Written answers

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Central Statistics Office
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of overseas visitors to Ireland for each year since 2018; to provide a breakdown of the country of origin of these visitors and the estimated revenue generated...
    • Official Travel
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5357/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      5. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      6. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5393/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement on the provisional ruling of the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024. [4958/24]
    • EU Agreements
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the EU-Israel Association Agreement is due to be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5050/24]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his efforts to ensure that international funding to UNWRA is protected and increased; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5064/24]
    • Official Travel
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical...
    • Departmental Advertising
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Contracts
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations ; if so, the cost; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5385/24]
    • Passport Services
      19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5503/24]
    • Middle East
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to seek another round of tough sanctions to be applied to Iran at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [5536/24]
    • Passport Services
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an application for a passport renewal will be completed (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he...
    • Foreign Policy
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that on 7 January 2024, in an interview with RTÉ radio, that the Taoiseach made explicit mention to the Armenian...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Prices
      26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps an energy bill holder (details supplied) should take when neither they nor their late father received the...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on action 33 of Ireland’s second National Implementation Plan for the SDGs, which requires his...
    • Fuel Poverty
      28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of reporting on energy poverty; the actions being taken to alleviate it as required under the EU...
    • Climate Change Policy
      29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the timeline for publication of a public consultation on the National Adaptation...
    • Nuclear Safety
      30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 17 January 2024, if he will report on the findings of Department officials...
    • Pension Provisions
      31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when ESB pensions can expect him to sign off on their planned pension increase. [5054/24]
    • EU Directives
      32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if EU Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion and use of...
    • Official Travel
      33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that Ireland has dropped six places on the climate change performance and is now 43rd amongst 63...
    • Departmental Advertising
      35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024,...
    • Energy Conservation
      39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the findings by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine study of the warmth and wellbeing pilot...
    • Departmental Schemes
      40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 168 and 169 of 25 January 2024, his views on the particular cases in questions...
    • National Broadband Plan
      41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when full fibre broadband will be provided to a location (details supplied), given new estates have been built adjacent...
    • Inland Fisheries
      42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review of two bye-laws (details supplied) will commence; if the Office of the Attorney General will participate...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of trainees in the military medicine training programme who voluntarily left the Defence Forces and were required to refund the cost...
    • Official Travel
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical...
    • Naval Service
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of a new naval ship in Cork; and whether this has been reviewed in light of cost of similar ships to be purchased in Portugal....
    • Departmental Advertising
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5344/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5380/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence , further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 30 January 2024, the value of the contracts currently in place with companies (details supplied);...
    • Commemorative Medals
      53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider awarding 1916 commemorative medals to veterans of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Éireann
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann’s €10 charge for transporting bicycles by bus is in line with Government policy; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could provide an annual breakdown of the total cost incurred to date of the Metrolink North project; to detail the measures put in...
    • Departmental Projects
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could please outline the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department in Waterford during 2023; and...
    • Public Transport
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the proposals to introduce later opening hours for pubs and clubs; what work has his Department carried out to assess the...
    • Data Protection
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a statement on data sharing restrictions in respect of statutory authorities under his Department; and, in particular, if...
    • Public Transport
      59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in relation to reducing public...
    • Road Network
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the rationale for the policy shift that resulted in the closure of existing roadside lay-bys on the motorway...
    • Active Travel
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail, in tabular form, by local authority, for the years 2021 to 2024, the budget allocated by his Department to the NTA to fund...
    • Road Safety
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail, in tabular form, by local authority, for the years 2021 to 2024, the number of accidents related to cycle lane delineators; and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 December 2023, when a detailed reply will issue; the protocol agreed with CIÉ in...
    • Road Network
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to Donegal County Council from the Climate Adaption Fund 2024 for works to a road (details supplied) in...
    • Electric Vehicles
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the EU Just Transition Fund community facilities EV charging point scheme; when an announcement will be...
    • Road Safety
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if permanent speed cameras and driver feedback signs can be erected on the main N84 in Cloonboo village, County Galway to try to reduce...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the Road Safety Authority to release road safety collision data for the Crumlin Road area; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people on the waiting list in each NCT test centre in the state; if he will provide additional details on waiting times in...
    • Bus Services
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the 220 and 220X bus service in Ballincollig, Cork is experiencing significant delays, with buses only turning up...
    • Driver Test
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of permanent staff employed by the Road Safety Authority as driver testers by testing centre; to provide an updated account of...
    • Driver Licences
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any financial supports available to a driver who currently has a D1 licence and is looking to undertake training to obtain a...
    • Official Travel
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the...
