new checks for check straps on door hinges have been added to the checklist for the NCT; what the rationale is for this, as it...
    • Driver Test
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the RSA to implement a cancellation list in all of its driving testing centres; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3762/24]
    • Public Transport
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many times persons have donated to the Red Cross through the prompt on the Irish Rail website in each of the past 30 months; and the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has availed of services and-or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years...
    • Haulage Industry
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to comment on a health initiative concept for haulage drivers (details supplied) and advise on the best way to progress such a concept;...
    • Bus Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure an additional bus stop is provided on the old N6 at Temple Spa to allow for additional transport links for residents...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met formally with the CEO of the Dublin Airport Authority to date in 2024. [3883/24]
    • Road Network
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the number of carriages from three to five on both the 9.33 a.m. and 1.35 p.m. Dublin Connolly to Rosslare...
    • Bus Services
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average installation cost of a sheltered bus stop. [3885/24]
    • Driver Licences
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made by his Department or the RSA for additional driving licence exchange arrangements with other jurisdictions; the...
    • Road Network
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve a funding application made to his Department in respect of essential improvement works (details supplied); and if he...
    • Electric Vehicles
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 17 January 2024 (details supplied), if the plan referenced includes keeping regular...
    • Active Travel
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the active travel funding drawn down by hospitals and universities in 2023. [4053/24]
    • Road Network
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline when and if the Government will sign off on the business plan for the TEN-T project in Donegal as submitted by the Donegal...
    • National Transport Authority
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on the process to follow when a person has made a complaint to the National Transport Authority and there has been no...
    • Bus Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to a bus stop (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4102/24]
    • Road Safety
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on actions nos. 67 and 122 from Phase 1 of the Government Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Irish Rail will submit a planning application for the works at Farranfore train station (details supplied); to confirm that the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide further details on collisions on our roads (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4132/24]
    • Electric Vehicles
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to put a public electric vehicle charger in Ballybunion, County Kerry as it is a very busy holiday town; and if he...
    • Ministerial Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and the Ministers of State in his Department;...
    • Rail Network
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could outline the punctuality of Iarnród Éireann services between Cork-Dublin, Midleton-Cork, Cobh-Cork, Cork-Mallow,...
    • Airport Policy
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to comment on the current iteration of the regional airports programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4313/24]
    • Aviation Industry
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will comment on the steps that need to be taken in order to bring Irish aviation policy into line with the objectives of Project...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance how the 10% stamp duty applicable with respect to the purchase of ten or more relevant residential units applies to forward funding agreements and forward...
    • Tax Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 17 January 2024, his Department’s understanding of the discrepancy between the 395 properties with respect...
    • Student Accommodation
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, year and the initial value of investments made in student accommodation related projects/funds/joint ventures since the Irish Strategic Investment...
    • Departmental Contracts
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if he...
    • Tax Reliefs
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can confirm when applications for the mortgage interest relief will be opened for new applicants to apply; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance when the income tax office in Limerick city will be open to the public again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/24]
    • European Union
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the Government's position during recent negotiations at EU level relating to fiscal rules around national debt and public spending; and if...
    • Waste Management
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance to comment on the measures in place to stop domestic waste removal companies from applying surcharges to customers that make payments by debit or credit card;...
    • Tax Data
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who earn under €40,000 in the most recent year for which statistics are available; and if he will distinguish the number...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance when the qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4207/24]
    • Ministerial Staff
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to provide the official...
    • Tax Code
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the country's high inflation and high interest rates, if he will consider postponing or ditching the proposed increase in excise in both petrol of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 23 January 2024, if he will provide further clarification on when the Revenue Commissioners interpretation of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to amend the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to allow non-blood recipients of carer's allowance to be eligible to apply for the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for urgent assistance with a matter in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3700/24]
    • Electricity Supply Board
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the provision of consent for an increase to the pensions of retired ESB workers; if a timeframe is available;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; what actions have been taken since the submission of the consultant's report...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why the Office of Government Procurement has not granted a contract (details supplied) to the most economically competitive price...
    • Office of Public Works
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works that were carried out by the OPW at Kilkenny Castle in 2023; the refurbishment works that are scheduled to be...