    • Rail Network
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rollout of QR code train tickets on all rail routes in Ireland will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N52 Tullamore to Kilbeggan link road; when funding will be allocated to progress matters; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Road Projects
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding allocations will be made by his Department for the County Road Programme for 2024; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Regional Airports
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the business case for the Waterford Airport runway extension (details supplied) within his Department; if the Department has...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 24 March 2021, if registering a vehicle in a false name and address is illegal; his plans to...
    • Public Transport
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Irish Rail stations that currently have sheltered covered storage capacity for bicycles; and the capacity of each storage area, by...
    • Dublin Bus
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new buses coming into the Dublin Bus fleet from 2024 will have an automatic ramp at the exit side doors in addition to the existing...
    • Official Engagements
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have spoken with the Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection; and if so, the dates in 2023...
    • Airport Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installing noise reflecting ridges in Dublin airport to combat aircraft noise; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Test
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress on the long-awaited driving test centre for Drogheda; what sites have been considered or...
    • Bus Éireann
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider eliminating or reducing the €10 charge for taking bicycles on Bus Éireann buses or if the charge could be...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on progress to ensure that the RSA is not prohibited from releasing information on road traffic accidents by GDPR; if he...
    • Public Transport
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the recently announced expansion of the Dublin commuter zone reduced fares scheme, if he will consider granting...
    • Rail Network
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he or his Departmental officials had with the NTA regarding any upgrading of Monasterevin and Athy Train stations, with a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to further expand the inheritance thresholds in the next budget, particularly where it relates to the estates of single individuals; if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 25 January 2024, if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in relation to the...
    • Tax Code
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality sectors back down to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5068/24]
    • Banking Sector
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been made aware of issues regarding the issuance of cheque books by Irish banks; if steps are being taken to address the issue; if there is a...
    • Student Accommodation
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 30 January 2024, if the initial information requested will be provided in the manner in which it was initially...
    • Official Travel
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if it can be clarified as to whether a person (details supplied) received any recent communications from the Revenue Commissioners given he received...
    • Departmental Advertising
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5348/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5384/24]
    • Company Law
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department intends to take steps to ensure that the public will have access to the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership which was recently...
    • Tax Reliefs
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider as part of his planning for Budget 2025 re-introducing the tax relief at €2,000 for persons paying tax in the State who have...
    • Tax Credits
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have applied for the renters tax credit (details supplied); the number of individuals who are eligible to apply for this tax...
    • Tax Code
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT rate to 9% for tourism and hospitality sector from 1 March 2024 to 30 November 2024. [5520/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of the tax debt warehousing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5560/24]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance for assistance with a Revenue Commissioners issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/24]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact on Exchequer revenues of a reduction in VAT on zero alcohol beers from 23% to 13.5%; the expected impact of such a change on consumption;...
    • Tax Credits
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance when the rent tax credit of €750 will be paid out to those who have listed the tax credit on their Revenue Commissioner's account on or before 1...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail efficiency reforms agreed as part of the new public sector wage agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5035/24]
    • State Properties
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of the works, including costs incurred, undertaken at the Sate-owned Shannon 153 building in Shannon,...
    • Official Travel
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times he has embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the...
    • Estimates Publication
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the AEV and REV, including details of all individual spending programmes under each subhead for 2023 and 2024 for the Department of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with departmental or ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten...
    • Insurance Industry
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position of the memorandum of understanding between an organisation (details supplied) and the Office of Public Works in relation to...
    • Period Poverty
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on any recent engagements with the inter-Departmental Period Poverty Implementation Group; and the details of any...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected cost of the revised Coirib go Cósta flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5474/24]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will retain the current link between pensions of retired members of An Garda Síochána with pay for serving members,...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional flood relief measures his Department can put in place to alleviate flooding of 20 acres of land which occurs each year...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he acknowledges that the changes made to the pension conditions for post-2012 members has caused retention problems; if this matter...
    • School Staff
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to examine why FEMPI measures are not unwound for an individual (details supplied). [5649/24]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on action 39 of the second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals (details supplied)...
    • Business Supports
      135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the cost of doing business grant will be available for businesses; the criteria, and how many businesses will be supported...
    • Employment Rights
      136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any further orders or agreements pertaining to increased rights, pay and conditions, for workers in the security sector...
    • Departmental Schemes
      137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expand the emergency humanitarian support scheme to include damage caused by storms during a red alert event; and if he...
    • State Bodies
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE, by job title, working for Enterprise Ireland office based in Melbourne, Seattle and Montreal as of 24 January...
    • Business Supports
      139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports, if any, available to persons who plan to set up counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Travel
      140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he hopes to publish the report of the Finance for Scaling Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5341/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten...
    • Work Permits
      146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will include mechanics on the critical skills given the urgent need to help expedite the roll-out of BusConnects....
    • Business Supports
      147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review correspondence as regards increases in costs for SMEs (details supplied); and if he will outline what supports are...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given that employers, security officers and trade unions had up to 2 January 2024 to enter submissions and that almost one month has...
    • White Papers
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the implementation of the white paper on enterprise; the status of the second update report; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the publication of his Department’s report into the impact of recent policy changes on businesses; and if he...
    • Work Permits
      151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 22 November 2023, the status of the report by the Implementation Group to address the...
    • State Bodies
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countries overseas where IDA Ireland has hired out a business development consultant to carry out work on its behalf in 2022,...
    • Co-operative Sector
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the development of the co-operative sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5587/24]
    • Industrial Development
      156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA backed companies currently located in counties Cavan and Monaghan, in tabular form; the number of IDA backed...
    • National Minimum Wage
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated number of workers who benefitted from the increase in the minimum wage in 2024; the number of workers who will benefit...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teacher Training
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support and promote the provision of home economics teacher training courses in the greater Dublin area; if not, the reason; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the required infrastructure enhancements needed to enable growth at a school in Enniscorthy, County Wexford (details...
    • School Admissions
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in securing a local school place in Naas for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the provision of school bus transport to a school in Glanmire, County Cork (details supplied); if she is aware of growing...
    • School Accommodation
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school in County Carlow (details supplied) will receive the funding for two modular classrooms that it was granted in June 2023, but is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of the proposed new post-primary school at St. Farnan’s, Prosperous, promised since 2015; and if she will make...
    • School Curriculum
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as per the Cycle Against Suicide campaign, if she will consider reviewing schools’ wellbeing curriculum; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Funding
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of the schools in counties Cavan and Monaghan that applied for STEM grants in 2023 (details supplied). [4986/24]
    • School Transport
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an individual transport service request arrangement for a person (details supplied) will be made available to them; and if she will make a...
    • Children in Care
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has scoped the resources and supports provided to teachers and schools in supporting children in care; how her Department...
    • Schools Building Projects
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school project (details supplied); the timeframe for when this project will move to stage 2B; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of grant aid for insulation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5042/24]
    • School Transport
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a school transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5046/24]
    • School Staff
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the reintroduction of the allowance for teachers in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools formed part of the public sector pay negotiations and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a child and provide a solution for same (details supplied); if she will provide a date for the provision of a...
    • School Transport
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5091/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school in County Donegal (details supplied) will be placed on the school capital building programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy on the opening of new reading classes in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5093/24]
    • School Transport
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a ticket for school transport will issue to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5107/24]
    • School Accommodation
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied) that is seeking additional school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed date for the completed construction of the Dún Laoghaire Education Together National School; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the Department is calculating the data which allocates special education teachers and the adjustments made based on complex needs; if the...
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a chuirfear eolas chugam a gealladh i bhfreagra Cheist Pharlaiminte an 5/12/2023 (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • School Funding
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise what process was used to allocate STEM grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5142/24]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that has oversight of school completion programmes in DEIS schools; the budgets that were unspent under the SCP over the last...
    • Special Educational Needs
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD places available in primary schools in Ballincollig, Cork for September 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any option for a school secretary to change the option that they selected relating to onboarding and annualisation of pay; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for allocating SNA support to children in both primary and secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5162/24]
    • School Facilities
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will open; if she is aware of how important the opening of the scheme is for a school (details supplied); and if she...
    • Official Travel
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical...
    • School Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will formally respond to the specific issues raised in relation to the situation of a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Clár Tógála Scoileanna
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ó bhunscoil (sonraí tugtha) ar Chóiríocht Scoile Bhreise (foirm...
    • School Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of substitutable primary teacher absences overall, and on a county by county basis, which were not covered by a substitute...
    • School Accommodation
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per year of leasing modular or prefab classrooms/buildings, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5345/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5381/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a school extension (details supplied) will be considered favourably; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5414/24]
    • School Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many additional teachers have been employed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5461/24]
    • Departmental Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 17 January 2024, the funding provided per fee paying school for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; if she is...
    • School Discipline
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update on a case of expulsion (details supplied) can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5495/24]
    • School Funding
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding or grants available to schools to insulate attics and walls and to provide new windows and doors; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on funding for temporary modular accommodation for a school (details supplied) given works on the school extension,...
    • Education Welfare Service
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to education issues for a person (details supplied) why it was decided by the Education Welfare Officer that they did not meet the...