    • National Botanic Gardens
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at National Botanic Gardens in 2023. [4076/24]
    • Ministerial Staff
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3745/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      240. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five...
    • Departmental Policies
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the 'right to repair' measures as set out in the European Commission Circular Economy Action Plan; if his Department...
    • Industrial Development
      242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will identify the locations and completion date for each Advanced Building Solutions delivered under the IDA regional building...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      244. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to clarify when he expects to sign the next Joint Labour Committee Employment Regulation Order, JLC ERO, into law; if he will report...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how much money Enterprise Ireland has written off in investments it has made in companies for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022...
    • European Union
      246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the discussions that have taken place with member states in respect of the EU steel safeguarding...
    • Work Permits
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in Ireland from 1 January to 31 December 2023; the breakdown by nationality that each of the work...
    • Ministerial Staff
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the shortage of teaching staff, if her department is willing to allow those who have a level 8 qualification in early years education to...
    • School Accommodation
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and...
    • Education Policy
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of increased capacity at second-level schools in the Newcastle, County Dublin area. [3650/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress on the provision of a much-needed new primary school on a single campus (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Admissions
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a special school place for a person (details supplied). [3727/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise if a project for a second ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will continue to progress; and if she will make a statement...
    • Education Policy
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of phasing out public subsidies to private schools. [3738/24]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing class sizes in primary schools that will bring Ireland into line with our EU counterparts. [3739/24]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any plans for a review of DEIS in secondary schools and whether the status of a school (details supplied) can be reassessed...
    • School Funding
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional funding for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning grant for schools, in which there has...
    • Schools Building Projects
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new post-primary school to serve the Knocklyon and Rathfarnham areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/24]
    • School Staff
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the awarding of incremental credits for teachers for prior work in a related field; if she believes that the current system is...
    • Departmental Contracts
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 17 January 2024, to outline the process for an application for exemption for an early intervention...
    • School Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills have grants available for wall insulation for primary schools; if same would cover 100% of the costs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary school students (details supplied) can be considered for the remote area transport grant; and if so, the application process for this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3875/24]
    • School Staff
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it has taken more than 22 weeks to approve an application for an incremental increase for an SNA who applied for an increase based on...
    • School Admissions
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) who is unable to secure a school placement in their locality and is unable to obtain a home...
    • School Transport
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills rt will be provided to pupils (details supplied) in view of the fact that they are entitled to school transport; and if she will make a statement...
    • Education Policy
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress made in relation to guidance counsellors for post primary schools in the context of the public consultation...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are supports available through her Department to assist second-level schools who are not designated in DEIS categories to develop...
    • Departmental Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the cost to the State of prefab or modular school buildings over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for registration for the Teaching Council will be considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds there are for the compulsory nature of educational devices in schools; if she is aware of the costs incurred by parents of students...
    • Special Educational Needs
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SNAs with ten years of experience (details supplied) in private pre-schools are unable to apply for incremental credits, particularly...
    • State Examinations
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications approved by State Examination Commission for access to deferred sittings of the Leaving Certificate examinations in...
    • Teacher Training
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in each teacher training college for initial training for primary school teachers for the past two years, including 2023, in...
    • School Accommodation
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if original deadlines will be met for the moving into permanent accommodation by a school (details supplied); the proposed plan for ensuring that...
    • School Facilities
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Departments policy in relation to the provision of all-weather or astroturf pitches for schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on where a school (details supplied) will be located for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will extend the in-school counselling pilot programme to all schools, in light of the increasing need for counselling for young...
    • School Staff
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the recent decision not to release funds that would allow teachers in Ireland who have taught in secondary schools outside the EU...
    • School Transport
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 27 September 2023, if she will establish if Bus Éireann has completed a review of the route in...
    • School Facilities
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to the issue of no HEPA filters in Irish classrooms despite the €62 million announcement by her...
    • Ministerial Staff
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to her and to Ministers of State of her Department; to provide...
    • Education Policy
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what the appeals process is for an administrative error resulting in the incorrect categorisation of a teacher's fee fund application resulting...