    • School Accommodation
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school (details supplied). [5591/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the development of schools (details supplied). [5596/24]
    • School Transport
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her intentions to urgently intervene in the school transport crisis at a school (details supplied); her plans to hire sufficient drivers to meet...
    • Schools Building Projects
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide a detailed timeline for building works including estimated completion for the delivery of a new school building for a school...
    • School Enrolments
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are available to students living in the Beaumont, Coolock D5 school planning area to access Educate Together or other...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the actors/ “edinfluencers” were paid to take part in a campaign (details supplied); and the amount that was spent to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether any contact has been made by Dublin City Council with her officials, or applications made by them to the sports capital...
    • Tourism Industry
      219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding plans to regulate platform short-term lets; and if delays imposed on the Registration of Short-Term Tourist...
    • Swimming Pools
      220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on a project (detail supplied); if she will provide the expected timeline for same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Tourism Promotion
      221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps Fáilte Ireland is taking to promote fishing tourism throughout Ireland. [5190/24]
    • Sports Funding
      222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5203/24]
    • Official Travel
      223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on the Global Greening initiative by Tourism Ireland each year since it was established; and the breakdown of...
    • Commemorative Events
      225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it would be possible, given an RTÉ documentary on Spike Island suggesting there are unmarked Famine graves there, that the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Sports Organisations
      230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans she has to reduce the inequalities that exist between male and female players in an organisation (details supplied); and...
    • Olympic Games
      232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of women and men accredited to the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games in key network operation centre leadership...
    • Sports Funding
      233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide emergency State aid, for a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5431/24]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review of the selection/election process in relation to the Board of Údarás na Gaeltachta, as promised...
    • Sports Funding
      236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for support on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5490/24]
    • Tourism Promotion
      237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline Tourism Ireland’s strategy and budget to market Brigid 1500 abroad, to include the locations in Ireland...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of figures for housing delivered by Mayo County Council in 2023 compared to targets set by Mayo County Council...
    • Planning Issues
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the number of planning applications lodged and approved by Mayo County Council in 2023; and if he will make...
    • Housing Provision
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the number of commencement orders for housing developments and the number of housing units delivered...
    • Planning Issues
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planners recruited by the Land Development Agency from An Bord Pleanála; if he acknowledges that recruiting...
    • Local Authorities
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he could provide details relating to the Cork Event Centre; the estimated costs of constructing the Cork Event Centre...
    • Regional Development
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the statistical measures and controls used across Government Departments to ensure balanced regional development,...
    • Rental Sector
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what steps a landlord needs to take to avail of the landlord guarantee scheme (details supplied); how long the scheme will...
    • Vacant Properties
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the number of vacant social homes brought back into active use under the voids programme in County...
    • State Properties
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a timeline for when the Government will conclude its consideration of sites recommended for transfer to the...
    • Fire Safety
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the body that has responsibility to ensure that all fire hydrants are working and fit for purpose, whether Uisce...
    • Departmental Schemes
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 23 January 2024, a timeline for the completion and publication of the...
    • Local Authorities
      250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider reviewing the current position where local authorities are not entitled to sell properties to...
    • Water Quality
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on and his proposed response to the recent decision of the European Court of Justice ruling that the level of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether a successfully awarded defective concrete block grant for a home is available to an individual who...
    • Housing Provision
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 14 December 2023, for an update on the Department's examination of the creation...
    • Housing Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income eligibility limits for social housing will be reviewed again in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Louth County Council has drawn down the €570,000 additional funding for the housing adaptation grant scheme that was...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the erection of industrial-size wind turbines that exceed 150 metres in height; and the minimum distance such...
    • Housing Schemes
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any figures in relation to the number of Croí Cónaithe applications made to the various local authorities,...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a timeline on the referendum on the right to housing. [5228/24]
    • Official Travel
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government;...
    • Housing Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and...
    • Legislative Measures
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is preparing legislation to address issues of habitual residency and social housing support eligibility; and if so, the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of owners' management companies that have applied for the interim emergency funding for buildings with defects that...
    • Rental Sector
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what subvention is available to the Land Development Agency to help it ensure that its rents are at least 25% below market...
    • Water Services
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has received any reports or briefings from Uisce Éireann with regard to the timeframe for water connections to...
    • Urban Development
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 414 and 415 of 12 December 2023, for an update in respect of his consideration of the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with departmental or ministerial public relations; if so, the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Housing Schemes
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a series of issues in relation to council tenants (details supplied) who were not allowed a...
    • Planning Issues
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make changes (details supplied) to exempted development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5486/24]
    • Rental Sector
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is providing supports for older renters who are unable to retire due to the high cost of their rent,...
    • Urban Development
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is envisaged that the urban development zones proposed in the Planning and Development Bill 2023 could be used to...
    • Housing Schemes
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address issues raised in a case (details supplied); and if the situation referred to is consistent with Government...
    • Vacant Properties
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the number of vacant and derelict properties to enter the compulsory purchase order activation programme in each...
    • Housing Provision
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through LDA investment in 2024;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an itemised breakdown of his Department’s voted capital and current expenditure for 2023 and 2024;...
    • Housing Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable cost rental homes delivered by AHBs and the LDA in 2023; the breakdown, by local authority area; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the application process for the housing adaptation grant, if he will consider simplifying the application...
    • Housing Schemes
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the approximate timeframe from beginning to completion of the process where local authorities purchase properties under the...
    • Housing Policy
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of common green/grass areas in council/local authority estates comes...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a series of matters in relation to the detrimental impact that invasive pike have on the freshwater pearl mussel's...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 23 January 2024, if she can offer further advice in relation to a person...
    • Departmental Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many employee applications for clarification on PRSI and pension class have been made to scope section; how many are...
    • State Pensions
      293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of means for an increase on a State pension (contributory) for a qualified adult will be decided (details...
    • Social Welfare Code
      294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the minimum income threshold for working people in receipt of disability allowance; and if...
    • State Pensions
      298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether contributions made from working in a country (details supplied) can be used to calculate entitlements to a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a way to have contributions for self-employed persons working the requisite number of hours to qualify for...
    • Disability Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost to increase the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Services for People with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal (details supplied); when a final determination is likely to issue; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Official Travel
      304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government;...
    • Departmental Staff
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her total Departmental headcount; the headcount for staff dealing with social assistance claims; the corresponding figure for...
    • Departmental Advertising
      306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker's payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a case (details supplied); if she will provide advice on same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite arrangements for the delivery of PPS numbers to EU applicants wishing to work here in the construction...
    • State Pensions
      314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many adults over the age of 66 years are in receipt of the increase for qualified adult under the State pension...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown in tabular form of the amount of carer’s allowance applications that were appealed; and how many...
    • Industrial Relations
      316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will agree to a request (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5654/24]
    • Departmental Investigations
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make a statement on the SCOPE investigation into RTÉ; and if her Department is in a position to project when...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5692/24]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason payment of mortgage interest supplement was stopped in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if assistance will be provided given the circumstances. [5710/24]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Tusla have not yet committed to a budget for the Donegal Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre for the following year,...
    • Ukraine War
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all Ukrainian refugees are Garda vetted coming into Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5086/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that are being taken to improve the retention and recruitment levels in An Garda Síochána; and if she...
    • Passport Services
      324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how her Department evaluates and determines whether a country of origin is deemed to be safe; and if she will make a statement...
    • Passport Services
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for details of the documentation that is acceptable to confirm that an applicant has fulfilled the necessary residency...
    • International Programmes
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on how many applications are currently being processed by her Department under the Immigrant Investor Programme;...
    • Family Reunification
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5087/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to reduce the €950 cost to apply for citizenship, which is the highest in the EU and second to the UK and...
    • Residency Permits
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to increase the 12 month extension period to the residence permission for graduates with a level 8...
    • Visa Applications
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their...
    • Immigration Support Services
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address the continued delays in applicants receiving appointment dates at the Garda...
    • International Protection
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the case (details supplied); if there are plans to intervene on their behalf; and if she will make a...
    • Prison Service
      342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind granting and then revoking temporary release for individuals in Shelton Abbey Prison in the month of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian forensic photographers employed by An Garda Síochána in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Legal Aid
      345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the...
    • Visa Applications
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5214/24]
    • International Protection
      348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for international protection who have been called for their personal interview under section 35 of the...
    • Official Travel
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government;...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the board of the new Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency; the progress to-date on appointing...
    • An Garda Síochána
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the establishment of a Garda vetting review group to discuss proposals regarding potential amendments...
    • Visa Applications
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update regarding an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5324/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental and-or ministerial public relations; if so,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Prison Service
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of psychologists to prisoners, per prison at the end of 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5419/24]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of women’s refuges across the island of Ireland, per county; the names of the services; the amount of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of emergency phone calls received by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic violence in 2023; and if...
    • International Protection
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it takes international protection applicants to be interviewed and their application processed; and if she...
    • Coroners Service
      368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report following the public consultation on reform of the Coroner’s Service in Ireland will be published; the...