    • Schools Building Projects
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progression of a new school build (details supplied); if the said build can be expedited; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application submitted by a school (details supplied) for approval for four modular classrooms; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the approved plan for a new site and build for a school (details supplied). [4258/24]
    • School Admissions
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assure parents in north Kildare, that their children currently forced to receive home tuition for first year, due to the lack of a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position on a sports capital grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates in 2023 and to date in 2024 where she or her officials met directly with persons (details supplied) , in tabular form....
    • Sports Facilities
      303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what steps her Department is taking to ensure similar access to sporting facilities for men and women. [4198/24]
    • Sports Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update in relation to the large-scale sports infrastructure fund. [4199/24]
    • Sports Events
      305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update in relation to the joint Ireland and UK bid to host UEFA EURO 2028. [4200/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an outline of measures taken by her Department and its relevant agencies to tackle violence, racism, discrimination and...
    • Sports Organisations
      308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update in relation to the Sports Action Plan and its requirement to have 40% gender representation on the boards of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what steps her Department is taking to support Women in Sport programmes. [4204/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an outline of measures taken by her Department and its relevant agencies to encourage volunteering in sport. [4205/24]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many properties have been put forward by his Department by local authorities under the Ukrainian Refurbishment Programme;...
    • Water Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department monitors operational standards in Uisce Éireann. [3717/24]
    • Local Authorities
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how much funding is provided to local authorities in 2024 to carry out property inspections (whether by third party private...
    • Departmental Contracts
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past...
    • Housing Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the new build social housing delivered in the first three quarters of 2023, by scheme type (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time qualified quantity surveyors employed by his Department as of 17 January 2024; if he will provide the...
    • Septic Tanks
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed changes to the septic tank grant will be available (details supplied). [4065/24]
    • Electoral Process
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that the Local and European Elections will indeed take place on the 7 June 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Register of Electors
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to voter registration being facilitated through schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Quality
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the third cycle River Basin Management Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4147/24]
    • Housing Policy
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will acknowledge that the 10% stamp duty on investment funds purchasing homes in bulk has not deterred investment funds;...
    • Housing Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct his Department to intervene in the case of the 28 houses completed in an estate (details supplied) to...
    • Ministerial Staff
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his...
    • Water Supply
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure the State fulfils its obligations under Article 4 of the safe Drinking Water Directive; and...
    • Student Accommodation
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing developments that relate to purpose built student accommodation that have yet to be determined...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her officials have been in discussions with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding a policy to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 978 of 17 January 2024, the definition of qualified children; the definition of...
    • Social Insurance
      366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can introduce a mechanism whereby teachers who are on career breaks are able to pay PRSI contributions and to have...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those...
    • Departmental Contracts
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has availed of services and-or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past...
    • State Pensions
      369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for a State pension contribution for a person (details supplied) will be processed and a decision made; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the full amount of disability benefit will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a non-contributory pension application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current timeframe for social welfare appeals; what resources are in place to address appeals; if she will allocate extra...
    • Oireachtas Committees
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to comments made by the Secretary General of her Department at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension lodged on 8 May 2023 will be decided (details supplied); the reason for delay; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the recent Supreme Court decision with regard to unmarried widowers without children; his Department's timescale...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the last time the back to school clothing and footwear allowance was increased; and the estimated full year cost if this...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals officers assigned to assessing both applications and appeals, respectively, for disability allowance....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the review process by which carers are having their carers allowance reviewed and the invasive nature of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what the current processing times are for all social protection payments in her remit; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Meals Programme
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options open to parents of primary school children who are coeliacs to avail of the school meals programme and whose...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive child benefit. [4151/24]
    • Pension Provisions
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate if an entitlement to the widow’s pension can be backdated in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a file will be sent from the disability allowance section of her Department to the social welfare appeals office to...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an increase in the qualified adult allowance payment in line with any increase in social welfare...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PPS numbers issued in Ireland from 1 January to 31 December 2023; the breakdown by nationality that each of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delayed decision on a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied).; and if she will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Funding
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Tusla will confirm funding allocation for 2024 for an organisation (details supplied) in Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list the current top ten earners who are contracted as a case processing panellist in the International Protection Office....
    • Visa Agreements
      395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to issues experienced by foreign nationals while travelling (details supplied); and her plans...
    • Immigration Policy
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not opted out of EU immigration policies, considering that under Article 29.4.7 of the Irish...