    • Immigration Policy
      369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on each EU immigration policy that Ireland has opted into, including the dates when the Government decided...
    • An Garda Síochána
      371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1077 of 17 January 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Citizenship Applications
      375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to comment on delays in the citizenship application process (details supplied); to provide proof that the backlog of...
    • International Protection
      377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale used by her Department for categorising a country as a “safe country” in relation to international...
    • Residency Permits
      380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position on the single application procedure for a combined employment and residence permit; his engagement to...
    • Visa Applications
      381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the visa which would be appropriate for family members of dependents of Irish citizens currently in Gaza; and if she will make...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application form for the young farmer scheme will be finalised in respect of a person in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter in relation to offshore fish farms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what processes have been put in place by his Department to enforce the Regulation on deforestation-free products rules (details...
    • Greyhound Industry
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered non-coursing greyhound owners for each of the years 2013 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [5154/24]
    • Agriculture Industry
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for the spreading of lime, under the national liming programme beyond 31 March 2024 in light of the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected date that farmers awaiting payment under the ACRES co-operation scheme will be paid on in view that he previously...
    • Forestry Sector
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation applications that were submitted in January 2024; how many were approved and the area covered; and if he...
    • Agriculture Industry
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to advise with regard to slurry exports on monitoring mechanisms put in place by his Department to ensure limits around nutrient...
    • Official Travel
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/24]
    • Departmental Data
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded/confirmed dates of fireblight erwinia amylovora infections detections by his Department in 2023 per county;...
    • Agriculture Industry
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that have been taken by his Department currently to eradicate fireblight erwinia amylovora infections in 2023, in the...
    • Departmental Reports
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a comprehensive disease risk analysis was carried out regarding fireblight erwinia amylovora infections by his Department prior to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the fodder support scheme to include a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Labelling
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the application of PGI status for boxty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5505/24]
    • Agriculture Industry
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the footage shared of pregnant cows who are being exported to Algeria for the first time (details supplied); if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses that were seized and or impounded for trespass and for non-compliance with chipping law and regulation by county...
    • Harbours and Piers
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve emergency funding for urgent remedial works to the collapsing pier at Duncannon harbour in County Wexford; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the error in an ANC payment for a person (details supplied) from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the independent and external review committed to under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund...
    • Greyhound Industry
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the monitoring mechanisms in place to prevent individuals who have been banned from keeping dogs from owning or dealing with dogs...
    • Timber Supply
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cubic meterage of timber harvested by Coillte in County Clare for 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Education Welfare Service
      416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of educational welfare officers within Tusla Education Support Services; the number of open cases...
    • Youth Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the number, locations and level of State funding provided to youth clubs in the...
    • Care Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if respite and other supports will be provided to the parents of a persons (details supplied); if he will...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that in 2023 children in CHO9 were assessed as part of the assessment of need and or autism...
    • Child Protection
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the publication of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection 16th Report; when he...
    • Children in Care
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of special derogations that have been sought and granted annually from...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to separated children seeking...
    • Children in Care
      425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to children in care and young...
    • Departmental Strategies
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the publication of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance is available to provide a modular home/log cabin to adults with additional needs to help them to...
    • Childcare Services
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a facility (details supplied) can be assisted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5043/24]
    • International Protection
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many audits of IPAS accommodation facilities have taken place during the period 1 January 2022 to 1 January...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 28 November 2023, if he will provide an update on implementing the...
    • Childcare Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action that can be taken to ensure the availability of required childcare services in Straffan, County...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the recent announcement by Tir Na Nóg preschool in Castlepark, Ballincollig that it will...
    • Disability Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the current waiting times for children, as in the case of a child (details supplied) trying to...
    • International Protection
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding an application by an accommodation provider (details supplied) to provide accommodation...
    • Disability Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when appropriate respite will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Official Travel
      441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the...
    • International Protection
      442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of units of modular accommodation for temporary protection recipients that have been delivered to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when information and guidance for programme income to be included in the context of reporting for core funding...
    • Disability Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 19 January 2023, if a business case proposal has been submitted to...
    • Local Authorities
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 30 January 2024, if he will list the eight local authorities which...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the final additional information for preschools regarding the submission of core funding finance...
    • Departmental Advertising
      447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current percentage of ELC SAC services that are contracted to provide ECCE only and ECCE/ NCS for 2023 and...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a proposal to use a property (details supplied) to provide emergency accommodation for persons seeking...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the ECCE capitation grant to childcare providers to meet the additional cost of providing...
    • Direct Provision System
      454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for up-to-date figures on the number of people in County Mayo currently in the direct provision system; to list...