    • Residency Permits
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality where a person (details supplied) should apply to for the renewal of their IRP card considering that it expired some time ago...
    • Departmental Contracts
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past...
    • Legislative Reviews
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be published; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Immigration Status
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a change of immigration application for a person (details supplied); and if there is a timeframe for which it...
    • International Protection
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many applicants for international protection in respect of whom was it determined in 2020, 2021, 2022, or 2023,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding GNIB renewal appointments; and the length of time it is expected each appointment will have before...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline and costs involved for the introduction of the online portal uploading and reporting footage of road traffic...
    • Work Permits
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to permit a person (details supplied) to regain entry to Ireland for employment purposes,...
    • Legislative Measures
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will conduct a health impact assessment of the proposed sale of alcohol bill; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail if the gardaí have carried out any investigation into the number of people who have received deportation orders...
    • Visa Applications
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an issue can be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3963/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the number of gardaí and their rank, in all stations in County Louth as of December 2023, in tabular...
    • Legislative Measures
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a dedicated spiking offence; her plans to make spiking an indictable offence; and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by division in each of the years 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [4135/24]
    • Family Reunification
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department can arrange a test (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4210/24]
    • Ministerial Staff
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to her and to Ministers of State of her...
    • An Garda Síochána
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many times Gardaí have made an official request to management of IPAS accommodation centres seeking to find out...
    • Prison Service
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the overcrowded conditions in the Irish Prison Service; if any changes have been made to the conditions...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the removal of the Ombudsman for Children's Office in the Domestic, Sexual & Gender Based...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Contracts
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number, total value, and duration of each contract for services purchased from an organisation (details supplied) by his...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the provision of grant support for machinery for a type of farming (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Industry
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the development of a framework for carbon farming including focus on carbon sequestration; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their young farmer top-up payment. [3818/24]
    • Greyhound Industry
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who attended each race night event throughout December 2023 at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium; and if he...
    • Animal Breeding
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on measures being taken to tackle puppy farming across the country; what is being done to enforce these...
    • Animal Welfare
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Department will provide additional funding for organisations that provide out-of-hours services for animal welfare; if there...
    • Agriculture Industry
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide inspection reports from 2019 to the present day for a company (details supplied). [4161/24]
    • Ministerial Staff
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his...
    • Fishing Industry
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for his views on correspondence from an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4247/24]
    • Forestry Sector
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to increase biosecurity measures in light of the outbreak of bark beetle in Cratloe, County Clare; and if he...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of blind persons in receipt of the blind welfare allowance which is a means tested payment; the...
    • International Protection
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many reports or notices IPAS has received for each of the past five years from management at contracted...
    • Disability Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the recent findings from the HIQA report into a centre (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) is waiting on an assessment of needs; if he can speed up their...
    • Childcare Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of early years and SAC closures, by county. in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many speech and language therapists are currently working in each health district in Ireland and how many...
    • Ukraine War
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an offer of accommodation for Ukrainian families has been declined by his Department (details...
    • Direct Provision System
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in direct provision centres in County Laois as of 22 January 2022; the number of such...
    • Local Authorities
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of local authority integration teams, LAITS, in place; what local authorities have full LAITs in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has availed of services and-or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied)...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline any regulations in regard to ECCE supports that would prevent providers from refusing to offer...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if and when required supports including assessment of need can be provided in the case of the son of a person...
    • International Protection
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown by county and, in Dublin, by post code of the total number of people in International Protection...
    • Protected Disclosures
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been furnished with the protected disclosure to Tusla, referenced in a media article (details...
    • International Protection
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many inspections of accommodation centres provided pursuant to the European Communities (Reception...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of equipment issued under AIMS in 2023; and the type of equipment issued and the time it took for the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount TUSLA spent on youth counselling services in 2023. [3882/24]
    • Childcare Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the funding for the national childcare scheme in each county; the number of providers...
    • Disability Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many vacancies in each of the CDNT teams across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Properties
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has St. Johns House, Tallaght undergone a change of use from a passport processing office to accommodation for...
    • Ukraine War
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail how many rapid build accommodation units have been built to house people from Ukraine to date. [3946/24]
    • International Protection
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status/leave to remain in direct provision centres giving...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an answer to a Parliamentary Question (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a full breakdown on the number of asylum seekers/refugees accommodated across various sites...
    • Childcare Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to price increases being introduced by (details supplied); if this is permitted...
    • International Protection
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private residential houses and apartments he is using by way of contract under Class 20F of S.I....
    • Ministerial Staff
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of...
    • Childcare Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a decision (details supplied) by Tusla relating to a crèche can be appealed. [4234/24]
    • International Protection
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of the proposed six new accommodation centres; the details of any contracts issued to develop these...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will take place for a child (details supplied) in order to facilitate early...
    • Disability Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 12 October 2023, if the promised additional 70,370 PA hours were...
    • Legislative Reviews
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Implementation Group examining the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; to provide an outline...
    • Health Services Staff
      496. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of neurological nurses that have been recruited into the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3620/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that funding will be provided to allow for the continuation of the two-year programme now in place which facilitates the training of qualified...
    • Hospital Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of open beds in each HSE and voluntary hospital on 15 January in each of the years 2023 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3704/24]
    • Hospital Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is referred to either St. James’s or St. Vincent's Hospital. [3726/24]
    • Disability Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Health what if any transport support schemes are available to disabled patients such as a person (details supplied) who attend the National Rehabilitation centre in...
    • Dental Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; the reason an available appointment has been so delayed; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the closure of the endoscopy unit in a hospital (details supplied) for the month of January under the Winter Initiative; the reason for the decision...
    • Health Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of recent reports of the increased use of snus or nicotine pouches among young people in Ireland; if his Department will investigate the matter;...
    • Medical Cards
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to including the condition CANVAS to the list of conditions recognised for medical card purposes; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if any assistance can be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3792/24]
    • Health Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the withdrawal of funding for vital diabetic services by the HSE; and the reason such services have been withdrawn (details supplied). [3834/24]
    • Health Promotion
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any proposals to provide one day of annual leave to workers for health screenings such as mammograms, cholesterol screening and colonoscopies; if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      514. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery at Our Lady's Children's Hospital CHI Crumlin; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review a case (details supplied) where a person has been denied HSE assistance despite their significant requirements and diagnosis of FND;...
    • Dental Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children assessed at category 5 and awaiting orthodontic treatment in CHO7, by those waiting over 1, over 2, over 3 and over 4 years, in tabular...
    • Hospital Staff
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologists with a special interest in neuromuscular medicine at CHI Temple Street in 2023. [3886/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2024 HSE service plan will be published. [3887/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that disabled parking at St. Vincent's Hospital has a four hour time limit for the length of time a person can occupy a disabled parking space;...
    • Health Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the clinical purpose of the National Gender Service having nine adults on GnRHa alone as referenced in a 2022 report (details supplied); and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      529. To ask the Minister for Health whether the pandemic bonus scheme has been completed; and whether a payment is due in the circumstances of a person (details supplied). [3930/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the items and the quantity of items and their value that were bought for in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to deal with the Covid crisis that are being stored by his...
    • Departmental Data
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for medical compensation for each year since 2010. [3943/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      533. To ask the Minister for Health when the planned 96 bed unit which is under construction at UHL will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3949/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3965/24]
    • Home Help Service
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a update on a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3966/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      538. To ask the Minister for Health to comment on the current delays being experienced by patients waiting for an appointment for mammograms and ultrasounds at Beaumont radiology department; and...
    • Abortion Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of recent protests outside of Limerick Maternity Hospital and their impact on women attending the hospital for terminations; if he is also aware...
    • Departmental Policies
      540. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 3 October 2023, if he is comfortable with the governance approach in raised therein, if he can further clarify who...
    • Health Services Staff
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in the primary care system within CHO5 in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [4056/24]
    • Health Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current service in relation to the provision of physiotherapy and occupational therapy in a location (details supplied) for adults and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      543. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the establishment of the sodium valproate inquiry; the current status of the appointments to the inquiry; when the inquiry will...
    • Hospital Staff
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologist with a special interest in skin fragility at Beaumont Hospital in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [4078/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care eye teams that are currently based in CHO7: and where these are located, in tabular form. [4079/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      546. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is waiting on a cataract appointment in the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4090/24]
    • Care of the Elderly
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available to older people who wish to avail of assisted living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      548. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions being taken by the HSE to protect its assets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4111/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health why the HSE have seen fit to close residential beds for people with enduring mental illness in the SRU unit in Carndonagh, leaving Inishowen without the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      550. To ask the Minister for Health why frontline workers, who were employed as drivers and receptionists with the midwest region's out of hours GP service Shannon Doc at the height of the...