    • International Protection
      455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of each accommodation property in County Mayo for beneficiaries of temporary protection...
    • Childcare Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to ensure that parents who have no alternative but to enrol their child in a...
    • Adoption Services
      460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social work staff who are employed by the Adoption Authority of Ireland and by TUSLA’s...
    • Disability Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to reduce the CDNT waiting list of the CHO5; and if he will make a statement...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the information relating to programme income will be provided to preschools that are currently filling out...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will look into a case of an assessment of need (details supplied) and corresponding complaint due to the...
    • Childcare Services
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 30 January 2024, the position regarding any engagement that his...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Staff
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if he could provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5062/24]
    • Cancer Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Health to outline any work undertaken by his Department on the development of lung cancer screening for high risk groups; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily running cost of an in-patient hospital bed in a model 1 hospital based on data from the HSE healthcare pricing office; the total number of...
    • Hospital Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff...
    • Health Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults attending UHW with type 1 diabetes who have requested insulin pump therapy, and when those patients can expect to avail of this diabetes...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting an appointment to see an endocrinologist over the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      479. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update concerning an inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State; when the...
    • Medicinal Products
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current shortage in the medicine victoza; what measures are being taken to address this shortage; what alternative medicine can be...
    • Health Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have started the new insulin pump, in all hospitals within the RCSI Hospital Group, aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or...
    • Hospital Admissions
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University Hospital Waterford accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if he can expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5004/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be allocated a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5017/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that are currently operational at the new 30-bed purpose build dementia unit in a nursing home (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      488. To ask the Minister for Health why there is a significant delay to provide cataract surgery for a medical card holder (details supplied) aged 85 years who has been waiting for this operation...
    • Dental Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the annual budget for the school dental programme for children and to detail, in tabular form, the number of appointments in the years 2020 - 2023,...
    • Ambulance Service
      490. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a National Ambulance Service base (details supplied), including details, in tabular form, of callouts during the years 2020 - 2023,...
    • Health Services Staff
      491. To ask the Minister for Health as part of the recently agreed public sector pay agreement, what payments, in addition to the previously agreed grants under section 39 of Health (Amendment)...
    • Nursing Homes
      492. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance can be given to a person (details provided) who is living in full time care in a nursing home, registered disabled, non-verbal with no...
    • General Practitioner Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not issued to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 8 November 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5076/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not issued to Parliamentary Question No. 1265 of 7 November 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5081/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not issued to Parliamentary Question No. 1267 of 7 November 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5082/24]
    • Health Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €7.5 million allocated in Budget 2024 for "new services", specifically the amount designated for expanding newborn...
    • Community Care
      498. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Cashel community nursing unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5088/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision for a new primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5116/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      501. To ask the Minister for Health how much the HSE and Department of Health spent on personal protection equipment from China; to provide details of what stock was usable and what was not...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if all workers entitled to the pandemic bonus payment have been paid the bonus; if any workers have not yet been paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for processing pensions for recently retired staff in the HSE, particularly in the CHO2 district; the steps being taken to speed up...
    • Medical Cards
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if MRI scans on one hand has been removed from the general medical card scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5149/24]
    • Health Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider investigating whether urinary tract infections can be tested for by pharmacists rather than GPs to reduce costs on patients and ease...
    • Health Services Staff
      506. To ask the Minister for Health how many speech and language therapists are working in CHO8, including figures for full time and part time positions, in tabular form and broken down by...
    • Health Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children using the paediatric speech and language therapy services in CHO8, specifically in counties Louth and Meath. [5157/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on waiting lists, and how long they have been waiting, for paediatric speech and language therapy in CHO8, specifically in counties Louth and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      509. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when he expects the inquiry...
    • Health Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; how families can access these services within their communities...
    • Hospital Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can remain in Bantry hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5176/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine working in Cavan General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5188/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to increase the number of adult critical care beds in the public health service to 400. [5189/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person’s appointment was cancelled for surgery (details supplied); when he will be called again in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      515. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5201/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      516. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he can arrange an alternative appointment urgently for this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5202/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred 12-months ago to the vascular unit at University Hospital Limerick and has yet to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      519. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied) and provide an update on an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5220/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      520. To ask the Minister for Health how many speech and language therapists are currently working in each health district; how many positions are currently vacant; and how current number compare...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their urgent referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5227/24]
    • Official Travel
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each...
    • Home Help Service
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if home help support can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal following an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering adding the shingles vaccine to the adult immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/24]
    • Health Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when the new dementia specific weekend day centres are intended to be operational; the locations of same and how carer's/those suffering with dementia can...