    • Nursing Homes
      551. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of his Department’s/HSE analysis on the safe staffing and skill mix of nurses and others working in nursing homes, public and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether social workers who were working in direct services, e.g. residential care during the Covid-19 pandemic, were entitled to the Covid...
    • Departmental Policies
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any additional supports available for carers who are put under physical strain when caring for a person who may require lifting, for example...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      555. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4155/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      557. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Budget 2024 requirement to cease recruitment for approved development posts and to make a statement on any planned further cessation of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations and the procedures cancelled from 2022 to date for the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for each hospital department from 2022 to date for the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, in tabular form. [4163/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to replace GP services in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15, since Centric Health in Tyrrelstown Medical Centre has closed, having been in...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if he can request a response in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 November 2023 surrounding the appointment of an audiologist; and if he will...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HPRA to investigate and provide an outcome for a complaint submitted about First IVF Clane and if he will make a statement about the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      566. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to provide the official...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if a power pack for a wheelchair will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4240/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in providing a primary healthcare facility in Oranmore, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4268/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide information on the new agency being set up to deal with emerging health threats; who is involved in the design, creation of terms of...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a community (details supplied) which provides residential addiction service to vulnerable women and children in collaboration with HSE...
    • Primary Care Centres
      573. To ask the Minister for Health to make a statement on the closing of the primary care centre in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15 and lack of GP practices taking new patients in the general Dublin 15...
    • Hospital Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the Connolly Hospital endoscopy unit closure; can he look at reopening the endoscopy unit or increasing bed capacity in Connolly...
    • Health Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to establish an alongside birth centre in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Technological Universities
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on his Department's work on the borrowing framework for technological universities; if there is a proposed timeline for when...
    • Departmental Contracts
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has availed of services and-or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date;...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the full list of craft apprenticeships, along with the latest taught version of the syllabuses; the date it was first published; the date of...
    • Education and Training Boards
      579. 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
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the total allocation under the student assistance fund provided to each higher education institution for the past three...
    • Student Accommodation
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date his new Student Accommodation Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4071/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that the funds for the running of the WorldSkills Ireland event 2024 will be disbursed; if the limited time left runs the risk of the...
    • Student Accommodation
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that the HEA will publish its supply and demand analysis for student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4073/24]
    • Nursing Education
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-nursing courses in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years. [4074/24]
    • Departmental Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of alternative education settings, including Youthreach and related schemes, that have a canteen. [4075/24]
    • Ministerial Staff
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State at his Department; to provide...
    • Student Accommodation
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 19 October 2023, where it was stated that "the total stock of purpose built student accommodation...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Schemes
      589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she and her Department will consider the purchase of Rawlton House, Sherrard Street Lower, Dublin 1, as part of the community...
    • Departmental Contracts
      590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has availed of services and-or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five...
    • Departmental Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise what grants or funding streams are available for an organisation (details supplied) affiliated community events;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      592. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider establishing a national network of teen sheds, similar to men’s sheds; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      593. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for the CLÁR funding under measure 1 and measure 2 in 2023 from County Cavan; and the number of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      594. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Women’s Sheds supported by her Department, by county basis; what Government supports have been allocated to...
    • Ministerial Staff
      596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to her and to Ministers of State of her Department;...
    • Departmental Policies
      597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out an assessment of the potential to grow both commercial and social enterprises in developing networks...
    • Departmental Schemes
      599. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when an announcement will be made in relation to the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Schemes
      600. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to liaise with various community groups in Kildare north and throughout the country with a view to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to indicate her intentions for the current year in respect of the LEADER programme; whether she intends to introduce any...
    • Road Network
      606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions to support the rural road network under the LIS schemes throughout County Kildare and the country in the...
    • Rural Schemes
      607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the extent to which she hopes to continue to support recreational walk schemes throughout the country and in County Kildare...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to encourage the build-up of state-of-the-art technology hubs at convenient locations throughout the...

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