    • Abortion Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the names of the members of the National Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Service Improvement Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health what is meant by the term “digital wards”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5306/24]
    • Hospital Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide a service at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5312/24]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to amend the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961 to expand the role of the National Treatment Purchase Fund so that they may facilitate a subvention...
    • Departmental Advertising
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5351/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with departmental or ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5387/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      543. To ask the Minister for Health when the required WTEs will be in place to open the new Nenagh community nursing home; and the date it is expected to be open. [5418/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      544. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen for urgent treatment. [5421/24]
    • Health Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available to people who are dealing with sudden and traumatic deaths of a friend or family member. [5436/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      546. To ask the Minister for Health how a former HSE worker (details supplied) can apply for the pandemic bonus payment. [5444/24]
    • Period Poverty
      547. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE period poverty scheme. [5462/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the reason care assistants working during the Covid pandemic with an organisation (details supplied) nationwide have been excluded from payment of the special...
    • Health Strategies
      550. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is actively enforcing the relevant provisions of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023...
    • Departmental Consultations
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the responses his Department received on the public consultation in respect of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 ;...
    • Health Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS teams within CHO9 that offer family-based therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and play therapy. [5526/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant in respiratory medicine at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [5532/24]
    • Vaccination Programme
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of childhood flu vaccines distributed by GPs, pharmacists and walk in clinics in the winter of 2023-2024 period.; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE optometrists and opticians working in the Mater Hospital in 2021,2022,2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [5534/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who attended lung rapid access clinics in each month of 2023, in tabular form. [5535/24]
    • Departmental Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the outcomes of having taxed sugar drinks; and whether any detailed research has been carried out into the outcomes. [5539/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      558. To ask the Minister for Health to seek information from the management of all acute hospitals as to whether third party companies are contracted to provide medical consultation, advice,...
    • Departmental Properties
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if the building utilised by Carrickmacross Social Services, located at Cloughvalley, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan was sold by the HSE to a third party...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      561. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); to note that despite Parliamentary Question response No. 3490 of 21 January 2024, referral has been...
    • Hospital Facilities
      562. To ask the Minister for Health to provide detail on the planned closure of 16 beds across two units in Clonakilty Community Hospital in order to facilitate the opening of a new unit; whether...
    • General Practitioner Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the scarcity of (details supplied); the measures being taken to ensure GPs are able to prescribe alternative medication; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant maxillofacial surgeon at St. James's Hospital; and the average waiting times to see the...
    • Health Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia day centres located within CHO7; the capacity of each of these centres; and if each of the centres are opened five days a week. [5636/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title working in the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital. [5637/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each CHO region, in tabular form; how these hours are provided for example by private provider contracted in or by...
    • Home Help Service
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours sanctioned or approved and waiting on a service provider in each CHO region.. [5642/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      573. To ask the Minister for Health to conduct a review on calculations made for the nursing home support scheme (details supplied). [5650/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarification on when the youth mental health pathfinder project will be implemented; when the Government will place a pathfinder unit on a...
    • Dental Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent orthodontic treatment will be expedited for a child (details supplied) [5706/24]
    • Disability Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a matter in respect of the case of a person (details supplied); and if there are any other resources or assistance which can be offered to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Construction Industry
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on a report by an organisation (details supplied) on construction labour shortages. [5687/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what efforts are being made by his Department to increase the number of professionals providing services for autism and special needs children;...
    • Children in Care
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has explored the creation of links between higher education institutions' access offices and Tusla aftercare services to ensure...
    • Third Level Admissions
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for a course (details supplied) has been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5095/24]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current numbers of apprentices awaiting off-the-job job training for phases 2, 4 and 6, broken down into the two categories of waiting 0-6...
    • Further and Higher Education
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered recognising the British and Irish Institute of Modern Music for grant purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Travel
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical...
    • Education and Training Boards
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when hourly-paid adult education tutors with the ETB will receive parity with their full-time equivalent colleagues in respect of the terms and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5386/24]
    • Education Costs
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 29 November 2022, the actions he has taken since December 2022 to increase the supply of domestic...
    • Further and Higher Education
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on collaboration between the Irish institute of higher education with its counterparts in Spain. [5527/24]
    • Student Accommodation
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the fire safety procedures and policies by which university-owned student accommodation must abide; if this incudes fire extinguishers; and if he...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the different rates of pay given by SOLAS to apprentices who are undertaking the same off-the-job training programme, will get...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      594. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can confirm receipt of a request for an extension of the community centre investment fund project allocation from (details...
    • Official Travel
      597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      598. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      599. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental and, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      600. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Community Development Projects
      602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants that are currently available for women’s sheds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5640/24]

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